{{Short description|South African cricketer (1861–1930)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Clarence Wimble | image = | caption = | fullname = Clarence Skelton Wimble | birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|4|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|1|28|1861|4|22|df=yes}} | death_place = Parktown West, Johannesburg, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | columns = 2 | column1 = Tests | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 0 | bat avg1 = 0.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 0 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1= 0/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 108 | bat avg2 = 27.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/1 | top score2 = 62 | catches/stumpings2= 0/– | international = true | country = South Africa | testdebutfor = | testdebutagainst = England | testdebutdate = 19 March | testdebutyear = 1892 | lasttestdate = 19 March | testcap = 23 | lasttestfor = | lasttestagainst = | lasttestyear = 1892 | onetest = true | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47909.html Cricinfo | date = 4 May 2019 }} '''Clarence Skelton Wimble''' (22 April 1861 – 28 January 1930) was a South African cricketer who played one Test match in 1892.
A right-handed batsman and superior fieldsman, Wimble's first-class cricket career comprised just two matches in eleven months. His debut came in a Currie Cup match in April 1891 when Kimberley came to the Old Wanderers ground at Johannesburg and defeated Transvaal. In a timeless match lasting seven days, Wimble top-scored for Transvaal in the first innings with 62 and followed with 46 in the second innings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transvaal v Kimberley 1890-91 |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3660.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=4 May 2019}}</ref> This performance contributed to his selection for South Africa's sole Test against England in 1891-92, played at Newlands in Cape Town in March 1892. In a three-day match completely dominated by the visitors – England won by an innings and 189 runs – Wimble had the ignominy of scoring a pair, caught in the first innings and stumped in the second.<ref>{{cite web |title=Only Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19-22 1892 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17686/scorecard/62433/south-africa-vs-england-only-test-england-tour-of-south-africa-1891-92 |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=4 May 2019}}</ref>
Wimble lived in Parktown West in Johannesburg. He worked as an accountant. He died of myocarditis at home in January 1930, aged 67.<ref>{{cite web |title=Form of Information of a Death: Clarence Skelton Wimble |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91P-27LZ-Z?cc=2998108 |website=Family Search |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=47909}} * [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/161/161.html Clarence Wimble] at CricketArchive
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