Bonnor Middleton
James "Bonnor" Middleton (30 September 1865 in Chester-le-Street, England – 23 December 1913 in Cape Town, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in six Tests from 1896 to 1902. On his debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against England in Port Elizabeth in 1896.[1]
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| Full name | James Middleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bonnor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowling | Left-arm slow-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Middleton served in the British Army until Cape Town Cricket Club bought his release so he could become their professional.[2] A left-arm slow-medium opening bowler, Middleton played for Western Province from 1890 to 1891 to 1903–04. His best first-class figures were 7 for 64 in the Currie Cup final against Transvaal in 1897–98. He took 12 for 100 in the match, which Western Province won.[3] He was one of the leading players on South Africa's tour of England in 1894 when no Tests were played; in the South Africans' narrow victory over MCC at Lord's he bowled unchanged through both innings to take 6 for 48 and 6 for 35.[4]
His nickname was given because of his resemblance, as a hard-hitting batsman, to the Australian Test cricketer George Bonnor.[1]
References
- "1st Test: South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Feb 13–14, 1896". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- "Wisden Obituaries in 1914". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- Western Province v Transvaal 1897–98
- "MCC v South Africans 1894". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2018.