Philip Albert Myburgh Hands (14 April 1890"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23589-14765-34?cc=1468076 : accessed 19 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Claremont, St Saviour > Baptisms 1910-1926 > image 302 of 396; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. – 27 April 1951), was a South African

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er who played in seven

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from 1913 to 1924. His elder brother

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also played Test cricket for South Africa, whilst his younger brother

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was also a cricketer, although he didn't play Test cricket. Hands was born in Claremont,

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, son of Sir Harry Hands KBE and Lady Aletta Hands (née Myburgh) OBE. He died in

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, in 1951. Like his brothers, he was educated at

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and up to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1908. Initially starting a law degree, he switched to accounting. Serving in the

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, he was awarded the DSO and the MC in the

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and reached the rank of major.''

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'' 1952, p. 956. He was a hard-hitting batsman whose highest Test score was 83 against

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in 1913–14, scored out of 98 in 105 minutes. He toured England in 1924, but was not successful.

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* 1890 births 1951 deaths Cricketers from Cape Town South Africa Test cricketers South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Recipients of the Military Cross Companions of the Distinguished Service Order South African Rhodes Scholars British Army personnel of World War I Royal Garrison Artillery officers {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1890s-stub