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South Africa in Modern Times (Durban: Ireland and Southern Africa Project, vol. 3, 1996). 9 The second son eventually worked for the Suez Canal Company in Paris, while the only daughter entered a convent at Bolougne. 10 Graham's Town Journal, 18 February 1859. 11 A. Trollope, South Africa, vol. 2 (London: Chapman and Hall, 1878), 123. 12 Graham's Town Journal, 18 June 1881. 13 J. A. Noble, 'Early Days of Kimberley Cricket', in M. W. Luckin (ed.), The History ofSouth African Cricket: Including the Full Scores ofAll Important Matches since 1876 (Johannesburg: Hortor, 1915), 36. 14 Ibid., 42-43. 15 Bernard entered in 1876, Claude and Vincent in 1884, and Louis in 1885. 16 Charles Coghlan entered in 1876, Percy Fitzpatrick in 1878. 17 Men ofthe Times (Johannesburg: Transvaal Publishing Company, 1906), 354. 18 Ibid., 41. 19 'Klips' literally means'stones' but, in the Kimberley context, it refers to 'diamonds'. 20 Local businesses took advantage of the publicity potential of the early tournaments and tours, with several offering prizes for individual achievements. Although generally conducted in a generous spirit, there was one occasion, exposed by C. E. Finlason, when a business reneged on a previous award. A firm of tailors offered a bat for the best Kimberley player at the 1887/88 Champion Bat tournament at Grahamstown, but Tancred, the winner, did not receive the prize. When the tailors offered another bat to commemorate the later English visit to capitalise on free advertising, Finlason reported that 'it provoked a considerable amount of ridicule at the expense of the cloth clippers': Daily News, 7 January 1889. 21 R. Parry, Cricket Lore, 3, 4, pp. 40-43; Cricket Lore, 3, 6, pp. 38-42; and Cricket Lore, 3, 7, pp. 38-42. 22 Luckin, History of South African Cricket, 381. 23 J. T. Henderson, 'Natal Cricket Tour in the Cape Colony, 1889/90' in Luckin, History ofSouth African Cricket, 98-114. 24 J. H. Piton,'The First Currie Cup Tournament', in Luckin, History ofSouth African Cricket, 197.

99 P. K. Datta, 'The Interlocking Worlds of the Anglo Boer War in South Africa/India', South African Historical Journal, 57 (2007), 35-59.

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1 I should perhaps declare an interest in that A. B. Tancred was my grandfather. This chapter draws in part on earlier research published in B. T. Hall and W. G. Schulze,'The Cricketing Brothers Tancred, Part 1', The Cricket Statistician: The Journal ofthe Association ofCricket Statisticians and Historians, 111 (Autumn 2000); B.T. Hall and W. G. Schulze, 'The Cricketing Brothers Tancred, Part 2', The Cricket Statistician, 112 (Winter 2000); B. T. Hall and W.G. Schulze,'A Last Word on the Tancred Brothers', The Cricket Statistician, 129 (Spring 2005). 2 K. Meher-Homji, Famous Cricketing Families (East Roseville, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 2000), 4, 5 and 217. Three sisters completed the family. 3 A. J. Tancred, Letters to Sir Peregrine Maitland K.C.B., Governor ofthe Colony ofthe Cape ofGood Hope, on the Present Kafir War (Cape Town: Office of the Zuid-Afrikaan, 1846; Pretoria: State Library facsimile reprint, 1969), 15. 4 A. J. Tancred, Address to the Right Honourable Earl Gray [sic], Secretary to the Colonies, Part II (Grahamstown: 1847), 9. His 1851 letters from the Cape to Earl Grey are in the National Archives, London, C. 0. 48/322. 5 W. G. Schulze and B. T. Hall, 'Smith v Lindsay: A Legal Cause Celebre from the Eastern Cape in 1847', Fundamina, 4 (1998),42-89. All Tancred's obituaries refer glowingly to this episode; see, for example, the Zuid-Afrikaan, 7 January 1867. 6 A. J. Tancred, letter to the Graham's Town Journal, 25 December 1847. 7 R. Kilpin, The Romance ofa Colonial Parliament (London: Longmans, 1930), 102; J.L. McCracken, The Cape Parliament, 1854-1910 (London: Oxford University Press, 1967), 140. 8 The many obituaries commented on his failings but also his contribution to society, for example: 'He was certainly one of the most able and fearless champions for the rights and privileges of his adopted country', Cradock Register, 11 January, 1867. See also B. T. Hall,'Dr Augustus Joseph Tancred DD', chapter 9 in D. P. McCracken, Ireland and