Umpiring in the 1946–47 Ashes series out. One English pressman wrote that this was Bodyline, to the anger of Vic Richardson, Alan Kippax and Clarrie Grimmett who had seen the real thing. Clif Cary wrote that "the placements were sufficient to cause the batsmen worry, although they did not justify one journalist describing the attack as "bodyline" to lend colour and expression to his cable". The England bowler Bill Voce and the reporter Bill Bowes did not comment on the matter, but Harold Larwood said that Bodyline was less dangerous as the batsman knew what to expect - bouncers on the leg-stump - but here they
Norman Bowler 1969, after 10 years of marriage. Bowler was a regular star of the ATV soap series "Harpers West One", playing the character of Roger Pike, and played a variety of bit parts and single episode roles on television throughout the 1960s, including an episode of "Gideon's Way". He featured in one episode of "The Avengers" and starred alongside James Caan in the 1968 war film "Submarine X-1", about World War II British midget submarines. From 1966 to 1976, Bowler played Det. Chief Inspector Harry Hawkins for the entire run of the BBC TV police drama "Softly, Softly" (later ""). He