Rolland Beaumont

Rolland Beaumont (4 February 1884 – 25 May 1958) was a South African cricketer. He was born at Newcastle, Natal, and died in Berea, Durban, aged 74. He attended Hilton College. Beaumont was a hard hitting middle-order batsman and a good fielder. His first-class career spanned the years 1908 to 1914 and consisted of 32 matches, most of which were for South Africa during their tour of England in the wet summer of 1912. His first match of importance was for Wanderers when the Johannesburg club drew with a Rest of South Africa team containing S.J. Snooke and A.W. Nourse. He also turned out six times for Transvaal and represented South Africa at Test level in five matches against England and Australia. When playing his natural game Beaumont was a free-flowing batsman but too often he let an ove

Rolland Beaumont

Rolland Beaumont (4 February 1884 – 25 May 1958) was a South African cricketer. He was born at Newcastle, Natal, and died in Berea, Durban, aged 74. He attended Hilton College. Beaumont was a hard hitting middle-order batsman and a good fielder. His first-class career spanned the years 1908 to 1914 and consisted of 32 matches, most of which were for South Africa during their tour of England in the wet summer of 1912. His first match of importance was for Wanderers when the Johannesburg club drew with a Rest of South Africa team containing S.J. Snooke and A.W. Nourse. He also turned out six times for Transvaal and represented South Africa at Test level in five matches against England and Australia. When playing his natural game Beaumont was a free-flowing batsman but too often he let an ove