# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-richardson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:30.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-richardson"
name: "Tom Richardson"
slug: "tom-richardson"
description: "Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back, 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\"."
tagline: "English cricket player (1870–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Richardson_1897cr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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birthDate: "1870-08-11"
deathDate: "1912-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump