Philip Albert Myburgh Hands (14 April 1890[1] – 27 April 1951), was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1913 to 1924. His elder brother Reginald also played Test cricket for South Africa, whilst his younger brother Kenneth was also a cricketer, although he didn't play Test cricket.
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| Full name | Philip Albert Myburgh Hands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1890 Claremont, Cape Town, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 April 1951 (aged 61) Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 13 December 1913 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 July 1924 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hands was born in Claremont, Cape Town, son of Sir Harry Hands KBE and Lady Aletta Hands (née Myburgh) OBE. He died in Parys, Orange Free State, in 1951.[2]
Like his brothers, he was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch and up to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1908. Initially starting a law degree, he switched to accounting.[3]
Serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery,[3] he was awarded the DSO and the MC in the First World War and reached the rank of major.[4][2]
He was a hard-hitting batsman whose highest Test score was 83 against England in 1913–14, scored out of 98 in 105 minutes.[4] He toured England in 1924, but was not successful.[4]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Philip Albert Myburgh Hands".
- ^ a b Schulze, Heinrich (1999). South Africa's Cricketing Lawyers. [South Africa]: Halfway House. pp. 106–109. ISBN 9780620250498.
- ^ a b c Wisden 1952, p. 956.
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