SNOW, A POET WITH PACE

Sussex paceman put cutting edge into Illy’s ruthless 1970/71 tourists

Paul Edwards continues his look into the Ashes archive by featuring only the second group of England tourists to regain the Ashes Down Under, matching the feat of Douglas Jardine in the infamous Bodyline series in the 1930s
It is rare for an Australian umpire to receive a full-page obituary in an English newspaper. Yet last February that honour of sorts was accorded by The Times to Lou Rowan, whose stern countenance gazed out at readers, some of whom probably wondered what exactly this bloke had done to...

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