Benjamin Wallach (18 September 1873 – 25 May 1935) was a South African

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who played in first-class matches in South Africa and

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between 1898 and 1905. He was born in Queenstown,

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, and died in

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. Wallach was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played a couple of matches for

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at the end of the 1897–98 South African cricket season, but then disappeared from first-class cricket for four years. When he reappeared, it was in England where, in the 1902 season, he played twice for

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's London County Cricket Club and once for the

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(MCC). Returning to South Africa, he played his only full season of first-class cricket for Transvaal in 1903–04 and was then selected for the South African cricket team in England in 1904, a tour that did not include Test matches. In the event, as reserve wicketkeeper, he played in only three first-class games, also appearing once for London County, and after a final match for Transvaal in 1904–05, his first-class career was over.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallach, Benjamin 1873 births 1935 deaths South African cricketers Gauteng cricketers London County cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Queenstown, South Africa Cape Colony cricketers