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Frederick Robert Spofforth (9 September 1853 – 4 June 1926), also known as " The Demon Bowler ", was an Australian cricket team pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, [1] and the first to take a Test hat-trick, in 1879.
Tall, spindly, and a player who consistently tested the wits of opposing batsmen, Fred "The Demon" Spofforth was Australia's first true fast bowler.
In the dry age of the 19th century, Frederick Spofforth was Superstar material with an unmatched charisma and aggression. He maximised his skills as a fast bowler and was a potent strike...
Sep 9, 2013 · The bowler who scripted the Aussie win was Frederick Robert Spofforth, widely regarded as the finest pace bowler in the 19th century. Nicknamed “The Demon”, his first-class career spanned...
Also known as "The Demon Bowler", Fred Spofforth was arguably Australia's finest pace bowler of the 19th century. He was the first Australian bowler to pick up 50 Test wickets, and also the first to take a Test hat-trick in 1879.
Frederick Spofforth. SPOFFORTH, MR. FREDERICK ROBERT, one of the most remarkable players the game has ever known, was born at Balmain, Sydney, on September 9, 1853, and died at Ditton Hill...
Tall, spindly, and a player who consistently tested the wits of opposing batsmen, Fred ‘The Demon' Spofforth was Australia's first true fast bowler. His first-class career spanned 23 years between 1874 and 1897 and, throughout that time, his accuracy, his lionhearted endeavour and the phenomenal rapidity of his wicket taking made him a ...
Feb 23, 2016 · Fred ‘Demon’ Spofforth captured the first ever Test hat-trick in the third ever Test. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the way the weak England side capitulated to Dave Gregory’s band of 11...
Nov 1, 2020 · In Australia, a further three stood out: FR Spofforth, Monty Noble and Hugh Trumble. Each in turn pre-empted the rise, and extraordinary success, of the most complete bowler that ever lived, that cantankerous English rascal Sydney Barnes. He too was a medium-paced spinner.
Nov 2, 2006 · Fred Spofforth 7 for 44. This result led to the famous obituary mourning the death of English cricket and heralded the start of the Ashes. Australia recovered from a paltry first innings...
