Clem Hill's Reminiscences

Crawford moved to South Australia where he became a team-mate of Hill for several seasons. DIVER, Teddy Opening or middle-order batsman who played for Surrey as an amateur and then for Warwickshire as a professional, between 1883 and 1901. Well-known soccer goal-keeper. DOUGLAS, Johnny Essex all-rounder and Olympic middle-weight boxing champion whose spiritless batting and spirited fast-medium bowling saw him score 962 runs at 29.15 and capture 45 wickets in 23 Tests between 1911 and 1925. Saw both sides of the coin as England captain, leading his side to easy victory in Australia in 1911-12 and being thrashed 5-0 on his return visit nine years later. FANE, Frederick Stylish amateur batsman with Essex who captained England during the 1907-08 Ashes series as a replacement for Arthur Jones and also against South Africa. Only a moderate performer in his 14 Tests with 682 runs at 26.83 between 1906 and 1910. FIELDER, Arthur Kent fast bowler who achieved little in his first two Tests against South Africa in 1907, did well in four Tests in Australia in 1907-08 with 25 wickets, and then played no more for his country. FOSTER, Frank Brilliant, eccentric Warwickshire left-arm fast-medium bowler, explosive partner of Sydney Barnes in the 1911-12 series and pioneer of leg theory. A free hitting batsman whose highest first-class score of 305 not out was made in a day, his 11 Test matches (45 wickets at 20.57) were sandwiched into just nine months. Only 25 years old when the First World War began, his career was ended by a motor-cycle accident during that conflict. FOSTER, H.K. (‘Harry’) Eldest of seven brothers to play for Worcestershire (including Reggie), stylish batsman and captain of the county between 1900 and 1910. Also served as an England selector. FOSTER, Reggie Forever remembered for his debut at Sydney in 1903 when he scored 287, the world Test record until surpassed by Don Bradman in 1930. Illness later restricted his career to just eight Tests for 602 runs at 46.30 and diabetes killed him at the age of 36. Captained England at both cricket and soccer. FRY, Charles Consummate all-rounder in sport – he held a world long-jump record and played for England at soccer – his bowling was restricted due to being no-balled for throwing, but he scored 1223 runs (average 32.18) with two centuries in 26 Tests between 1895 and 1912, and captained his country at the age of 40. GRACE, W.G. An eminent Victorian, although not a subject in Lytton Strachey’s famous book. No figure has dominated cricket to the same extent nor for so long. Credited with changing the structure of the game in England. Grace’s first-class career lasted 44 years (1864-1908). He appeared in 22 Test matches from 1880 to 1899, the last at 51 years of age. GUNN, George Heavy-scoring Nottinghamshire batsman used so sparingly by England that the last of his 15 Tests (1,120 runs at 40.00) came 23 years after his first. Gunn burst into the limelight with a century on his debut at Sydney in 1907, made a further century in that series, and had another successful series in Australia four years later. Remarkably, however, he played just one Test on home soil. GUNN, William Orthodox Nottinghamshire opening batsman with Arthur Shrewsbury, he appeared in 11 Test matches throughout the 1890s, averaging 21.77, and his century against the Australians at Old Trafford was the first on the ground. A founder of the bat-making firm Gunn and Moore, he also appeared for England at soccer. HAIGH, Schofield Yorkshire fast-medium bowler with a superb off-cutter he underachieved against Australia but took 6 for 11 in helping Albert Trott to dismiss South Africa for 35 at Cape Town in 1898-99. HARRIS, LORD Leading cricket missionary, administrator and then as autocrat, who captained England in Australia in 1878-79 and in the first home Test in 1880. A forceful batsman, he averaged 29.00 in four Tests, later serving as Governor of Bombay, Under- Secretary of State for India, and Under- Secretary of State for War in the British Government. Notes on Players and Umpires 97