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W.H. Cooper

neville cardus

neville cardus

International Debutant
Has anyone else here noticed that most enchanting reference on Cricket Archive to William Cooper's being a "Leg-break and googly" bowler? (For the record, he played his last first-class game as far back into antediluvian yore as 1886/87, long before Bernard Bosanquet's nefarious quadruple-bouncer four-flushed Sam Coe.)
 
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archie mac

archie mac

International Coach
neville cardus said:
Has anyone else here noticed that most enchanting reference on Cricket Archive to William Cooper's being a "Leg-break and googly" bowler? (For the record, he played his last first-class game as far back into antediluvian yore as 1886/87, long before Bernard Bosanquet's nefarious quadruple-bouncer four-flushed Sam Coe.)
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Maybe they know something we don't? The scoop you have been looking for?:laugh:
 
neville cardus

neville cardus

International Debutant
archie mac said:
Maybe they know something we don't?
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I've done a little reconnoitring, and, although I can't confirm for certain that Cooper discovered the googly, I've come by the quite startling revelation that it was he who pioneered leg-theory. I really should let David Frith in on that.

archie mac said:
The scoop you have been looking for?:laugh:
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Come now! You know full well that I've made at least one big find. :dry:
 
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