Lawrence Anderson "Fish" Markham (12 September 1924 – 5 August 2000) was a South African

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er who played in one

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in 1949.

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Markham was a right-arm leg-break bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman. His single Test was the fourth match of the 1948–49 England tour series, and he was the third spin bowler alongside

Tufty Mann Norman Bertram Fleetwood "Tufty" Mann (28 December 1920 – 31 July 1952) was a South African cricketer who played in 19 Test matches from 1947 to 1951. Tall, thin and bespectacled, Tufty Mann was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a slow ...

and

Athol Rowan Athol Matthew Burchell Rowan (7 February 1921 – 22 February 1998) was a South African international cricketer who played in 15 Test matches between 1947 and 1951. His older brother, Eric The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or ...

. He scored 20 in his single innings and took just one wicket in the game and was dropped for the next match. He played

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for Natal from 1946 to 1950. His best figures were 7 for 106 against Western Province in the 1947–48

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. His highest score was 134, batting at number nine against

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a few weeks later, when he went to the wicket at 166 for 7 and added 174 for the eighth wicket with

Ossie Dawson Oswald Charles Dawson (1 September 1919 – 22 December 2008) was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Test matches, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948–49 series. He was a medium pace bowler and a useful late middle order bat ...

; he then took three wickets in each inning to give Natal an innings' victory. He is the only Test cricketer to be born in

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