- Owen Dunell
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Owen Dunell Personal information Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style - International information National side South African Career statistics Competition Tests First-class Matches 2 3 Runs scored 42 79 Batting average 14.00 15.80 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 26* 26* Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 1/- 3/- Source: [1], Owen Robert Dunell (15 July 1856 – 21 October 1929) was a South African cricketer who captained his country in its first Test match in 1888/89.
Although born in Port Elizabeth, Dunell was educated in England at Eton College and Oxford University. He played only three first-class games, two of them Test matches, although he was captain only in the first, being replaced by William Milton for the second game. His only other first-class match was for Port Elizabeth against Natal the following year.
He died in Lyon, France, at the age of 73.
Preceded by
noneSouth African national cricket captain
1888/9Succeeded by
William MiltonCategories:- 1856 births
- 1929 deaths
- Eastern Province cricketers
- South Africa Test cricketers
- South African cricket captains
- South African cricketers
- Old Etonians
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Oxford University A.F.C. players
- South African cricket biography stubs
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