Herbert Strudwick: Wicket-keeper, First-class cricket, Fast bowling, Tom Richardson, William Lockwood

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Herbert Strudwick was an English wicket-keeper. During his career, his record of 1493 dismissals is the third-highest by any wicket-keeper in the history of first-class cricket. Not much of a batsman, he nonetheless twice added over 100 for the last wicket with Bill Hitch. Born in Mitcham, Strudwick took to wicket-keeping, apparently on the advice of a local lady, at the age of ten. He first played for Surrey in a few games in 1902, but during his first full season the following year dismissed a record 91 batsmen - a feat made more remarkable by the decline of Surrey's top fast bowlers Tom Richardson and William Lockwood and the exceptionally wet weather of that summer. From that time on, Strudwick became regarded as the natural successor to Dick Lilley as England's Test wicket-keeper, and he toured Australian in 1903/1904 without playing a Test