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Maurice Tate
Mon, July 09 2018
What made Maurice Tate switch from spin to seam
“Maurice, tired and perhaps annoyed at the veteran batsman’s contemptuous treatment of those slow off-breaks, suddenly increased his pace and swung his body for all he was worth, to make the ball come faster off the pitch.” — Wally Hammond.
Wed, January 13 2016
Burma (Myanmar) resist a rampant Maurice Tate; nobody knows where
Maurice Tate tried his level best, but Burma averted the innings defeat.
Thu, October 03 2013
Ashes 1926: Charlie Macartney scores century before lunch, after England captain Arthur Carr drops him off the fourth ball
July 24, 1926. After England captain Arthur Carr put Australia in to bat at Headingley, Maurice Tate dismissed Warren Bardsley with the very first ball; and then transpired a phase of play that remained a lifelong nightmare for the captain. Arunabha Sengupta writes about the day when Macartney was dropped by Carr off the fourth ball he faced and raced to a hundred before lunch.