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Robert Graeme Pollock is a former cricketer for South Africa,Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family,Pollock is widely regarded as one of South Africa's greatest ever cricketers,and as one of the finest batsmen to have played Test cricket. Despite Pollock's international career being cut short at the age of 26 by the sporting boycott of South Africa,and all but one of his 23 Test matches being against England and Australia,the leading cricket nations of the day,he broke a number of records. His completed career Test match batting average of 60.97 remains the third best behind Sir Don Bradman and Adam Voges.
Arthur William "Dave" Nourse was a cricketer who played for Natal,Transvaal,Western Province and South Africa.
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.
Edward Russell Henry Fuller was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1953 to 1957. He was born in Worcester,Western Cape and died in Milnerton,Cape Town.
Alistair Innes"Scotch" Taylor was a South African sportsman who played first-class cricket and hockey for Transvaal,and captained the Transvaal cricket team for four seasons. Taylor represented South Africa in one cricket Test in 1956. He was an alumnus of the King Edward VII School,set up a squash section in the Old Edwardians club,and was elected president of the South African Hockey Union.
Peter Rudolph Carlstein is a former South African cricketer who played as a middle-order batsman in eight Test matches from 1958 to 1964.
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.
George Derek Varnals was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in the 1964–65 season.
Andrew Jordaan was a South African cricketer who represented Eastern Province cricket team. Jordaan was the first ever cricketer to be timed out in a first class cricket match when he failed to arrive at the ground to continue his innings in a game against Transvaal at Port Elizabeth in 1988. He was delayed as the roads were bad after a downpour the previous night. This feat was only recognised after the decision to recognise matches played under the South African Cricket Board which governed cricket played by non-white South Africans during apartheid. Jordaan is one of only five cricketers to have been timed out in the history of cricket.
Neil Andrew Fusedale is a former English cricketer. Kendrick was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Hendon,Middlesex.
Michael Frederick Voss is a former South African cricketer. Voss was a left-handed batsman. He was born in Cape Town,Cape Province.
The South African Fezela XI was a team of young South African cricketers who toured England in 1961 under the captaincy of the Test player Roy McLean. Several of the team later went on to play leading parts in the revival of South Africa’s cricket fortunes in the 1960s.
Eric Bertram "Pop" Norton,was a South African cricketer and school headmaster.
Gerald Alfred Skerten Innes was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1950 to 1964 and toured Australia and New Zealand with the South African team in 1952-53.
Ian Ramsay Fullerton is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1958 to 1965.
Eric James Brotherton is a former South African cricketer and squash player.
Alfred Edward Cooper was a South African cricketer who played at first-class level for Griqualand West and Transvaal).
Sidney Kiel was a South African doctor better known for his sporting career. Both a track and field athlete and a cricketer,he represented South Africa as a hurdler at the 1938 British Empire Games,having earlier boycotted the 1936 Summer Olympics. His cricket career as an opening batsman for Western Province spanned from 1939 to his retirement in 1947.
James Richard Liddle was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1949 to 1956.
Arthur Tayfield was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1948 to 1963. He was the younger brother of the Test player Hugh Tayfield.