"18 years previously. On arrival in Australia the welcome was warm and immediate. During their initial weeks in a Sydney hotel, unbeknown to them half their bills were paid by the former prime minister Ben Chifley. Despite a housing shortage, the family was soon settled in a bungalow in the Sydney suburb of Kingsford, and Larwood found steady employment with a soft drinks firm. Fingleton later arranged a meeting between Larwood and Chifley; their respective broad Nottinghamshire and Australian accents meant that neither could understand the other, and Fingleton had to act as an interpreter. From time to time Larwood"
"was elected with a very slim majority of 192 votes from the Liberal Democrats' Jason Zadrozny. The town's most famous historical resident is Harold Larwood; the England cricketer who was born in Nuncargate in 1904, best known for his bodyline bowling in the Ashes Test series of 1932–33. The area around St Wilfrid's Church is designated a conservation area, and consists of former farm buildings built from local stone, some of which are listed. In the conservation area, at the junction of Church Street, Chapel Street and Sutton Road, is Kirkby Cross. This is the remains of a thirteenth-century village"
"Andrew Harwood (cricketer) Andrew Robert Harwood (born 6 January 1964) is a former English cricketer. Harwood was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Harwood made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against the Somerset Second XI. Harwood played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1983 to 1995, which included 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 27 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1984, he made his List A debut against Lancashire in the NatWest Trophy. He played 6 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last of which came"
"a few inches in height, although he remained short for a fast bowler, and under Iremonger's regime of diet and exercise he gained weight. Besides his physical development, he learned by incessant practice various bowling arts, among them accuracy in line and length, variation of pace and grip, and deviating the ball in the air to produce swing. That year he played intermittently for the county's Second XI, and in a match against Lancashire Seconds took 8 wickets for 44 runs. Larwood was first called for full county duty on 20 August 1924, against Northamptonshire, at Trent Bridge. He bowled"
"games for Middlesex from 1930 to 1932. He served on the Yorkshire committee for many years becoming a vice-president. William Harbord (cricketer) William Edward Harbord (15 December 1908 – 28 July 1992) played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as an amateur player between 1929 and 1935. He also played once for Oxford University in 1930 and for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1934 and 1935. He appeared for Yorkshire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship competition between 1928 and 1933, and for a Minor Counties representative side in a non-first-class match in 1934. Born in Manton,"
"William Harbord (cricketer) William Edward Harbord (15 December 1908 – 28 July 1992) played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as an amateur player between 1929 and 1935. He also played once for Oxford University in 1930 and for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1934 and 1935. He appeared for Yorkshire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship competition between 1928 and 1933, and for a Minor Counties representative side in a non-first-class match in 1934. Born in Manton, Rutland, England, Harbord was a right-handed batsman, who scored 512 runs at 18.28 with his top score, his only"
"Frederick Harwood Frederick Harwood (1 June 1827 – 11 December 1887) was an English cricketer. Harwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. He was born and died at Mitcham, Surrey. Harwood made his first-class debut for Surrey against Middlesex in 1851 at The Oval. His next appearance in first-class cricket came fourteen years later in 1865 when he made three appearances for Surrey against Nottinghamshire, Sussex and Kent. In his four first-class matches, Harwood took a total of 7 wickets at an average of 22.57, with beat figures of 3/39. With the bat, he scored 8 runs"
"represent the county Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, making 42 appearances from 1927 to 1930. This also allowed him to be selected for a combined Minor Counties team, making two first-class appearances for it, against the touring West Indians in 1928 and Lancashire in 1930, scoring a total of 24 runs. He died at Preston, Lancashire, on 1 September 1976. Leonard Horridge Leonard Horridge (18 August 1907 – 1 September 1976) was an English cricketer. Horridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Adlington, Lancashire. Horridge made two first-class appearances for Lancashire"
"with a high score of 12 not out. He died at the Manor House at Broadwater, Sussex, on 7 January 1870. Charles Horwood Charles Horwood (8 December 1839 – 7 January 1870) was an English cricketer. Horwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm, although his exact bowling style is not known. He was born at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Horwood made his first-class debut for Sussex against Hampshire in 1864 at Day's Ground, Southampton. He made further first-class appearances for Sussex, one in 1864 in a return fixture against Hampshire at the Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove, and a second against"
"Charles Horwood Charles Horwood (8 December 1839 – 7 January 1870) was an English cricketer. Horwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm, although his exact bowling style is not known. He was born at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Horwood made his first-class debut for Sussex against Hampshire in 1864 at Day's Ground, Southampton. He made further first-class appearances for Sussex, one in 1864 in a return fixture against Hampshire at the Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove, and a second against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1865. He was unsuccessful in his three matches, scoring 23 runs at an average of 7.66,"
"of eight wickets at 23.25, and with the bat 50 runs at 12.50. He was injured during the third Test, and thus missed the last two games of the series and several county matches. His overall bowling figures for the 1929 season were less impressive than in the two previous years; with 117 wickets at 21.66 he fell to 25th place in the national averages. The 20-year-old Voce, whose fast-medium bowling style had now fully developed, was the county's most successful bowler. Together, Larwood and Voce helped Nottingham to secure the County Championship that had narrowly evaded them two years"
"John Charlwood John Charlwood (8 March 1871 – 8 September 1923) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in East Grinstead and died in Westminster. Charlwood made three first-class appearances during the 1890 season, while he was still a mere nineteen years old - his debut coming against Marylebone Cricket Club. While Jesse Hide hit four wickets in four balls for Sussex, all but two batsmen in the entire match were stuck on single-figure scores. In the following fortnight, Charlwood played two County Championship matches, one a sound thrashing at the hands of Nottinghamshire,"
"against Sussex in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 143 runs at a batting average of 20.42, with a single half century score of 57. This came against Warwickshire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy, with his innings being ended by Norman Gifford. He has also played Second XI cricket for the Middlesex Second XI, the Gloucestershire Second XI and the Northamptonshire Second XI. Andrew Harwood (cricketer) Andrew Robert Harwood (born 6 January 1964) is a former English cricketer. Harwood was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire."
"22.70 in 1935 and in 1936, his benefit season, 119 at 12.97. The 18-year-old future Test batsman Denis Compton, in his second county match for Middlesex, faced Larwood in June 1936; he later recorded that Larwood and Voce were the most accurate fast bowlers he ever faced, and that Larwood was the fastest. The benefit season yielded the then county record sum of £2,098. In the English winter of 1936–37, while an MCC team led by Allen toured Australia, Larwood took a coaching job in India. The climate and the food disagreed with him, and he returned home early. His"
"Len Hopwood John Leonard Hopwood (30 October 1903 – 15 June 1985) was a Lancashire cricketer who was the focal point of the county's Championship win in 1934. During this period he was an effective if unattractive all-rounder and played twice for England, but no critic expected him to do well given the circumstances under which he had to perform and he proved a failure with both bat and ball. Born 30 October 1903, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire, Hopwood began playing for Lancashire in the 1920s as a solid right-hand batsman, but after playing fairly often for the first team in"
"club at an average of 16.50, including three half-centuries with a top score of 61*. Isherwood represented the Marylebone Cricket Club in six matches between 1923 and 1927. His first match for the MCC came against Cambridge University at Lord's. His final appearance for the MCC came against Argentina, on the MCC's tour to South America. Isherwood's next and last county after leaving Hampshire was Sussex, joining them in 1925. Making his debut against Leicestershire in the 1925 County Championship, Isherwood would represent the club in 28 first-class matches, the last of which came in 1927 against Kent. Isherwood scored"
"with a highest of 5. Frederick Harwood Frederick Harwood (1 June 1827 – 11 December 1887) was an English cricketer. Harwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. He was born and died at Mitcham, Surrey. Harwood made his first-class debut for Surrey against Middlesex in 1851 at The Oval. His next appearance in first-class cricket came fourteen years later in 1865 when he made three appearances for Surrey against Nottinghamshire, Sussex and Kent. In his four first-class matches, Harwood took a total of 7 wickets at an average of 22.57, with beat figures of 3/39. With the"
"died at the town of his birth on 16 May 1880. His brother, Henry, played in England's first ever Test match against Australia in 1877. Charles Charlwood Charles Robert Charlwood (22 November 1842 – 16 May 1880) was an English cricketer. Charlwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Horsham, Sussex. Charlwood made his first-class debut for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove in 1866. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex, both in 1869 against Lancashire at Old Trafford, and Kent at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge"
"Harold Larwood hit Oldfield in the head, fracturing his skull (although this was from a top edge off a traditional non-Bodyline ball and Oldfield admitted it was his fault). Oldfield was carried from the ground unconscious. He recovered in time for the fifth Test of the series. Always an easy-going personality, Oldfield immediately forgave Larwood for the incident, and the two eventually became firm friends when Larwood later emigrated to Australia. Oldfield played Test cricket for four more years, ending his career in 1937. He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1927. Oldfield played 54 Tests for"
"the creek and another over the river, adjacent to one another. Both no longer exist. Larwood Bridge The Larwood Bridge is a covered bridge near Lacomb in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge crosses Crabtree Creek at Larwood Wayside Park, where the Roaring River empties into the creek, about north of Lacomb. The bridge carries Fish Hatchery Road over the creek. Built in 1939, the bridge was repaired in 2002. It was named after William Larwood, who settled here in 1888, built a store"
"of 3/51 from seventeen overs. Set 271 for victory, the Minor Counties could only manage to make 135 all out, with Elsdon ending the innings not out on 12. He died on 8 May 1995 at Hucclecote, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Harold Elsdon Harold Elsdon (19 February 1921 – 8 May 1995) was an English cricketer. Elsdon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Lemington, Northumberland. Elsdon made his debut for Northumberland against the Lancashire Second XI in the 1938 Minor Counties Championship. He made two further appearances for the county before World War II, both in"
"many notable people as cricket professionals including former England coach and former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower, West Indies fast bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Sherwin Campbell and Australian fast-bowler and former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson. John Reid, the former New Zealand Test captain, scored more than 1,000 runs and took 100 wickets in a season for Heywood while the team's professional player in the early 1950s. England seam bowler Kate Cross became the first female cricketer to play in the Central Lancashire Cricket League when she took three wickets for Heywood in their opening fixture in 2015. First Division Winners 1904,"
"Charles Charlwood Charles Robert Charlwood (22 November 1842 – 16 May 1880) was an English cricketer. Charlwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Horsham, Sussex. Charlwood made his first-class debut for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove in 1866. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex, both in 1869 against Lancashire at Old Trafford, and Kent at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells. In his three first-class matches, he scored a total of 40 runs at an average of 8.00, with a high score of 15. He"
"Norfolk. Outside of sport, he worked as sales director for Norvic Shoe Limited. He died at the city of his birth of 20 July 1982. Harold Theobald Harold Ernest Theobald (18 March 1896 – 20 July 1982) was an English cricketer. Theobald was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Norwich, Norfolk, and was educated at both Bracondale School and Taunton School. Theobald made his debut in county cricket for Norfolk against the Kent Second XI in the 1930 Minor Counties Championship. Prior to the start of World War II in 1939, he made a total of 50 appearances for"
"23 and 74. He married Anna Faure in 1914. They had a daughter and two sons. Their son Owen became a professor of economics and a politician. Stanley Horwood Stanley Ebden Horwood (22 July 1877 – 15 August 1959) was a South African cricketer who played first class cricket from 1899 to 1909. Born in Port Elizabeth, Horwood was a middle-order batsman for Western Province. Despite a mediocre Currie Cup season in 1903-04, when he scored 65 runs at an average of 13.00, he was selected to tour England in 1904 with the South African team. He was not successful"
"which included a first-innings second-wicket partnership of 398 from Arthur Shrewsbury and Billy Gunn, and the second, a pleasing victory against WG Grace's Gloucestershire. John Charlwood John Charlwood (8 March 1871 – 8 September 1923) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in East Grinstead and died in Westminster. Charlwood made three first-class appearances during the 1890 season, while he was still a mere nineteen years old - his debut coming against Marylebone Cricket Club. While Jesse Hide hit four wickets in four balls for Sussex, all but two batsmen in the entire match"
"Robert Haywood (cricketer, born 1887) Robert Allnutt Haywood (16 September 1887 – 1 June 1942) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club between 1908 and 1924. He was born in Eltham in Kent, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Haywood. His father had played one first-class match for Kent in 1878 and his younger brother Archie played Second XI cricket for Kent either side of World War I and later coached at Taunton School. Haywood appeared in 172 first-class cricket matches primarily as a batsman. He scored 8,373 runs with a highest score of 198, one"
"who have gone on to play County Cricket include Alan Wharton 1945 - 61 Lancashire and Leicester 1961 - 1963 ( 2 England caps in 1949) http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/0/857/857.html and Andrew Kennedy 1970 - 82 and the then Minor Counties side Durham. Andrew was 1975 Cricket writers young cricketer of the year. http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/30/30734/30734.html Colne play at the Horsfield in the east of Colne. This has been the club's home since its early years and has seen crowds of 10,000 people. A new pavilion was built in 1888 and this remained unaltered through much of twentieth century before being replaced in 1965 at"
"Richard Ellwood Richard Ellwood (born 6 April 1965) is a former English cricketer. Ellwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Penrith, Cumberland. Ellwood made his debut for Cumberland in the 1984 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire. Ellwood played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1984 to 2000, including 49 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1989, he made his List A debut against Lancashire in the NatWest Trophy. He played three further List A matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the 1995 NatWest"
"on 19 November 1985. Lewis Harfield Lewis Harfield (16 August 1905 – 19 November 1985) was an English first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace, he made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1925 County Championship against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Harfield played 80 first-class matches for Hampshire between 1925 and 1931, the 1929 season being his most successful as he scored 1,216 runs from 27 matches at a batting average of 26.43, with nine half centuries and a high score of 89 against Sussex. In the 1929 season Harfield was awarded his county cap. Harfield's final"
"Alexander Charlwood Alexander Evelyn Charlwood (25 November 1888 – 23 June 1974) was an English cricketer. Charlwood was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Charlwood made his first-class debut for Sussex against Middlesex in the 1911 County Championship. He made nine further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 1914 County Championship. In his ten first-class matches, Charlwood scored a total of 165 runs at an average of 11.00, with a high score of 34. He died at Hove, Sussex on 23 June 1974."
"Alexander Charlwood Alexander Evelyn Charlwood (25 November 1888 – 23 June 1974) was an English cricketer. Charlwood was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Charlwood made his first-class debut for Sussex against Middlesex in the 1911 County Championship. He made nine further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 1914 County Championship. In his ten first-class matches, Charlwood scored a total of 165 runs at an average of 11.00, with a high score of 34. He died at Hove, Sussex on 23 June 1974."
"Norfolk in 1925, but made no appearances in 1926. He played three further matches for the county in 1927. In 95 appearances for Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship, Watson took 384 wickets at an average of 17.23. Outside of playing, Watson was also a coach, coaching cricket at RNC Dartmouth, Bishop's Stortford College and the Perse School. He was also later employed as the head porter at Trinity College, Cambridge. He died at Hauxton, Cambridgeshire on 14 March 1969. Harold Watson (English cricketer) Harold Watson (5 March 1888 – 14 March 1969) was an English cricketer active in the"