The Spin | Tim Killick, the bespectacled rogue who got clattered for 34 in an over

He was revered by peers but has remained notorious for being on the wrong end of Ted Alletson and brushes with the lawOn this week in 1910, precisely 110 years ago, Ernest Killick, universally known as Tim, took seven wickets for 10 runs in 7.2 overs while playing for Sussex in a County Championship match against Essex. The circumstances were unusual, Essex going for fast runs in an unsuccessful effort to force victory, but the achievement wasn’t unique.
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