Malcolm Denzil Marshall was a Barbadian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler,Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket. He is often acknowledged as the greatest West Indian fast bowler of all time,and certainly one of the most complete fast bowlers the cricketing world ever saw. His Test bowling average of 20.94 is the best of anyone who has taken 200 or more wickets. He achieved his bowling success despite being,by the standards of other fast bowlers of his time,a short man –he stood at 180 cm,while most of the great quicks have been well above 183 cm and many great West Indian fast bowlers,such as Joel Garner,Curtly Ambrose,and Courtney Walsh,were 197 cm or above. He generated fearsome pace from his bowling action,with a dangerous bouncer. He also statistically went on to become the most successful Test match bowler of the 1980s with 235 wickets with an average of 18.47 within a time period of just five years. Marshall was a part of the West Indies team that won the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as the team whcih reached the 1983 Cricket World Cup Final,but lost to India by 43 runs.
Christopher Lyall Smith was a cricketer for Hampshire and England. He also played one match for Glamorgan in 1979,while playing in the South Wales League,and in South Africa he played for Natal B.
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 greatest batsmen in the history of 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.
Richard Keith Illingworth is an English former cricketer,who is currently an umpire. The bulk of his domestic cricketing career was with Worcestershire,although he had a spell with Derbyshire,and overseas with Natal. He played in nine Tests and twenty-five ODIs for England,including participating in the 1992 and 1996 Cricket World Cups. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is the domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by teams from all nine provinces of South Africa.
Dominic Gerald Cork is a former English county and international cricketer. Cork was a right-handed lower-order batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium,and was renowned for his swing and seam control. In 1995,he took the best figures for an England bowler on Test debut,with 7 for 43 in the second innings against the West Indies.
Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer,who has coached the England and Indian national teams. He led the Indian team to be the winners of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy,where the team was undefeated during the tournament.
Alan Mullally is an English former first-class cricketer,who played Tests and ODIs. Mullally grew up in Western Australia,and played for the Australian Under-19 side against their West Indian counterparts in 1987/88.
Robert William Taylor MBE is an English former cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test,and 639 first-class cricket appearances in total,taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his entire career is the most of any wicket-keeper in first-class history. He is considered one of the world's most accomplished wicket-keepers. He made his first-class debut for Minor Counties against South Africa in 1960,having made his Staffordshire debut in 1958. He became Derbyshire's first choice wicket-keeper when George Dawkes sustained a career-ending injury. His final First Class appearance was at the Scarborough Festival in 1988. He remained first choice until his retirement except for a short period in 1964 when Laurie Johnson was tried as a batsman-wicketkeeper. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Herbert Wilfred Taylor was a South African cricketer who played 42 Test matches for his country including 18 as captain of the side. Specifically a batsman,he was an expert on the matting pitches which were prevalent in South Africa at the time and scored six of his seven centuries at home. His batting was also noted for quick footwork and exceptional 'backplay'. He became the first South African to pass 2,500 Test runs and was selected one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1925. In domestic cricket,he played for Natal,Transvaal and Western Province.
Robert Graham was a South African international cricketer who played two Test matches in the 1898–99 season.
Albert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer. A leading all-rounder skilled both at batting and bowling,Vogler played cricket in South Africa prior to becoming eligible to play for Middlesex County Cricket Club in England after serving on the ground staff of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He rose to prominence during the 1906 home Test series and then in England the following year:he was described during the latter as the best bowler in the world by Tip Foster,and named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
Pieter Gerhard Vintcent van der Bijl was a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1938–39. His son,Vintcent,also had a successful first-class cricket career.
Anton Ronald Andrew Murray was a South African cricketer who played in 10 Test matches in a little over a year from December 1952 to February 1954,appearing four times against Australia and then six times against New Zealand. He later toured England as a member of the 1955 South African side but did not appear in any of the Tests there. Outside cricket,he was a schoolmaster who founded a noted school in Pretoria.
Edward Russell Henry Fuller was a South African cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1953 and 1957. He was born in Worcester,Western Cape and died in Milnerton,Cape Town.
Kenneth Scott McEwan,is a South African-Scottish retired cricketer and businessman who played principally for Eastern Province and Essex. He also co-founder of McEwan Fraser Legal which is Scottish solicitors and estate agency.
Kevin Bertram Sidney Jarvis is a former English cricketer,who played first-class cricket for Kent and Gloucestershire. He was an out-and-out bowler and poor batsman who almost always batted at number 11.
Christopher Peter Wilkins was a South African cricketer who played for Border from 1962/63 to 1970/71,for Derbyshire,from 1970 to 1972,for Eastern Province from 1972/73 to 1977/78 and for Natal from 1978/79 to 1982/83.
This article describes the history of South African cricket from its known beginnings until the end of the First World War in 1918.
Alfred Edward Cooper was a South African cricketer who played at first-class level for Griqualand West and Transvaal).
