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Full name | Errol John Draper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | 27 September 1934||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ronald Draper (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951/52 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953/54–1967/68 | Griqualand West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 September 2015 |
Errol John Draper (born 27 September 1934) is a former South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1951 to 1968. [1]
At 17 Errol Draper followed his elder brother Ron into the Eastern Province team in the 1951–52 season,taking 6 for 114 in the first innings of his debut Currie Cup match. [2] He played only once more for Eastern Province before following Ron to Griqualand West,where he played as a middle-order batsman and occasional left-arm spinner. His best seasons were 1954–55 (407 runs at an average of 37.00) and 1955–56 (435 at 39.54), [3] but he remained a regular member of the team until 1967–68,when he made his highest score,118 against Orange Free State,his third century against Orange Free State in his final first-class match. [4] He captained Griqualand West in the Currie Cup in 1959–60 and from 1962–63 to 1967–68.
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