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
198 1 0/0 1921 0 right-arm slow underarm english 0 right-handed batsman trevor molony 1921 first-class true 14 may http://cricketarchive.co.uk/archive/players/31/31521/31521.html cricketarchive 14 may 2 1921 4 11 june 0/0 3 trevor molony

trevor molony

trevor james molony -lrb- born 6 july 1897 in london - died 3 september 1962 in cannes , france -rrb- was a cricketer who played for surrey .
he is considered as the last lob bowler to play first class cricket purely as a bowler .
trevor molony studied at repton and pembroke college , cambridge .
he appeared in but did not take any wickets in the freshers match but another fine performance for his college won the attention of digby jephson .
jephson , himself a former first-class cricketer who bowled underarm , who was then involved in cambridge cricket recommended him for surrey 's pre-season trial match at the oval in april 1921 .
he took the wicket of jack hobbs -lrb- who apparently gave away his wicket -rrb- in the first innings and three more in the second .
this led to him being selected for the surrey 's match against nottinghamshire at trent bridge in may at the recommendation of the surrey captain percy fender .
surrey was dismissed for 76 and notts reached 170 for 5 when molony was introduced into bowling .
`` the cricketer '' reported that molony `` is a lob bowler who bowls leg theory and bowls it accurately , too .
he varies the flight of the ball excellently and bowls an exceedingly good full-toss at awkward height '' .
bowling with eight men on the leg side , molony went on to take three wickets for 11 runs in seven overs , notts being all-out for 201 .
`` cricketer '' recorded that `` the attempts of the last few batsmen were ludicrous , which evinced much laughter from the crowd , which showed their unmistakable delight in seeing a lob bowler go on '' .
molony took one wicket in his next match against leicestershire , albert lord being caught by the surrey wicket-keeper herbert strudwick who `` had to catch it or be almost decapitated '' .
possibly on the protest from strudwick , he was then dropped from the side .
molony was given one more match against warwickshire in june , but he took no more wickets .
he was never again selected for surrey or their second xi .
he continued in club cricket for many more years playing for repton pilgrims .
during the war he was a station commander in the raf .
