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23 Wandsworth & Battersea District Times, 15 September 1883. 24 E. Wallace, A Short Autobiography (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926).

58 R. Bowen, Cricket: A History ofits Growth and Development throughout the World (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1970), 129.

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

1 This chapter is adapted, with the addition of more recent research, from material published in a full biography, K. Booth, George Lohmann: Pioneer Professional (Cheltenham: Sportsbooks, 2007), which was selected as the Cricket Society's Book of the Year for 2007. 2 M. Nisse!, People Count: A History of the General Register Office (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1987), 121. 3 Walltext at Turner, Whistler, Monet exhibition (Tate Britain, 2005). 4 Cricket, 28 January 1892, reproduced from Sporting Life. 5 Cricket, 24 September 1885. 6 R. Sissons, George Lohmann: The Beau Ideal (Leichhardt: Pluto/John McKenzie, 1991), 32-33. 7 Cricket, 25 September 1890. 8 Bristol Evening News, 8 April 1891. 9 Midland News and Karoo Farmer, 2 February 1892. 10 Ibid., 22 March 1892. 11 Clarion, 31 December 1892. 12 South African Sportsman, 4 August 1893. 13 Cricket, 29 June and 24 August 1893, Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual (London: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co., 1894), 8. 14 Cape Times, 9 February 1895. 15 Cape Argus, 16 January 1896. 16 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1897 {London: John Wisden, 1897), 387. 17 Midland News and Karoo Farmer, 12 February 1894. 18 Diamond Fields Advertiser, 10 March 1894. 19 Wisden 1895 (London: John Wisden, 1895), 335. 20 Cricket, 3 May 1894. 21 R. Toms, Logan's Way (Cape Town: Mallard, 1997), 48-49. 22 Daily Mail, 16 May 1901.

1 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 1921 (London: John Wisden, 1921), 230. 2 P. J. Cain and AG. Hopkins, British Imperialism 1688-2000 (London: Longman, 2002), 47. 3 Ibid., 48. 4 Mr. Arthur Shed, quoted in R. Toms, Logan's Way (Cape Town: Mallard, 1997), 3. 5 Ibid., 1. 6 For an overview of class and sport during this period, see R. Holt, Sport and the British: A Modern History (Oxford: Clarendon, 1989). 'His was not a temperament that could tolerate a humdrum existence' was how Logan's desire to leave Britain was described in Prominent Men ofCape Colony, South Africa (Cape Town: Lakeside Press, 1902), 35. 7 Quoted in R. Archer and ABouillon, The South African Game: Sport and Racism (London: Zed, 1982), 103. 8 See J. D. Logan, Certificate of Discharge, No. 84, Major John Buist/Logan Family Collection, Matjiesfontein. 9 Cape Argus, 'Shipping Movements', 3 and 5 May 1877. 10 On the back of the certificate, Logan was rated as 'very good' under 'character for ability in whatever capacity engaged' and 'character for conduct': J. D. Logan, Certificate of Discharge, No. 84. Major John Buist/Logan Family Collection, Matjiesfontein. As one of the many legends that have been propagated, it had been suggested by a contemporary source that Logan took 'French Leave' from the ship. See Men of the Times Oohannesburg: The Transvaal Publishing Company, 1906), 499. 11 B. L. G. Swart, 'The Logan Contract and its Influence on the Politics of the Cape Province' (MA thesis, University of Stellenbsoch, 1952), 3 12 The Cape government purchased the railway for £773 000. The original track was of the European

standard 4 foot 8.5 inch gauge, but before long the government decided that extensions would