Download or read book The Story of Spedegue's Dropper written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 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.