Albert Trott.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 261, 4 November 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)

Albert Trott.

Brother of 1896 Australian Captain Had Test Average of 103. A. E. Trott, younger brother of Harry, the Australian cricket captain in England in 1890, was one of the few Australians to qualify for Middlesex, playing for that countv, on and off, from 1890 to 1911. • He was the first all-rounder to score 1000 runs and take 200 wickets in two successive seasons. > In 1900, for Middlesex v. Somerset, at Taunton, he took all ten wickets in an innings. In his benefit match—Middlesex v. Somerset, at Lord's, 1907—he took four wickets with successive balls and did the hat trick in the same innings. This feat has never been equalled. Ori'one occasion he hit a ball over the pavilion at Lord's. FIGURES. Batting. 1000 runs (2) —1599—00. Runs. Avge. 100's. Test cricket.. 206 103.00 — All cricket... 0.G64 v 18.19 7 Bowling. 100 wickets (5^ —1808—01—02—03 —04. 200 wickets (2) —1890—00. Y\'kts. Avge. Test cricket 0 21.33 All cricket 1,599 21.34 Appearances in Test Matches. 3, v. England. Trott's figures include runs made and wickets taken in first-class cricket in Australia before he qualified for Middlesex. Harry had gone Home with J. M. Blackham's 1893 eleven, and after the Englishmen won the first two Tests of the return visit in 1894-5 Albert was also brought into the Australian side. He played live innings in the next three games, Australian winning the third and fourth, but going down by six wickets in the final Test. Albert's innings were 38, 72, 80 (all three not out), 10 and 0. This gave him an aggregate of 206 for twice out, an average of 103! This is, however, not a record Test average. Don Bradman holds tills with 139.14 as the result of his 974 runs for seven innings in England in 1930. Wally Hammond's figures in Australia in 1928-29 were: Runs, 905; innings, 9; not out, 1; average, 113.12. Albert Trott died on July 30, 1914, at the early age of 41; and Harry passed away on November 10, 1917.. aged 51.