Arthur William Seccull, born King William's Town

King William's Town

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 on 14 September 1868 and died at Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 on 20 July 1945, was a cricket

Cricket

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er who played once for South Africa

South African cricket team

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.

An all-rounder

All-rounder

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, Seccull was a member of the first South African team to tour England in 1894, though no Tests

Test cricket

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 were played. He scored 355 runs with a top score of 63 against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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, but took only four wickets.

Back in South Africa in 1895-96, he played in the third Test at Cape Town

Newlands Cricket Ground

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 against the England side

English cricket team

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 under Lord Hawke, scoring 6 and 17 not out and taking two wickets for 37 runs.

Seccull's provincial cricket in South Africa was mainly for Transvaal

Transvaal cricket team

Gauteng cricket team is the first-class cricket team of the province of Gauteng in South Africa....

, though he also appeared for Kimberley

Griqualand West cricket team

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 and Western Province.