37 Facts About Hugh Trumble

Hugh Trumble captained the Australian team in two Tests, winning both.

Hugh Trumble is one of only four bowlers to twice take a hat-trick in Test cricket.

Observers in Hugh Trumble's day, including the authoritative Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, regarded him as ranking among the great Australian bowlers of the Golden Age of cricket.

Hugh Trumble was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1897 and the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, established in 1996, inducted him in 2004.

Hugh Trumble was at his best on the softer pitches of England, but his accuracy and variations in pace enabled him to take wickets on the harder pitches of Australia as well.

Hugh Trumble was a dependable lower order batsman and a fine fielder in the slips.

Hugh Trumble was recognised as a shrewd thinker about the game and was popular with team-mates and opponents, with a penchant for practical jokes.

Hugh Trumble made his Test debut during the Australian cricket team's tour of England in 1890, but was unable to secure a permanent place in the Australian side until the 1896 tour of England.

Hugh Trumble was born in the inner Melbourne neighbourhood of Collingwood, Victoria in 1867, the son of William, born in Ireland and superintendent of an insane asylum, and Scottish-born Elizabeth.

Hugh Trumble's elder brother, Billy, played Test cricket for Australia and his younger brother, Thomas, was a public servant who served as Secretary for the Department of Defence from 1918 to 1927, and then official secretary to the High Commissioner for Australia in London.

Hugh Trumble spent part of his early life in the western Victorian town of Ararat before returning to Melbourne, settling in suburban Camberwell.

Hugh Trumble placed a feather on a good length and urged his sons to aim at it when bowling.

Hugh Trumble made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria that same season, selected to play against a touring English XI led by Middlesex batsman George Vernon.

Previously a teetotaler, Hugh Trumble enjoyed his first taste and ordered another before re-entering the field of play.

Hugh Trumble made his Test cricket debut in the First Test against the English team at Lord's Cricket Ground.

Hugh Trumble took only one wicket, dismissing Bobby Peel caught and bowled for 1.

Hugh Trumble was selected for the Third Test at Old Trafford but continuous rain saw the match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Hugh Trumble did not return to the Australian team until his selection in the squad to tour England in 1893.

Hugh Trumble was seen as Australia's leading bowler who "was able to inspire [the English] batsmen with a feeling of apprehension".

Early in the tour, Hugh Trumble broke his thumb at practice, causing him to miss the first month of the English season.

Wisden praised Hugh Trumble's bowling saying "Hugh Trumble, paying us his fifth visit, bowled perhaps better than ever", but remarked that "it must be said that the wet weather and soft wickets were all in his favour".

Hugh Trumble went on to take the wicket of Ted Arnold, ending the match and his career in international cricket.

Hugh Trumble's lantern shaped head set on a column of a neck would have given the Spaniard a halfway start.

When bowling, Hugh Trumble made the most of his height, bringing the ball over the full extent of his right arm.

Hugh Trumble's action was described by his team-mate and bowling partner, Monty Noble, as "sidelong and insinuating, with his neck craned like a gigantic bird".

Hugh Trumble bowled off spinners with an impeccable length at medium pace and was able to swing the new ball.

Hugh Trumble was popular with team-mates and opponents alike, with a weakness for practical jokes.

On board a ship travelling to England, Hugh Trumble offered to coach unsuspecting fellow travellers in various deck sports such as quoits.

Hugh Trumble took 5 wickets in an innings on nine occasions and 10 wickets in a match three times.

The ICC player rankings have been applied retrospectively to cricket history and Hugh Trumble achieved the top ranking as a bowler.

Hugh Trumble was the first player to take two hat-tricks in Test cricket.

Hugh Trumble joined the National Bank of Australasia in 1887 to begin a career in banking.

Hugh Trumble was instrumental in attracting quality cricketers to the club including Bert Ironmonger, whom Trumble saw play on a visit to Queensland.

Hugh Trumble was a prominent writer about and elder statesman of the game and was conspicuous in his support for journalists calling at any hour.

From time to time, Hugh Trumble acted as a selector of the Victorian cricket team.

In 2001, Hugh Trumble was selected in the Melbourne Cricket Club Team of the Century, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame for his contribution to the sport in Australia.

In 1899, aged 31, Hugh Trumble met and fell in love with Florence Christian, aged 19 from Queensland.