Fred Spofforth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian cricketer
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Place of Birth: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
About Fred Spofforth
- 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.
- He 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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