AthleteBritish1877 – 1936
Bernard Bosanquet
Inventor of the googly cricket bowling technique
Biography
English cricketer who invented the googly, a deceptive bowling technique that revolutionized cricket. He played for Oxford University and England in the early 1900s.
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Category
Athlete
Nationality
British
Born
1877
Died
1936
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Bosie
English origin
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