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Edgar Willsher — Kent's Left-Arm Fast Roundarm Bowler Emerges, 1855
Kent and All-England elevens
1855-06-01
Edgar Willsher of Rolvenden, Kent, emerged in the mid-1850s as one of the fastest left-arm roundarm bowlers in England, taking 1,393 first-class wickets across a career lasting until 1875. He was the central figure in the overarm bowling controversy of 1862, when he was repeatedly no-balled by umpire John Lillywhite at The Oval, but in the 1850s he was simply the most dangerous left-arm bowler in the country.
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