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Bernard Tancred

Bernard Tancred
Personal information
Full name Augustus Bernard Tancred
Born (1865-08-20)20 August 1865
Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, South Africa
Died 23 November 1911(1911-11-23) (aged 46)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 10) 12 March 1889 v England
Last Test 25 March 1889 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 2 11
Runs scored 87 708
Batting average 29.00 35.40
100s/50s 0/0 1/5
Top score 29 106
Balls bowled 484
Wickets 8
Bowling average 27.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/22
Catches/stumpings 2/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 December 2015

Augustus Bernard Tancred (20 August 1865 – 23 November 1911) was a leading 19th century South African Test cricketer.

Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Tancred attended St. Aidan's College, Grahamstown, where he first displayed his cricketing prowess. His contemporaries at school included Percy Fitzpatrick and Charles Coghlan. He attended the Cape University and although there are no records to indicate that he graduated he practised law throughout South Africa, including Kimberley, Pretoria and Johannesburg. He became a prominent member of the Uitlander community. Tancred continued to star in club cricket, gaining a reputation as the best batsman in South Africa, with a strong defence, as well as an outstanding point fielder.

Tancred was an obvious choice for the first South African cricket side, assembled to play the first touring English cricket team during its two Test tour of South Africa in the 1888-89 South African cricket season. While the South African cricket team lost both Tests, Tancred's 87 runs made him the leading South African run-scorer in the series and he became the first batsman to carry his bat in a Test, when he scored an unbeaten 26 of 47 in the second Test at Newlands Cricket Ground. This innings is still the Test Match record for the lowest score made by a batsman carrying their bat through an innings.

The following season Tancred played for Kimberley against Transvaal in the inaugural Currie Cup, with his second innings 106 the maiden Currie Cup century. He also reinforced his stature in South African cricket and society by founding the Transvaal Cricket Union in 1891 and serving as its foundation chairman. Married in 1893 to Adeline Wainwright, who bore him three daughters, Tancred's increasing work commitments forced his withdrawal from the 1894 South African tour of England.


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