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Aubrey Faulkner
Mon, October 09 2017
World XI of all-rounders: As elite as they make them
Most XIs, real or fantasy, consist mostly of specialist batsmen and bowlers with one or two all-rounders and a wicketkeeper-batsman if they are available.
Thu, May 19 2016
England’s first encounter with googly bowlers on matting
Faced with an unprecedented battery of googly bowlers on an unfamiliar matting wicket, the English side faced their first ever defeat in a First-Class match in South Africa, against the incredible Transvaal rally engineered by Reggie Schwarz and a young Aubrey Faulkner.
Sat, December 17 2016
Aubrey Faulkner: 18 facts about one of the greatest yet most unfortunate cricketers
Aubrey Faulkner was a South African cricketer, who can arguably be referred to as the best all-rounder in the pre-war era.
Fri, November 06 2015
South Africa All-Time XI: Great all-rounders, champion fielders, and twenty years of darkness
A South African all-time XI for a side with brilliant fielders, a seemingly endless supply of world-class all-rounders, and two decades’ worth of talent lost in the darkness of politics.
Thu, August 25 2016
Archie MacLaren’s amateurs fell Warwick Armstrong’s mighty Australians in one of cricket’s greatest fairytales
When Archie MacLaren claimed that he could pick a team to defeat Australia — and did so.
Fri, January 08 2016
South Africa beat England in a thriller to achieve their maiden Test win
South Africa achieved their first ever win in Test cricket by beating England in 1906.
Thu, December 17 2015
Aubrey Faulkner: The first of the great South African all-rounders
Aubrey Faulkner was among the greatest all-rounders to have graced the sport.