New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns (in Bunbury Cricket outfit).
In part one, three generations of Test cricketers were listed. Today we will look at fathers and sons to play in Tests.
Australia
- EJ Gregory (1 Test, 1877) and son SE Gregory (58 Tests, 1890-1912).
England
- CL Townsend (2 Tests, 1899) and DCH Townsend (3 Tests, 1934).
- FW Tate (1 Test, 1902) and MW Tate (39 Tests, 1924-35).
- J Hardstaff (5 Tests, 1907) and J Hardstaff jnr. (23 Tests, 1935-48).
- FT Mann (5 Tests, 1922) and FG Mann (7 Tests, 1948-49).
- JH Parks (1 Test, 1937) and JM Parks (46 Tests, 1954-68).
- L Hutton (79 Tests, 1937-54) and RA Hutton (5 Tests, 1971).
- MC Cowdrey (114 Tests, 1954-1974) and CS Cowdrey (6 Tests, 1984-88).
- MJ Stewart (8 Tests, 1962-63) and AJ Stewart (133 Tests, 1989-2003).
- AR Butcher (1 Test, 1979 and MA Butcher (71 Tests, 1997-2004).
- IJ Jones (15 Tests, 1963-67) and SP Jones (18 Tests, 2002 -2005).
- A Sidebottom (1 Test, 1985) and RJ Sidebottom (21 Test, 2001 till now).
South Africa
- F Hearne (4 Tests, 1891-95) and GAL Hearne (3 Tests, 1922-24). F. Hearne also played 2 Tests for England in 1988.
- AW Nourse (45 Tests, 1902-24) and AD Nourse (34 Tests, 1935-51).
- LR Tuckett (1 Test, 1913) and L. Tuckett (9 Tests, 1947-48)
- JD Lindsay (3 Tests, 1947) and DT Lindsay (19 Tests, 1963-1969).
- PM Pollock (28 Tests, 1961-69) and SM Pollock (108 Tests, 1995-2007).
West Indies
- OC Scott (8 Tests, 1928-30) and APH Scott (1 Test, 1952)
- GA (22 Tests, 1929-53) and RGA Headley (2 Tests, 1973); RGA and DW Headley (15 Tests for England, 1997-99).
- ED Weekes (48 Tests, 1947-58) and illegitimate son DA Murray [according to CricInfo] (19 Tests, 1977-81).
New Zealand
- HG Vivian (7 Tests, 1931-37) and GE Vivian (5 Tests, 1964-1971).
- WA Hadlee (11 Tests, 1937-50) and DR Hadlee (26 Tests, 1969-77) and RJ Hadlee (86 Tests, 1972-90).
- WM Anderson (1Test, 1945) and RW Anderson (9 Tests, 1976-78).
- PGZ Harris (9 Tests, 1955-1964) and CZ Harris (23 Tests, 1992-2002).
- WP Bradburn (2 Tests, 1963) and GE Bradburn (4 Tests, 1990)
- BL Cairns (43 Tests, 1973-85) and CL Cairns (62 Tests, 1989-2004).
India
- L Amarnath (24 Tests, 1933-52) and M Amarnath (69 Tests, 1969-87) and S Amarnath (10 Tests, 1975-78).
- Nawab of Pataudi Snr. (3 Tests, 1946) and Nawab of Pataudi jnr. (46 Tests, 1961-74). Nawab of Pataudi Snr. also played three Tests for England,1932-34.
- MH (Vinoo) Mankad (44 Tests, 1946-58) and AV Mankad (22 Tests, 1969-77).
- Pankaj Roy (43 Tests, 1951-60) and Pranob Roy (2 Tests, 1981).
- VL Manjrekar (56 Tests, 1951-64) and SV Manjrekar (37 Tests, 1987-96).
- DK Gaekwad (11 Tests, 1952-60) and AD Gaekwad (40 Tests, 1974-84).
- HS Kanitkar (2 Tests, 1974) and HH Kanitkar (2 Tests, 1999).
- Yograj Singh (1 Test, 1980) and Yuvraj Singh (28 Tests, 2003 till now).
India and Pakistan
- M. Jahangir Khan (4 Tests for India, 1932-36) and Majid Khan (63 Tests for Pakistan, 1964-82). Also Majid Khan’s son Bazid Khan (see below).
- S Wazir Ali (7 Tests for Ind., 1932-36) and Khalid Wazir (2 Tests for Pak., 1954).
Pakistan
- Majid Khan (63 Tests, 1964-82) and Bazid Khan (1 Test, 2004).
- Hanif Mohammad (55 Tests, 1952-69) and Shoaib Mohammad (45 Tests, 1983-95).
- Nazar Mohammad (5 Tests, 1952) and Mudassar Nazar (76 Tests, 1976-88).
Sources: Famous Cricketing Families by KM-H, Simon & Schuster, Aust., 2000; Almanac, Perivale, Aust., 2006; several Wisden publications UK.
Brothers playing Test cricket together will be featured in part three.
The Crowd Says:
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Rob McLean
Guest
Fred and Maurice Tate are on this list - Fred's one Test was a bit of a disaster, with the press of the day putting much of England's loss on his broad shoulders. It is reported that he said, "it's okay, I have a lad at home who will do well", or words to that effect. He turned out to be spot on. E. Weekes and D. Murray is an interesting one...
M1tch
Guest
Yeh doesnt seem they are related, both from the Punjab provience but no references that they are related.
Kersi Meher-Homji
Guest
A reader asked whether Pakistan's Test cricketer Abdur Rauf (currently playing in the Melbourne Test) is related to the Test umpire Asad Rauf. I replied that as far as I know they are not related. Can Roarers confirm or contradict me? But here is something I know: Vinet Gupte and Surinder Sharma from India umpired the third ODI between India and New Zealand at Delhi on 18 November 1999. They were the sons of former Indian Test umpires MY Gupte and Harprasad Sharma. Any instance of father and son umpiring a Test match in their respective era?