- Vincent Tancred
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Vincent Tancred
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = -
tests = 1
test runs = 25
test bat avg = 12.50
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 18
test balls = -
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = -/-
FCs = 7
FC runs = 292
FC bat avg = 24.33
FC 100s/50s = 0/2
FC top score = 65
FC balls = -
FC wickets = -
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 4/-
debut date = 14 February
debut year = 1899
last date = 14 February
last year = 1899
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47523.html CricinfoVincent Maximillian Tancred (
7 July 1875 -3 June 1904 ) was aSouth Africa ncricket er who played in one Test in 1899.Born into a cricketing family in
Port Elizabeth , South Africa, Tancred, along with his brothers Bernard and Louis, showed cricketing talent from a young age and began playing for thePretoria based Union Club while pursuing a legal career. Under the coaching ofAlbert Trott , Tancred developed into one of the best cricketers in the country, making his first-class debut on 7 March 1898 for Abe Bailey's Transvaal XI against Natal, scoring 57 and 4*. Tancred was second in the first-class batting averages for the 1897/98 season.Tancred made his Test debut for South Africa at
Johannesburg in the first Test of the 1898/99 series against England. Opening the batting, Tancred scored 18 and seven and was dropped for the second Test.Tancred worked as Secretary of the Pretoria Club until the commencement of the
Anglo-Boer War in 1899, after which he enlisted in the South African Light Horse, serving as a Lieutenant during the relief of Ladysmith, and was mentioned in despatches.Following the war, Tancred gained work as a customs clearing agent and was keen to return to the South African side but, while playing for Transvaal against the touring 1902 Australian side, scored one and 0 and was left out of the ensuing Test series.
Tancred still harboured hopes of making the 1904 touring side to England but when only listed as a reserve, supposedly lapsed into depression.
Following an evening playing billiards with friends at a club in Johannesburg, Tancred borrowed a revolver and returned to the hotel in
Roodepoort where he was staying. There, Tancred apparently shot himself in the head three times and was found unconscious by his brother Bernard, who had rushed to the hotel upon hearing of the revolver in Vincent’s possession. Tancred died four hours later. A bachelor, he left no heirs.Tancred’s brother Louis, a member of the South African touring team to England, heard of Vincent’s death and temporarily withdrew from the team before returning to the side to post some large scores in Vincent’s memory.
References
* Hall, B. & Schulze, H. (2000) "The Cricketing Brothers Tancred, Part 2", "The Cricket Statistician", No. 112. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, Cardiff.
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