Roy Tattersall was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler.
16 Facts About Roy Tattersall
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Roy Tattersall was born at Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
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Roy Tattersall held his index finger around the seam of the ball and this allowed him to bowl a carefully disguised away-swinger to supplement his sharp off-break.
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Roy Tattersall was rather faster than Laker, and this served to increase his penetration on the many wet wickets of his home county.
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Roy Tattersall first played for Lancashire in 1948 as a medium fast bowler, taking 66 Second XI wickets.
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Roy Tattersall did not establish himself until 1950 after Roberts, Price and Nutter had left the staff and he changed to bowling mainly off-breaks, something he developed in Minor County cricket.
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That year, largely as a result of groundsmen at Old Trafford deciding to eliminate watering of the pitch, Roy Tattersall consistently had pitches tailor-made for him and he did not disappoint, being the leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket with 193 victims for under 14 apiece.
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Roy Tattersall did modestly in Australia, but bowled well enough on the more helpful New Zealand pitches to establish himself in the Test team for fourteen consecutive matches.
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Roy Tattersall held his place throughout the 1951 Test series against South Africa, taking 12 for 101 on his home pitch.
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Roy Tattersall went to India that winter, and on a "biting" pitch at Kanpur, he took eight wickets for 125 runs and helped England gain their only victory of the series.
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However, his being used as a stock bowler delivering 246 subcontinent overs in eight innings, affected his performances, and Roy Tattersall was never the same bowler again.
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Roy Tattersall made only two further appearances in Test cricket: in 1953 against Australia and in 1954 against Pakistan.
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Roy Tattersall bowled in excellent form for Lancashire right up to 1957; taking 100 County Championship wickets every year except 1956, when after an irresistible start, he unaccountably lost form.
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Roy Tattersall was not re-engaged by the county for 1961, but did play for the MCC against his former county with remarkable success, taking six for 63 in the first innings on an unhelpful wicket.
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In 1961, Roy Tattersall endured a poor season as a professional for Kidderminster in the Birmingham League, but was engaged by Worcestershire for 1962.
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Aged over forty, Roy Tattersall was only modestly successful for their Second XI.