Ted Alletson
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| Batsman>Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Types of bowlers in cricket>Bowling type | n/a | |
| First-class record | ||
| Matches | 119 | |
| '''Runs scored | 3217 | |
| Batting average | 18.59 | |
| 100s/50s | 1/13 | |
| Top score | 189 | |
| Balls bowled | 1253 | |
| Wickets | 33 | |
| Bowling average | 19.03 | |
| 5 Wicket>wickets in innings | 1 | |
| 10 Wicket>wickets in match | 0 | |
| Best Bowling | 6/74 | |
| Catches/Stump (cricket)#Manner of dismissing a batsman>Stumpings | 74/0 | |
| First class debut: tbc, 1906 Last first class game: tbc, 1914 Source: [CricInfo] [[Template:Infobox Old Cricketer|Edit this template]] | ||
Alletson secured his place in cricket history with one record-breaking innings played against Sussex County Cricket Club in May 1911. The innings rescued the game for Nottinghamshire and became known as Alletson's Innings. He never repeated this success and his career ended 3 years later, aged 30, at the onset of World War One. He died in 1963, aged 79.
Alletson's Innings
On Saturday, May 20, 1911, Alletson's Nottinghamshire were playing Sussex at Hove.
Alletson came out to bat at number 9 in the order, with the score 258-8. His partner was soon out, leaving Nottinghamshire 260-9 and facing imminent defeat. The situation was so dire that, according to legend, his captain told him "I don't think it matters what you do." Alletson apparently replied "Then I'm not half going to give Killick [a Sussex bowler] some stick.".
Alletson was known for being a "blocker" (defensive player); yet he came out after lunch and smashed the Sussex bowlers to all points of the compass.
Killick did indeed get "some stick". Alletson broke the world record for runs scored off a single over, by hitting Killick for 34 (see below). Team-mates later revealed that as the innings developed, Killick was frightened to bowl at Alletson, in case Alletson clouted the ball back towards him.
In the days before professional cricketers played one day cricket, Alletson's ferocious hitting truly stood out:
- He scored 189
- He hit 8 sixes
- He scored his runs in just 90 minutes
- His post-lunch effort was 142 runs in just 40 minutes
- The 10th wicket stand was worth 152. Alletson scored 142 of these runs
- At one point, he hit 115 off seven overs
- He hit 34 off one over that included 2 no-balls (4,6,6,4,4,4,6). At the time, that was a world record for first-class cricket, a record that lasted 57 years until famously broken by Sir Garry Sobers.
Alletson was rewarded for his achievement by the then Duke of Portland, who awarded him a gold watch.
Alletson played this explosive innings despite an injured wrist.
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