Basil Melle      

Full name Basil George von Brandis Melle

Born March 31, 1891, Somerset West, Cape Province

Died January 8, 1966, Orchards, Johannesburg, Transvaal (aged 74 years 283 days)

Major teams Hampshire, Oxford University, Transvaal, Western Province

Batting style Right-hand bat

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
First-class 62 101 9 2535 145 27.55 3 13 33 0
Bowling averages
Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5w 10
First-class 62 6252 2931 114 7/48 25.71 2.81 54.8 9 1
Career statistics
First-class span 1908-1924
Profile

Basil Melle was one of the first exponents of leg theory.

Notes

Father of M.G. (Transvaal, Western Province).

Country Fixtures Country Results
Lions v Cape Cobras at Johannesburg - Feb 9-12
Match drawn
Warriors v Knights at Port Elizabeth - Feb 9-12
Knights won by 161 runs
KZN-Inland v Griq West at Pietermaritzburg - Feb 12
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Boland v North West at Paarl - Feb 12
Boland won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Border v Northerns at East London - Feb 12
Border won by 4 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
Easterns v E. Province at Benoni - Feb 12
E. Province won by 13 runs
Namibia v S West D at Windhoek - Feb 12
S West D won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
W Province v Free State at Cape Town - Feb 12
Free State won by 5 wickets (with 141 balls remaining)
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