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2 unusual facts about Ted Pooley


Ted Pooley

According to David Frith in The Fast Men, at an unspecified date (probably before 1871) Jem Mace, the boxer, was watching cricket at Lords when a ball hit a crack in the pitch and took out three of wicket keeper Ted Pooley's teeth.

Edward William 'Ted' Pooley (born 13 February 1842 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire; died 18 July 1907 at Lambeth, London) was an English cricketer.



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