All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

110 Arthur Mailey Australians v Gloucestershire, 1921 College Ground, Cheltenham on 20, 22, 23 August 1921 (3-day match) Toss won by Australians Australians won by an innings and 136 runs Umpires: B Brown, A Millward Australians 438 (W Bardsley 127, CG Macartney 121, CWL Parker 5-148); Gloucestershire 127 and 175 (AA Mailey 10-66) Gloucestershire second innings CS Barnett b Mailey 25 AE Dipper b Mailey 4 RP Keigwin c Mayne b Mailey 65 H Smith c and b Mailey 0 WR Hammond b Mailey 1 *+FG Robinson b Mailey 4 WH Rowlands b Mailey 23 FJ Seabrook c and b Mailey 30 PT Mills c Pellew b Mailey 3 CWL Parker not out 8 JGWT Bessant b Mailey 0 Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 1) 12 Total (all out, 57.4 overs) 175 Fall of wickets 1-16, 2-34, 3-38, 4-47, 5-59, 6-109, 7-158, 8-164, 9-175, 10-175 Australians bowling: JM Gregory 12-2-38-0, AA Mailey 28.4-5-66-10, WW Armstrong 12-1-54-0, J Ryder 5-3-5-0 Australians: HL Collins, W Bardsley, CG Macartney, CE Pellew, JM Gregory, WW Armstrong (capt), ER Mayne, J Ryder, HSTL Hendry, H Carter (wk), AA Mailey Three weeks after Charlie Parker’s feat it was Gloucestershire’s turn to be on the receiving end of an all-ten – a record fifth for the season. Together with fearsome pace pair Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald, and large leg- spinner Warwick Armstrong, Arthur Mailey was one of four bowlers who took 100 wickets for the 1921 Australian tourists. Mailey had made his Test debut the previous winter, taking 36 wickets, an Australian Ashes series record that stood for over 50 years. An attacking leg break and googly bowler, spinning the ball furiously and flighting it generously with consequent occasional adverse effects on his length, he could summon up an unplayable delivery on the best of pitches. In a strong Australian batting side he could afford to buy his wickets, and often did. A heavily spun ball can do funny things in the air and he twice bowled Jack Hobbs in a Test with a full toss. A small man, philosophical and whimsical, Arthur Mailey was one of cricket’s characters. He was no doubt particularly philosophical when he took four for 362 against Victoria in 1926/27 (figures never ‘bettered’