Tom Richardson (cricketer)
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Tom Richardson (11 August 1870 – 2 July 1912) was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back (a fast ball moving from off to leg), a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp lift on fast pitches even from the full, straight length he always bowled. He played 358 first-class cricket matches including 14 Tests, taking a total of 2,104 wickets. In the four consecutive seasons from 1894 to 1897 he took 1,005 wickets, a figure surpassed over such a period only by the slow bowler Tich Freeman. He took 290 wickets in 1895, again a figure only exceeded by Freeman (twice).[1] In 1963 Neville Cardus selected him as one of his "Six Giants of the Wisden Century".
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Born | (1870-08-11)11 August 1870 Byfleet, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 July 1912(1912-07-02) (aged 41) Chambéry, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 24 August 1893 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 March 1898 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 23 December 2018 |