Talk:Underarm bowling

message: Could someone add some dates to this?
I think the 1981 incident deserves its own page. I'm in no rush to change this, but I'd like to see any comments for or against a move. Rocksong 01:02, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that's necessary. This isn't a very long article, and the material on the 1981 incident alone would make quite a short page by itself. If it was expanded to something like twice the size, it might start deserving its own article. I don't think there's all that much more that can be written about it, though. -dmmaus 06:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

text: My reasoning was the sidebar on the RHS of the page: this is one of 20 or more pages on "bowling styles". I don't think any other "bowling style" page discusses a specific incident (e.g. Bodyline is not on the bouncer page). Also, someone specifically looking up the 1981 incident is confronted with (for them) irrelevant stuff on the history of underarm bowling. Also my observation is "multi-pronged" Wikipedia articles tend to expand such that a split becomes necessary sooner or later - even hough, as you say, the article isn't too long yet. Having said all that, if people don't agree with me then so be it. Rocksong 07:04, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I could go either way. It's ok as it is, but it would also work well as two separate articles, linking to each other - a short paragraph on the incident with . Stevage 10:07, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I've added the clarification. It's a good point, because if I'd never seen the incident and only knew of backyard underarm lobbing, it might not be obvious otherwise. BTW McKechnie didn't pick the ball up, he just knocked it aside with his foot. Rocksong 00:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: McKechnie blocked the ball with his bat (it was quite straight. if he had offered his foot, i guess the aussies would have appealed for it !) and threw away his bat. Tintin (talk) 13:55, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just saw the replay again. You are right: he blocked it with his bat, then tossed his bat. Rocksong 11:45, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: The following text was deleted from the 1981 page because it wasn't about that incident, it might be added this page. --Jpeeling 12:30, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Information

message: I think, underarm bowling isn't illegal if it is pre arranged before the match. I shall consult Tom Smith.
:No need to go to that far. Law 24.1.b mentions it. Tintin 03:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that there is a more detailed article on Underarm bowling and the two articles handle pretty much the same stuff. Tintin 03:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Lob bowling]] talk page topic 

message: I think this needs tidying up in several respects, but I don't have the expertise to do so.  The opening sentence tells us underarm is old, not the essence of it.  There is also no mention of its current legal status in the opening paragraph.  
I think the definition should follow before the history.  It would also be useful to define pitched bowling, since it seems to be important in the history and perhaps 'shooters, twisters and risers'.  It would also be useful to know when it became illegal to roll a ball along the ground, since the article says this was the original style.
The history seems to get a bit excessive in detail from the paragraphs about 'Lumpy' onwards.  It also needs some more citations as it seems like a personal essay.
Tomcrocker (talk) 11:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarifying the article 

message: I propose that Lob bowling be merged into Underarm bowling. I think that the content in the Lob bowling article can easily be explained in the context of Underarm bowling, and the Underarm bowling article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Lob bowling will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. Jack | talk page 10:12, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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message: In The Art of Captaincy (1985), Mike Brearley said that he had bowled lobs for Middlesex CCC as a practised last resort to try to buy a wicket, but never took one. Unfortunately, I've mislaid my copy. There may also be mention in contemporary Wisdens of something ao unusual. Narky Blert (talk) 13:38, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Mike Brearley