Complex sentence: Emmett toured Australia three times and North America once, and played in seven Test matches, including the first in 1877, and was the mainstay in bowling for Lord Harris's team in 1878/9.
Split into simpler sentences: Emmett toured Australia three times and North America once. He played seven Test matches, including the first-ever in 1877, and was also the bowling mainstay for Lord Harris's team in 1878/9.