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  1. nickyb

    nickyb Well-Known Member

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    Twister - Tornado
     
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    Tornado - Typhoon*

    * - other nicknames for fast bowlers are available but there was only one Frank Tyson. As Tom Graveney said:

    " Frank Tyson, at his peak, was possibly the fastest bowler of all time. In 1954–55, England convincingly beat Australia by three Tests to one, mainly thanks to devastating bowling that earned Tyson the nickname 'Typhoon'. Roaring off a long run, he generated tremendous pace that unnerved and unhinged even the greatest batsmen."



    Also Dickie Bird wrote "he was certainly the quickest bowler I ever seen through the air, and on one occasion the quickest bowler I never saw through the air!"
     
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    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Evening all back in the land of a Wi-Fi signal

    Typhoon fog
     
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    Ah..civilisation :)

    Fog - Haar..**

    ** Sea fog (as named in Aberdeen (and no doubt in other places)
     
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    Haar - Frost*

    * - other Davids are available
     
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    Morning all & good luck to our teams this weekend

    Today's theme is words containing FRO

    Frosts - Leapfrog
     
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    Morning all

    Seconded, big games for you Taff with both shaped balls. What's this about Biggar being 'tapped up' by Northampton?

    Leapfrog - Afro **
    ** other hairstyles are available
     
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    Morning all,

    Afro frolicsome
     
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    Let's just say there's no smoke without...... anyway Biggar is on a National Dual Contract

    If we win and Bath win, home semi at The Liberty. If Brive beat Bath, we have to travel to Brive for the semi

    Frolicsome - Defrock
     
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    Contracts eh!! nowadays not worth the paper they are printed on

    Defrock/Frolicsome - Frontispiece
     
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    Frontispiece - Front
     
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    front Frosties
     
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    Frosties - Frontage
     
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    Frontage - Frobisher. **
    ** 16th century English seaman also makers of fruit juices...not thought to be related
     
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    Frobisher frogmarch
     
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    Frogmatch - Frontier **
    ** not the final one
     
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    frontier Frodsham **

    ** other small towns in Cheshire are also available
     
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    And very pleasant it is, or was

    Frodsham - Fromage
     
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    Morning all

    Fromage. Frozen
     
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    Frozen - Affront
     
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