25 Facts About Albert Trott

Albert Edwin Trott was a Test cricketer for both Australia and England.

Albert Trott was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1899.

Albert Trott is believed to be the only batsman to have struck a ball over the top of the Lord's Pavilion.

Albert Trott is one of only two players to take two hat-tricks in the same first-class innings, the other being Joginder Rao.

Albert Trott was one of eight children of accountant Adolphus Trott and his wife Mary-Ann.

Albert Trott followed this up in the 4th Test in Sydney, by scoring 85 not out in Australia's only innings.

Albert Trott was not asked to bowl by captain George Giffen, with England being bowled out cheaply twice by Harry Albert Trott, Charlie Turner and George Giffen.

Albert Trott played again in the 5th Test at Melbourne, which England won to win the Ashes, chasing down a target of 297 runs in the second innings with only four wickets down.

Nonetheless, Albert Trott sailed to England independently in 1896, on the same ship as the Australian touring side.

In England, Albert Trott joined the ground staff at Lord's with a view to qualifying by residence to play for Middlesex.

Albert Trott started to play for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1896, and with the help of the Australian cricketer and Test umpire Jim Phillips, he started to play for Middlesex in 1898.

Between December 1898 and April 1899, Albert Trott took part in a tour of South Africa organised by Lord Hawke.

Albert Trott played in two matches against the South Africa national cricket team which were retrospectively awarded Test status and thus became one of only sixteen players to have played test cricket for two countries and the last cricketer to have played for both England and Australia.

Albert Trott was at the peak of his powers as an all-rounder in 1899 and 1900.

At the time, Albert Trott had been playing for the MCC and Ground against the Australians; the MCC team included WG Grace and KS Ranjitsinhji.

Noble soon had his revenge when Albert Trott was dismissed shortly afterwards, caught off a top edge at third man.

Only two months earlier, playing for Middlesex against Sussex, Albert Trott had hit a lofted drive from Fred Tate into the ironwork at the top of one of the pavilion towers.

Albert Trott was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1899.

Albert Trott took all ten wickets in an innings bowling for Middlesex against Somerset at Taunton in 1900.

Albert Trott was widely acknowledged as the finest all-round cricketer of his day.

Albert Trott was a dynamo in the field, with the ball seldom escaping his commodious clutch.

Albert Trott regularly turned matches for Middlesex with his powerful hitting, using a 3 pounds bat, at least half a pound heavier than was then usual.

Albert Trott's weight increased rapidly and he lost mobility, so he could not bowl the very fast ball that was so deadly in his early years.

Albert Trott's popularity rose as he enjoyed regular ales with spectators on the boundary while fielding.

Albert Trott was buried at Willesden New Cemetery in plot 613P at the expense of Middlesex County Cricket Club.