Five Aussie googly merchants
Ram Guha writes on the googly bowlers from down under. Mailey, Grimmett, O'Reilly, Benaud, Warne. Click here
But the first Aussie bowler to perfect the googly was probably, Ranji Hordern (Called Ranji because of his dark skinned color). A doctor who returned from his studies in USA and spotted and picked by Warren Bardsley, the former Australian batsman then acting as the sole selectorfor New South Wales. The national selectors picked him up for the tests and he took 12 wickets in his first Test against England and that against a side including Hobbs, George Gunn, Rhodes, Mead, Hearne, Foster, Woolley and Douglas.
However, after Bosenquet,the creator of googly, it was the South African quartret who brought the wild googly under some control during 1905-1910 - the golden age of spin in SA. (Hordern made his debut in 1911) However, sadly, the world war II which resulted in loss of two spinners and then the subsequent change to turf wickets played its part in the decline of spin in South Africa.
But the first Aussie bowler to perfect the googly was probably, Ranji Hordern (Called Ranji because of his dark skinned color). A doctor who returned from his studies in USA and spotted and picked by Warren Bardsley, the former Australian batsman then acting as the sole selectorfor New South Wales. The national selectors picked him up for the tests and he took 12 wickets in his first Test against England and that against a side including Hobbs, George Gunn, Rhodes, Mead, Hearne, Foster, Woolley and Douglas.
However, after Bosenquet,the creator of googly, it was the South African quartret who brought the wild googly under some control during 1905-1910 - the golden age of spin in SA. (Hordern made his debut in 1911) However, sadly, the world war II which resulted in loss of two spinners and then the subsequent change to turf wickets played its part in the decline of spin in South Africa.
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