 When England arrived in Australia Ray Illingworth boasted of his new ball fast bowlers "The Derbyshire Demon" Alan Ward and "The Abominable Snow Man" John Snow.The tall Ward was 'tall, lean, raw boned youngster with a fine pair of shoulders and powerful, rhythmical side-on action' compared to Frank Tyson, but suffered from assorted injuries and never made the expected impact in Test cricket.Instead he returned to England and the young Bob Willis was flown out to Australia as his replacement, though few people realised that this tall, gangling bowler with the chest on action would be England's fast bowling spearhead for the next 14 years.