# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlie-llewellyn
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:21:37.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlie-llewellyn"
name: "Charlie Llewellyn"
slug: "charlie-llewellyn"
description: "Charles Bennett \"Buck\" Llewellyn was a South African cricketer who played in fifteen Test matches for South Africa and had an extensive domestic career in English county cricket with Hampshire, and later in club cricket in the North of England. Born in Pietermaritzburg to a Welsh father and a mother, reputedly of colour, from Saint Helena, Llewellyn's racial status and later allegations of racial discrimination would become a contentious subject both during and after his career. An all-rounder, he began his first-class career in South Africa with Natal in the 1894–95 Currie Cup. His subsequent performances as a slow left-arm wrist-spinner led to his Test selection for South Africa in March 1896. His Test career was sporadic, spanning fifteen matches to 1912. He was one of the first bowlers in international cricket to bowl slow left-arm wrist spin, and is credited with being the inventor of the chinaman, a delivery equivalent to a leg spinners googly."
tagline: "Cricket player of South Africa. (1876-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1193422_Charlie_Llewllyn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
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birthDate: "1876-09-29"
deathDate: "1964-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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    title: "Charlie Llewellyn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump