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South African Cricket Team In England In 1894
The inaugural South African cricket tour of England took place in the 1894 season. None of the 24 matches have first-class standing, although South Africa had already begun playing matches subsequently recognised as Test matches at home and many of the matches on tour were against first-class county clubs. The South Africans won 12 matches, drew 7 and lost 5. The team * H. H. Castens (captain) *Godfrey Cripps * Darnton Davey * George Glover *Ernest Halliwell *Frank Hearne *Clement Johnson * George Kempis *Bonnor Middleton * Charles Mills * Dante Parkin *Thomas Routledge * George Rowe * Arthur Seccull * Cyril Sewell The manager was W. A. Simkins of Cape Town. Most of the leading players were available, except for Bernard Tancred and Alfred Richards, whose work prevented their participation. After the team was selected, Charles Mills replaced Voltelin van der Bijl. The best-known player on the team was Frank Hearne, one of the few players to represent two countries in Test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa National Cricket Team
The South Africa national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Its nickname derives from South Africa's national flower, ''Protea cynaroides'', commonly known as the "King Protea". South Africa entered first-class and international cricket at the same time when they hosted an England cricket team in the 1888–89 season. Initially, the team was no match for Australia or England but, having gained experience and expertise, they were able to field a competitive team by the first decade of the 20th century. The team regularly played against Australia, England and New Zealand through to the 1960s, by which time there was considerable opposition to the country's apartheid policy. The ICC imposed an international ban on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rowe (cricketer)
George Alexander Rowe (15 June 1874 – 8 January 1950) was a South African cricketer. One of the earliest successful South African Bowler (cricket), bowlers, George Rowe was born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, on 15 June 1874. Playing for Western Province cricket team (South Africa), Western Province during the early years of the SuperSport Series, Currie Cup, he made his first-class cricket, first class debut against Natal cricket team, Natal in 1893/94 in the final of the competition, and played his last match for the province in 1907. He was a left-arm orthodox spin, slow left-arm orthodox bowler and claimed five wickets in an innings on thirteen occasions, converting five of them into ten-wicket match hauls. He first made his mark on South African cricket team in England in 1894, South Africa's non-first-class tour of England in 1894 where he was the pick of the bowlers in a wet summer, taking 136 wickets at 12.87 apiece. When Lord Hawke brought Marylebone Cricket Club, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 In South African Cricket
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts. * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, a massive revolt of followers of the Donghak movement. Both China and Japan send military forces, claiming to come to the ruling Joseon dynasty government's aid. ** At 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin dies of an accidental detonation of his own bomb, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
