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Frank Tarrant. - Great Australian all rounder.
One of his greatest all round performances came in a game against Gloucestershire on August 26th 1909 - the game lasted just one day !
What a player
- Nearly 18000 runs at 36.4 each
- 33 centuries with a highest of 250 not out
- Over 1500 wickets at 17.5 each and a strike rate of 42.0
- 5 wkts in an innings 133 times !!
- 10 in a match 38 times.
- Best bowling in an innings of 10 for 90
- 303 catches in his 329 first class matches.
- The double of 1000 runs and 100 wkts in a season in 8 consecutive years for Middlesex
- Five first class hat-tricks. Only three bowlers in history have more.
- When he took 10 wickets in an innings on a tour of India in 1918, he followed it with 182 not out in the same game. He was 38 then.
One of his greatest all round performances came in a game against Gloucestershire on August 26th 1909 - the game lasted just one day !
Gloucestershire batted first and made 33. Tarrant opened the bowling and finished with the figures of 7 for 18 from 11.4 overs (3 maidens).
Middlesex then batted and hit up 145. Tarrant opened the batting and remained not out on 55 (one of the 6 instances of him batting through an innings).
In their second knock Gloucestershire made 81 and thus lost the match by an innings and 31 runs. Tarrant again opened the bowling and took 6 for 49 from 18 overs (1 maiden) to finish with match figures of 13 for 67.
In the second innings he also performed the hat-trick taking the wickets of numbers 2, 3 and 4 in the batting order with consecutive balls. A good day's work you might say.
Middlesex then batted and hit up 145. Tarrant opened the batting and remained not out on 55 (one of the 6 instances of him batting through an innings).
In their second knock Gloucestershire made 81 and thus lost the match by an innings and 31 runs. Tarrant again opened the bowling and took 6 for 49 from 18 overs (1 maiden) to finish with match figures of 13 for 67.
In the second innings he also performed the hat-trick taking the wickets of numbers 2, 3 and 4 in the batting order with consecutive balls. A good day's work you might say.
What a player
