ALBERT TROTT is clearly a fascinating subject for a book… one of only a select few to have played Test cricket for both Australia and England, and the only batsman to this day to clear the Lord’s pavilion.
There’s more. His Australian debut saw the all-rounder take 8-43 at Adelaide, and he averaged 102.5 with the bat in the subsequent series win over England.
Moving to England, Trott scored 1,175 first-class runs in 1899 and took 239 wickets. A year later it was 1,337 runs and 211 wickets.
Trott committed suicide at the age of 41 and died virtually penniless. A writer&...