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The Glamorgan paceman first felt his elbow ‘click’ on England duty aged 26 and was never to play Test cricket againWilf Wooller could have been talking about Jofra Archer, had he not been discussing a cricketing elbow injury over a quarter of a century before his birth. “Cricketers have had this before and got over it, but for a fast bowler it is different,” Wooller said. “Even a medium-pacer might get away with it but with anyone who bowls really quickly the joint has to take tremendous strain.”What Wooller didn’t know about sport wasn’t worth knowing – one of the great athletic polymaths, he played rugby union and squash for Wales, turned out at centre-forward for Cardiff City, and was Glamorgan’s opening bowler and captain for 13 years, their secretary for 30 and their president for another six – and the particular elbow he was vexed by belonged to Jeff Jones. Continue reading...