Philip Hands

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1890–1951)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Philip Hands

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Philip Albert Myburgh Hands

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Claremont, Cape Town, Cape Colony

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|4|27|1890|3|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa

| family = {{ubl|Reginald Hands (brother)|Kenneth Hands (brother)}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 300

| bat avg1 = 25.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 83

| deliveries1 = 37

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 3/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 52

| runs2 = 2,034

| bat avg2 = 25.11

| 100s/50s2 = 3/10

| top score2 = 119

| deliveries2 = 138

| wickets2 = 5

| bowl avg2 = 16.80

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/9

| catches/stumpings2= 20/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 13 December

| testdebutyear = 1913

| lasttestdate = 26 July

| lasttestagainst = England

| lasttestyear = 1924

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/361/361.html CricketArchive

| date = 13 November

| year = 2022

}}

Philip Albert Myburgh Hands (14 April 1890"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23589-14765-34?cc=1468076 : accessed 19 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Claremont, St Saviour > Baptisms 1910-1926 > image 302 of 396; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. – 27 April 1951), was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1913 to 1924. His elder brother Reginald also played Test cricket for South Africa, whilst his younger brother Kenneth was also a cricketer, although he didn't play Test cricket.

Hands was born in Claremont, Cape Town, son of Sir Harry Hands KBE and Lady Aletta Hands (née Myburgh) OBE. He died in Parys, Orange Free State, in 1951.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Philip-Hands/6000000039498091796?through=6000000039497564055|title=Philip Albert Myburgh Hands}}

Like his brothers, he was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch and up to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1908. Initially starting a law degree, he switched to accounting.{{Cite book |last=Schulze| first =Heinrich| year = 1999| title = South Africa's Cricketing Lawyers| publisher =Halfway House| location =[South Africa]| isbn =9780620250498 | pages =106–109}}

Serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery, he was awarded the DSO and the MC in the First World War and reached the rank of major.Wisden 1952, p. 956.

He was a hard-hitting batsman whose highest Test score was 83 against England in 1913–14, scored out of 98 in 105 minutes. He toured England in 1924, but was not successful.