Arthur Seccull

Arthur William Seccull (14 September 1868 – 20 July 1945) was a cricketer who played one Test match for South Africa in 1896.^[1]

Arthur Seccull

Personal information
Full name	Arthur William Seccull
Born	(1868-09-14)14 September 1868 King William's Town, Cape Colony
Died	20 July 1945(1945-07-20) (aged 76) Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 7 Runs scored 23 229 Batting average 23.00 22.90 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 Top score 17* 64 Balls bowled 60 685 Wickets 2 15 Bowling average 18.50 16.86 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/37 6/48 Catches/stumpings 1/- 4/-
Source: Cricinfo

Cricket career

The South African team that toured England in 1894. Arthur Seccull is standing at the far right.

An all-rounder, Seccull was a member of the first South African team to tour England in 1894. No Tests or first-class matches were played on the tour. He scored 355 runs with a top score of 63 against Glamorgan, when he made the highest score in the match, but took only four wickets on the tour.^[1]

In South Africa in 1895–96 he played in the Third Test at Cape Town against the England side under Lord Hawke, scoring 6 and 17 not out and taking two wickets for 37 runs.^[2]

Seccull's provincial cricket in South Africa was mainly for Transvaal, though he also appeared for Kimberley and Western Province. He played in consecutive Currie Cup-winning finals for different teams. In the first, in 1893–94, he took his best first-class bowling figures of 6 for 48 in the second innings to help Western Province to an innings victory in the final against Natal.^[3] A year later he made his highest first-class score of 64, the highest score in the match, to help Transvaal to victory over Western Province.^[4]