Ugly scenes this week at Lord's are yet another reminder that cricket and its code of gentlemanly behaviour are honoured often in the breach. So it has always been, as Roger Underwood reminded Quadrant readers in 2011. Today, as the Long Room's chinless Poms sustain their apoplexy with choruses of 'Cheat!' and 'Shame!', it's worth revisiting England's original crimes against sportsmanship, 'the spirit of the game' and, ultimately, one of their own, Harold Larwood
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