deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
0 105 2 2 / 0 5 / 0 1892 0 0 right-arm medium south african 0 0 right-hand bat tommy routledge 1896 tests first-class true 19 march http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47002.html cricinfo 19 march 72 492 1892 0 3 21 march 0 / 0 0 / 2 4 12 thomas routledge

thomas routledge

thomas william routledge - a fine attacking batsman and occasional , but useful change-bowler , thomas routledge was born in liverpool , lancashire , england on 18 april 1867 and died in billingham , county durham , england on 9 may 1927 , aged 60 .
he played for transvaal during the last decade of the 19th century and appeared in four test matches for south africa against england , all of them on home soil .
he was aggressive at the crease but so often failed to convert a good start into a significant one , only twice surpassing 50 or more runs in an innings .
his first test match was the sole representative affair of england 's visit in 1891-92 , played at cape town .
he also played in the three-match series of 1895-96 but in all four tests he could only manage a top score of 24 -lrb- overall average 9.00 -rrb- as england showed their dominance , winning each match convincingly .
routledge 's highest first-class score was 77 , scored in the 1893-94 currie cup match against eastern province at cape town .
however , on the day the meeting was held to select south africa 's inaugural side to tour england in 1894 , he made a century in a non-first-class match and secured his place as a result of it .
none of the 24 matches on the tour have yet been given first-class status even though many of them were against first-class county clubs .
no obituary appeared within the wisden cricketers ' almanack for routledge after his death in 1927 .
