Jim Phillips could not stand crooked elbows in cricket and in 1901 Arthur Mold ended up bearing the brunt of his ire It was in this week in 1898 that Ernest Jones became the first bowler in Test history to be no-balled for throwing, an early skirmish in a one-man war waged by James, Jim or Jem Phillips, Anglo-Australian cricketer, umpire and fighter against the crooked elbow, who once went two full decades without experiencing a winter only to break that run in the most emphatic way possible by ...
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The Guardian - 5 Jan 2021 12:55
Jim Phillips could not stand crooked elbows in cricket and in 1901 Arthur Mold ended up bearing the brunt of his ire It was in this week in 1898 that Ernest Jones became the first bowler in Test history to be no-balled for throwing, an early skirmish in a one-man war waged by James, Jim or Jem Phillips, Anglo-Australian cricketer, umpire and fighter against the crooked elbow, who once went two full decades without experiencing a winter only to break that run in the most emphatic way possible by ...
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