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divorce in June 1946, which was granted the following year. This alienated him from his family in
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O'Reilly described it as the best delivery he ever witnessed in a Test match. Bradman wrote, "If ever the result of a Test match can be said to have been decided by a single ball, this was the occasion." After the match, thousands of spectators gathered in front of the pavilion and chanted his name
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Sheffield Shield. In the match that effectively decided the title, Fleetwood-Smith took 15 wickets against a New South Wales team that included nine Test players. He guided the Melbourne club to the premiership in the district competition with seven wickets
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league. In three seasons from 1927 to 1928, he captured 317 wickets for
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in 1996 as one of the ten inaugural members, and they were the only two spinners in the first ten. Fleetwood-Smith's 42 Test wickets placed him fifth on the list of
Australian wicket-takers for the period despite playing in only ten of Australia's 39 Test matches. The only fast bowlers of note on
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toward the batsman after leaving his hand. Fleetwood-Smith's approach to bowling was uncomplicated. Following a very brief five-pace run up to the wicket, he brought his arm over quickly to deliver at a pace considered fast for a spin bowler. His three variations were the
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name and chat to the spectators with his back to the play. His inattention to batting and fielding exasperated his teammates; he was quoted as saying, "if you can't be the best batsman in the world, you might as well be the worst."
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was given specific instructions to attack the inexperienced Fleetwood-Smith and remove him from consideration for the Test matches, which he accomplished during an innings of 203. The England manager,
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376:Best bowling
180:South Africa
124:Right-handed
91:(1971-03-16)
29:
2281:1971 deaths
2276:1908 births
1900:first-class
1898:Australian
1149:Clark Gable
1145:ladies' man
946:Comparisons
934:top spinner
815:Stan McCabe
768:Ken Viljoen
760:Collingwood
702:"Perka" Lee
694:Plum Warner
682:Don Bradman
629:first-class
621:Don Blackie
577:Stuart King
573:Leo O'Brien
552:Leo O'Brien
522:Early years
478:Shane Warne
449:slow bowler
263:Runs scored
237:Competition
142:Specialist
99:, Australia
80:, Australia
2270:Categories
2180:1944â45: â
2177:1943â44: â
2174:1942â43: â
2015:1917â18: â
2012:1916â17: â
2009:1915â16: â
2005:Ironmonger
1194:References
896:Len Hutton
508:alcoholism
396:42/–
70:1908-03-30
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1164:Frankston
1099:Bradmans.
930:wrong 'un
926:off-break
820:sectarian
785:Melbourne
736:Northants
581:Joe Plant
560:leukaemia
512:Melbourne
504:eccentric
445:Australia
437:cricketer
393:0/–
389:stumpings
298:Top score
186:Last Test
162:Australia
2170:O'Reilly
2164:O'Reilly
2158:Grimmett
2146:O'Reilly
2114:Grimmett
2108:O'Reilly
2102:Grimmett
2096:Grimmett
2090:Grimmett
2084:Grimmett
2078:Grimmett
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2038:McDonald
2020:McDonald
1999:Kelleway
1975:Saunders
1969:O'Connor
1963:Saunders
1959:Crawford
1929:Saunders
1913:Saunders
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1013:Grimmett
1007:Eco/Rate
1002:Str/Rate
957:Tim Wall
941:control.
892:The Oval
872:Somerset
677:Bodyline
633:Tasmania
609:St Kilda
536:Victoria
441:Victoria
412:Cricinfo
410:Source:
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218:Victoria
105:Nickname
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1947:Garnsey
1941:Collins
1917:Travers
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992:5w/inns
987:Average
983:Wickets
980:Matches
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840:wrote:
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673:England
625:Carlton
611:in the
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530:in the
528:Stawell
486:innings
327:Wickets
252:Matches
191:England
129:Bowling
121:Batting
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2191:Wright
2044:Mailey
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1993:Massie
1987:Foster
1981:Whitty
1935:Rhodes
1923:Braund
1857:
1834:
1819:
1801:
1628:
1267:
1217:
880:Wisden
772:Border
764:Durban
732:Sussex
727:Wisden
657:Canada
321:36,569
315:bowled
144:bowler
113:Height
2185:Tribe
1086:3.07
1083:44.16
1074:22.64
1060:2.06
1057:48.16
1048:16.60
1034:2.59
1031:51.57
1022:22.28
997:10w/m
919:Style
885:Leeds
876:Notts
474:Ashes
429:Chuck
379:6/110
347:22.64
344:37.38
318:3,093
313:Balls
206:Years
108:Chuck
2136:Ward
2126:Ward
2060:Tate
1855:ISBN
1832:ISBN
1817:ISBN
1799:ISBN
1626:ISBN
1265:ISBN
1215:ISBN
1019:1424
738:and
700:and
655:and
619:and
579:and
544:polo
456:and
443:and
382:9/36
282:7.34
279:9.00
241:Test
209:Team
139:Role
86:Died
64:Born
1186:in
1135:in
1071:597
1068:112
1045:774
1042:135
1025:127
1016:248
480:'s
334:597
293:0/1
290:0/0
269:617
258:112
173:153
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1845:;
1591:^
1382:^
1346:^
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1238:^
1202:^
1080:18
1077:57
1054:17
1051:63
1028:33
878:.
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704:.
575:,
571:,
488:.
414:,
371:18
360:57
331:42
307:63
301:16
266:54
255:10
246:FC
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