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| Full name: | Frederick Robert Spofforth |
| Born: | 9th September 1853, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | 4th June 1926, Ditton Hill Lodge, Long Ditton, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Relations: | Brother-in-law: GWS Lyttelton |
| Teams: | Australia (Test: 1876/77-1886/87); New South Wales (Main FC: 1874/75-1884/85); Victoria (Main FC: 1885/86-1887/88); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1890-1897); All teams |
| Derbyshire Captain: 1890 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1876/77-1886/87) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Australia | 18 | 29 | 6 | 217 | 50 | 9.43 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1876/77-1886/87) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Australia | 4185 | 416 | 1731 | 94 | 7-44 | 18.41 | 7 | 4 | 44.52 | 2.48 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1874/75-1897) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| New South Wales | 12 | 20 | 1 | 163 | 36 | 8.57 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Australia | 18 | 29 | 6 | 217 | 50 | 9.43 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Australians | 95 | 136 | 23 | 1255 | 56 | 11.10 | 0 | 2 | 54 | |
| Australian XI | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 25* | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combined XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 29 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Smokers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victoria | 5 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Melbourne Club's Australian XI | 3 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 25 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gentlemen of England | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| North | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 21 | 10.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gentlemen | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3* | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 7 | 10 | 3 | 57 | 20* | 8.14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| South | 3 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| England XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wembley Park | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Overall | 155 | 236 | 41 | 1928 | 56 | 9.88 | 0 | 3 | 83 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1874/75-1897) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| New South Wales | 2548 | 224 | 1215 | 55 | 6-122 | 22.09 | 5 | 0 | 46.32 | 2.86 |
| Australia | 4185 | 416 | 1731 | 94 | 7-44 | 18.41 | 7 | 4 | 44.52 | 2.48 |
| Australians | 17684 | 1812 | 6997 | 556 | 9-18 | 12.58 | 60 | 24 | 31.80 | 2.37 |
| Australian XI | 599 | 53 | 266 | 15 | 7-55 | 17.73 | 2 | 1 | 39.93 | 2.66 |
| Combined XI | 231 | 20 | 111 | 5 | 4-101 | 22.20 | 0 | 0 | 46.20 | 2.88 |
| Smokers | 156 | 16 | 90 | 2 | 2-87 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 | 78.00 | 3.46 |
| Victoria | 1129 | 100 | 452 | 29 | 6-47 | 15.58 | 3 | 1 | 38.93 | 2.40 |
| Melbourne Club's Australian XI | 597 | 59 | 253 | 6 | 2-33 | 42.16 | 0 | 0 | 99.50 | 2.54 |
| Gentlemen of England | 276 | 29 | 124 | 11 | 7-67 | 11.27 | 1 | 1 | 25.09 | 2.69 |
| North | 310 | 15 | 145 | 5 | 4-75 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 62.00 | 2.80 |
| Gentlemen | 685 | 41 | 311 | 9 | 4-71 | 34.55 | 0 | 0 | 76.11 | 2.72 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 1328 | 76 | 708 | 37 | 8-74 | 19.13 | 3 | 0 | 35.89 | 3.19 |
| South | 467 | 23 | 217 | 14 | 6-40 | 15.50 | 1 | 0 | 33.35 | 2.78 |
| England XI | 85 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 4-39 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | 21.25 | 2.75 |
| Wembley Park | 254 | 18 | 100 | 11 | 6-49 | 9.09 | 2 | 1 | 23.09 | 2.36 |
| Overall | 30534 | 2907 | 12759 | 853 | 9-18 | 14.95 | 84 | 32 | 35.79 | 2.50 |
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