On a slow pitch, Rayner then got going by bowling Michael Lumb as he played back before he had John Crawley taken at slip, nibbling at his arm ball.
He gives every delivery a serious tweak, but has a superb arm ball, perfectly illustrated by the sliders that dismissed Ricky Ponting and Xavier Doherty - he is a brilliant spin bowler.
First Carter almost put Conrad Smith over, only for Shane Williams to get an arm between ball and ground.
Warwickshire's day was tempered by an injury late in the day to Dougie Brown, who retired hurt after being struck on the arm by a ball from Martin Saggers which did not climb as much as he expected.
In the 95th minute, with Brentford laying siege to the opposing goal, Jamie McCombe, Doncaster's 6-foot-5 centerback threw his lanky frame in the air, his flailing arm clearly deflecting the ball.
Maurice Edu tried to force his way past Wilson and the Rangers players claimed in vain that the Celtic defender had used his arm to block the ball's path but referee Thomson again waved play on.
Brearley missed the final Test after his arm was broken by a ball from Sikander Bahkt during a warm-up game.
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To use an apt football analogy, just a month ago George Allen was in the open field gliding towards the end zone with the ball under his arm and a smile on his face.
The second came 18 minutes into the second half when Kightly whipped in a cross from the right and Wilson's arm made contact with the ball but neither referee Howard Webb or his assistant saw the misdemeanour and awarded Wolves a corner.
Latching on to a pass from Marouane Chamakh, who appeared to control the ball with his arm in the build-up, Bendtner raced clear and fired off target, only for his shot to get a helpful diversion off the sliding Clarke and into the far corner.
Standing 7-foot-3 with long arms, Alcindor kept defenders at bay by holding the ball as far away from them as possible, then swooping his arm in an upward arc before releasing the ball.
Up went the gloves to protect my face and the ball thumped into my arm guard and flew to the ground.
The pair were eventually separated in highly controversial fashion after Pietersen attempted to square cut a ball from left-arm spinner Benn which bounced more than he expected.
Moments later, Carew glanced a header just wide of the far post from Milner's corner and Villa had a penalty shout rejected when Emiliano Insua appeared to head the ball on to his arm.
In the ensuing melee the hosts screamed for a penalty after the ball appeared to hit the arm of Danny Higginbotham, but a third goal was not needed as they held on for three big points.
The idea was that the act of throwing a ball over a distance extended the arm muscles in a way that promoted strength and health at the same time.
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The hosts were dominating and Sol Bamba had a towering effort cleared off the line by Roberts before Nugent nearly doubled the lead only to see his effort from Andy King's drilled cross disallowed for handball when the ball bounced up, hit his arm and went into the net.
The ball appeared to strike Carragher's arm late on as he went up with fellow defender Daniel Agger to head clear.
Those concerns were not helped when Bolton had strong appeals for a penalty turned down despite the ball appearing to strike Drogba's arm.
The big defender rose to guide a header across the six yard box, and McArthur bundled the ball in with the use of an arm.
Fabregas burst into the box and as the ball bobbled up against Upson's arm, referee Atkinson pointed to the spot for a decision that few contested.
Though the Spanish were rarely at their dazzling best, their trademark short-passing game kept France comfortably at arm's length, as they controlled the ball for 60% of the game and restricted the French to just one shot on goal.
The troubled opener was caught behind attempting to evade a short ball, although television replays showed the ball brushed the left-hander's arm guard rather than glove.
And there was drama when the ball bounced up onto Emmanuel Eboue's arm in the Arsenal box - prompting frantic appeals from Bolton for a penalty - but they were waved away as the Gunners sealed a deserved win to move five points clear of the Trotters.
No one knew how this ball of cells figures out where to put an arm, a wing, a head or a foot.
Pablo Zabaleta's cross span off Nicky Shorey and hit Thomas's arm, and this time Tevez stepped up to despatch the ball high to the goalkeeper's right.
Mallis brought up the Madison Square Garden incident in 2003 when Klein grabbed the arm of Latrell Sprewell and mumbled to him as he inbounded the ball.
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There is more arm strength, absolutely, I've got more zip on the ball and there is less fatigue.
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