Victor Trumper Bat (Front)

An image of the face of the bat used by Victor Trumper in the 1902 Australian tour of England.

The text on the paper Appliqué reads:
"Inns of Court Hotel, Holburn, 14 Sept 1902, Dear Sirs, The bat I am forwarding you is the one selected at the beginning of our tour. I have made 1500 runs with it. It is perfectly balanced with as fine a handle and is altogether as good a bat as one could wish to have. Sincerely yours V. Trumper"

Victor Thomas Trumper
2 November 1877 – 28 June 1915
Batting: Right-hand
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Role: Upper order batsman
Test Matches: 48 FC: 255
Test Runs: 3163 FC: 16,939
Batting Average: 39.04 FC: 44.57

A batsman of great elegance, Trumper played every shot in the book epitomising the Golden Era of cricket (1890-1914).

In 1902 Trumper became the 1st Batsman to score 100 before lunch in a Test match. He is still remembered as one of the most stylish batsmen of all time.

Victor Trumper excelled on unpredictable, uncovered wickets. Over the damp 1902 English summer, Trumper amassed 1500 runs using this bat and a total of 2570 runs on the tour to become Australia’s leading batsman. At the end of the tour he presented this bat to cricket publisher John Wisden.

Donation, Bradman Museum Collection.