Fred Spofforth Cricketer

Frederick Robert "Fred" Spofforth (9 September 1853 – 4 June 1926), also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century and was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a test hat-trick in 1879. He played in Test Matches for Australia between 1877 and 1887, and then settled in England where he played for Derbyshire. In 2011, he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

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Fred Spofforth
Birth dateSeptember 09, 1853
Birth place
Australia , Balmain New South Wales
Date of deathJune 04, 1926
Place of death
England , Long Ditton , Surrey

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