Albert Ground, Sydney
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The Albert Ground was a cricket ground located in the Sydney suburb of Redfern between 1864 and 1877.
Lithograph of an 1876 intercolonial cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria at the Albert Ground
Fred Spofforth
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Frederick Robert Spofforth, also known as "The Demon Bowler", was an Australian cricket team pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to ta
Albert Ground, Sydney
…teams of 11. The club’s players wore white caps and pants and blue shirts and counted amongst their number the greatest bowler of the day ‘The Demon’ Fred Spofforth. Above all however, the Albert Ground had been established as a business with the aim of making money and fees were charged to those who wanted to use…
Spofforth in about 1897
Spofforth (back row, third from right) with the Australian Cricket Team (1882)
"The Demon Bowler" Spofforth as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, July 1878
Spofforth by Henry Scott Tuke, c. 1898