Sivert Samuelson

Sivert Vause Samuelson (21 November 1883 in York, near New Hanover, Natal – 18 November 1958 in Durban, Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1910.

Sivert Samuelson

Personal information
Full name	Sivert Vause Samuelson
Born	(1883-11-21)21 November 1883 York, near New Hanover, Colony of Natal
Died	18 November 1958(1958-11-18) (aged 74) Durban, Natal, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
International information
National side	South African
Only Test (cap 72)	11 March 1910 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 13 Runs scored 22 193 Batting average 11.00 12.06 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 15 39 Balls bowled 108 2128 Wickets - 57 Bowling average - 21.05 5 wickets in innings - 7 10 wickets in match - 2 Best bowling - 8/40 Catches/stumpings 1/- 11/-
Source: CricketArchive, 24 December 2017

Samuelson was a tail-end right-handed batsman and an off-spin bowler who took five MCC wickets in an innings in his third first-class game and found himself in the Test team for the final match in the 1909-10 series, played at Newlands, Cape Town. He failed to take a wicket as England scored 417, with Jack Hobbs making 187. He batted at No 11 in both innings.[1]

Samuelson played only one season of Currie Cup cricket for Natal, in 1910-11, taking 13 wickets in each of two matches and finishing with 41 wickets in the season at an average of less than 14 runs per wicket.[2] But he then played only a couple more games the following season, and his only other first-class game was against MCC more than a decade later in 1922-23.