Harold Larwood MBE (14 November 1904 – 22 July 1995) was a professional cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938. A right-arm fast bowler who combined extreme speeds with great accuracy, he was considered by many players and commentators to be the finest and the fastest fast bowler of his generation and one of the fastest bowlers of all time. He was the main exponent of the bowling style known as "bodyline", the use of which during the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Australia in 1932–33 caused a furore that brought about a premature and acrimonious end to his international career. More about Harold Larwood
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A coal miner's son who began working in the mines at the age of 14, Larwood was recommended to Nottinghamshire on the basis of his performances in club cricket, and rapidly acquired a place among the country's leading bowlers. He made his Test debut in 1926, in only his second season in first-class cricket, and was a member of the 1928–29 touring side that retained the Ashes in Australia. The advent of the Australian batsman Don Bradman ended a period of English cricket supremacy; Larwood and other bowlers were completely dominated by Bradman during Australia's victorious tour of 1930. Thereafter, under the guidance of England's combative captain Douglas Jardine, the fast leg theory or bodyline bowling attack was developed. With Larwood as its spearhead the tactic was used with considerable success in the 1932–33 Test series in Australia. The Australians' description of the method as "unsportsmanlike" soured cricketing and political relations between the two countries; during subsequent efforts to heal the breach, Larwood refused to apologise for his bowling, since he was carrying out his captain's instructions. He never played for England after the 1932–33 tour, but continued his county career with considerable success for several more seasons.In total, we tracked 118 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Harold Larwood (Harold Larwood Notts England Cricket Autograph Photo postcard signed RARE) was sold in November 2012 for £123.00 while the cheapest item (SIGNED Gerry Wolstenholme: Memories of Harold Larwood (CMS, 1996) Lancs Notts) found a new owner for £1.99 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2020 with an average selling price of £20.49 for an autographed item of Harold Larwood. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2013 with £119.77 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.10 was October 2013. In average, an autographed item from Harold Larwood is worth £20.00.
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1935 Autograph Book incl. Harold Larwood Cricketer & Carroll Lewis + Others | £55.00 | ||
Cricket - autograph of Harold Larwood Nottinghamshire & England | £17.25 | ||
Cricket - vintage autograph of Harold Larwood (Nottinghamshire & England) | £8.50 | ||
Cricketer Harold Larwood Signed Magazine Photo. | £10.50 | ||
HAROLD LARWOOD (Cricket) Genuine Handsigned Signature attached to AlbumPage. | £25.00 | ||
HAROLD LARWOOD AUTOGRAPH ON ASHES 1882 - 1982 CENTENARY CARD | £17.88 | ||
HAROLD LARWOOD ENGLAND BODYLINE ASHES LEGEND HAND-SIGNED VINTAGE AUTOGRAPH | £89.95 | ||
Harold Larwood Nottinghamshire & England Cricket Raymond SMITH Signed Records | £8.99 | ||
HAROLD LARWOOD signed autograph - England and Nottinghamshire Cricket .......... | £24.99 | ||
THE LARWOOD STORY - LARWOOD & PERKINS - 1982 EDITION - SIGNED BY HAROLD LARWOOD | £50.00 |