Charlie Llewellyn

**Charles Bennett** " **Buck** " **Llewellyn** (an haife shi a y 29 ga watan Satumbar 1876 - ya rasu a ranar 7 ga watan Yunin 1964), shi ne ɗan wasan kurket na Afirka ta Kudu na farko wanda ba farar fata ba. Ya bayyana a wasannin gwaji 15 don Afirka ta Kudu tsakanin shekarar 1895 zuwa ta 1912, kuma ya buga wasan kurket na Ingilishi a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan Hampshire tsakanin shekarar 1899 da ta 1910.  

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haife shi ba ta hanyar aure ba a Pietermaritzburg ga mahaifin Welsh da mahaifiyar Saint Helenan baƙar fata, Llewellyn mai duhu ido da duhu yana da ƙarancin girma a Natal, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ruwa biyu. Ya nuna duk bajintar wasan kurket tun yana ƙarami a matsayin ɗan wasan basman na hagu mai wuya, mai jinkirin ɗaukar hannu na hagu (tare da isar da hagun mai haɗari  a matsayin wani ɓangare na arsenal ɗinsa) da kuma babban ɗan wasa, musamman a tsakiya.

Yayin da wariyar launin fata a ƙarshen ƙarni na goma sha tara na Afirka ta Kudu ya haifar da wasu manyan 'yan wasan da ba farar fata ba a cire su daga sassan wakilai, ikon Llewellyn ya ba da kansa a matsayin farar fata a wasu lokuta ( Wilfred Rhodes ya bayyana shi a matsayin "kamar dan wasan Ingila mai tsananin rana" ), ya taimaka wajen kawar da matsalar launin fata ga zaɓi kuma an zaɓe shi don yin wasansa na farko a Natal da Transvaal a ranar 13 ga watan Afrilun 1895, inda ya ɗauki wiki huɗu. Duk da yake yanzu an yarda da shi a matsayin ɗan wasan kurket, Llewellyn za a kira shi "launi" a duk tsawon rayuwarsa kuma akwai rahotanni na cin zarafi da suka shafi tsere daga wasu 'yan wasan Afirka ta Kudu.

Da yake burge shi da fasaha na wasan kurket, masu zaɓen suka zaɓe shi a fafatawa a Natal da Lord Hawke na Ingila XI, daga baya kuma suka zaɓi Llewellyn don yin gwajinsa na farko a Afirka ta Kudu da Ingila a Johannesburg a ranar 2 ga watan Maris, 1896, yana da shekaru 19 da kwanaki 155.

Llewellyn ya kasa shan wicket a wannan gwaji na farko kuma nan da nan aka cire shi daga ragowar jerin amma ya amsa ta hanyar yin ban sha'awa a gasar cin kofin Currie na shekarar 1897-1898 da 1898-1899, wanda ya kai ga kiransa ga tawagar kasar don gwajin farko na shekarar 1898-1899 da Ingila . Llewellyn ya burge ta da shan wikiti biyar amma abin mamaki an bar shi daga gwaji na biyu.

A ƙarshen shekarar 1898-1899 Llewellyn, wanda ayyukan waɗanda aka zaɓa suka damu da kuma neman tsaro na kuɗi, ya bar Afirka ta Kudu don buga wasa a ƙungiyar Cricket Club ta Hampshire County na Ingilishi a matsayin ƙwararren, bisa shawarar abokin wasan Afirka ta Kudu Manjo Robert Poore, tsohon ɗan wasan kurket na Hampshire akan aikin soja.   Zai yi tauraro a Hampshire sama da shekaru goma, inda ya zira ƙwallaye 8772 yana gudana a 27.58 kuma yana cin wickets 711 a 24.66. Siffar sa ta kasance kamar a cikin shekarar 1902 Llewellyn ya kasance mai suna a cikin rukunin Gwajin Farko na Ingilishi a kan masu yawon shakatawa na Australiya, ya ɓace a gefen ƙarshe. Duk da haka an haɗa shi a cikin kaftin ɗin Ingilishi mai ƙarfi Ranjitsinhji don rangadin Amurka wanda ya haɗa da Jessop, Sammy Woods, Archie MacLaren, Stoddart, Bosanquet da Townsend . 

A cikin 1902–1903 Llewellyn ya koma Afirka ta Kudu don yin wasa a cikin jerin Gwaji uku da Ostiraliya . Ya zura ƙwallaye 90 a Jarrabawar Farko, mafi girman makin gwajinsa, da kuma cin ƙwallaye tara a wasan. Llewellyn ya ɗauki wickets goma a gwaji na biyu da shida a cikin na uku don saman matsakaicin matsakaicin wasan a 17.92; Nasara mai ban mamaki idan aka yi la'akari da cewa Ostiraliya ta yi nasara da ci 2-0.

Llewellyn ya ci gaba da haskakawa ga Hampshire, wanda aka zaɓa ta zaɓinsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Cricketers biyar na Wisden a cikin shekarar 1910, shekararsa ta ƙarshe a Hampshire. Daga nan ya zagaya Ostiraliya tare da tawagar Afirka ta Kudu, inda wasan tasa ya zama abinci ga Victor Trumper, kafin ya koma Ingila a shekarar 1911 don shiga kulob ɗin Accrington,  ta haka ya zama dan wasan kurket na farko da ya fara taka leda a gasar Lancashire . 

A cikin shekarar 1912, Afirka ta Kudu ta fitar da shi daga matakin ritaya na farko don taka leda a gasar Triangular, inda ya zira ƙwallaye 75 a gwaji na farko da Ingila a Lord's da kuma karin rabin karni da Australia a Ubangiji.

Llewellyn ya yi ritaya daga wasan kurket na gwaji bayan gasar triangular, bayan ya buga gwaje-gwaje 15 (biyar da Ingila da goma da Australia), ya ci 544 a guje a 20.14 da 48 a 29.60. Duk da haka ya ci gaba da yin tauraro a wasan kurket, a ƙarshe ya yi ritaya a cikin shekarar 1938 yana da shekaru 62.

Llewellyn ya karya cinyarsa a shekara ta 1960, wanda ya shafi motsinsa na tsawon rayuwarsa kuma ya mutu a Chertsey, Surrey a shekarar 1964, yana da shekaru 87. Ko da bayan mutuwarsa, Llewellyn ya kasance mai jayayya, kamar yadda 'yar Llewellyn, mazaunin Ingila, a cikin shekarar 1976, ya fito fili ya yi jayayya cewa shi ba farar fata ba ne, yana mai cewa mahaifiyarsa farar fata ce haifaffen Ingila. 

Gadon Llewellyn a matsayin ɗan wasan kurket na Afirka ta Kudu na farko wanda ba farar fata ba ya kasance babba. A lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata an yi amfani da shi wajen nuna cewa ’yan wasan kurket waɗanda ba farar fata ba za su iya taka rawar gani kamar yadda takwarorinsu farar fata suke yi, yayin da masu sharhi na zamani suka yi nuni da zaɓen da aka yi na rashin gaskiya da aka yi wa Llewellyn na Afirka ta Kudu a duk tsawon rayuwarsa sakamakon wariyar launin fata saboda launin fatarsa. 

Yayin da Llewellyn ya kasance dan wasan kurket na Afirka ta Kudu na farko wanda ba farar fata ba, sai da Omar Henry ya shiga filin wasa da Indiya a watan Nuwambar 1992 Afrika ta Kudu ta samu ta biyu.

## Manazarta

## Duba kuma
* Merret, C. (2004) "Wasanni da Race a cikin Natal Natal: CB Llewellyn, Cricketer Baƙi na Farko na Afirka ta Kudu", *Ƙididdiga na Cricket*, Ƙungiyar Ƙididdiga ta Cricket da Tarihi, Winter 2004, No. 128, Nottingham.

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Charlie Llewellyn at ESPNcricinfo