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
Tim Bowler psychological thriller; and Sea of Whispers (2013), a haunting and mysterious story set on the remote island of Mora. "Blade" (2008 to 2013) is a series of urban thrillers. Reviewing it for "The Bookbag", Jill Murphy wrote, "Nobody in children's writing is producing anything like this. It's electrifying." Some editions in translation (e.g. Germany and Korea) are four books, each comprising two original volumes. Bowler speaks at conferences, schools, and book festivals and makes regular appearances on radio. He lives in a village in Devon and writes in a small stone outhouse. Tim Bowler Tim Bowler (born 14 November 1953)