Basil Melle
Dr Basil George von Brandis Melle (31 ga watan Maris 1891 – 8 ga watan Janairun 1966), ɗan wasan kurket na Afirka ta Kudu ne mai daraja ta farko wanda ya taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasa na hannun dama kuma ya yi matsakaicin taki na hannun dama kuma daga baya karya kafa .  David Frith ya ga Melle a matsayin yana taka rawa a cikin asalin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta hanyar 'yan wasansa masu gajerun ƙafa uku'. 

Melle ya fara wasansa na farko a Lardin Yamma a shekarar 1909 a kan Lardin Gabas . Ya buga wasanni tara na matakin farko na lardin daga shekarar 1909 zuwa ta 1911, tare da wasansa na ƙarshe da ya fafata da Transvaal . A wasanninsa tara na Lardin Yamma ya zira ƙwallaye 439 a matsakaicin batting na 31.35, tare da rabin karni na 2 da maki daya na karni na 145 akan Griqualand West a shekarar 1911.

A cikin shekarar 1911 Melle ya buga matches ajin farko guda ɗaya don The Rest da Transvaal da kuma PT Lewis' XI da LJ Tancred's XI.

Daga baya Melle ya koma Ingila don yin karatu a Jami'ar Oxford, inda ya wakilci ƙungiyar wasan kurket na jami'a . Ya fara buga wa jami'a wasa a shekarar 1913 da HK Foster's XI. Melle ya wakilci jami'a a wasanni 15 na farko a shekarar 1913 da kuma ta 1914, inda ya lashe wasan kurket Blue a cikin shekaru biyu, kafin a dakatar da wasan kurket na aji na farko saboda farkon yakin duniya na farko . Wasan ƙarshe na Melle na jami'a shine Match University da Jami'ar Cambridge a Lord's . A cikin wasanninsa 15 na Jami'ar Melle ya zira ƙwallaye 497 a matsakaicin batting na 20.70, tare da rabin ƙarni uku da babban maki na 72 akan Sussex a shekarar 1913. Tare da ƙwallon ya ɗauki wickets 74 a matsakaicin bowling na 20.04 tare da ƙwanƙwasa wicket guda shida, ɗayan wicket goma a cikin wasa da mafi kyawun adadi na 7/48 akan Ƙungiyar wasan kurket  ta Marylebone a shekarar 1913. Melle ya jagoranci matsakaicin  jami'a a cikin shekarar 1913 tare da wickets 55 a matsakaicin 15.90. Melle ya taimaka wa Oxford ya sami nasara mai gamsarwa a 194 da Cambridge a shekarar 1914 amma, ba da daɗewa ba, lokacin da ya buga wasa shida kawai tare da sabuwar ƙwallon a wasan da aka yi a Trent Bridge an ba shi telegram. Jami’ar Oxford na jami’ar Oxford na rundunar ‘yan mulkin mallaka ne suka kira shi ya bar filin nan da nan. Mafi kyawun shekarun cricket na Kyaftin Melle za a yi asara ga Yaƙin da aka ayyana kwanaki biyu da suka gabata. 

Tun da farko a cikin shekarar 1914, Melle ya fara bugawa Hampshire a gasar cin kofin County da Essex . Ya buga wasanni 3 ga gundumar kafin yakin da kuma karin 24 bayan yakin daga shekarar 1919 zuwa 1921. A cikin wasanni 27 da ya buga wa Hampshire, ya zira ƙwallaye 1,207 a matsakaicin 29.43, tare da rabin karni shida da maki daya a karni na 110. A lokacin da yake tare da Hampshire wasan wasan nasa ya ragu har ya kai ga ba kasafai ake amfani da shi a wasannin ba. Duk da haka, Melle ya ɗauki wickets 25 a matsakaita na 42.96, tare da raƙuman wicket guda biyu da mafi kyawun adadi na 5-70 akan Kent a cikin shekarar 1919.

Yayin da a Ingila Melle ya buga wasa daya ajin farko na Free Foresters da Jami'ar Oxford a shekarar 1919. Ya kuma wakilci kungiyar kurket ta Marylebone a wasanni biyu na matakin farko da Jami'ar Oxford da Jami'ar Cambridge a shekarar 1919.

Melle ya koma Afirka ta Kudu a wani lokaci bayan shekarar 1921. A cikin shekarar 1923 ya shiga Transvaal inda ya fara buga musu wasa da Orange Free State a 1923/1924 Currie Cup . Ya buga wa Transvaal wasa sau uku a gasar, tare da wasansa na ƙarshe na matakin farko da ya fafata da Lardin Yamma, inda ya zira ƙwallaye 161 a matsakaita na 32.20, tare da maki rabin karni daya da 59 a kan Natal, kuma ya ɗauki wickets 8 a matsakaicin 20.50., tare da ramin wicket guda biyar na 5/47 da Natal.

A cikin gabaɗayan aikin aji na farko na Melle ya zira ƙwallaye 2,535 gudu a matsakaicin 27.55, tare da rabin ƙarni na 13, ƙarni 3 da babban maki na 145. Tare da ƙwallon ya ɗauki wickets 114 a matsakaicin bowling na 25.71, tare da raƙuman wicket tara guda biyar, juzu'in wicket goma a wasa da mafi kyawun adadi na 7/48. A cikin filin Melle ya kama 33.

Melle ya mutu a Johannesburg, Gauteng, a ranar 8 ga Janairun 1966.

Iyali 
Dan Melle Michael ya buga wasan kurket na Gwaji don Afirka ta Kudu da kuma wasan kurket na aji na farko na Transvaal da Lardin Yamma.

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