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2 unusual facts about Arthur Mold


Arthur Mold

In his second year, a successful match against the Free Foresters, an amateur team, impressed two Lancashire cricketers who played against him.

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Rugby league and cricket matches were also featured, and when A.D. Thomas, who styled himself "the picture king, the mastermind of the world", heard of a cricketing scandal where the respected Lancashire bowler Arthur Mold was repeatedly no-balled by the umpire, Jim Phillips, he promptly commissioned a filmed re-enactment of Mold's bowling to prove that his technique was valid — the first action replay, which was a popular success.



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