Clem Hill's Reminiscences

was going to bowl a wrong’un. 5 But the bowler forgot all about his promise in his excitement to get the batsmen out, and Johns had a miserable couple of hours. I was now 18 and ready for my first trip to England. 6 A Matter of Luck 17 5 This comment is curious because the wrong’un, as a synonym for a googly, was created by Bernard Bosanquet and first used in a Test series in 1903-04. Since McKibbin was an off-spinner with a sometimes questionable action perhaps his leg-break was a doosra as suggested by Wayne Lawrence in his article, ‘Tom McKibbin: An Appreciation’ in Baggy Green , Vol. 8 No. 1, November 2005. 6 Hill’s first-class figures up to the time of his selection were: M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 1892-93 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1894-95 6 9 2 150* 335 47.85 1 1 1895-96 5 9 1 206* 451 56.37 1 2 12 20 4 206* 786 49.12 2 3