Alfred Richards (sportsman)

Alfred Richards
Personal information
Full name
Alfred Renfrew Richards
Born(1867-12-14)14 December 1867
Grahamstown, Cape Colony
Died9 January 1904(1904-01-09) (aged 36)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 9
Runs scored 6 346
Batting average 3.00 23.06
100s/50s 0/0 1/1
Top score 6 108
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 13/2
Source: Cricinfo
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside centre
Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
– Villager Football Club ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1890–1895 Western Province ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1891 South Africa 3

Alfred Renfrew Richards (14 December 1867 – 9 January 1904) was a South African sportsman who represented his country at Test cricket and rugby union.[1][2] Born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, and educated at The Leys School in Cambridge, Richards was capped three times for South Africa in rugby, including captaining them once, and made one Test cricket appearance, also as captain.[3]

  1. ^ "Alfred Richards". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Alfred Renfrew Richards". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ Dobson, Paul (1995). 30 Super Springboks (1st ed.). Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. pp. 11–18. ISBN 0-7981-3411-9. OCLC 37966584.