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NOTES

15 Odendaal, Cricket in Isolation, 326.

36 Cape Times, 23 March 1899.

16 Cape Times, 15 January 1972.

Star, 23 March 1899.

37

38 Cricket: A Weekly Record ofthe Game, 30 July 1908, 305.

17 J. Williams, Cricket and Race (Oxford: Berg, 2001), 22.

39 Natal Witness, 22 March 1899. The report was

18 Omar Henry played three Tests against India in.

reproduced in Cricket, 20 April 1899, 74.

South Africa in 1992/93.

40 Cape Times, 23 March 1899.

19 Bowen, Cricket, 150. He writes that 'the M.C.C. had failed to choose Ranji in 1896 though he was chosen elsewhere, and ... ought to have been chosen at Lord's too': Ibid., 164. He fails to mention that Harris was responsible for not selecting the Indian prince,

41 Ibid., 15 January 1972.

42 Natal Mercury, 15 April 1899. The report was

reproduced in Cricket, 27 April 1899, 91.

K. 5. Ranjitsinhji, for the Lord's Test.

43 Williams, Cricket and Race, 22.

20 R. Guha, A Corner ofa Foreign Field: The Indian History

44 J. J. Sewell, the father of C. 0. H. Sewell, represented Middlesex before emigrating to South Africa after the 1867 season. 'Skilly' might have been as a contraction for the Afrikaans skilpad (tortoise) as

ofa British Sport (London: Picador, 2002), 56-77.

21 T.Gutsche, Old Gold: The History ofthe Wanderers Club (Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1966), 88.

'shorty' might be used for a tall man.

22 The three professionals were F. Hearne, J. Middleton

and C. H. Mills.

45 I. D. Difford, The History ofSouth African Rugby

Football 1875-1932 (Wynberg: Speciality Press, 1933), 171; R. Sweet, Natal 100: Centenary ofNatal Rugby Union (Durban: Natal Rugby Union, 1990), 16.

23 The Press, 5 January 1894.

24 M. W. Luckin (ed.), The History ofSouth African Cricket: Including the Full Scores ofAll Important Matches since 1876 Oohannesburg: Hortor, 1915), 639. 25 Various issues of the Natal Witness, January-April 1895. In that season's Currie Cup encounter, Arnold

46 Times ofNatal, 3 February 1894.

47 See H. Schulze, South Africa's Cricketing Lawyers

(Halfway House: Interdoc, 1999), 49-51.

scored 64 in the Natal second innings.

48 P. Wynne-Thomas, The Complete History ofCricket Tours at Home and Abroad (London: Hamlyn, 1989), 232.

26 Natal Mercury, 18 April 1895.

27 See Jonty Winch's chapter in this volume (Chapter

Cricket, 30 July 1908, 305.

49

4). 28 Cape Times, 12 January 1894.

50 Gutsche, Old Gold, 107.

51 Llewellyn was selected for Players against the visiting Australians at Harrogate in 1902. He bowled

29 Murray and Merrett, Caught Behind, 4.

Warwick Armstrong for a duck.

30 Cape Times, 16 March 1894.

52 K. Sandiford, Cricket and the Victorians (Aldershot:

31 See Chapter 4.

Scolar, 1994), 153.

32 Gutsche, Old Gold, 88.

Cricketer, March 1976, 29.

53

J.Winch, Cricket in Southern Africa: Two Hundred 33 Years ofAchievements and Records (Rosettenville:

54 The matches lost were the first fixture against

Yorkshire, which was played at Headingley, and the

Windsor, 1997), 41.

Fifth Test against England at The Oval.

34 P. Warner, Lord's 1787-1945 (London: Sportsman's Book Club, 1951), 128-129. Warner wrote of Llewellyn: 'He was a dashing batsman and a clever bowler, as well as a wonderful field at mid-off'; and of Sinclair: 'Standing six feet four inches, he was a tremendous driver and a good medium-paced bowler, who made full use of his height and flighted the ball cleverly. George Lohmann had a high opinion of him.'

55 Gutsche, Old Gold, 111.

56 Luckin, History ofSouth African Cricket, 152.

57 Star, 13 November 1902.

58 B. Crowley, Cricket's Exiles: The Saga of South African

Cricket (Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1983), 11.

59 A report from Durban published in the Cape Times,

27 October 1902.

35 Sinclair claimed 6/26 and 3/63, and scored 106 and

4 in a match lost by 210 runs.

60 Cricket, November 1908, 115.