testdebutagainst deliveries death_date columns testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international nickname testdebutdate lasttestagainst source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
south africa 2,976 144,470 17 april 1944 2 78 4 / -- 425 / -- 1888 -- 1923 1892 3 may 1867 right arm medium 1 66 england chalfont st giles , england middlesex 4 255 right-handed ranji 1897 page 083 j. t. hearne after delivery.jpg j. t. hearne 1899 john thomas hearne chalfont st giles , england test first-class true old jack 19 march australia http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/156/156.html cricketarchive 1867 5 3 yes 126 7,205 1892 49 3,061 19 july 0/0 0/8 12 639 j. t. hearne

j. t. hearne

john thomas hearne -lrb- 3 may 1867 -- 17 april 1944 -rrb- -lrb- known either as jack hearne or j.t. hearne to avoid confusion with j.w. hearne to whom he was only `` distantly '' related -rrb- was a middlesex and england medium-fast bowler .
his aggregate of 3061 first-class wickets is the greatest for any bowler of medium pace or above , and his 257 wickets in 1896 is the tenth highest total on record .
in 1891 , 1896 , 1898 , 1904 and 1910 hearne headed the first-class bowling averages .
in his heyday he was a truly great bowler able to gain vigorous off-break from even the most docile wickets .
hearne was also able to vary his pace and bowl a fast ball that swerved at a time when the skill was not well known .
he had a long run for the time and a classic , full-on , high action that gave him higher bounce on hard , very fast wickets than most bowlers of the 1890s .
his ability to thrive on hard work was seen in the dry summer of 1896 when he bowled over 10,000 balls -- a feat performed previously only by alfred shaw , whilst in 1898 hearne bowled over 9000 balls in a wetter summer .
he was a dependable field near the wicket at a time when catching was the most vital part of fielding , and could occasionally prove a useful batsman in a crisis .
