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In 1933, however, Bakewell reached his highest point, twice in successive matches breaking the record for Northamptonshire's highest innings, and doing so in spectacular style with seemingly impossible strokes. Against the short, fast "bodyline" bowling of Manny Martindale in the third [[Test cricket|Test]], Bakewell's dexterity allowed him to play a skillful, even solid innings of 107 - his only Test hundred, but sufficient to give him an average of 45 for six Tests. He was not at his best in a 1933/1934 tour of India and Ceylon, and the weaknesses of his unorthodox style against [[leg spin]] meant he did not get a chance against the Australians in 1934.
In 1935, though he had such poor support that Northamptonshire only twice reached 300 in an innings and in one game against Worcestershire he scored 141 out of 199 before being ninth out, Bakewell improved considerably upon his 1934 form and played with considerable success in two Tests against South Africa. Northamptonshire's dependence upon him was starkly seen when he made 141 out of 199 against Worcestershire. The following year he was not as consistent, but in the last match he played a magnificent unbeaten innings of 241
However, on the return journey from [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]] a horrible accident occurred when the car in which Bakewell and teammate Reggie Northway were travelling flipped over. Northway was killed and Bakewell's right arm was so badly damaged that, despite considerable efforts at
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