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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 October 1942 Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Batting | Right-hand bat |
| Role | Wicketkeeper |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| Eastern Province | |
| Transvaal | |
Source:Cricinfo,16 March 2021 | |
Solly Katz is a former South African cricketer and inventor. He played as a right-handed batter and wicketkeeper in first-class cricket,representing Eastern Province and Transvaal during the 1960s. He later emigrated to Israel,where he pursued a career as an inventor and contributed to various technological developments,including patents in solar energy and other fields.
Solly Katz attended Grey High School in Port Elizabeth,South Africa,where he was a member of the school’s Old Greys’Union as an alumnus. [1]
Solly Katz was a right-handed batter and wicketkeeper who appeared in nine first-class matches during his career,representing Eastern Province and Transvaal between the 1961/62 and 1967/68 seasons. [2] [3] He is listed as a representative cricketer for Eastern Province for the 1961/62 season in the official list of Eastern Province representative players. [4]
Katz appeared for Transvaal in a first-class match against the touring Australians at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in November 1966 during the 1966–67 Australia tour of South Africa. Transvaal won the four-day match by 76 runs. [5]
Katz was also Transvaal’s wicketkeeper in the 1966–67 Currie Cup match against Rhodesia,taking the field in what was described as his first game for Transvaal in that competition. [6]
During his first-class career,Katz’s contemporaries in South African representative cricket included players such as Graeme Pollock, [7] Peter Pollock, [8] Atholl McKinnon, [9] Tiger Lance, [10] Eddie Barlow, [11] and Ali Bacher, [12] as well as cricketers from international association cricket such as Jerrold Kessel. [13]
According to the late Tom Dean,who coached cricket at Grey High School,Katz was "the best wicketkeeper that he had ever coached from here." [14]
In addition to his cricket career,Solly Katz is an inventor with multiple patents to his name. He is listed as an inventor on a patent for improvements to solar energy heating devices under French patent application FR2321097A1. [15] Katz is also the inventor of a United States patent for a solar heater (US4128096A),which describes improvements in solar heating systems that adjust collector orientation and insulation to optimize performance. [16]
Katz is additionally listed as the inventor on patents for beverage and fluid dispensers,including a beverage dispenser with an agitator [17] ,a fluid dispenser patented in the European Patent Office [18] ,and an Australian liquid dispenser patent. [19]
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