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[[Robert Gardner Warton]] (1847–1923) was a British military officer, cricketer and amateur singer.

== Biography ==

Born Robert Gardner Warton on 16 January 1847

He passed away on 20 September 1923.

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

Warton was the organiser of first the visit by an English cricket team to play against a South African team in South Africa in 1888-9, a team led by [[C. Aubrey Smith]], who would later become famous as a stage and film actor. The teams played two games games, later designated "Tests", that took place in Port Elizabeth and in Cape Town. Warton acted one of the umpires for both games.

On 24 December of that year the members of the team attended and took part in a "[[smoking concert]]" held in their honour in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town. The concert had two parts, first a [[Christy Minstrel]] show, that included a comic ditty called "The Man that Struck O'Hara". The second half saw songs by local celebrities such as [[Tom Graham]], a talk on public entertainers by [[Robert Baden-Powell]], as well as other team members, such as [[Major Warton|Warton]] himself and the popular bowler [[Johnny Briggs]]. The critic and chronicler of theatre in the Cape, [[D.C. Boonzaier]], was himself involved in the event, helping to blacken the faces of the performers in the [[Christy]] show.

== Sources ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Briggs_(cricketer)

[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

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 == Biography ==
-Born Robert Gardner Warton born in Islington on 16 January 1847 and educated at Highgate School, he served in the British Army in Japan and South Africa.
+Born Robert Gardner Warton born in Islington on 16 January 1847 and educated at Highgate School, he served in the British Army in Japan and South Africa. He is also known as a cricketing umpire.
-He passed away on 20 September 1923.
+Warton spent 20 years in retirement in the Channel Islands, and died in Pontac in Jersey on 20 September 1923.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-While stationed in South Africa, Warton organised the first ever visit by an English cricket team to play against a South African team in South Africa in 1888-9, a team led by [[C. Aubrey Smith]], who would later become famous as a stage and film actor. The teams played two games games, later designated "Tests", that took place at  St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, on 12 and 13 March 1889 and at Newlands in Cape Town on 25 and 26 March. Warton acted as an umpire for both games.
+While stationed in South Africa, Warton organised the first ever visit by an English cricket team to play against a South African team in South Africa in 1888-9. The tour was sponsored by Sir Donald Currie[], founder of the Castle Shipping Line. The English team was led by [[C. Aubrey Smith]], who would later become famous as a stage and film actor and included the famous bowler , while the South African team included the batsman Albert Rose-Innes[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Rose-Innes]. The teams played two games games, later designated "Tests", that took place at  St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, on 12 and 13 March 1889 and at Newlands in Cape Town on 25 and 26 March. Warton acted as an umpire for both games.
 On 24 December of that year the members of the team attended and took part in a "[[smoking concert]]" held in their honour in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town. The concert had two parts, first a [[Christy Minstrel]] show, that included a comic ditty called "The Man that Struck O'Hara". The second half saw songs by local celebrities such as [[Tom Graham]], a talk on public entertainers by [[Robert Baden-Powell]], as well as other team members, such as [[Major Warton|Warton]] himself and the popular bowler [[Johnny Briggs]]. The critic and chronicler of theatre in the Cape, [[D.C. Boonzaier]], was himself involved in the event, helping to blacken the faces of the performers in the [[Christy]] show.

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-[[Robert Gardner Warton]] (1847–1923) was a British military officer, cricketer and amateur singer.
+[[Robert Gardner Warton]] (1847–1923)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warton_(umpire)] was a British military officer, cricketer and amateur singer.
 == Biography ==
-Born Robert Gardner Warton on 16 January 1847
+Born Robert Gardner Warton born in Islington on 16 January 1847 and educated at Highgate School, he served in the British Army in Japan and South Africa.
 He passed away on 20 September 1923.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-While stationed in South Africa, Warton organised the first ever visit by an English cricket team to play against a South African team in South Africa in 1888-9, a team led by [[C. Aubrey Smith]], who would later become famous as a stage and film actor. The teams played two games games, later designated "Tests", that took place in Port Elizabeth  and in Cape Town. Warton acted one of the umpires for both games.
+While stationed in South Africa, Warton organised the first ever visit by an English cricket team to play against a South African team in South Africa in 1888-9, a team led by [[C. Aubrey Smith]], who would later become famous as a stage and film actor. The teams played two games games, later designated "Tests", that took place at  St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, on 12 and 13 March 1889 and at Newlands in Cape Town on 25 and 26 March. Warton acted as an umpire for both games.
 On 24 December of that year the members of the team attended and took part in a "[[smoking concert]]" held in their honour in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town. The concert had two parts, first a [[Christy Minstrel]] show, that included a comic ditty called "The Man that Struck O'Hara". The second half saw songs by local celebrities such as [[Tom Graham]], a talk on public entertainers by [[Robert Baden-Powell]], as well as other team members, such as [[Major Warton|Warton]] himself and the popular bowler [[Johnny Briggs]]. The critic and chronicler of theatre in the Cape, [[D.C. Boonzaier]], was himself involved in the event, helping to blacken the faces of the performers in the [[Christy]] show.
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 == Sources ==
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Briggs_(cricketer)
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warton_(umpire)
 [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)