
What made Fred Spofforth 'The Demon Bowler'? – Almanack
"Very tall, 6ft 3in, broad shouldered, but unusually lean and sinewy and carrying very little weight"
"Very tall, 6ft 3in, broad shouldered, but unusually lean and sinewy and carrying very little weight"
"He was brilliantly successful under all sorts of conditions"
"A very difficult man to dismiss"
"The authorities at once realised that they had a ready-made England batsman for years to come"
"There was something about his leg-breaks that made him curiously difficult to hit"
"His straight driving could almost have been described as the restoration of a lost art"
"Barring the Graces themselves, the county has never had such an all-round player"
"He seemed to see the ball closed up to the bat than any other player"
"Yorkshire owed a great deal to the fine work accomplished by their left-hand bowler"
In 1928, he took 304 wickets, a record
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