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Can you beat for the cricket guru title?
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The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Is it Pommie Mbangwa?
If it is, I haven't got a clue about the records except lowest batting average.
If it is, I haven't got a clue about the records except lowest batting average.
From 'The Cricketer'Pratyush said:
Rumbustious, ill-fated Albert Trott of Victoria, Australia, Middlesex and England was born 100 years ago on February 6, but the centenary passed all but unnoticed. This is not entirely surprising since Trott, who created many a vivid memory for opponents and spectators alike, was apt to be forgotten when it mattered most. The Australian selectors forgot him - or ignored him - when they picked their team for England in 1896, though only a year earlier he had burst into Test cricket with unparalleled force. He so far forgot himself in his benefit match in 1907 that he took four wickets in four balls and then the hat-trick, winding up proceedings foolishly early at a time when people were prepared to roll up in their thousands to pay cash tribute to a stalwart of county cricket - as long as the match lasted. And the forlorn, untended mound which is his grave at Willesden is the decisive pointer to the final neglect into which Albert Trott's name was to fall. His brother, G. H. S. (Harry), was already a powerful influence in Australian cricket when young Albert was given his colours and played in the last three Tests in Australia in 1894-95. He took 8 for 43 and scored 38 and 72, both not out, at Adelaide. At Sydney he batted only once and made 85, again undefeated; oddly, this time he had no chance to bowl. Then in the series climax at Melbourne his figures were rationalised with ten for twice out and one wicket for plenty. Still he stands highest in the batting averages for Australia v England with 1025. And some would argue that this is not altogether such a freak or exaggeration as it seems. Whatever his loss of form in the next year, he should have been in Harry Trott's side to England; but he was not, and we shall never know the real reason. Instead, he came independently, encouraged by Jim Phillips, the umpire/talent scout; Middlesex were soon to be grateful. In 1899, the year he hit M. A. Noble over the Lord's pavilion, he passed 1000 runs and took 239 wickets. In 1900 he did much the same, and was acknowledged as just about the finest allround cricketer on earth. His batting was powerful, boisterous, and never quite as dependable after the monstrous blow off Noble. His massive hands held practically everything within reach. And his bowling, slung with a round-arm delivery, contained most of the arts. Warning against his fast ball was seldom sufficient insurance, and his slower ball had batsmen fanning at air. He actually played for England - on the tour of South Africa in 1898-99, when he left his mark with 17 wickets at less than twelve apiece in the two Test matches; but as the seasons went by, his body spread under the effects of ale - often taken along the boundary from admiring spectators - and from dropsy, which also induced melancholia. He became an umpire in 1910, but by 1914, living alone in digs, `Albatrott' had had enough. He wrote a will on the back of a laundry ticket, leaving his wardrobe and £4 in cash to the landlady. Then he shot himself. We are now passing through years that are dotted with centenaries of Golden Age cricketers. None of them was remotely comparable to Albert Edwin Trott.
David Frith, The Cricketer, March 1973
SJS - this question is not getting anywhere - so clues may help !! Otherwise (forgive me for saying so ) we are stuck in this vague question !! Which should have been on SJS Trivia !SJS said:....NO
I said his records have nothing to do with bowling.
Were his records batting records ?
Are they Test records ?
Is he English ?
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Low Bowling Ave. - Absolute
Players Ct Ball Md Runs Wkt Ave.
BAG Murray
NZ 6 1 0 1 0.00
W Barber
E 2 0 0 1 0.00
AN Hornby
E 28 7 0 1 0.00
PD Lashley
WI 18 2 1 1 1.00
Azhar Khan
P 18 1 2 1 2.00
AJL Hill
E 40 4 8 4 2.00
RM Poore
SA 9 0 4 1 4.00
A Lyttelton
E 48 5 19 4 4.75
CB Lambert
WI 10 0 5 1 5.00
S Amarnath
I 11 0 5 1 5.00
Is it one of these people with very low bowling averages?
Players Ct Ball Md Runs Wkt Ave.
BAG Murray
NZ 6 1 0 1 0.00
W Barber
E 2 0 0 1 0.00
AN Hornby
E 28 7 0 1 0.00
PD Lashley
WI 18 2 1 1 1.00
Azhar Khan
P 18 1 2 1 2.00
AJL Hill
E 40 4 8 4 2.00
RM Poore
SA 9 0 4 1 4.00
A Lyttelton
E 48 5 19 4 4.75
CB Lambert
WI 10 0 5 1 5.00
S Amarnath
I 11 0 5 1 5.00
Is it one of these people with very low bowling averages?
