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
William Moule
…which was the first Test in England. Moule's success to that point had been modest – no innings of note and only one wicket – and he played only because Fred Spofforth was injured. In the Test he batted at No 11 and was the sixth bowler tried. With three wickets for 23 runs he was the most successful bowler in England's…
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