Bernard Bosanquet
English cricketer (1877-1936) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 58
Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet was an English cricketer best known for inventing the googly, a delivery designed to deceive the batsman. When bowled, it appears to be a leg break, but after pitching the ball turns in the opposite direction to that which is expected, behaving as an off break instead.
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W. G. Grace Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1904
R. E. Foster Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Leslie Gay Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1904
Albert Trott Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1904
Plum Warner Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1898-1919
Bill Storer Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1904
George Gibbons Hearne Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1903- Harry Lee Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1911-1919
Frank Mann Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1909-1919
Harry Foster Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1904
J. T. Hearne Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1898-1919
J. W. Hearne Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1909-1919
Leonard Moon Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1899-1909
Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1904
Frank Tarrant Teammate at Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1904-1914
Wilfred Rhodes Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
George Brann Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Stanley Jackson Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Tom Hayward Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Albert Relf Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Colin Blythe Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Len Braund Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Dick Lilley Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
Ted Arnold Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1905
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Main gate of Oriel College which Bosanquet attended between 1897 and 1900
Bosanquet's bowling action for the leg break, photographed by George Beldam in 1906
Bosanquet's batting stance, photographed by George Beldam in 1905
Pelham Warner, who saw Bosanquet's potential, captained the MCC tour of 1903-04.
Before and after pictures of Bosanquet playing a pull shot, photographed by George Beldam in 1905Awards
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Bosanquet, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex between 1898 and 1919, appeared in seven Test matches for England as an all-rounder. He was chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1905.
