Albert Trott (Middlesex vs. Somerset at Lord’s in May 1907)
About the bowler: Albert Trott was a right-arm slow bowler who had played international cricket for both Australia and England. Including 5 Tests, he had played total 375 first-class matches where he had taken 1,674 wickets including 26 wickets in Tests.
He was also a handy batsman who had scored over 10,000 runs in first-class cricket including eight centuries and 44 half-centuries.
The incident of two hat-tricks: It was the match between Middlesex and Somerset at Lord’s in May 1907, where Albert Trott had claimed two hat-tricks during Somerset’s second innings. His first set of victims were Talbot Lewis, Massey Poyntz, and Talbot Lewis while Albert had converted that four in four consecutive deliveries after dismissing Ernie Robson in the fourth delivery.
Albert’s second set of victims were Osbert Mordaunt, Archie Wickham, and Alfred Bailey.
Albert was wicket-less (0/10) in the first innings while he had claimed seven wickets (7/20) in the second innings. His side Middlesex won that match by 166 runs.