Dicky Richards

Dicky Richards

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
International information
National side	South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 1 Runs scored 4 4 Batting average 2.00 2.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 4 4 Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 0/- 0/-
Source: Cricinfo

William Henry Matthews 'Dicky' Richards (26 March 1862 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony – 4 January 1903 in Wynberg, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1889.^[1]

The match was the second in the 1888-89 series against the team led by Sir C. Aubrey Smith, and called at the time "C. A. Smith's XI", but retrospectively accorded the status of a full MCC tour.^[2] In fact, in the game at Newlands, Cape Town played by Richards, the touring side was led by Monty Bowden. Richards batted at No 7 in each innings and scored 0 and 4 as South Africa were bowled out for 47 and 43 to lose by an innings and 202 runs.

The match was Richards' only first-class game, although he played for Western Province in the years before provincial matches in South Africa were considered first-class.^[3]

Richards' two brothers, Joseph and Alfred, played first-class cricket for Western Province and Alfred played once for South Africa in 1895-96.

References

1. "Dicky Richards". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
2. "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 1889-03-25. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
3. "Other Matches Played by Dicky Richards". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-06.