deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
0 436 2 1/0 228/4 1877 0 0 right-arm medium english 0 0 right-hand bat -lrb- rhb -rrb- john selby 1882 tests first-class true 15 march http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20102.html 15 march 256 6,215 1877 0 5 14 march 0/2 4/27 6 222 john selby

john selby

john selby -lrb- 1 july 1849 in nottingham -- 11 march 1894 in nottingham -rrb- played cricket professionally for nottinghamshire county cricket club between 1870 and 1887 .
in 1878 , he headed the english cricket averages with 938 runs at average of 31.82 .
he toured australia in 1876-77 and 1881-82 , playing a total of six test matches on those tours , and he toured north america in 1879 .
john selby played in the 1st ever test match that started in melbourne on 15-mar-1877 .
he was no : 2 bat and acting wicket-keeper .
the actual wicket-keeper was in jail in christchurch , new zealand .
australia won the toss and elected to bat so john selby made his test debut as a wicket-keeper .
he kept wicket for a day and a half without success .
he opened england 's innings with harry jupp but was soon out on 7 .
on the 4th day england needed 154 runs to win and captain lillywhite , junior dropped selby to no : 5 in the order .
this worked as john topped scored with 38 .
this was the 3rd best innings score of the match .
england were all out for 108 and lost by 45 runs .
selby went on to become a pub landlord , but his financial dealings were unsuccessful and led to a run-in with the law .
he died after suffering a paralytic stroke in nottingham general hospital in 1894 .
he had a wife , annie .
his name was registered at birth as john burrows .
