for those who play cricket.. the term "googly or googlies" is common!!

its like.... move "silly mid off" to "shot leg" postion and then bowl in a googly with a little press on it.. that forces the batsman to play a defence stroke off his backfoot and this will may create an oppotuniyt for a low catch by "shot leg" .

.... oh now... I digress my cricket commentray!! :)-

Most of the time, googly's resort to Bat-Pads (anyway remember Nasser Hussain's dismissal in India-England Series in 2001. Bowler was Kumble)

"googly-eyed" is also a common English phrase that pre-dates Google:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googly_eyes
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&hs=iGd&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&resnum=0&q=%22googly-eyed%22&spell=1&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wi

this was first reported on ResourceShelf 10 days ago. It also points out another use of Google as a verb from the early 20th cent.

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/29/dictionaries-the-june-issue-of-the-oxford-english-dictionary-newsletter-is-now-online-google-as-a-verb-now-in-oxford-english-dictionary/

i'll add the exact datings asap.

The most recent edition of Webster's College Dictionary has the verb "google" in it, meaning to perform a search with the Google internet search engine.

Gary, I added you to the credits list, I remember you emailed this to me.

Thanks PL.

Btw, the OED lists the first use of Google as a verb (in the sporting sense) from the September 1907 issue of Badminton Magazine.
"The googlies that do not google."

Another example comes from the .25 Apr. 1930 issue of The Daily Telegraph.
"Grimmett..can spin the ball and google it."