#tom emmett

2 incidents tagged

Spofforth's Hat-trick — Test Cricket's First, Melbourne, 2 January 1879

Australia vs England

1879-01-02

On 2 January 1879 Fred Spofforth took the first hat-trick in Test cricket — dismissing Vernon Royle bowled, Francis MacKinnon bowled (first ball of his Test career) and Tom Emmett caught — at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. England were 26 for some when the hat-trick fell. Spofforth went on to take 13 for 110 in the match, and Australia won by 10 wickets.

#fred-spofforth#hat-trick#first-test-hat-trick

⭐Mild

Tom Emmett — Yorkshire's Wild Left-Armer Arrives, 1866

Yorkshire and representative sides

1866-06-01

Tom Emmett of Halifax made his Yorkshire debut in 1866 and immediately announced himself as one of the most ferocious and entertaining left-arm pace bowlers in England. Combining genuine speed with an erratic brilliance — in an era before coaching had standardised line and length he bowled fast, sharp and wildly — Emmett was also one of Victorian cricket's most beloved characters, whose wit and personality made him as famous in dressing rooms as his bowling made him dangerous on the pitch.

#overarm-era#early-county-cricket#1860s