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| Full name | Sibley John Snooke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1881-02-01)1 February 1881 St Mark's,Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 August 1966(1966-08-14) (aged 85) Humewood,Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 2 January 1906 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 16 February 1923 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sibley John "Tip"Snooke (1 February 1881 – 14 August 1966) playedTest cricket forSouth Africa as anall-rounder,captaining the side to victory 3–2 againstEngland in a five-Test series inSouth Africa in 1909–10. He played in 26 Test matches, playing the first 23 between 1906 and 1912, and he was recalled aged 41 for three further Test matches against England in South Africa in 1922–23.
Snooke was born inSt Mark's,Tembuland.[1] He scored 1,008 Testruns at abatting average of 22.39, including one century againstAustralia atAdelaide in 1910–11, and took 35 Testwickets at abowling average of 20.05, with best figures of 8/70 in aninnings and 12/127 for a match, both against England atJohannesburg in 1905–06.[2]
He played 124first-class cricket matches forBorder,Western Province andTransvaal, scoring 4,821 runs at an average of 25.91 and taking 120 wickets at an average of 25.14. He managed the successful South African side in England in 1935.[3]
He died atPort Elizabeth, aged 85. His brother,Stanley Snooke, also played Test cricket for South Africa.
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