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What made Fred Spofforth 'The Demon Bowler'? – Almanack

"Very tall, 6ft 3in, broad shouldered, but unusually lean and sinewy and carrying very little weight"

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The summer Maurice Tate rose to another level – Almanack

"He was brilliantly successful under all sorts of conditions"

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The summer England met the mastery of George Headley – Almanack

"A very difficult man to dismiss"

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The early signs of Denis Compton's greatness – Almanack

"The authorities at once realised that they had a ready-made England batsman for years to come"

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Warwick Armstrong: Ugly and unattractive, but efficient to a fault – Almanack

"There was something about his leg-breaks that made him curiously difficult to hit"

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Arthur Carr: Nottinghamshire's Bodyline captain – Almanack

"His straight driving could almost have been described as the restoration of a lost art"

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Gilbert Jessop: A fearless hitter who changed the game – Almanack

"Barring the Graces themselves, the county has never had such an all-round player"

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Arthur Shrewsbury: A remarkably sound batsman who met a tragic end – Almanack

"He seemed to see the ball closed up to the bat than any other player"

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Hedley Verity: The man who claimed the best figures in first-class cricket history – Almanack

"Yorkshire owed a great deal to the fine work accomplished by their left-hand bowler"

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Tich Freeman: One of the great interwar slow bowlers – Almanack

In 1928, he took 304 wickets, a record