Harold Larwood Harold Larwood Harold Larwood (14 November 1904 – 22 July 1995) was a professional cricketer for Nottinghamshire and England between 1924 and 1938. A right-arm fast bowler who combined unusual speed with great accuracy, he was considered by many commentators to be the finest bowler of his generation. He was the main exponent of the bowling style known as "bodyline", the use of which during the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Australia in 1932–33 caused a furore that brought about a premature and acrimonious end to his international career. A coal miner's son who began working in the mines
The Bowler and the Bunnet The Bowler and the Bunnet The Bowler and the Bunnet was a Scottish television documentary programme on STV, directed and presented by Sean Connery. It is the only film ever directed by Connery. The documentary, filmed in black and white, was a critical examination of the Fairfield Experiment, whereby Iain Maxwell Stewart introduced new working practices at the Fairfield shipyard in Glasgow. It was released onto DVD by the British Film Institute as part of their "Tales from the Shipyard" boxed-set in February 2011. The title comes from the tradition where bowler hats were worn by managers within the shipyards