# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-spofforth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:16.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-spofforth"
name: "Fred Spofforth"
slug: "fred-spofforth"
description: "Frederick Robert Spofforth, also known as \"The Demon Bowler\", was an Australian cricket team pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a Test hat-trick, in 1879. He played in Test matches for Australia between 1877 and 1887, and then settled in England where he played for Derbyshire. In 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Australian cricketer (1853-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ranji_1897_page_143_F._R._Spofforth%2C_the_demon_bowler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1853-09-09"
deathDate: "1926-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             20.76842105263158
  historical:           6.626964
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ফ্রেড স্পফোর্থ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederick Spofforth"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Spofforth"
    title: "Fred Spofforth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "फ्रेड स्पॉफ्फोर्थ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump