[1] In the match against MCC at Lord's in 1870, Summers was hit by a short delivery from John Platts, at the time a fast bowler.
He seemed to recover, and was not taken to hospital, but went by train back to Nottingham.
After Summers' death, efforts were made to improve it, and the MCC paid for his gravestone.
The death of Summers ensured that the lethal bowler, Platts, never bowled fast again.
As a protest against what he saw as dangerous bowling, the next batsman—Richard Daft—came out to the wicket with his head wrapped in a towel.