"THE OLD LARWOOD"
BOWLING AT TRENT BRIDGE
AT TIMES UNPLAYABLE'
LONDON, May 5.
Lanvood made his first bowling appearance ;it Trent Bridge' against Somerset. • He and Voce dismissed half Somerset for 12 runs. . • ■:
Larwood demonstrated that his foot trouble has completely disappeared. He took four wickets for 31 runs, and Voce three for 39.
'. Critics, however, are divided in their opinions about Larwood. Quite a number contend that lie has not his old pace, although his action is faultless. "Keynolds's News" states that the wicket was all against him. He took his usual nine-teen paces run, and his terrific follow-through, which throws all the weight on to the damaged left foot, was in full use. He had not his old pace because lie needs time to get right back to form. Likewise, ho wants a, firmer, foothold, yet at times he was unplayable. He got Lee iwitli a ball whipping back like lightning that would have taken any hatsman's wiefcet. The/People" says: "It is the old Larwood. Cricket enthusiasts throughout the- country share the feeling of relief that swept Trent Bridge.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 106, 7 May 1934, Page 14
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181"THE OLD LARWOOD" Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 106, 7 May 1934, Page 14
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