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Bowler was a British situation comedy television show written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, starring George Baker, Fred Beauman, Renny Lister and Gretchen Franklin, about a London gang boss determined to improve his social standing. Bowler was produced by London Weekend Television and aired during 1973.
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Gabriel's Insurrection was an insurrection incited among the Negro slaves of the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia. in 1800, by a slave of Thomas Prosser, called 'General Gabriel', and 'Jack Bowler'. They intended to attack Richmond by night with a thousand Negroes and murder the inhabitants. An escaped Negro revealed the plot. Governor James Monroe ordered out the militia and attacked the insurgents. The ringleaders were captured and 'punished'.
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Allan Gibson Steel was an English cricketer. He was born in 1858 and died in 1914. Educated at Marlborough and Trinity Hall, Cambridge he played cricket for his school and university, being captain of Cambridge in 1880, and then of the Lancashire eleven. On nine occasions he represented England against Australia, and also toured in Australia. Both a batsman and a bowler, he scored 135 and 148 not out against Australia, and in 1879 bowled unchanged throughout both innings for the Gentleman against the Players. In 1883 he became a barrister, in 1901 a KC and in 1904 recorder at Oldham.
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Andrew Stoddart was an English cricketer and rugby union player. He was born in 1864 at South Shields and died in 1915. In 1885 he joined Hampstead CC and made his first appearance for Middlesex. Andrew Stoddart was renowned as a batsman, scoring 485 of the 814 total runs Hampstead scored against the Stoics on August the 4th 1886, as well as a batsman he was also a change bowler, though not of any merit. As a rugby union player, he was one of the finest of his time and played in ten international matches.
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Bishan Singh Bedi is an Indian cricket player. He was born in 1946. He played cricket for India (first in 1966 against the West Indies), Northern Punjab, Delhi and Northamptonshire (England). A slow, left-handed bowler he was the top wicket taker in England in 1973, taking 105 wickets.
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Colin Blythe was an English cricketer. He was born in 1879 and died in 1917. He played for Kent and England as a slow left-arm bowler, taking 2506 wickets in 16 seasons, 100 of them in test matches including 15 in the test match against South Africa at Headingley in 1907. He was killed in action during the Great War, in France in 1917.
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Frederic Sewards Trueman (Freddy Trueman) was an English cricketer. He was born in 1931 at Stainton, Yorkshire and died in 2006. After serving an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, he became a professional cricketer, playing for Yorkshire from 1949 until 1968, and for England in 67 test matches between 1952 and 1965 and was the first bowler to take 300 test wickets. On three occasions he took ten wickets in a match, and during his first-class career he took 2304 wickets and made three centuries. After retiring from playing cricket he worked as a cricket writer and broadcaster where his down-to-earth approach and sharp tongue earned him notoriety. Freddy Trueman also made a cameo appearance in an episode of the BBC comedy 'Dad's Army' as a cricketer brought in by the wardens in a friendly match against the Home Guard.
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John Briggs was an English cricketer. He was born in 1862 and died in 1902. Originally an all-rounder, he served England best as a slow left-arm bowler from 1884 to 1899. He played for Lancashire and England, with his best test performance taking 15 wickets for 28 against South Africa.
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John Jackson was an English cricketer. He was born in 1834 and died in 1901. He was a bowler for Nottinghamshire renowned for injuring batsmen, developing the notion of bodyline bowling. He was given the nickname 'Foghorn' on account of his habit of blowing his nose after taking a wicket. In 1860, playing against Surrey, he took nine wickets and caused a tenth batsman to retire injured - effectively taking all wickets in the match.
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Jam Sahib Ranjitsinhji was an English cricketer. He was born in 1872 and died in 1933. He played for Cambridge University, Sussex - whom he captained from 1899 to 1903 and England, and is known as one of the greatest stylists and a keen bowler. As a batsman he broke numerous records during the 1890s and in 1899 was the first to score 3000 runs in a single season.
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