Wednesday, February 11
Tertius Bosch (1966-2000) Test Cap #:236
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Born March 14, 1966, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Died February 14, 2000, Westville, Durban, Natal (aged 33 years 337 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal, Northern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Tertius Bosch, who died in mysterious circumstances at the age of 33 in February 2000. His only Test appearance came in South Africa's first Test back in the fold, at Bridgetown in 1991-92. He apparently died of a rare viral infection, but 18 months later his body was exhumed and a post mortem suggested he might have been poisoned. It later emerged that Bosch had had his wife followed, after suspecting her of infidelity. He burst onto the scene while a young dental student at Pretoria University in 1986-87, moving from Northern Transvaal to Natal where he helped them to win two titles.Tertius Bosch, who ranked alongside Allan Donald as South Africa's fastest bowler of his era, died at Westville, near Durban, on February 13, a month short of his 34th birthday, after a long period of ill-health.
Grahame Anton Chevalier (1937-2017) Test Cap # 231
Born March 9, 1937, Cape Town, Cape Province
Died November 14, 2017 (aged 80 years 250 days)
Major teams South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Grahame Anton Chevalier 231 Slow left-arm orthodox
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Test recognition came late to Grahame Chevalier - he was almost 33 when he made his debut, against Australia at Cape Town in January 1970 - and it was a brief glimpse of the big time. He performed admirably, taking 2 for 32 and 3 for 68 as South Africa won by 170 runs, but was dropped in favour of John Traicos for the second Test. At the end of that series South Africa were cast into the international wilderness. His first-class career also started late - he was almost 30 when he first played for Western Province - and he finally retired in 1973-74. Chevalier was a capable slow left-armer and a genuine No. 11 batsman.
Only Test South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Jan 22-27, 1970
First-class span 1966/67 - 1973/74
List A span 1969/70 - 1972/73
John Harcourt du Preez (1942-2020) Test Cap # 230
Born:JNovember 14, 1942, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Died:April 08, 2020, Harare, (aged 77y 146d)
Major teams:South Africa,Rhodesia
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Legbreak Googly
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John Harcourt "Jackie" du Preez was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in two Test matches for South Africa against Australia in 1967. A leg-spinner and useful lower-order batsman, he was educated at Prince Edward School and first played for Rhodesia aged 18 against New Zealand in Bulawayo in October, 1961. He represented Rhodesia a record 112 times before retiring in 1979. Later he served as a national selector for Zimbabwe. Du Preez died on 8 April 2020 in Harare after suffering from a long-standing heart condition. He was 77.
Test Debut:South Africa vs Australia at Johannesburg - February 03 - 08, 1967
LastTest:South Africa vs Australia at Gqeberha - February 24 - 28, 1967
FC Span:1970/71 - 1979/80
James Thomas Botten (1938-2006) Test Cap #:226
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Born June 21, 1938, Pretoria, Transvaal
Died May 14, 2006, Johannesburg (aged 67 years 327 days)
Major teams South Africa, North Eastern Transvaal, Northern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
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Jackie Botten was a fast-medium bowler who varied his pace cleverly and had the abilty to move the ball towards the slips. He played three Tests, all on the 1965 tour of England, where he shared the new ball with Peter Pollock, taking eight wickets at 42.12 as South Africa won the series 1-0. On the whole tour his 33 wickets cost 24.78, but he never took more than three in an innings.
Botten made his debut for North Eastern Transvaal in 1957-58, and the following season was named one of the country's Cricketers of the Year after taking 63 wickets in only seven matches. The highlight of the season came when he took 15 for 49, including a career-best 9 for 23 in the first innings, against Griqualand West. After another good campaign the following season, he was considered unlucky to miss out on the tour to England in 1960, although he was part of the Fezela side that visited in 1961He never really recaptured that early form, although he continued playing through to 1971-72, finishing with 399 wickets at 20.36.Botten was also a professional with Arcadia in the National Football League.
Test debut England v South Africa at Lord's, Jul 22-27, 1965
Last Test England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 26-31, 1965
First-class span 1957-1972
Glen Gordon Hall (1938-1987) Test Cap #:223
Born May 24, 1938, Pretoria, Transvaal
Died June 26, 1987, Ramsgate, Natal (aged 49 years 33 days)
Major teams South Africa, Eastern Province, North Eastern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
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Glen Gordon Hall (24 May 1938, Pretoria, Transvaal – 26 June 1987, Ramsgate, KwaZulu-Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1965.A "tall leg-spinner, quickish with both googly and top-spinner in his repertoire",Glen Hall had a remarkable start to his first-class career. Playing for South African Universities against Western Province in 1960-61, he took 4 for 24 and 9 for 122.
George Derek Varnals (1935-2019) Test Cap # 222
Born:July 24, 1935, Durban, Natal
Died:September 09, 2019, Sydney, (aged 84y 47d)
Major teams:South Africa,Western Province,Natal,Transvaal
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Bowler
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Harry Dudley Bromfield was a South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches between 1961 and 1965. A tail-end batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, Bromfield succeeded Hugh Tayfield in the South African team but had limited success in Test matches. His best figures were 5 for 88 (off 57.2 overs) against England at Cape Town in 1964–65.He toured England in 1965, playing his last Test in the First Test at Lord's.
He played for Western Province from 1956–57 to 1965–66, then returned for one last match in 1968–69. His best figures were 7 for 60 against Transvaal in 1960–61. In 1962–63, also against Transvaal, he took 5 for 100 and 5 for 64, for match figures of 76.4–25–164–10.In his most successful season, 1960–61, he took 35 wickets at an average of 17.45.
Test Debut:outh Africa vs England at Durban - December 04 - 08, 1964
LastTest:South Africa vs England at Cape Town - January 01 - 06, 1965
FC Span:1955/56 - 1964/65
Clive Grey Halse (1935-2002) Test Cap #:221
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Born February 28, 1935, Empangeni, Natal (Zululand)
Died May 28, 2002, Sherwood, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (aged 67 years 89 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Clive Gray Halse (28 February 1935 in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal – 28 May 2002 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests in 1964.Halse was a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman who made his first-class debut in 1952-53 for Natal aged 17. He played only 16 matches in 10 seasons before establishing himself in 1962-63 when, with the help of a sympathetic employer who let him leave work an hour early every day to practise,he took 19 wickets at 18.26, helping Natal win the Currie Cup, and earning selection for the tour of Australasia the following season.
Peter Laurence van der Merwe (1937-2013) Test Cap #.220
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Born March 14, 1937, Paarl, Cape Province
Died January 23, 2013, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province (aged 75 years 315 days)
Major teams South Africa, Eastern Province, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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Peter Laurence van der Merwe (born 14 March 1937 in Paarl, Cape Province - 23 January 2013 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province ) was a former South African cricketer. Educated at St Andrew's College in Grahamstown and at the University of Cape Town, he played in fifteen Tests from 1963 to 1967.Peter van der Merwe was originally a slow left-arm bowler, but later developed into a genuine allrounder as his right-hand batting become more reliable, and towards the end of his career played as a specialist batsman. He was a shrewd captain, leading South Africa to series wins against England in 1965 and against Australia in 1966-67. Described as "a perfect ambassador", he was always courteous and gained tremendous loyalty from his players. After retiring, he pursued a successful business career but retained his links with the game. He was chairman of South Africa's selectors in the 1980s and early 1990s, and for eight years was an ICC match referee.
He began playing first-class cricket as a left-arm spinner for South African Universities, and was the principal spinner in the South African Fezela XI that toured England in 1961, but as his batting improved his bowling declined, and he didn't bowl at all in first-class cricket after the tour to Australasia in 1963-64. He played for Western Province from 1958-59 to 1965-66, then for Eastern Province from 1966-67 to 1968-69. He captained each team.
Michael Arthur Seymour (1936-2019) Test Cap # 219
Born June 5, 1936, Kokstad, Cape Province
Died February 17, 2019, Cape Town (aged 82 years 257 days)
Major teams South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
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Michael Arthur 'Kelly' Seymour was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1963 to 1970.A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, Seymour made his first-class debut for Western Province against South African Universities in 1960-61. In his next match, while studying medicine, he played for South African Universities against the New Zealand touring side in Pretoria in 1961-62, taking 7 for 80 and 5 for 72,which remained his career-best innings and match figures. Seeking a replacement off-spinner for the retired Hugh Tayfield, the selectors chose him later in the same tour for a South African Colts XI against the New Zealanders and, after a reasonably successful season in 1962-63 (15 wickets at 33.66), for the tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1963-64.
David Bartlett Pithey (1936-2018) Test Cap # 217
Born October 4, 1936, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Died January 21, 2018, Kidlington (aged 81 years 109 days)
Major teams South Africa,
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
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David Bartlett Pithey was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in eight Tests for South Africa from 1963 to 1967. As well as playing for Rhodesia and Western Province, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Northamptonshire. Christopher Martin-Jenkins described him as "spasmodically brilliant".His brother, Tony, also played Test cricket for South Africa; they played together in five of the Tests on the 1963–64 tour of Australasia.He was educated at Plumtree School, and was selected for South Africa Schools in 1954.An off-spin bowler and useful batsman at various positions in the order, David Pithey made his first-class debut for Rhodesia in 1956–57.
Joseph Titus Partridge (1932-1988) Test Cap #:216
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Born December 9, 1932, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Died June 6, 1988, Harare, Zimbabwe (aged 55 years 180 days)
Major teams Rhodesia, South Africa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
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One of the best swing bowlers of the past half-century, Joseph Titus Partridge, has finished his days in pathetic degradation. Rhodesian-born Partridge, for some years a vagrant alcoholic, turned a gun on himself on June 7 in a police station in a suburb of Harare after having been arrested for not paying a bill at a hotel. He was 55.Born in Bulawayo on Dec 9, 1932, he made his debut for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1951, but, with Adcock and Heine at their peak, it was some years before he earned higher consideration. In 1959-60 he had the remarkable figures of 7 for 9 against Border, and in 1961-62, when he took 53 wickets at only 13.98 in seven matches, he ran through Natal with 8 for 69 and 6 for 32 at Salisbury. When he broke the South African record with 64 wickets (16.68) in the 1962-63 season his claim to a Test trial was irresistible.
He went with Trevor Goddard's side to Australia and New Zealand in 1963-64, and was a huge success. Using the humidity and the breezes which have so often befriended medium-pacers at Australia's coastal cricket centres, Joe Partridge, bespectacled and so obviously a banker by occupation, purred in to take nine wickets in the NSW match and after an unsuccessful Test debut at Brisbane (where Ian Meckiff was no-balled for throwing) and five wickets at Melbourne, he took nine more in the Sydney Test, including Lawry, O'Neill, Burge, Booth (twice) and Shepherd. After a fairly barren time at Adelaide, where Barlow and Pollock had their marvellous stand of 341 and South Africa levelled at 1-1, Partridge put his personal seal on the series with 7 for 91 in Australia's first innings at Sydney in the excitingly drawn final Test.
Denis Thomson Lindsay (1939-2005) Test Cap #:215
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Born September 4, 1939, Benoni, Transvaal
Died November 30, 2005, Johannesburg (aged 66 years 87 days)
Major teams South Africa, North Eastern Transvaal, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
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Denis Lindsay, the South African Test wicketkeeper-batsman of the 1960s, died in Johannesburg aged 66 on November 30. He is best remembered for his dominant role in the victorious 1966-67 home series against Bobby Simpson's Australians in which he scored 606 runs in seven innings at an average of 86.57. He also took a then South African record 24 catches.His cavalier feats in a maiden 3-1 series win over Australia are indelibly writ in the folklore of South African cricket; the audacious manner in which he turned potential disaster into triumph with a carefree disregard for the batting wreckage that lay around him was the difference between the sides.
Herbert Roy Lance (1940-2010) Test Cap #:214
Born June 6, 1940, Pretoria, Transvaal
Died November 10, 2010, Johannesburg (aged 70 years 157 days)
Major teams South Africa, North Eastern Transvaal, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Herbert Roy "Tiger" Lance (6 June 1940 – 10 November 2010) was a South African cricketer.Tiger Lance was born in Pretoria, Transvaal. He played in 13 Tests between 1962 and 1970 as an all-rounder.He was a forceful middle order batsman and useful seam bowler. His father William and his younger brother Anthony also played first-class cricket in South Africa.
His most successful series was against Australia in 1966-67, when he played several important innings after early wickets had fallen cheaply; he hit a six off the bowling of Ian Chappell to win not only the Fifth Test in Port Elizabeth, but also the series, South Africa's first series win against Australia in the eleventh series between the two countries. In the five Tests of the series he scored 261 runs at 37.28.
His form in domestic matches in 1969-70 was moderate and he was not selected for the First Test against Australia, but at the request of the captain Ali Bacher he was included in the side for the rest of the series.He was also selected for the 1970 tour of England and the 1971-72 tour of Australia, but neither series eventuated owing to anti-apartheid feeling in the host countries.He retired after the 1971-72 season.He died in hospital in Johannesburg, four weeks after the car he was driving was hit by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road.
Kenneth Alexander Walter (1939-2003) Test Cap #:211
Born November 5, 1939, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Died September 13, 2003, Sandton, Johannesburg (aged 63 years 312 days)
Major teams South Africa, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Kenneth Walter was lively opening bowler who made an impressive start to his career at just 18, against the 1957-58 touring Australians. With his fifth ball he claimed Colin McDonald and also dismissed Jim Burke and Richie Benaud. The following season he was selected for his Test debut against New Zealand - in the same match as Colin Bland and Peter Pollock - and started well, taking 4-63 at Durban. However, he only took one wicket in the second Test at Wanderers and ended with just two caps. He was also an accomplished golfer, winning the President's Cup in 1972.
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 8-12, 1961
Last Test South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Dec 26-29, 1961
First-class span 1957-1966
Neil Amwin Treharne Adcock (1931-2013) Test Cap #.209
Godfrey Bernard "Goofy" Lawrence is a former Rhodesian cricketer who played in five Test matches for South Africa in the 1961–62 season.A tall right-arm fast-medium bowler from Rhodesia, Lawrence was part of a new-look South African team for the series against New Zealand in 1961–62. Despite his success in the series and continued good form in the Currie Cup until the end of the 1965–66 season, he played no further Tests.
Harry Dudley Bromfield (1932-2020) Test Cap #.207
Full name:Harry Dudley Bromfield
Born:June 26, 1932, Mossel Bay, Cape Province
Died:December 27, 2020 (aged 88y 184d)
Major teams:South Africa,Western Province
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Offbreak
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Harry Dudley Bromfield was a South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches between 1961 and 1965. A tail-end batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, Bromfield succeeded Hugh Tayfield in the South African team but had limited success in Test matches. His best figures were 5 for 88 (off 57.2 overs) against England at Cape Town in 1964–65.He toured England in 1965, playing his last Test in the First Test at Lord's.
He played for Western Province from 1956–57 to 1965–66, then returned for one last match in 1968–69. His best figures were 7 for 60 against Transvaal in 1960–61. In 1962–63, also against Transvaal, he took 5 for 100 and 5 for 64, for match figures of 76.4–25–164–10.In his most successful season, 1960–61, he took 35 wickets at an average of 17.45.
Test Debut:South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban - December 08 - 12, 1961
Last Test :England vs South Africa at Lord's - July 22 - 27, 1965
FC Span:1956/57 - 1968/69
Kenneth Colin Bland (1938-2018) Test Cap # 206
Born April 5, 1938, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Died April 14, 2018, London (aged 80 years 9 days)
Major teams Rhodesia, South Africa, Eastern Province, Orange Free State
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Bulawayo-born Colin Bland will go down in cricket history as one of the greatest cover fielders. He combined speed, perfect balance and a quite exceptional throwing arm, and thrilled spectators and intimidated opposing batsmen in equal measure. Even in the modern era, when outstanding fielders are more commonplace, Bland would have stood out. He honed his skills by endless practice throwing at a single stump, and later on he used this to show off his skills to the public during team fielding sessions . Much as was the case with Jonty Rhodes in the 1990s, even if Bland did not perform with the bat, he was worth an extra 20-30 runs for his fielding alone. But he could bat, even if he was often undone by a tendency to try and loft the ball bacl over the bowler's head. In 1963-64 in Australia he scored 126 at Sydney, ending the series with 367 runs at 61.16, and followed with 207 runs at 69.00 in New Zealand. Against England in 1964-65 he was again at his best, hammering 144 at Johannesburg and his 572 runs came at 71.50. In England the following summer he made 906 runs, including 286 at 47.66 in the three Tests. On that tour, which was South Africa's last series against England for 29 years, Bland's fielding was a revelation wherever he went, and his run-outs of Ken Barrington and Jim Parks at Lord's turned the match. His Test career ended tragically at Johannesburg against Australia in 1966-67, when he crashed into a boundary fence while chasing the ball, badly damaging his left knee. In domestic cricket he was no less popular, and equally effective. In 1967-68 he smashed 197 in three hours for Rhodesia against Border in a low-scoring match on a poor wicket which highlighted his class. He was also a very useful medium-fast right-arm bowler who was probably underused.
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 8-12, 1961
Last Test South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Dec 23-28, 1966
First-class span 1956/57 - 1973/74
List A span 1969/70 - 1972/73
Edgar John Barlow (1940-2005) Test Cap #:205
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Born August 12, 1940, Pretoria, Transvaal
Died December 30, 2005, General Hospital, St Helier, Jersey (aged 65 years 140 days)
Major teams South Africa, Boland, Derbyshire, Eastern Province, Transvaal, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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| Barlow on the eve of the, 1965 England tour... © The Cricketer International |
Eddie Barlow was a cricketer straight out of Boy's Own - incessantly enthusiastic and imbued with bottomless confidence. His nickname, "Bunter", was as much confirmation of that as it was a reflection of his facial resemblance to Billy Bunter, the chunky, bespectacled, British schoolboy of juvenile fiction. But Barlow was an athlete, and one who prized himself on his fitness and stamina. He was one of the most popular players of his generation, and never gave less than his all as an obdurate opening batsman, an aggressive medium-pacer and a superb slip field. Commentator Charles Fortune once described the often-untidy Barlow as running in to bowl "looking like an unmade bed". After retirement, Barlow was a liberal voice in the conservative South African political establishment of the 1980s.
He became a respected coach at provincial level, never without a theory that he said would lead to brighter cricket, and was appointed Bangladesh coach in 1999. However, a stroke in 2000 left him paralysed and he moved to north Wales where, despite his disabilities, he continued to coach locally. He died late in 2005 after a long battle against illness.Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 8-12, 1961
Last Test South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, Mar 5-10, 1970
First-class span 1959-1983
Atholl Henry McKinnon (1932-1983) Test Cap #:204
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Born August 20, 1932, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Died December 2, 1983, Durban, Natal (aged 51 years 104 days)
Major teams South Africa, Eastern Province, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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Atholl Henry McKinnon, who died in Durban on December 2, 1983, aged 51, played eight times for South Africa between 1960 and 1967, taking 26 Test wickets at 35.57 apiece. As portly as he was affable, he belonged to the classical school of slow orthodox left-arm bowlers, length, line and flight playing at least as much a part as spin. Born at Port Elizabeth and educated, like the Pollock brothers, at Grey High School, McKinnon began his first-class career, in 1952-53, with Eastern Province and ended it, in 1967-68, with Transvaal. He toured England twice, in 1960 and 1965, being the only member of the 1965 team to have also been in the previous side. In 1964-65, when England were last in South Africa, McKinnon was brought into the South African side for the fourth Test. His four for 128 in 51 overs in England's first innings and three for 44 in 35 overs in the second showed him at his best, his control being excellent, his line off stump and outside. In South Africa in 1966-67 when, amid nation-wide excitement, the home side won a series against Australia for the first time, he played in the first two Tests. He was a burly tail-ender, who batted right-handed and had a top score of 62. After retiring he was a patient and popular cricket coach. His death, from a heart attack, came when he was managing the unofficial West Indian team touring South Africa. All told he took 470 first-class wickets (average 21.14) and scored 1,687 runs (average 15.06).
Test debut England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 18-23, 1960
Last Test South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Dec 31, 1966 - Jan 5, 1967
First-class span 1952-1969
James Edward Pothecary (1933-2016) Test Cap # 203
Born December 6, 1933, Cape Town, Cape Province
Died May 11, 2016, Sunningdale, Cape Town, Western Cape (aged 82 years 157 days)
Major teams South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Jim Pothecary was a well-built right-arm fast-medium bowler who could swing the ball either way. He toured England as a new-ball bowler in 1960 but disappointed, taking nine wickets in his three Tests after Geoff Griffin had been no-balled out of the series. On the tour as a whole he managed only 53 wickets.
Test debut England v South Africa at Nottingham, Jul 7-11, 1960
Last Test England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 18-23, 1960
First-class span 1954/55 - 1964/65
Colin Wesley (1937-2022) Test Cap #.202
Full name:Colin Wesley
Born:September 05, 1937, Durban, Natal
Died:March 05, 2022, Johannesburg, Gauteng, (aged 84y 181d)
Major teams:South Africa,Natal,South African Universities
Batting style:Left hand Bat
Bowling style:Slow Left arm Orthodox
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Colin "Tich" Wesley was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1960. Wesley played first-class cricket for Natal from 1957 to 1966 as a middle-order batsman and left-arm spin bowler. He toured England with the South African team in 1960. His highest first-class score was 131, made after Natal followed on against the New Zealanders in 1961–62. His only century in the Currie Cup came in his last first-class season, when he captained Natal B against North Eastern Transvaal and made 120 in the first innings, the only century in the match.
He briefly returned to provincial cricket to captain the Natal team, which played under the name "C. Wesley's XI", in the first season of South Africa's domestic List A competition in 1969–70; they lost the final by two runs. He owned Wesley's, a chain of tobacco stores in South Africa. He died at home in Johannesburg on 5 March 2022, at the age of 84.
Test Debut:England vs South Africa at Lord's - June 23 - 27, 1960
Last:England vs South Africa at Manchester - July 21 - 26, 1960
FC Span:1956/57 - 1965/66
Sidney O'Linn(1927-2016) Test Cap #:201
Born May 5, 1927, Oudtshoorn, Cape Province
Died December 11, 2016, Cape Town (aged 89 years 220 days)
Major teams South Africa, Kent, Transvaal, Western Province
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicket keeper
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Sidney O'Linn was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1960 to 1961.Sid O'Linn was an obdurate opening batsman, a capable stand-in wicketkeeper, and a good fielder in any position. He was picked to tour England in 1960 aged 32 after a good domestic season in which he had scored 619 runs at 68.78 for Transvaal. He played in all five Tests, batting at No. 6, making 261 runs at 32.62 with a best of 98 (made in almost six hours) in the third Test at Trent Bridge. He kept his place for the first two Tests against New Zealand in 1961-62 but was dropped after two poor performances. Between 1951 and 1954 he was deputy to Godfrey Evans at Kent, making 26 appearances for them. He also played top-flight football for Charlton Athletic, one of several South Africans who represented for the club in that period. He made one full international appearance at football for South Africa in 1947. His birth was registered as "Sidney O'Linsky".He was a left-hander who batted down the order. He was a member of the South African tour of England in 1960,the first to be confronted by anti-apartheid demonstrations, and scored 98 (his highest in Tests) in six hours at Trent Bridge before being caught in the slips by Colin Cowdrey.O'Linn was also a footballer, having played for South Africa against Australia in1947,and later playing for Charlton Athletic in the English First Division.While playing football in England, he also played cricket for Kent, where he was the deputy wicket-keeper from 1951 to 1954.He died in Cape Town on 11 December 2016.
Test debut England v South Africa at Birmingham, Jun 9-14, 1960
Last Test South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Dec 26-29, 1961
First-class span 1945/46 - 1965/66
Geoffrey Merton Griffin (1939-2006) Test Cap #:200
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Born June 12, 1939, Greytown, Natal
Died November 16, 2006, Durban, Natal (aged 67 years 157 days)
Major teams Rhodesia, South Africa, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Geoff Griffin was handicapped by an accident when a schoolboy which left him unable to fully straighten his right arm, and he was further burdened by his emergence at a time when throwing was cricket's major issue. Tall, blond and fast, he headed the national averages in his second season with 35 wickets at 12.23 and was an almost automatic choice for the 1960 tour of England despite murmurings regarding his action. The wheels came off at Lord's when he was no-balled eight times in the match against MCC, and then in the county matches at Nottingham and Southampton. At Lord's in his second Test he became the first South African to take a hat-trick in Tests and the first man to do so on the ground - but he was no-balled eleven times for throwing. To add insult to injury, he was again no-balled in an exhibition game staged as the Test ended early and had to complete his over underarm. He was finished as a bowler, although he remained with the squad and played as a batsman. He returned home and moved from Natal to Rhodesia, but within two years - and still only 23 years old - his career was over after he was repeatedly no-balled against North-Eastern Transvaal at Salisbury. A superb allround sportsman, Griffin played hockey for Rhodesia as well as holding Natal titles for high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault. He also played U-19 rugby for Natal. Griffin died of a heart attack in November 2006 aged 67.
Test debut England v South Africa at Birmingham, Jun 9-14, 1960
Last Test England v South Africa at Lord's, Jun 23-27, 1960
First-class span1957-1963
Jonathan Payn Fellows-Smith (1932-2013) Test Cap # 199
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Born February 3, 1932, Berea, Durban, Natal
Died September 28, 2013,(aged 81 years 237 days)
Major teams South Africa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Jonathan Payn Fellows-Smith played four Tests in 1960.all his four Test appearances coming on that one trip. A powerful and uncompromising right-hand batsman whose trademark shots were a hammered off and a variety of leg-side swipes, he was not stranger to English conditions as he had won three cricket Blues at Oxford (as well as one for rugby) and also played for Northamptonshire from 1957, making 109 and 65 not out on debut. He had a disappointing tour in 1960 although he finished with 863 runs at 31.96 and 32 wickets with his legspin. He only played two more first-class matches - both for Free Foresters against his old university - after that tour. In all, of his 94 first-class appearances, only 14 were made in South Africa.
Christopher George de Villiers Burger (1935-2014) Test Cap #:197
Born July 12, 1935, Randfontein, Transvaal
Died June 5, 2014, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal (aged 78 years 328 days)
Major teams South Africa, Free Foresters, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Christopher George de Villiers Burger (born 12 July 1935 in Randfontein, Transvaal) is a former South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1958.
Test debut South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 7-12, 1958
Last Test South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, Feb 28-Mar 4, 1958
First-class span 1955-1966
Christopher Anthony Russell Duckworth (1933-2014) Test Cap # 196
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Born March 22, 1933, Que Que (now Kwekwe), Rhodesia
Died May 16, 2014, Johannesburg (aged 81 years 55 days)
Major teams Rhodesia, South Africa, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
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Christopher Anthony Russell Duckworth is a former amateur South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1957. He was born in Que Que, Southern Rhodesia (now Kwekwe, Zimbabwe).He also played hockey for Rhodesia, rugby for Natal U19 and league tennis in Johannesburg.
Both Tests against England in the 1956–57 series were won by South Africa, the fourth at the Wanderers, Johannesburg, and the fifth at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Captain Clive van Ryneveld presented him with a commemorative stump at the conclusion of each contest. In first-class cricket, Duckworth played two seasons from 1952–53 for Natal while at University in Pietermaritzburg, scoring a century in his second match. In 1954–55 he returned to Rhodesia and in the mid-summer of 1963 was asked by the Rhodesian selectors to spearhead the National side, an honour he declined as he and his family were shortly due to emigrate to South Africa, where, in Johannesburg, at John Waite's invitation, he played for his Wanderers side in the 1965–66 season.
He was reserve wicketkeeper on two overseas tours, both to England, in 1955 and 1960, but was not picked for any of the Tests on either tour. He hit his highest first-class score, 158, against Northamptonshire on the 1955 tour. Jack Cheetham, captain of the 1955 tourists in his book I Declare wrote: "Duckworth played some beautiful innings, the one at Northampton possibly the most correct of the tour".
In the 33 matches he played for South Africa, he was on the winning side 21 times, against only two losses. Both defeats occurred on the 1960 tour, once at Northampton after Duckworth had scored 51 not out in a second innings total of 101 for 7 before an adventurous declaration by Jackie McGlew, the other on a ghastly wicket at Bristol.
Test debut South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Feb 15-20, 1957
Last Test South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Mar 1-5, 1957
First-class span 1952-1963
Anthony John Pithey (1933-2006) Test Cap #:195
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Born July 17, 1933, Umtali (now Mutare), Rhodesia
Died November 17, 2006, Southbroom, Natal (aged 73 years 123 days)
Major teams Rhodesia, South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
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Rhodesian-born Tony Pithey's 17-Test career had one distinct highlight: a patient 154 against England at Cape Town in 1964-65. It was his only Test hundred. Able to bat as an opener or lower down the order, he was an accumulator rather than a strokemaker, and was fearless against fast bowling. His final Test series - against England - was his best, with his 462 runs coming at 51.33. But his runs came slowly - the 154, made on a good pitch, took six hours and his 95 in the next Test was equally pedestrian. He was named in the side to tour England in 1965 but didn't make the trip, withdrawing for business reasons. His brother David also played eight Tests for South Africa.
Tony Pithey, who has died in Durban after a long illness aged 73, was brought up in Rhodesia at the border town (between Rhodesia and Botswana) of Plumtree and was the elder of two brothers to represent South Africa. He played 17 Tests for his country while David, an offspinner, played eight. Pithey was a solid, rather than enterprising, right-hand batsman with a good technique against the new ball who represented South Africa as opening batsman and later at No.3. He toured England in 1960 and Australasia in 1963-64 and played home series against England in 1956-57 and 1964-65. His best series was the last, when he made his only Test century, taking more than seven hours to make 154 at Newlands. After retiring he remained in the administration of the game and was part of the historic selection panel when South Africa returned to international cricket in 1991.
Test debut South Africa v England at Durban, Jan 25-30, 1957
Last Test South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Feb 12-17, 1965
First-class span 1950-1969
Alistair Innes Taylor (1925-2004) Test Cap #:194
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Born July 25, 1925, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Died February 7, 2004, Randjes Estate, Highlands North, Johannesburg (aged 78 years 197 days)
Major teams South Africa, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
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A dependable opening batsman, Scotch Taylor played one Test for South Africa, against England at The Wanderers in 1956-57, making 12 and 6. But he was a much better allround sportsman than that one outing suggests.Educated at King Edward V11 School, he went on to gain a mining degree at Witwatersrand University before making his first-class debut for Transvaal in 1949-50, months after making his state hockey debut. The following season he made his maiden hundred, and he was generally considered unlucky to miss the 1955 tour of England after topping the Currie Cup averages.
His chance came in 1957-57 when Jackie McGlew was unable to play in the first Test against England. He opened with Trevor Goddard in the first Test ever at the New Wanderers ground. His first-innings 12 took 106 minutes, but South Africa collapsed second time round. McGlew returned for the second Test at Newlands.After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1960-61 summer, he remained active in squash and bowls, and was subsequently president of the South African Hockey Union and an administrator for Transvaal hockey.
Only Test South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Dec 24-29, 1956
First-class span 1949-1961
Peter Samuel Heine (1928-2005) Test Cap#:193
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Born June 28, 1928, Winterton, Natal
Died February 4, 2005, Johannesburg (aged 76 years 221 days)
Major teams South Africa, North Eastern Transvaal, Orange Free State, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Peter Samuel Heine, who died in Pretoria on February 4 aged 76, formed a renowned fast bowling partnership for South Africa with Neil Adcock. He played in 14 Test matches, spread over almost seven years, 12 of which were in tandem with Adcock. Peter Pollock, who later formed a similarly feared new-ball partnership with Mike Procter, said: "Adcock was quicker but Heine put the heat into the combination." Adcock said that he and Heine were good friends. "We would have a few drinks together in the evenings and work out which one of us would knock over which batsman. He was very aggressive on the field, with a big heart, but meek and mild off it." Stories of his aggression were numerous. After felling Peter Richardson, the England opener, during the 1956-57 series, he allegedly said: "Get up, I want to hit you again." Heine only started playing cricket at the age of 19 when, working as a fireman in Pietermaritzburg, he was pressed into playing for the fire department. "You are big and strong so you can open the bowling," he was told. He was also a hard-hitting lower-order batsman who hit a straight six off Hugh Tayfield which was reported to have carried a world record 180 yards in a match between Orange Free State and Natal in Bloemfontein in 1954-55. It was a massive hit, although subsequent research reduced the estimated distance by between 20 and 30 yards. He made his debut in the second Test at Lord's in 1955, taking 5 for 60 in the first innings.
Trevor Leslie Goddard (1931-2016) Test Cap #:192
Born August 1, 1931, Durban, Natal
Died November 25, 2016 (aged 85 years 116 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal, North Eastern Transvaal
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
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Trevor Leslie Goddard was a Test cricketer. An all-rounder,he played 41 Test matches for South Africa from 1955 to 1970. He captained the young South African team on its five-month tour of Australia and New Zealand in the 1963–64 season, levelling the series with Australia, and was also captain in 1964–65 against England in South Africa.A left-handed, classically correct opening batsman,he was also a successful left-arm medium-pace bowler with 123 wickets at Test level. Among Test bowlers with 75 wickets or more, he is the most economical of all, conceding an average of only 1.64 runs per over.He enjoyed particular success at first-class level, with over 11,000 runs at 40.60 together with 534 wickets and a competitive 21.65.He played for Natal from 1952–53 to 1965–66, for North-Eastern Transvaal in 1966–67 and 1967–68, then returned to Natal for his last two seasons, 1968–69 and 1969–70.The cricket journalist Telford Vice has described Goddard as "a man of rare grace, intelligence and spirit".Sir Donald Bradman said he was "a completely reliable and honest player who could be depended upon before any season started to put up a sterling performance over a whole series", praised his "qualities of sincerity and integrity", and said that he "enriched the game of cricket and set a fine example".
Richard John Westcott (1927-2013) Test Cap #.191
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Born September 19, 1927, Lisbon, Portugal
Died January 16, 2013, Hermanus, Western Cape (aged 85 years 119 days)
Major teams South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Richard John Westcott (born 19 September 1927 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a former South African cricketer who played in five Tests from 1954 to 1958. He is the only Test cricketer to have been born in Portugal.Moises Henriques is the only other Portuguese born international cricketer, however he is yet to play Test cricket.Dick Westcott was an adventurous right-handed opening batsman and a capable but underused right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Western Province throughout the 1950s. He scored a century in his third match in 1950-51. Early in his career he was involved in a car crash which caused severe damage to his left arm, but he continued to play at a high standard.
David Ernest James Ironside (1925-2005) Test Cap #:190
Born May 2, 1925, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique
Died August 21, 2005, Birmingham, England (aged 80 years 111 days)
Major teams South Africa, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
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David Ernest James Ironside, died in Birmingham on August 21, 2005, aged 80. Ironside was the first - and so far only - Test cricketer from Mozambique, having been born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo). A tearaway fast bowler in his youth, Ironside settled down, after suffering knee trouble, to become a handy swing bowler. "He could swing it like a boomerang," recalled Neil Adcock, a team-mate for Transvaal and South Africa. Ironside won three Test caps against the touring New Zealanders in 1953-54, seizing eight for 88 in the match on his debut at Johannesburg. Different balls were used in the subsequent matches, and Ironside found them more difficult to move off the straight, but he had taken 15 wickets at 18.33 before the Fifth Test, which he missed after ricking his back on the plane. That was the end of his Test career, although he played on for two more seasons with Transvaal. He was an accountant in Johannesburg before moving to live with his daughter in England.
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Dec 24-29, 1953
Last Test South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1954
First-class span 1947-1956
Neil Amwin Treharne Adcock (1931-2013) Test Cap #:189
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Born March 8, 1931, Sea Point, Cape Town, Cape Province
Died January 6, 2013, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal (aged 81 years 304 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal, Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Neil Adcock was the first South African quick bowler to take 100 Test wickets. Unlike Procter, the Pollocks and Donald, Neil Adcock did not have the benefit of world-class support, but he still managed 104 wickets at an average of only 21. He used his height to make the ball lift alarmingly off a length. In England in 1960, Adcock was a revelation, brushing off the controversy surrounding his new-ball partner Geoff Griffin - who was no-balled for throwing - to take 26 wickets in the Tests, even though South Africa lost the series 3-0. On the whole tour, he took 108 wickets at an average of 14, and was named as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1961 as a result.
Neil Amwin Treharne Adcock (8 March 1931 – 6 January 2013) was a South African international cricketer who played 26 Tests.[1] A tall aggressive fast bowler, he could lift the ball sharply off a length. He was the first South African player to take 100 Test wickets.Adcock was born on 8 March 1931 in Sea Point, Cape Town. Making his Test debut in 1953 at home against New Zealand, he had only 9 first-class games to his name. He finished the series with 24 wickets, including 8 for 87 in his second Test (Total for both innings).
Adcock was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1961. The previous year in South Africa's tour of England he took 26 wickets in the Tests and 108 wickets in total at an average of 14. In doing so he became the only fast bowler to take more than 100 wickets in the same tour of England. It was a controversial tour with his bowling partner Geoff Griffin being no-balled for throwing. Adcock was the first South African fast bowler to take 100 International test wickets.After retiring from cricket he became a radio commentator and worked in the travel industry. Neil Adcock leaves behind his wife Maureen, his children from his first marriage to the late Diana (nee Devine) Adcock, daughter Susan Dance, his son Alan and three grandchildren
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 11-15, 1953
Last Test South Africa v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, Feb 16-20, 1962
First-class span 1952-1963
Headley James Keith (1927-1997) Test Cap #:188
Born October 25, 1927, Dundee, Natal
Died November 17, 1997, Pennington, Natal (aged 70 years 23 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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Headley James Keith, who died on November 17, 1997, aged 70, was a left-hand batsman, strong off the back foot, who was an important component of the powerful Natal batting line-up of the 1950s. Keith failed to make a successful transition into Test cricket, though he toured both Australia and England, and in 1952-53 became the first South African to score two centuries in a match in Australia: against Victoria at the MCG. He made his debut in the Melbourne Test, scoring 40 not out to seal victory and square the series; he also made 57 in the Lord's Test of 1955 and 73 at Leeds two Tests later. Both times he was watchful rather than dominant. Keith played eight Tests in all, but did little in the others. He was a useful slow left-armer at Currie Cup level.
Test debut Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Feb 6-12, 1953
Last Test South Africa v England at Durban, Jan 25-30, 1957
First-class span 1950-1958
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