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| Full name | Roy Tattersall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1922 Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 December 2011 (aged 89) Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 2 February 1951 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 June 1954 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roy Tattersall (17 August 1922 – 9 December 2011[1]) was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. He was born at Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, England.[2]
Tattersall had an unusual style, quite different from the orthodox Jim Laker, who kept him out of a Test place for most of his career. Tattersall held his index finger around the seam of the ball and this allowed him to bowl a carefully disguised away-swinger to supplement his sharp off-break. He was rather faster than Laker, and this served to increase his penetration on the many wet wickets of his home county. Of small account as a batsman, he did nonetheless help Reg Simpson in a tenth wicket stand of 74 which helped to give England its first victory over Australia since their record win at The Oval in 1938.