About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Barry Dudleston, Bill Taberer, Bob Catterall, Bob Crisp, Bob Newson, Brian Davison (cricketer), Charles Wooler, Chris Duckworth, Colin Bland, Colin Duff, David Houghton (cricketer), David Lewis (cricketer), David Pithey, Denis Streak, Denis Tomlinson, Duncan Fletcher, Edward Parker (cricketer), Freddie Brooks (sportsman), Geoff Griffin, Gerald Peckover, Godfrey Lawrence, Herbert Keigwin, Howard Gardiner, Hugh Tayfield, Huntsman Williams, Jackie du Preez, Jackie Grant, Jack Heron, James Carse, James Fuller (Rhodesian cricketer), Joe Partridge, John McPhun, John Shepherd (cricketer), John Traicos, John Wallace (cricketer), Lennox Brown, Marshall Davies, Martin Benkenstein, Michael Seager, Mike Procter, Paddy Clift, Paul Winslow (cricketer), Percy Mansell, Peter Carlstein, Peter Swart (cricketer), Ray Gripper, Richard Kaschula, Robert Bentley (cricketer), Robert Ullyett, Robin Brown (cricketer), Robin Jackman, Ronald Willson, Sandy Bell, Sandy Singleton, Sidney Martin, Stuart Robertson (cricketer), Terence Bowes, Thomas Bourdillon, Tony Pithey, Vince Hogg. Excerpt: Alexander John Bell (15 April 1906 - 1 August 1985), also known as Sandy Bell, was a South African cricketer who played in 16 Tests from 1929 to 1935. He was born in East London, Cape Province in 1906 and died there in 1985. Bell was a tail-end right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his first-class debut for Western Province in two matches in 1925-26 without making much impact, but returned to the team in the 1928-29 season. In his first match back, he took five Orange Free State wickets for 53 runs (and three more in the second innings). That and good performances in two other matches saw him selected for the 1929 South African tour of England. As a junior member of the team, Bell played in few of the early matches, but towards the end of May he took six Gloucestershire wickets for 68 in the match at Bristol. He was then given limited opportunities in the first team in the matches leading up to the first Test match, for which he was not selected. Injuries before the second Test to the bowlers Neville Quinn and Cyril Vincent, however, meant that he was called up for the game at Lord's. He took his opportunity: in England's first innings, following an early three-wicket burst by Denys Morkel, and then a fourth wicket for the same player, Bell took the remaining six wickets at a cost of 99 runs. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack wrote that Bell "maintained an excellent length and owed most of his success to his ability to make the ball swerve." The bowling analysis remained the best of Bell's Test career. He was not able to maintain that form, failing to take a wicket in England's second innings. But the performance, and the team's worsening injury crisis, meant he retained his place in the team for the third Test, played at Headingley. In this match, he was not successful with his bowling, but he made instead an unexpected impact with the bat: in South Africa's second innings, he came in at No 11, his customary place in the batting order, with the
