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Charlie Llewellyn

Charles Bennett "Buck" Llewellyn (29 September 1876 – 7 June 1964) was a South African cricketer who played in fifteen Test matches for South Africa and had an extensive domestic career with Hampshire in English county cricket, and later in club cricket in the North of England. Born in Pietermaritzburg to a Welsh father and a mother, reputedly of colour, from Saint Helena, Llewellyn's racial status and later allegations of racial descrimination would become a contentious subject during and after his career. All all-rounder, he began his first-class career in South Africa with Natal in the 1894–95 Currie Cup. His subsequent performances as a slow left-arm wrist-spinner led to his Test selection for South Africa in March 1896. His Test career was sporadic, spanning fifteen matches to 1912. He was one of the first bowlers in international cricket to bowl slow left-arm wrist spin, and is credited with being the inventor of the chinaman, a delivery equivalent to a leg spinners googly.

With the encouragement of the Hampshire cricketer Robert Poore, Llewellyn left South Africa in 1899 to play county cricket in England for Hampshire. Provided by Wikipedia