University of Cambridge engineers have recreated a wooden contraption that bowled out an Australian international cricketer – and which was designed by the mathematician who gave his name to Venn diagrams. The bowling machine was created in the early 1900s by Dr John Venn, president of Cambridge’s Gonville and Caius College, who died in 1923 aged 88. Its recreation, which is capable of bowling at around 33mph, is intended for use at events and open days to inspire young people considering careers in maths and engineering. The original was reportedly so accurate that when members of the Austral…
