561:, taking 10/90 in the first innings and 14 wickets overall in the match. Fielder took six wickets or more on 13 occasions during the 1906 season and 172 in total for the county. He is one of only four men to take more than 150 wickets in a season for Kent, a feat he repeated in 1907 when he enjoyed another good season, again taking 172 wickets in total for Kent at an average of 16.
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He had an unusual run-up. A contemporary account described it: "Fielder ... has three distinct paces when running to the wicket, and at each change he bobs his head as if to avoid something hurled at him."
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Fielder was described by Wisden in 1907 as being "quite modern in his methods, keeping the ball for the most part well outside the off-stump". He generally bowled
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Fielder remained a major part of the Kent team until 1914, taking over 100 wickets in 1909, 1911 and 1913. He was part of the Kent
Championship winning sides of
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in 1877. He grew up the son of a farm bailiff and worked on a hop farm in his early years. In 1897 he joined Kent's newly established
Tonbridge nursery at the
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in the first Test and scored 18 runs in a crucial last wicket partnership the final innings of the second Test at
Melbourne as England won by one wicket.
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and is described, again by Wisden in 1907, as bowling at a "fine pace". He bowled consistently and could be relied upon to bowl long spells.
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batting at number 11 and shared a partnership of 235 for the tenth wicket with
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who scored 185. This is still the highest last-wicket partnership in the
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Fielder broke into the Kent side properly in 1903, replacing fast bowler
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Wilde S (2013) "1907 Five cricketers of the year" in
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518:in the First XI and showing what
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511:winning sides for his County.
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1040:Wisden Cricketers of the Year
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177:11 February 1908 v
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650:in London in 1949 aged 72.
646:during the war. He died at
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524:England cricket team
463:Fielder was born at
429:England cricket team
341:5 wickets in innings
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648:St Thomas' Hospital
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509:County Championship
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353:10 wickets in match
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