The Story of Spedegue's Dropper
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2024-01-01
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13: 1504080726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA short story about a young man with a radical approach to the game of cricket from the creator of Sherlock Holmes. While walking in the forest, veteran cricket player Walter Scougall comes upon a young schoolteacher named Spedegue practicing an unusual bowling delivery. When Scougall attempts to have the man repeat his actions in public, it yields entertaining results . . . Originally published in the Strand Magazine in 1928, The Story of Spedegue’s Dropper is inspired by a bizarre experience Doyle had with cricket when he was a young man.