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Lord Hawke's England Tour Trapped in the Jameson Raid — South Africa, 1896
England (Lord Hawke's XI) v South Africa
1896-01-02
Lord Hawke's England tour of South Africa in 1895-96 sailed into the middle of the Jameson Raid — a 600-man British attempt to overthrow Paul Kruger's Transvaal that began on 29 December 1895 and collapsed on 2 January 1896. The cricketers' tour sponsor, Johannesburg mining magnate Abe Bailey, was arrested and fined £2,000. Hawke persuaded Kruger to allow the team to visit the imprisoned raiders in Pretoria gaol; a poker night was arranged before the prisoners returned to their cells.
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