Harold Larwood famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Cricket was my reason for living.
-- Harold Larwood

#Reason #Cricket
Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
-- Harold Larwood

#Real #Dark #Tunnels
In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.
-- Harold Larwood

#Running #Average #Firsts
A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf
-- Harold Larwood

#Australia #Would Be #Deaf
I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional.
-- Harold Larwood

#Sea #Views #Years

I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...
Dravid Could play attacking cricket like me but i could never play like him
Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing
That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another
Village cricket spread fast through the land.
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.

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