Rolland Beaumont

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Rolland Beaumont
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm bowler
tests = 5
test runs = 70
test bat avg = 7.77
test 100s/50s = 0 / 0
test top score = 31
test balls = 6
test wickets = 0
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 2 / 0
FCs = 32
FC runs = 1,086
FC bat avg = 25.25
FC 100s/50s = 1 / 5
FC top score = 121
FC balls = 12
FC wickets = 0
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 11 / 0
debut date = 27 May
debut year = 1912
last date = 1 January
last year = 1914
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44059.html Cricinfo

Rolland Beaumont was a South African cricketer from the early years of the 20th Century. He was born at Newcastle, Natal, on 4 February 1884, and died in Berea, Durban on 25 May 1958, aged 74. A hard hitting middle-order batsman, and a good fielder, his first-class career spanned the years 1908 to 1914 and consisted of 32 matches, most of which were for South Africa during their tour of England in the wet summer of 1912. His first match of importance was for Wanderers when the Johannesburg club drew with a Rest of South Africa team containing S.J. Snooke and A.W. Nourse. He also turned out six times for Transvaal and represented South Africa at Test level in five matches against both England and Australia. His natural game would show Beaumont as a free-flowing batsman but too often he let an over-cautious nature restrict his talent. He scored his only first-class century, 121, whilst captaining Transvaal in a two-day match at Johannesburg against P.W. Sherwell’s XI in November 1913. But in all first-class matches he only built six scores of 50 or more. His highest Test score was 31, compiled against the Australians at Old Trafford during the Triangular Series of 1912. No obituary appeared in Wisden for Beaumont after his death.

References

# "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