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== Bowling method == After Root joined Worcestershire, he changed his bowling style to deliver fast-medium in-swingers with a leg trap of up to five fielders.<ref name=obit/> An illustration appears in the 1926 Cricketer of this employed against Australia. There is speculation that it may have influenced the thinking of [[Douglas Jardine]] when he was contemplating the use of [[bodyline]] against [[Don Bradman]]. Current regulations render this illegal. Root died in a [[Wolverhampton]] hospital in 1954.
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