Bob Appleyard

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Bob Appleyard

INTL CAREER: 1954 - 1956

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No fairy tale yet for Mustafizur Rahman, but he's in there fighting

No fairy tale yet for Mustafizur Rahman, but he's in there fighting

The Fizz had a unique set of skills early in his career but perhaps no one really understood how to make the best of him

03-May-2021•Jarrod Kimber

We're such jolly good fellows

We're such jolly good fellows

The 1954-55 England Ashes players get their party hats on for a festive dinner in between some exhilarating victories

Bob Appleyard dies aged 90

Bob Appleyard dies aged 90

Bob Appleyard, the former Yorkshire and England bowler, has died after a period of ill health. He was 90

17-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

No coward soul

No coward soul

Bob Appleyard fought back from personal adversity to lay claim to one of the most remarkable stories in English cricket history

17-Mar-2015•David Hopps

26 all out

26 all out

Sixty years ago, England arrived in New Zealand, ascendant. The hosts were weak but nobody realised just how low they would descend

10-Mar-2015•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

Against all odds

Against all odds

Martin Williamson looks at the players who have overcome physical obstacles to play the game

13-Jun-2006•Martin Williamson

Voyage of discovery

Voyage of discovery

Fifty years ago Len Hutton's team left England for an Ashes tour that has passed into legend

When the fat lady sings

When the fat lady sings

Stephen Chalke on retirement

23-Sep-2004•Stephen Chalke

Leave Lancashire where they are

Leave Lancashire where they are

These are peculiar days at Old Trafford

01-Apr-2004•Michael Henderson

The light fantastic

The light fantastic

Stephen Chalke investigates bats of the 1950s and why players were keen to watch their weight

Triumph over the greatest adversity

Triumph over the greatest adversity

Everyone with a fair knowledge of cricketing `greats' knows that Bob Appleyard is the only player to capture 200 first class wickets in his first full season and that in the winter of 1954-55 he helped England bring back the Ashes for the first time

10-Feb-2004•David Warner

All out for 25

All out for 25

1969 The day David slayed Goliath

02-Jul-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

'They couldn't break his will'

'They couldn't break his will'

1939 An unlucky charm is born

27-Jun-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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