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Fred Root
Mon, April 27 2015
Caught Beet bowled Root — the day of the vegetarian dismissal
It was not until 1912 that Beet and Root played together for Derbyshire.
Mon, August 01 2016
Fred Root: Innovator on the field, radical off it
Fred Root was one of the earliest to gauge the ill-treatment dished out to the professional cricketer. He suggested limited-overs cricket, was one of the earliest exponents of leg-theory bowling, and was also a Worcestershire legend.