Herby Wade

Herby Wade

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
International information
National side	South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 10 74 Runs scored 327 3858 Batting average 20.43 35.39 100s/50s 0/0 9/18 Top score 40* 190 Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 4/- 50/-
Source: Cricinfo

The South African touring team to England, 1935. Herby Wade, the captain, is third from the left in the middle row.

Herbert Frederick Wade (14 September 1905 in Durban, Natal – 23 November 1980, Inanda, Sandton, Transvaal) was a South African cricketer who played in 10 Tests in 1935 and 1935-36.^[1]

A middle-order batsman, Wade captained South Africa in every Test that he played in, including the series in England in 1935 that South Africa won 1-0 with four Tests drawn.

After leaving Hilton College, where he was a contemporary of his predecessor as South Africa's captain, Jock Cameron,^[2] Wade played for Natal from 1924-25 to 1936-37, with a top score of 190 against Eastern Province in his second-last game.^[3] He captained the side from 1930-31 until his retirement, and in his career he was captain in 61 of his 74 first-class matches.

His younger brother Billy also played Test cricket for South Africa, after Herby had retired.

References

1. "Herby Wade". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
2. Wisden 1982, p. 1211.
3. Natal v Eastern Province, 1936-37

External links

• Herby Wade at Cricinfo