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  1. maccca

    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    1 Grimmett still the first and fastest to 200 test wickets. 248 first class games and did not bowl one no ball. The only reason Bradman rated O'Rielly above Grimmett was tit for tat for Grimmett saying Trumper was a better batsman than the Don. Grimmett certainly has a better...
  2. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    Stackpole was a good legspinner himself and was coached by Grimmett as well, but to bowl legspin at test level and open the batting is hard, although Alfridi does it , So when people want Katich to bowl more overs they are asking a lot, and dont know much about legspin and how much work most...
  3. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    To do a "johnny watkins"in Australian cricket has come to mean completely blowing your chance at test level due to nerves. So bad did he bowl in his only test. Nerves got to him bad, surprising it doesn't happen more often, he could not hold the ball because of sweat and shaking. People talked...
  4. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    Yes , if you dont set it off right you get an offbreak, which seems a handy ball, but Grimmett reckons that offbreak is not much use as it leaves the pitch too slow. It is harder to bowl than the underhand flipper, which is saying something, it makes the backspinning flipper seem like the lazy...
  5. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    Mainly second grade, but we have had a few good legspinners from around here. Bob Holland was another one I saw up close and Johnny Watkins played here as well as Colin Mc Cool, my Dad played against Mc Cool in the local competition in the early 60,s. Mc Cool was getting on a bit by then but...
  6. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    Yes I am hassling them, if they grabbed a ball any ball, and read Grimmetts instructions they would soon realise the potential of his topspinning ' flipper". I have never seen a delivery that seems to gather so much pace off the wicket, it seems to defy science.
  7. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    That was the way former Australian legspinner Kerry O' Keefe gripped the ball, he was fairly successful but not a big spinner, in fact his stock ball was a toppie you could say. I saw him close up as he played for my old club, Western Suburbs Newcastle and he coached us youngsters a bit, but...
  8. maccca

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    Hey Saddo, I emailed Jenner yesterday with my theory. I dont know if I will get a response, he may contact Mallett and confirm there is some nut out there with this crazy contention about Grimmetts flipper.

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