William Solomon (cricketer)

William Solomon
Personal information
Born	23 April 1872; Fort Beaufort, Cape Colony
Died	12 July 1964 (aged 92); Cradock, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm
International information
National side	South Africa;
Domestic team information
1892-93 to 1898-99	Transvaal
1905-06	Eastern Province
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive

William Rodger Thomson Solomon (23 April 1872 in Fort Beaufort, Cape Colony – 12 July 1964 in Cradock, Eastern Cape) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1899.^[1]

Solomon was selected in South Africa's side for the First Test after scoring two courageous fifties against the touring English team in February 1899. Until Norman Giddy scored 66 for Border in the seventh match of the tour no batsman had reached 50 against the English side. Then Solomon scored 64 for a Johannesburg XV and 52 for Transvaal.^[2] He was unable to continue this success into the Test series, however, and after making 2 in each innings he was not selected again.^[3]

References

^ "William Solomon". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 314.
^ "1st Test, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 14-16 1899". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

External links

William Solomon at ESPNcricinfo
William Solomon at CricketArchive (subscription required)

Preceded by Audley Miller	Oldest Living Test Cricketer 26 June 1959 – 12 July 1964	Succeeded by Sydney Barnes

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[1] "William Solomon". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[2] Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 314.

[3] "1st Test, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 14-16 1899". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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