Fred Trueman - Englands greatest ever fast bowler

Frederick Sewards Trueman RIP

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[andmarkcg]

I think the last one was his 300th.

[bluebus270]

Your grammar doesn't make any sense, you thich Yank twat. And baseball was invented by us British - it's called rounders. Why not get back to chewing your Copenhagen and having sex with your mother, redneck.

[ruq1]

I think his pace is surely 90+ I hvnt seen such fastest bowler in the history of eng

[bublubhuyan]

No disrespect, but Sydney Barnes is the greatest fast bowler England has ever produced. But Fred Trueman was awesome as well, an all time great.

[rasmatin]

Fantastic bowler !!

[gorgon0]

Wow, I enjoyed that. What a beautiful, simple, smooth and yet powerful bowling action. As a student of the game and a massive fan of the WI I have studied and compared the bowling actions of many cricketers, Dear Fred is is right up there. My favourite English bowler, style-wise, was John Snow. Simply beautiful to watch and only eclipsed in the beauty stakes by Michael Holding, Boyce, Julian and Marshall etc. I must also mention Chris Old's busy bustling and technical style. Good days!

[moosey62]

"That was a very good ball, Mr Trueman"

 "Aye, wasted on thee"

[Blackhoundrise]

the days when batsmen just walked from a nick. no need to look at umpire just pure modesty. nowadays...?! Note that this is a much more mature career era in Trueman's time. This man was said to be quick and accurate in his 20's. when you get to thirty your speed goes and you become a sneaky swing bowler with some nip. batsman hate you for that. good.....

[MavericksCricket]

The keepers are standing just 12-15m back... today they stand way, way further back

[MavericksCricket]

@HughinCanada _ when you watch John Snow bowl from a fraction later era, but still same time, you can see Trueman was not as fast as him, for example. Snow knocked stumps clean out of the ground and hit batters who were afraid to get too far forward. Trueman was a SWING bowler more than anything else, so seems more like a Jimmy Anderson. No one is denying Trueman in his era, was a fine fast bowler. But he is not the quickest category of bowler, just fast medium. he reminds me of a Peter Siddle

[lbw100mph]

Fred always said when he saw his own clips: "It's amazing how black and white film slows you down." I feel this is the most telling comment from Fred himself.

Fred probably bowled around 85 mph looking at the huge clips I have seen and video footage. The pitches were spiteful when uncovered and the ball jumped about.

It is nothing to do with his background. It's about the speed of the ball. As someone who works with this every day, I would say 85 mph looks accurate..possibly 88mph at a push.

[HughinCanada]

@Blackhoundrise

The "small pace bowler runup" was a feature of his twilight years. Fred in his heyday operated from a much longer runup, and in that context the purity of his action shone through, and batsmen found him VERY intimidating.