Tom Richardson
English cricketer
Died when: 41 years 326 days (502 months)Star Sign: Leo
Tom Richardson (11 August 1870 – 2 July 1912) was an English cricketer.A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back (a fast ball moving from off to leg), a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp lift on fast pitches even from the full, straight length he always bowled.
He played 358 first-class cricket matches including 14 Tests, taking a total of 2,104 wickets.In the four consecutive seasons from 1894 to 1897 he took 1,005 wickets, a figure surpassed over such a period only by the slow bowler Tich Freeman.
He took 290 wickets in 1895, again a figure only exceeded by Freeman (twice).In 1963 Neville Cardus selected him as one of his "Six Giants of the Wisden Century".
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