Who was the first non-white South African Test cricketer ?
= Charles Bennett (Buck) Llewellyn.
His was the earliest recorded Test match player to bowl unorthodox left-arm spin – that is believed to be Charles Llewellyn . Llewellyn's legacy as the first non-white South African Test cricketer remains large. During the apartheid period he was used to show that non-white cricketers could perform as well as their white counterparts, while modern day commentators have pointed to the erratic selection of Llewellyn for South Africa throughout his career as the result of prejudice due to his skin colour.
Duly impressed with his cricketing skill, selectors chose him in a Natal side against Lord Hawke's England XI and subsequently selected Llewellyn to make his Test debut for South Africa against England at Johannesberg in 1896 at the age of just 19.
While Llewellyn was the first non-white South African Test cricketer, it was not until Omar Henry (He is notable for being the first non-white player of the modern era) took the field against India in November 1992 that South Africa had its second.
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