Reginald Hands
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Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands (26 July 1888 – 20 April 1918) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in February 1914. He died in France as a result of injuries sustained on the Western Front during the First World War.[1] His death was an indirect cause of the tradition of the two-minute silence, instigated by his father Sir Harry Hands when Mayor of Cape Town.[2]
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Born | 26 July 1888 Claremont, Cape Town, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 April 1918 (aged 29) Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test | 27 February 1914 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2022 |
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