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Sir Stanley Jackson wrote in Wisden, comparing Larwood with Ernest Jones, Tom Richardson and Bill Lockwood, great earlier fast bowlers he had faced, saying: “Although I never played against him, I would say that Larwood appeared to me the best fast bowler I saw. I have a great admiration for him, with his beautiful rhythmic run and a perfect action which gave him complete control over pace, direction and length. It was these qualities that made him such a fine bowler. I think that he achieved this because at the moment he delivered the ball he was poised high in the air with his left shoulder well up and pointing towards the wicket. It was then that he was complete master of himself, and the control at the end of his run gave him time to deliver the ball the way he wanted.”
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