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    SF Barnes

    I figured this would be the best thread to upload these pics. Apologies for bumping it yet again. First up is an article from the March 1978 issue of "The Cricketer", showcasing some edited notes of S.F Barnes. The continuation on page 33 is only a little more writing. As short as the...
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    Historical footage: Impressions of some greats

    Zebraman and Red Hill you guys are legends!! :thumbsup:never knew that DVD existed.
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    Historical footage: Impressions of some greats

    Just found this. It's got me confused about the back foot no ball rule! also, the narrator mentions Larwood bowling at 70 mph.
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    Cricket Books

    Yeah I've noticed that too and i won't, thanks for the heads up ;). I'm not really acquainted with the rules of the forum, but could someone tell me if I'm allowed to post pictures of the articles i mentioned in my previous post?
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    Cricket Books

    Although not exactly books per se, i have a copy of a March 1976 edition of "The Cricketer" which includes a page and 2 of edited coaching notes by S.F Barnes by L.Duckworth. I became aware of this from one of the references used in the SF Barnes chapter in "The Bowlers Art" and managed to find...
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    SF Barnes

    8-)Thank you Ah, Twirlymen is a book I still have to get a hold of. In Wilkins' book, he mentions that Noble bowled his off break slightly round arm if I'm not mistaken, a contrast to Barnes' high arm during his bowling. Just to add on, in Leslie Duckworth's biography on Barnes there is a...
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    SF Barnes

    Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread, but it's an interesting discussion. I'm not sure if anyone has read "The Bowlers Art" by Brian Wilkins, but in there he talks quite a bit about SF Barnes in one small chapter, and reproduces what he thinks were Barnes' grips for the off break and...
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