Fred Spofforth Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm fast medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	18	155
Runs scored	217	1928
Batting average	9.43	9.88
100s/50s	0/1	0/3
Top score	50	56
Balls bowled	4185	30593
Wickets	94	853
Bowling average	18.41	14.95
5 wickets in innings	7	84
10 wickets in match	4	32
Best bowling	7/44	9/18
Catches/stumpings	11/0	83/0
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Frederick "Fred" Spofforth (born in Balmain, Sydney on 9 September 1853, died in Surrey, England on 4 June 1926) - also called "The Demon", was arguably the Australian cricket team's first and best pace bowler of the 19th century. Spofforth stood 6 feet 2 inches tall and leapt into his delivery stride, thus bringing the ball down from a great height. He was the first true international fast bowler to strike terror in the batsmen's hearts. Balmain is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Australian cricket team is today regarded as one of the leading international teams in world cricket, having been the unquestionably dominant team for much of the previous decade. ... Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He played his first Test match in 1877 in Melbourne in the second match against England, and took 4 wickets although England went on to win the match by 4 wickets. He had been left out of the first Test match because he refused to play with Jack Blackham as wicket-keeper instead of Billy Murdoch. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team which nominally represents England and Wales, but is a de facto United Kingdom team. ... John (Jack) McCarthy Blackham May 11, 1854 in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria - died December 28, 1932 in Latrobe, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... William (Billy) Lloyd Murdoch (born 18 October 1854 in Sandhurst, Victoria - died 18 February 1911 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer, probably best remembered for captaining the Australian tours to England in 1880, 1882 (when the Ashes legend was born), and 1884. ...

During the January Test match of the 1879 Lord Harris' England tour of Australia, played on the Sydney Cricket Ground, Spofforth became the first man to get a hat-trick in Test cricket, giving a brilliant bowling performance of 13 wickets for 110 runs. In February Spofforth also played for New South Wales against Lord Harris' tourists in a game that, on the Saturday, descended into the Sydney Riot of 1879. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... External link Cricinfo page on Lord Harris Categories: Cricket stubs | 1851 births | 1932 deaths | Cricketers | English cricketers | Oxford University cricketers | Kent cricketers | English batsmen | English test cricketers | English cricket captains ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... In sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick, without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. ... The Sydney Riot of 1879 occurred at the Sydney Cricket Ground after a controversial umpiring decision was made that incensed the crowd. ...

Spofforth was also very instrumental in creating history in the 1882 Australian tour of England. The match that gave birth to the legendary Ashes series began at The Oval on 28th August. In its second innings, England needed a mere 85 runs to clinch the match. But Fred Spofforth refused to give up and led his team to a remarkable and one of the closest victories in the history of Test cricket. Australia won by 7 runs with Spofforth taking a total 14 wickets. The Ashes is a regular international cricket contest between England and Australia, played every two years, so named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn, said to contain the burnt bails from an 1882 game between the countries at The Oval. ... The famous gasholders, which are now listed buildings. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

After that match Spofforth was dubbed the "Demon bowler" by the British media and became the most feared bowler among the English batsmen. He is also regarded as the bowler who brought the eye to eye contact with the batsman as a scaring technique into the game. Often during his matches Spofforth used to stare straight into the batsman's eyes to scare and shake him.

Fred Spofforth played his last Test match in Sydney in January 1887 in which he bowled 12 overs, conceded 17 runs and took 1 wicket. England won the match by 13 runs. 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... In the sport of cricket an over is a series of six consecutive balls bowled by a single bowler. ...

After ending his cricket career at the age of 34, he moved to England and got married. He later became the managing director of the Star Tea Company which belonged to his wife's father.

Fred Spofforth died at the age of 73 in 1926 in Surrey, England. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...

In 1996 he was posthumously included in the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the ten inaugural inductees along with John Blackham, Victor Trumper, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, Don Bradman, Bill O'Reilly, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall and Dennis Lillee. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of the Australian Gallery of Sport and the Olympic Museum in the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... John (Jack) McCarthy Blackham May 11, 1854 in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria - died December 28, 1932 in Latrobe, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer. ... Victor Thomas Trumper (born November 2, 1877 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, died June 28, 1915, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales) was a famous Australian batsman in the sport of cricket. ... Clarence Victor Clarrie Grimmett (1891-Australian cricket player, thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper. ... William Harold Ponsford (born 19 October 1900, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ... William Joseph OReilly or Tiger OReilley (20 December 1905 - 6 October 1992), was an outstanding Australian cricketer, and, in retirement, a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster. ... Keith Ross Miller (born 28 November 1919, died 11 October 2004, Melbourne, Australia) was a famous Australian Test cricketer and World War II pilot. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

Bibliography

• The "Demon" Spofforth by Richard Cashman (ISBN 0-86840-004-1)

See also

• The Ashes Series
• History of Test cricket (to 1883)
• History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)
• Sydney Riot of 1879

The Ashes is a regular international cricket contest between England and Australia, played every two years, so named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn, said to contain the burnt bails from an 1882 game between the countries at The Oval. ... For more coverage of cricket, see the cricket portal. ... The History of Test cricket in the period from 1884 to 1889 was one of English dominance over the Australians. ... The Sydney Riot of 1879 occurred at the Sydney Cricket Ground after a controversial umpiring decision was made that incensed the crowd. ...

External links

• Frederick Robert Spofforth
• MCG article on Spofforth