Fiery Fred Trueman 1960's Wickets including his 300th!

Fred taking Australian and West Indian Wickets!

[@stevebrindle1724]

Fantastic to see the Aussie batsmen shaking Fred's hand after his 300th test wicket. Now that is cricket!

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Yes it is. Imo the modern Australians became so competitive it killed the gentleman aspect out of the game.

[@mikeryan3701]

Just seen most of the Australian team congratulate Zac Crawley on his 189 in the fourth Test in July 2023.

[@stewartdavies929]

@@Bluepillphil-d1wever heard of bodyline?

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

@@stewartdavies929 no

[@TheShotenZenjin]

Amazing to see no histrionic celebrations after every wicket. And no helmets or other excessive padding!

[@irsw51]

Not just the first Englishman to 300 test wickets, the first man ever.

[@Bernie8330]

Must have also been the first bowler ever to take 200 wickets in his own country. 229 of his 307 wickets were in England.

[@irsw51]

@@Bernie8330 That's party because he had the reputation of being a bad tourist, falling out with the MCC establishment and not being selected. Also England didn't tour every year in his day.

[@Pihasanddunes1]

Thanks, I was racking my brains to think who got there before him.

[@mondop5270]

Someone had to be... someone had to be first to take one... first to be one, first to get 50 etc etc...

[@peterbrigden2124]

I remember when I was about 10 years old and in the members watching a test match between Australia and England when Fred Trueman walked up to the boundary and called us over and gave us ten bob to go and get him a six pack of Melbourne Botter and Australian beer. I remember we said to him that we were too young to buy the beer, so he signalled the guy selling the beer at the kiosk to sell us his beer. At the end of each over we gave him a beer and he kept on bowling faster and cleaned up the Australian team that day.. He also gave us the change for the beers, it really made our day.. What a great and funny and nice guy off the field.

[@harri2626]

Wonderful sportsmanship. No questioning every decision, or rejoicing as if they had won for lottery.

[@lonestar6709]

Genuine pace and movement. Line and length. It's all there. Fred Trueman is the yardstick for modern bowlers. Perfect action, and incredible stamina. And never injured. And look at his opponents. Frankie Worrell, Garry Sobers, Conrad Hunt. That's the A-Team right there. Imagine Fred playing teams like Zimbabwe and Afghanistan then? He'd have been the first to 500 easily. Top ten ever. Without a doubt.

[@georgemorley1029]

vjnat94 It’s not a popularity contest.

[@MrHistorian123]

I have had the enormous privilege of facing Fred Trueman in a match. He played for the MCC against my public school and I was very fortunate to be selected for the 1st XI, which was unusual as I normally captained the 2nd XI. By then, he was past his fastest but he still was a fearsome bowler who swung and seamed it viciously. I lasted about a dozen balls and I hardly hit any. When they batted, he hit me twice over the pavilion, though I got 3 wickets in the end. He was also very pleasant and unassuming after the game and signed as many autographs and posed for as many pictures as we wanted. I still have some. But I threw away the one of my off stump cartwheeling backwards, though. One of the greatest cricketers of all time.

[@udyatjain4478]

Geoffrey boycott copied

[@Bernie8330]

Lone Star ... I don't see any genuine pace ... I see James Anderson pace.

[@kevinjohnbetts]

@@Bernie8330 Difficult to judge because of the quality of the film, and angle of the cameras etc. Bear in mind that by the time these matches were played Fred had been a professional cricketer for nearly 15 years and a test cricketer for around a decade so wasn't the fearsome fast bowler that reduced the Indians to four wickets down for no runs on his debut.

[@BenjWarrant]

I love his style - just before the delivery, as he passes the bowler's wicket, he's almost perfectly sideways on to the batsman, his ball hand is back at about 4 o'clock and his left had is at about 10 o'clock and then there's a windmill of arms and the ball comes shooting out. Jeff Thompson has a similar style, but he almost seems to be free from gravity for a moment of time as he glides past the umpire... Met Fred once, long after he'd retired. Good grief, that man could swear.

[@MrStrobey]

Good description Benj. He sure did swear and was funny in an abrupt sort of style. Freddie was on a "sports" panel of different athletes at a dinner once and he told a story about losing some fingers (I think it was fingers) and every second word was a curse or swearing. Seemed to be appropriately done in that gravelly Yorkshire (?) blather too.

[@janebrown1706]

Oh what a!shame he swore. I thought he was the most gorgeous looking man when he was younger. I would have cured him of swearing!! Heh.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Lol

[@BenjWarrant]

@@janebrown1706 Well it sounds like that would have been a challenge you would have enjoyed!

[@kenoliver8913]

That side-on slinging action was reminiscent of Jeff Thomson. Looks to be not much slower than Thommo too (at his peak definitely the fastest bowler I ever saw - and I've seen all the other contenders for "fastest ever" since then).

[@adam872]

Probably the first time I've ever seen footage of Fred bowling. Great looking action, nice and side on. He was sharp too, moved the ball both ways.

[@jahno7154]

He was a lot sharper before these clips. In the 50s he was rapid.

[@markrich7171]

Don't forget that this is film was taken in 63 and 64 when Fred was 32 and 33 and past his prime. There's nothing from the early/mid 50's. By this time he had cut his run-up from 19 paces to 12 which cost him some speed but gave him even more control. Even so when the first technology was created for measuring the speed of bowlers in 1963, when Fred was 32, he still clocked 92/93 mph and the only other bowler to go over 90 mph was Wes Hall. Tyson, Lindwall, Miller and Adcock had all retired by then. Also with all of his experience that he had gained by then he would bowl to the conditions which didn't always mean bowling flat out.

[@rugbydad678]

Good point!

[@geoffwright2845]

Absolutely! Well said...

[@davec8730]

have you seen a speedometer work in a late 50's early 60's car, it's all over the place.

[@nightwatchman7482]

I doubt he was 92 mph at 32. Possibly only Shoaib Akhtar could bowl that fast at 32, and he had all the modern training at his disposal

[@mikenorgrove2795]

Look how quickly the batsmen walked when they knew they were out!

[@iancurtis1152]

Yes, back in the day. No arguing with ump.

[@martm216]

Yep

[@andrewkennaugh1065]

It started early on...as a child you joined a cricket club and you were told that,when the umpire told you that were out ...you were out! a

[@drsmart0078]

They were truly Gentlemen unlike the thugs these days . Cricket 🏏 is no longer a gentleman sport .

[@graemestarkey7524]

@@drsmart0078 what rubbish.

[@thomascullimore9693]

Fred used to bowl a 1000 overs in a season, would Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad have taken so many test wickets if they had to take that sort of workload? If Fred had been wrapped up in cotton wool like they have been and played as many tests as they have imagine the wickets he would taken! He was the best in my view, 307 wickets in 67 tests, and 2300 wickets overall in first class cricket. 20 years leading the attack for Yorkshire, they don't build them like Fred anymore!!

[@midnytevega2777]

I'd like to believe you're talking about practice sessions

[@thomascullimore9693]

@proud white christian he played first cricket for 20 seasons and took 2304 first class wickets, in first class cricket he bowled over 99000 deliveries divide by 6 and you get 16500 overs!!

[@ynotnilknarf39]

@@thomascullimore9693 plus 2500 overs in tests

[@simongleaden2864]

One significant statistic of Fred's test career was his strike rate (balls per wicket) of under 50. I don't think any other bowler who has taken 300+ test wickets matches that.

[@nigelliam153]

Dennis Lillee used to play all the Sheffield Shield matches between the tests matches. They were a different breed back then. The ABC used to play Trumans records on the radio, he wad hilarious.

[@royboy4743]

Fred rolled his sleeve up every ball ,legend

[@robinnicholas7867]

Those were the days: beautiful bowling action, no bowler hysterics, batsmen eager to get off when out, Fred having to do up his sleeve every ball, terrible camera work, women with funny hats on, kids with shorts and ties......

[@neilrushton7169]

Great bowler. The lack of celebration is noticeable... more stoic times...

[@ncrongendov733]

Spot on

[@agnostic47]

Anyone see the cameo Trueman did in Dad's Army? He was way past his prime (1970) but the camera angle as he bowled the single ball required for the story showed the speed and athleticism of a top class fast bowler as he reached the crease.

[@JB-td9fz]

No I haven't. Worth checking out?

[@andrewwallace6677]

Yep, Sgt Wilson bagged an unbeaten 81

[@davec8730]

'DAD'S ARMY' is what the press referred to ray illingworth's side that toured australia in 70 /71, until john snow introduced the aussie batsmen to the concept of having 'a new un ripped'. it may well have been one of the very first england tours in cricket having started to take over from the MCC, in the mid 90's england players were taking the field in bacon and egg trimmed sweaters in NZ. they look a hell of a lot better than the cheap red muck they don today, which at least should be red and blue.

[@prabhakarkmv4135]

I only heard about Freddie but now I watched him in action.Even today he would hv been deadly on any wicket.Simply great.Thanks for this video.-Love.

[@davec8730]

remember uncovered wickets in those day, it got wet, it seamed

[@michaelellard4664]

It’s a totally different game to day. I had the privilege of seeing him bowl.

[@johnjamesflashman6856]

It is so nice to see how the team responds.

[@Pihasanddunes1]

Show's Richie's professionalism to show a highlight reel in which he gets a pair.

[@smartalecc]

Richie Benaud was such a legend, for a sec I thought the opening clip was him presenting in the 60s

[@nickyork8901]

And he got a pair in the first part of the video, and was paying tribute to the man who did him.

[@simongleaden2864]

I was born on the last day of Richie Benaud's last test match as a player. He was the best TV cricket commentator by far.

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

4:32 It's proper Cricket when you're able to admire even the fall of your own team's Wicket. I personally just enjoy watching good fall of Wickets most of the time when watching Cricket.

[@cquilty1]

Nikhilesh Surve It's highly unlikely the footage is in order.

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

@@cquilty1 Yes it's quite possible. But the commentator saying "there's someone who admires him even though it's the other side" makes me think it could be genuine.

[@Treviscoe]

A truly great fast bowler.

[@user-pz2fe7en7c]

I have great respect for this bowler.He used to bowl outswinger from the edge of the crease as well as from close to stump also as all bowlers generally do.while bowling this type of outswinger,it was very hard to read his outswinger n straight ball.Batsmen were so scared n confused that they used to leave the ball which was in the line of their stumps considering it as outswinger n loose their stump.

[@claudebylion9932]

Classic action and knowing how good he was.

[@plweis7203]

Wonderful to see such gracious Aussie batsmen.

[@crispinaske8293]

I remember watching him take his 300th wicket while on holiday in Cornwall, on a black and white pay as you go tv that took 6d pieces.

[@jahno7154]

Fantastic.

[@oleggorky906]

I used to have a way of sliding the money out of the box with a knife but you couldn't do it on every model. 🤗🤗

[@crispinaske8293]

@@oleggorky906 I was far too young and innocent for anything like that.

[@oleggorky906]

@@crispinaske8293 so was I! Heck, it was the late seventies/early eighties when Radio Rentals were still around that I figured it out for myself, around eleven to thirteen years old, I can't remember exactly, but it was in that time slot😅😅

[@Greebstreebling]

I was ten years old watching this on B&W telly in 1963. My Dad played for a local team in Yorkshire and he was a great admirer of Freddie Trueman, he said Fred was good at moving the ball through the air and on line & length he could hit a threepenny bit - which is how they used to practice :). Great days when sport wasn't big business.

[@thatsmrfuckwit]

Best bowling action ever .... clean and effective, a joy to watch

[@CochinKerala]

What a smooth, beautiful bowling action.

[@dogaredeemer2711]

not smooth

[@davec8730]

yup, very much so.

[@davec8730]

@@dogaredeemer2711 who was smoother then?

[@dogaredeemer2711]

@@davec8730 Malcolm Marshall. Alan donald. Darren gough.

[@dogaredeemer2711]

@@davec8730 his action has so many jerks and stops and you call it smooth. if thats smooth than bumrah and fanir de villiers is smoother

[@HHM706]

Brian Johnson appealing in the commentary box!🤣

[@stewartdavies929]

I remember listening to Freddie Truman commentate on tv in Australia in the very early days of post World Series Cricket. His co commentator was a very new to the job, Tony Greig. The conversation turned inevitably to how things were done “in my day” as all ex player commentators inevitably do at some point. Truman said something about his own career and Greig had a joking jibe to the effect not remembering any of it because he was too young, implying that Truman’s deeds were ancient history. Quick as a flash, Truman, in his Yorkshire accent dryly replied: “Just look in the record books, son. It’s all in there”. You could hear all the other off air commentators pissing themselves (as I bet so was Greig) at the great man putting the youngster firmly back in his place.

[@GN-qx5fl]

Short leg with no helmet or shin pads.. brave boys in those days.. great action from Fred 👍

[@terminallyinquisitive1731]

No hugging of the bowler or loud shouts by team mates. Batsmen putting bat under the arm and marching off before umpires finger goes up!

[@geoffrobinson3390]

When the classy Benaud says something it worth listening to.

[@nowhereman5119]

No lengthy reviews, no sledging, no excuses about pitches - just the game with bat and ball.

[@martm216]

Wonderful stuff - and did you notice, no gaudy advertisements on the pitch, none on the players, no ugly stickers on the bats, stumps and so on. Okay, helmets look ugly as well, but they are for safety. I would certainly want one, if not a suit of armour. And as others have said, no sledging, no dissension, no ugliness, no schoolboy histrionics every time a wicket goes down. And how nice on Fred's 300th test wicket that the first to congratulate him was the Aussie batsman he'd just dismissed.

[@admiralcraddock464]

I'm afraid nearly every sport has been affected by money. Become a star in sport, and you can make a fortune in sponsorship deals and TV appearances. Not much room for gentlemanly sportsmanship these days.

[@vicgallimore6756]

And no rainbow colours on the stumps!

[@davec8730]

you pay their wages then without sponsorship, dreamer.

[@kenclayton5088]

His action described by sir donald bradman as the perfect action

[@videosrus8631]

Would have liked to have seen Fiery Fred's wickets in his debut Test against India (Headingley 1952) when he reduced them to 0-4 in their 2nd innings.

[@graemedurie9094]

What a contrast to today! No great triumphalism on taking a wicket, some applause of course and congratulations but not the sort of behaviour you see today. Then the batsman he's just dismissed shaking his hand has he made his way back to the pavilion.

[@rugbydad678]

Absolutely Graeme, no high fives, hugging, or dissent from the batsman.

[@graemedurie9094]

@@rugbydad678 Some of that hugging! Have they forgotten that children will be watching?

[@a.jamesstretton3813]

T20 isn't sport - it's show business.

[@graemedurie9094]

@@a.jamesstretton3813 And not very good at that.

[@jigarp999]

Celebrations after the wickets is more like a dot ball.

[@BoggWeasel]

1963. 7 years old going on 8... I thought Freddie was the best and wanted to bowl just like him. Copied his style, the run and that hop, unfortunately my ambition outweighed my talent and I managed to achieve absolute mediocracy as a bowler, good, but nothing to write home about. It's great to see him again, thank you for posting.😁👍👍👍👍👍

[@Unknown-bv7lv]

Look at his foot prints . The mark of a good bowler

[@hamisharnold8745]

You cant imagine any batter now congratulating a bowler on a milestone like that, let alone being the first one to shake his hand before any teammates, in an Ashes match as well!

[@rodericstanley2258]

i saw Fred bowling for Yorkshire when the aussies came to Bramall Lane in Sheffield. He bowled their opener first ball. Since then I have had 5 siamese cats, all of which have been named Fred.

[@songsmith31a]

Ah...so many cricketing memories. I recall Ray Lindwall bowling for Australia against Gloucestershire back in the day and he seemed to employ a similar run-up to the wicket but with a straighter-arm delivery, a bit like a javelin thrower.

[@prabhakarkmv4135]

Freddie Tru(man)ly ,simply Classic bowling!-Love.

[@MikeAG333]

The back foot no-ball rule helped him, as he was able to drag and then release the ball feet further up the pitch than is allowed these days with the front foot trule.

[@philipinchina]

When Yorkshire is strong, England is strong. RIP fiery Freddie.

[@davec8730]

yorkshire aren't strong, last time i looked at the table they were bottom of the second division. and after the so called restructuring of the club, i hope they never win another game, and YES i'm a yorkshiremen, absolute disgrace what has happened.

[@michaelboyce7079]

Fred Trueman introduced me to the Yorkshire version of the Australian 'dummy spit". He was out here in the Great Southern Land, doing some commentary work. In one match he called, there was a sudden blow up out on the field with some player going to market over something he didn't like. Fred made the dry-as-dust remark about this as, "Ello, 'e's chooked teddy out t' cot!" I nearly dropped me beer laughing!

[@Wally-H]

Fred's wicket taking average in tests was only just over 21 which makes him one of the greatest bowlers of all time. The best bowler I've seen in my time watching the game was Malcolm Marshall - Fred can't be too far behind him.

[@stevetaylor7403]

Good strategy. Transferring hair oil from his hair to the ball. Love F.S.

[@davec8730]

quite possibly.

[@walker55able]

Great memories looking back☺

[@Eat-MyGoal]

Genuinely great bowler. One of the finest medium pacers the game is seen. Made up for his lack of speed (look how close the keeper and slips are standing) with guille and skill.

[@NPA1001]

In his career there were over 30 Tests from when Fred made his international debut to his international retirement where he was fit to be selected but the English selectors decided to choose someone else. 🤷‍♂️

[@Bernie8330]

Were those 30 tests in England or overseas? 229 of his 307 test wickets were in England. Seems he was even more of an English conditions specialist than James Anderson.

[@NPA1001]

@@Bernie8330 they only toured every other year so most of those he was not selected for would have been home tests.

[@DavidJsmith-dk5tf]

@@Bernie8330 The best English fast bowlers, were often 'rested ' for overseas tours in 1950s, apart, usually, from tours of Australia.

[@DavidJsmith-dk5tf]

@@Bernie8330 He was a great bowler in Australia too. Had he been an Australian, bowling on their fast wickets, he would have been the first fast bowler to reach 400 test wickets.

[@Krzyszczynski]

Fred was selected for only four overseas tours during his career. The ones he didn't go on represented a lot of missed opportunities. He wasn't always in good odour with the stuffed-shirts at the MCC, notably Gubby Allen, who could never get over the fact that Fred was a better paceman than he'd ever been.

[@aritradatta1981]

Great video

[@dpagain2167]

In additon to being a brilliant bowler he was a hilariosly funny public speaker.

[@tomhickson8313]

Loved the celebrations ZERO just a slap on the back 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnjamesflashman6856]

From reading the comments it seem quite a few Australians have commented about Fred's action.

[@Krzyszczynski]

One reason Dennis Lillee ended up taking so many test wickets was that at one point when not doing so well, he sought advice from Fred - and got it!

[@stephenellis2866]

Remember all those games went to a couple,Fiery Fred was to me the most fearsome bowler cricket ever had,yes I’m from Yorkshire !

[@davec8730]

'fearsome' are we talking the fear of getting out, or fear of being hit with the ball?

[@stephenreeds3632]

The loveliest bit for me is Neil Hawke, having been caught out, shaking his hand. Now an Aussie would no doubt sledge him. More gentlemanly game.

[@davec8730]

i think in the current series the ausies have shown more 'class' than the england players have.

[@evanaskew6652]

Cool. A young Derryk Murray got to keep to Hall and Griffiths as well as Roberts, Holding, Garner and Croft.

[@chrisbell156]

Ball wasn't passed to umpire in those days!

[@alexlanning712]

Freddy Trueman, one of the old guard, who only stayed around whilst he was useful--not like the current generation who think they are entitled

[@grahamnoble4887]

You grumpy bastard.

[@alexlanning712]

@@grahamnoble4887 I take that, as a compliment

[@davec8730]

'entitled' to what?

[@alexlanning712]

@@davec8730 ask those, 'in the know"

[@davec8730]

@@alexlanning712 you don't know. you're making it up, and hoping to bullshit your way past any countering.

[@matthewtaylor7355]

Extremely fast an even more accurate

[@lestorhaslam]

Freddy didn’t need the ridiculously long run-ups of other fast bowlers. Great bowler and sportsman.

[@adventussaxonum448]

And I bet Fred could have talked the TMS audience through every one of those wickets. Probably did...😅

[@haydenbretton2990]

At one time in the 1950's my dad took me to see a cricket match and watch Fred Truman bowling. From time to time dad would put his hands over my ears should anyone drop a catch off Fred's bowling, yes, Freddie did use some choice words in those days.

[@davec8730]

he's undoubtabley learn't it from Brian Sellers the yorkshire captain when fred started, they said you could hear Sellers effing and blinding in the crowd when a catch was dropped.

[@rameshkanth3858]

No body guards, helmets also no need for a third umpire. That's gentleman's game.

[@davec8730]

RUBBISH, had helmets been available the aussies would have used them in the bodyline tour, as for body guards, how do you know they were not worn? you'll be telling us next they didn't wear a box.

[@channappabk6642]

Without helmet great players those days ❤❤

[@user-pz2fe7en7c]

He bhagwan.!what a firy action!

[@ma6579]

Used to love listening to Fred commentating on TMS. He loved a good moan but he was entertaining and a great foil for the others in the commentary box.

[@danielbrowne9089]

His bowling action was sweet

[@AyubKhan-dn5bo]

Why is the keeper standing so close to the stumps? I mean I've heard Freddy was really quick. Or was he medium fast like Terry Alderman and Glenn Mccgrath?

[@colddiesel]

The old cameras tended to give a shortened view. Watch how many steps the WK takes to get up to the stumps. But generally McGrath pace except for the first season or two.

[@davec8730]

i imagine quicker than alderman, perhaps quicker than mcgrath. the tracks were uncovered, and would not have the bounce of today BUT would have more leteral movement, swing may have been increased by damp rising out of the wicket. sawdust for the run up and delivery stride were very much of that day.

[@stephenreeds3672]

Love to see Neil Hawke the Aus batsman be the first to shake his hand. Now they'd probably abuse him... led by Paine.

[@stephenwright1476]

Have a good cry then

[@davec8730]

paine did his job, bairstow didn't.

[@splattered63]

Obviously a great bowler. It's hard to tell how fast he was. Frank Tyson was apparently faster but I would think Jeff Thompson on his day would be quicker than them all.

[@davec8730]

other than mma holding. thompson was only registered quick in australia.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

I wish I could live in an England where wearing a tie and jacket was an everyday occurrence.

[@user-nj4ej2uy9b]

Fred was master bowler the other bowler was Brian Statham who was a steady bowler who the opposition found difficulty scoring off so they had score off Fred the other thing was he could throw with both hands he fielded on the boundary he once got the ball in his left hand the batsman thought he could get two runs instead got run out when Fred threw it to the wicket keeper before he got halfway down the wicket

[@oldmanmickfunker]

guys check out some old timers, they invented the plays ,fast bowler Fred Truman , Garfield sobers batsman to name a few

[@MiroPribanic]

did Trueman and Boycott play together in a Test Match/Series?

[@kenclayton5088]

THE GREAT J.T.MURRAY TAKING CATCHES

[@bernardbarton972]

Notice how the batsmen walked without waiting for the umpires to call out.

[@Krzyszczynski]

After taking his 298th and 299th test wickets in successive balls, Fred was on a hat-trick for his 300th .... but then the lunch-break intervened, and some of the momentum was lost.

[@khurmiful]

I wonder what his speed gun reading would be, around 90mph?

[@user-yf3ti8ry2v]

Class bowler like Hadlee didn’t play enough Tests otherwise like Hadlee 5 wickets per Test Match they would of got 600-700 Test Wickets his action like Hadlees outstanding

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

He bowled really at top speed after lunch, especially after he had a bite of a steak sandwich and some tea.

[@RatelHBadger]

Very slingy strong shoulder action, very much like Mitchell Johnson, but right arm obviously.

[@stephenellis2866]

Don’t make me laugh

[@davec8730]

johnson is not as smooth by a long way.

[@holaclive]

Jeff Thompson said he studied his bowling action.

[@kevinpennick3604]

Fiery Fred 👌

[@barryphillips7790]

And showing you don’t need a long run-up!

[@davidmoran1235]

I remember him. Asked what describes a gentleman? Fred said, someone who gets out of the bath to have a pee!

[@Steveaustin007]

The WKeeper is not standing too far back at all , probably less than half way back they stand for the quicks of today, even though most pitches these days is like batting on a road. At 5ft 10” , non muscular build people are dreaming if they think he was a quick by modern standards.

[@davec8730]

they are QUICK by the standars of that day, but then with uncovered wickets the 150k merchants of today might be getting driven and pulled a tad more.

[@chomusic]

Muted celebrations compared to today's antics.

[@robertfurner1729]

the names here all legends

[@aldershot5100]

By the looking at it he had quick balls but in modern terms he was probably quick ish.The slips aren't that far back

[@PaulRoneClarke]

There is coverage of Holding to Boycott in ‘81 where the same comment is made. Slips look 8 to 10 yards back. Then there is Lillee to Steele, again it looks like Marsh is stood at the most ten yards back. Not sure what’s going on.

[@Bernie8330]

@@PaulRoneClarke There are people not around at the time who claim Holding mustn't have been quick? Really??

[@homeone4054]

On this evidence he was about the same as Broad in Broad's quickest spells (i.e. a few years ago). Definitely not Brett Lee.

[@gedhession]

Now joined by his famous in-law, Raquel Welch.

[@MuhammadFarhan-un1hq]

Bowling action is like Naseem shah

[@varenyasagar_2066]

You mean Naseem Shah's bowling action is like him

[@MuhammadFarhan-un1hq]

@@varenyasagar_2066 yes

[@davec8730]

WHO is she?

[@christaylor6502]

Considering how fast he was supposed to be the wicket keeper isn't standing very far back

[@stephendavies1117]

He wasn't quick at all. By modern standards he is medium pace swing bowl. There is a story from his days doing radio commentary for TMS where footage of him bowling was shown on the TV coverage and the guys in the commentary box were commenting on how slow he was without knowing that Trueman was standing behind them in the commentary box

[@geoffwright2845]

@@stephendavies1117 - somebody has recently posted on here that in the early sixties when speed could first be measured, Trueman was timed at 92/93 & that the only other bowler to exceed 90mph was Wes Hall...!! (Fred would have been the wrong side of 30 then - he would have been at his fastest in the mid-fifties...) Some of the footage from '61 shows Fred bowling his medium-pace offcutters (when he got 5 for 0 in 24 balls...!!) He realised the wicket had worn & adjusted accordingly...

[@stephendavies1117]

@@geoffwright2845 speed cameras weren't introduced in cricket until 1999. Before then, the only way to measure speed was to time how long the ball took to reach the wicket. To get any sort of meaningful measurement required equipment with an accuracy level that simply didn't exist then (and of course even with modern technological advancements, we don't use that method today because it isn't accurate enough). The only way to compare speeds across eras is to see how much carry the bowlers get. I have not seen any footage or picture of Trueman bowling where the keeper and cordon are standing any distance from the wicket.

[@geoffwright2845]

@@stephendavies1117 ....I was surprised to see the speed-measuring comment myself - I assumed it was some measuring equipment for a fast bowling competition ......as occurred in '79 - organised by Richie Benaud, I believe.... There is also documentary evidence to suggest that Larwood was bowling at 96mph at times - although the writer does not know how the calculation was made... As to Fred - some of the footage in this clip does show him bowling medium pace....deliberately, mind you, & he was the wrong side of 30 so would not have been as quick as when he burst onto the scene in '52 against India, when an article in Wisden described him as a 'fearsomely fast bowler'.....& 'that some of the India batsmen visibly retreated before his onslaught...' Finally, I did have the privilege of seeing him in action - I was a young schoolboy & my late Father, a Yorkshireman, had taken me to see Yorks. v Somerset, at Taunton. I remember lying just outside the boundary rope on the cover boundary postion to Trueman bowling. He would have been 37 at the time.......& all I can say is that he looked bloody quick to me, with a superb action....Yorkshire won the County Championship, that year....

[@MrHistorian123]

@@stephendavies1117 "He wasn't quick at all. By modern standards he is medium pace swing bowl" Says someone who has never faced Trueman. I have and he was bloody quick, even though he was a few years past his best.

[@Susseditout]

I like him rolling up his sleave.

[@samuelcardwell577]

4:23 - glorious!

[@manoftrent71]

None of yer girlie alice bands when Fred was bowling.

[@stephenwright1476]

Hey mate the greatest ever cricketer, as you describe it, was a "girlie!" - Betty Wilson

[@exessex3522]

No helmets or body armour either,

[@a.jamesstretton3813]

none of that poncy suncream either, because we just laugh at t' skin cancer in Yorkshire, appen.

[@timcrowther8475]

Fantastic to give a young Stevie Wonder a job as camera man