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2 unusual facts about John Atkinson Pendlington


John Atkinson Pendlington

Until recently, the system was believed to have been developed by Bill Ferguson but Pendlington's grandson sent a 1914 newspaper cutting to Richie Benaud in 1994, and Benaud published this in his book My Spin on Cricket (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2005, page 278).

Bill Frindall in his book Bearders (Orion, London, 2006, page 70-71) also acknowledges Pendlington as the inventor and mentions other evidence of it pre-dating Ferguson.



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