Reginald Hands

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Reginald Hands South Africa (RSA)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	-
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	7
Runs scored	7	289
Batting average	3.50	28.89
100s/50s	0 / 0	0 / 2
Top score	7	79*
Balls bowled	0	0
Wickets	0	0
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	0 / 0	7 / 0
Test debut: 27 February 1914 Last Test: 27 February 1914 Source: Cricinfo

Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands was born in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa on July 26, 1888 and died in France on April 20, 1918, as a result of injuries sustained on the Western Front during the first Great War, aged just 19. He was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in February 1914. Not surprisingly given the period, his entire first-class cricket career lasted just 15 months in which time he played a few matches for Western Province in the Currie Cup (1912-13) and against the visiting M.C.C. led by J.W.H.T. Douglas (1913-14). During that English tour, Hands made his only Test appearance in the fifth match of the series, played at Port Elizabeth. A useful right-handed batsman, he scored 0 and 7 in a match won convincingly by the visitors by 10 wickets. No mention of his representative appearance was made in his Wisden obituary, nor that his brother, P.A.M. Hands, also played in that same Test. Reginald Hands was a talented rugby forward and played two international matches for England in 1910 against France and Scotland. He (along with his two brothers, incidentally) had previously won his rugby Blue at Oxford University. A lawyer called to the Bar in 1911, he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his military service.

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World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary by Christopher Martin-Jenkins published by Oxford University Press (1996)
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977) compiled and edited by Bill Frindall published by Headline Book Publishing (1995)
Who's Who of Cricketers by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas published by Hamlyn (1993)
www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players
The Complete Who's Who of England Rugby Union Internationals by Raymond Maule published by Breedon Books Publishing Company Ltd. (1992)