How dare you not know about Voce? Did you

never watch Bodyline serialised on BBC mid 80's. From my recollection Voce was: Harold Larwood?s partner-in-crime in the Bodyline series, the Nottinghamshire left-arm paceman was not as quick as his county team-mate, but could produce steep, disconcerting bounce. He took 15 wickets in four Tests in that series, missing the fourth because of injury. On the 1936-37 trip, when captain Gubby Allen insisted Bodyline was not deployed, Voce took six for 41 and four for 16 in the first Test at Brisbane. In the next Test at Sydney his spell of three for one in four balls (including the wicket of Don Bradman) helped reduce Australia to 80 all out. He took four for 10 and three for 66 in the match. He took 41 Ashes wickets at 27.51 each in 11 Ashes Tests (all in Australia)

Posted By: Pragmatist on July 26th 2013 at 20:40:45

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Alan Mulally commentating on 5livesx,he's a rum old boy. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 19:15:27
- I was trying to think of England's worst tail (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 26, 19:46:00
  - This was up there (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:04:56
  - Yeah that was crap,you could chuck in peter such at times too,he wasn't a great bat. (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:02:28
    - I saw peter such make a 51 ball test duck at old trafford once (Other Sports) - matt in london, Jul 26, 21:09:54
      - The odds of doing it twice are slim :-/ (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 21:38:15
  - Malcolm nearly got a test 50 (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 19:52:24
    - Foster (n/m) (Other Sports) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 26, 20:00:22
    - Neil Foster.That's the bloke (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 19:58:54
      - He was a right armer,neil mallendar played a couple of tests for england and was a left ar (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:01:13
        
        No, was thinking of Foster. Don't know my arse from my elbow (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:03:28
        
        Actually i just checked,mallender's a right armer too! (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:10:25
        
        Saw hi play a benefit game at fosters in lynn,he bounced parvez mir,who wasn't wearing a l (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:06:51
        
        Left armer. Richard Allinson? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:15:24
        
        Nah he was vj on vh1!,i think you mean richard ellison,he was right though,pretty much won (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:17:59
        
        Oh bollocks (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:19:47
        
        We haven't had many over the years,i think there was the bloke from durham and john lever (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:23:44
        
        Bill Voce (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:30:25
        
        Onions? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:27:30
        
        Onions is a right armer,without googling don't know about voce,ah ryan sidebottom! (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:31:52
        
        How dare you not know about Voce? Did you (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 20:40:45
        
        Yeah i saw that,i meant i didn't know what arm he bowls with . (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:54:18
        
        Sorry, had to google England left arm bowlers (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 21:01:42
        
        Lol. I loved that series (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 26, 20:48:35
        
        Used to watch it over and over on vhs (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Jul 26, 21:02:03
        
        I think it was Clenchwarton where i saw Neil Foster (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 26, 20:13:00
        
        That's the one huge,fosters at clenchwarton,paul tebay played for the west norfolk team , (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:16:28
        
        I never played there (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 26, 20:29:26
        
        Was a nice place to play sport tbf,nice showers,lovely bar,so fosters sold it for housing! (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 26, 20:33:03
- Lefty...just look at McEnroe (n/m) (Other Sports) - chuftncfc, Jul 26, 19:34:47
- Had forgotten it was on, it's the Radio Solent commentary (Other Sports) - watfordcanary, Jul 26, 19:34:00

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