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5 incidents tagged

🥊Serious

The Big Six Dispute — Australia's Senior Players Walk Out, 1912

Australia

1912-03-21

Six of Australia's most senior cricketers — Warwick Armstrong, Victor Trumper, Clem Hill, Tibby Cotter, Vernon Ransford and Hanson Carter — refused to tour England for the 1912 Triangular Tournament after the Board of Control insisted on appointing its own manager rather than the players' choice, Frank Laver.

#big-six#warwick-armstrong#victor-trumper
🥊Serious

Clem Hill and Peter McAlister Come to Blows — Sydney, February 1912

Australia

1912-02-03

On 3 February 1912 Clem Hill, Australia's captain in the 1911-12 Ashes, and his fellow selector Peter McAlister came to blows in Bull's Chambers in Sydney during a stormy selection meeting. The 20-minute fistfight was one of the most extraordinary administrative incidents in cricket history and a direct precursor of the Big Six dispute.

#clem-hill#peter-mcalister#australia
Mild

Sydney Barnes' Melbourne Burst — Four Wickets for One Run, 1911

Australia vs England

1911-12-30

On the opening morning of the second Test at Melbourne, Sydney Barnes reduced Australia to 38 for four with an opening burst that took out Bardsley, Kelleway, Hill and Armstrong for a single run. Australia still won the match, but the spell entered cricket folklore.

#sf-barnes#ashes#melbourne
Moderate

Clem Hill — First to 1,000 Test Runs in a Calendar Year, 1902

Australia, England, South Africa

1902-08-13

South Australian left-hander Clem Hill, in 1902, scored 1,061 Test runs across the Ashes series in England and the immediately following series in South Africa — becoming the first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. The record was not equalled until Don Bradman's 1948.

#clem-hill#australia#1902
Serious

Clem Hill's 188 — A Maiden Test Century at 20, Melbourne 1898

Australia v England

1898-01-01

On 1-3 January 1898, the 20-year-old Adelaide left-hander Clem Hill came in at 6 for 58 and made 188 — his maiden Test century, and still the highest Ashes Test score by a player under 21. Australia recovered to 520 and won by an innings. The innings established Hill as the central figure of Australian batting between Trumper and Bradman; he would average 39 across 49 Tests until 1912.

#clem-hill#1898#melbourne