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| Born | 22 September 1875 Rusholme, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 1929 (aged 53) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Hargreave (22 September 1875 – 1 January 1929) was the most successful bowler for Warwickshire until the success of Foster and Field in winning the 1911 County Championship.
Although the presence of Wilfred Rhodes and Colin Blythe made higher representative honours always out of his reach,[1] for a couple of years in the early 1900s Hargreave was regarded as the best left arm slow bowler in England apart from Rhodes.[2] His accuracy was always exceptional and on helpful pitches he could spin the ball a great deal. Being faster than Rhodes or Blythe,[3] Hargreave was very difficult to hit and his steadiness made him valuable on the generally very plumb wickets that characterised Edgbaston in fine weather during that era. Hargreave was no batsman, but he was a capable fieldsman at point or slip.[4]
- ^ Frith, David (1985). The Slow Men. London: Corgi. p. 90. ISBN 9780552124935.
- ^ Pardon, Sydney H., ed. (1903). John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack (40 ed.). p. 113.
- ^ Pearson, Harry (2013). The Trundlers. London: Little Brown. p. 52. ISBN 9781408704066.
- ^ "Death of S. Hargreave — Former Warwickshire Cricketer". The Hinckley Echo. Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. 4 January 1929. p. 7.