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This is a chronological list of South Africa Test wicket-keepers .
No. | Player | Span | Tests | Catches | Stumpings | Total |
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1 | Fred Smith | 1889 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Ernest Halliwell | 1892–1902 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
3 | Murray Bisset | 1899–1910 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Percy Sherwell | 1906–1911 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 36 |
5 | Tom Campbell | 1910–1912 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
6 | Tommy Ward | 1912–1924 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
7 | Jock Cameron | 1927–1935 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 51 |
8 | Edward van der Merwe | 1929–1936 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Frank Nicholson | 1935–1936 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Billy Wade | 1938–1950 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
11 | Ronnie Grieveson | 1939 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
12 | Johnny Lindsay | 1947 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
13 | George Fullerton | 1947–1950 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
14 | John Waite | 1951–1965 | 49 | 124 | 17 | 141 |
15 | Russell Endean | 1951 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
16 | Denis Lindsay | 1964–1970 | 15 | 54 | 2 | 56 |
17 | Dennis Gamsy | 1970 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
18 | Dave Richardson | 1992–1998 | 42 | 150 | 2 | 152 |
19 | Mark Boucher | 1997–2012 | 147 | 532 | 23 | 555 |
20 | Thami Tsolekile | 2004 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
21 | AB de Villiers | 2004–2015 | 24 | 89 | 5 | 94 |
22 | Quinton de Kock | 2014–2021 | 51 | 208 | 11 | 219 |
23 | Dane Vilas | 2015–16 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
24 | Heinrich Klaasen | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
24 | Kyle Verreynne | 2021 | 16 | 48 | 3 | 51 |
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