DURBAN
HIGH SCHOOL
In respect of representation by D.H.S. Boys at S.A. Schools,
S.A. U19; First Class; S.A. T20; S.A. O.D.I. and S.A. Test level. Natal Schools
and ordinary School level are NOT included, except where referred to in the
notes which follow.
Prepared, researched
and compiled by David R. Bennett
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DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL
has a proud and unequalled position in South African Cricket –
this is a short record of the names, records, achievements
and facts of the many D.H.S. boys
who have gone on, from School, to represent South Africa
and other teams at various levels.
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INDEX and
EXPLANATORY NOTES:
THIS RECORD is
divided into TWO MAIN SECTIONS: The lists of names of D.H.S. boys who
have played cricket for South Africa and other teams, at
TEST and at other INTERNATIONAL representative levels. The FIRST Section lists the names of D.H.S. team
representatives, and
includes a list of records,
interesting notes and facts.
The SECOND Section is a
simple statistical
record of the Test
and First Class averages of the leading D.H.S. representatives in both
Test
cricket, and at First Class level.
The FIRST SECTION:
A] The TOP FIVE South African Cricketing
Schools.
Bi] DURBAN
HIGH SCHOOL – The “All-time” D.H.S. FIRST XI.
Bii] DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL – The 1966
“CENTENARY XI”
C] INTERNATIONAL
CRICKET – D.H.S. Boys who have played for SOUTH AFRICA.
D] S.A. TEST CRICKET - The TOP TWENTY
South African schools.
E] S.A. ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET –
The TOP FIFTEEN schools.
F] S.A. SCHOOLS XI – The TOP TWENTY
South African schools.
G] S.A. SCHOOLS – D.H.S. Boys who have
played for the South African Schools XI.
H] S.A. U19 XI – D.H.S. Boys who have
played for the South African U19 XI.
I] D.H.S. Boys awarded the S.A.
Cricket Annual Awards / Wisden Annual Awards.
J] D.H.S. Cricketers – RECORDS Achieved
and some INTERESTING FACTS.
The SECOND SECTION:
K] The D.H.S. “All-time” FIRST XI –
Their FIRST CLASS AVERAGES.
L] D.H.S. – The List of TEST CRICKET
Player STATISTICS and AVERAGES.
M] D.H.S. – The List of O.D.I. Player
STATISTICS and AVERAGES.
N] D.H.S. – The List of “T20” Player
STATISTICS and AVERAGES.
O] D.H.S. – The List of OTHER
INTERNATIONAL CRICKETERS – AVERAGES.
P] D.H.S. – The List of FIRST CLASS AVERAGES
of the INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS.
Q] D.H.S. – The List of OTHER LEADING
PLAYERS – FIRST CLASS AVERAGES, etc.
NOTE: These Statistics have
been compiled by David Richard Bennett (D.H.S.
1964-1966) The main emphasis is on those
Durban High School boys who have represented South Africa as Springbok
and / or “Protea” cricketers. These statistics have
been
compiled from Official Records, and are thought to be correct, immediately
prior to the World One Day International
Cricket
Cup in February / March 2015, and are current as at 8 February 2015. There are additional statistics for those Durban
High School boys who have represented their Country in the South
African Schools / U19 teams. And finally there are statistics
for
Durban High School boys in FIRST CLASS cricket, for various local
and overseas provincial, county and state teams.
The first class records shown is by no means an exhaustive list, as many D.H.S.
boys have represented such teams. The compiler
of
this list would be happy to include any boys who HAVE played first class
cricket, but are not included on the list, subject to the
appropriate Qualification levels).
And, finally, if there are any errors or omissions then kindly contact David
Bennett – Email:
david@burvest.com and I will endeavour to correct
the details / lists, if warranted.
David
Bennett, Durban. February 2015
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Section One A:
The TOP FIVE SOUTH AFRICAN cricketing schools:
This is a simple statement of fact. There can be
no argument when looking at the figures:
Taking the number of D.H.S. boys who have represented
South Africa at TEST, O.D.I., T20,
and S.A. Schools level, then DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL is certainly the MOST SUCCESSFUL South
African School
in this regard. HERE is a short list of the top FIVE South African Schools:
School Combined
Number of Representatives*
DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL 67
King Edward VII School (Johannesburg) 63
Grey High School (Port Elizabeth) 61
Bishops (Cape Town), and 59
Grey College (Bloemfontein) 48
(*) Combined means
the number of boys selected for South Africa in full Test matches; O.D.I.
matches; “T20” games
and for S.A. Schools.
(S.A. U19 is not included, as no reliable listing is available).
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Section One B(i):
The DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL “ALL TIME”
FIRST XI: (Compiled by David Bennett)
1 Barry Richards Bat
2 Trevor Goddard Bat / Bowl (Left
arm medium)
3 Hashim Amla Bat
4 Herbie Taylor (Capt) Bat
5 Jack Siedle Bat
6 Lee Irvine (Wkt) Bat
7 Lance Klusener Bat
/ Bowl (Right-arm fast-medium)
8 Mike Rindel Bat /
Bowl (Left-arm spin)
9 Richard Dumbrill Bat / Bowl
(Right-arm medium)
10 Richard Snell Bat / Bowl
(Right-arm fast-medium)
11 Hugh
Tayfield Bowl (Right-arm off break)
12th
Man (for Fielding): Dale Benkenstein or Colin Wesley or Dennis Gamsy
12th/13th
Man (Playing reserves): Geoff Griffin
(Bowling); Fairless Nicolson
(Batting)
Manager:
Les Theobald
Note: The
Durban High School “All Time” First XI
Cricket Team, bats with a TEAM average TOTAL
of
412 runs (at their FIRST CLASS averages); and the
team’s six best bowlers would, (again, at their
first class bowling averages),
dismiss their opposition for an average total of just 297 runs.
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Section One B(ii):
The DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL “CENTENARY” XI
D.H.S. Old Boys XI Centenary Match. Played in
1966 as part of the D.H.S. 1866 – 1966 Centenary Celebrations. The D.H.S.O.B.
XI played the “Rest of Natal XI” under Captain, Jackie McGlew.
The D.H.S.O.B. “Centenary XI” team in alphabetical
order was:
1 Peter
DODDS
2 Richard
DUMBRILL
3
Dennis GAMSY (Captain)
4
Trevor GODDARD
5 Geoff
GRIFFIN
6 Grayson HEATH
7 Lee IRVINE
8
Jack KAPLAN
9
Barry RICHARDS
10 Hugh
TAYFIELD
11 Colin
WESLEY
12th
Man: Arthur TAYFIELD
NOTE: This
team is not listed in BATTING order
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The
team list was extracted from Jeremy Oddy’s book: “Where the Baobab Grows” (2008) – pp
168-169
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The D.H.S.O.B. XI - CENTENARY CRICKET MATCH
FURTHER NOTES: (by David Bennett)
• The Match was played on the D.H.S.O.B. Club main Oval, on 19 / 20 March 1966. The D.H.S.O.B. XI batted second and suffered a first innings
deficit of 64 runs in favour of the Natal XI even though Richard Dumbrill had hit
a great century (114) in a partnership of 127 with Lee Irvine. On the second day, the Old Boys team were then set a second
innings target of 188 runs to make in 150 minutes to win. The D.H.S.O.B. XI
managed the runs in just 107 minutes, thus winning the match by three wickets.
Goddard, Gamsy, Richards and Irvine
would later play for SA against Australia in 1970 and so the D.H.S.O.B. XI of 1966 contained FIVE Springboks, (Goddard; Hugh Tayfield; Griffin; Dumbrill and Wesley) and three others, Gamsy,
Irvine and Richards who were
later to become Springboks (making EIGHT in all). And Arthur
Tayfield had been 12th Man for South Africa. There were THREE men in the
D.H.S.O.B. team who were wicketkeepers at a high level: Gamsy; Irvine and Kaplan.
The
“Rest of Natal XI” – captained by
Jackie McGlew contained FOUR Springboks, namely Jackie McGlew; Peter Carlstein;
Mike Proctor and Pat Trimborn. In addition, McGlew’s team contained a further
two D.H.S.O.B. Natal cricketers, who were not selected for the School Centenary
XI. They were Charles Sullivan and Peter Marais. And so of the twenty two players in the match, thirteen
were D.H.S. Old Boys, and a total of fourteen, if we include Arthur Tayfield.
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Section One C:
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET – D.H.S. Boys
who have played for SOUTH AFRICA:
The following D.H.S. boys
have represented SOUTH AFRICA in
Official Test Matches:
(Dates
indicate the Player’s representative years, for South Africa)
1 AMLA,
Hashim Mahomed (2004 - )
2 CHAPMAN,
Horace William (1914 –
1921)
3 CONYNGHAM, Dalton
Parry (“Conky”) (1923)
4 DALTON, Eric Londesbrough
(1929 – 1939)
5 DEANE, Hubert
Gouvaine (“Nummy”) (1924 – 1931)
6 DUMBRILL,
Richard (1965 – 1967)
7 DYER, Dennis
Victor (1947)
8 FELLOWS-SMITH,
Jonathan Payn (“Pom Pom”) (1960)
9 GAMSY,
Dennis (1970)
10 GODDARD,
Trevor Leslie (1955 – 1970)
11 GRIFFIN,
Geoffrey Merton (1960)
12 IRVINE,
Brian Lee (“Lee”) (1970)
13 KHAN,
Imraan (2009)
14 KLUSENER,
Lance (1996 – 2004)
15 LINDSAY,
Nevil Vernon (1921)
16 NICOLSON,
John Fairless William (1928)
17 PEGLER,
Sidney James (1910 – 1924)
18 RICHARDS,
Barry Anderson (1970)
19 SHEPSTONE,
George Harold (1896 – 1899)
20 SIEDLE,
Ivan Julian (“Jack”) (1928 – 1936)
21 SNELL,
Richard Peter (1992 – 1994)
22 TAYFIELD,
Hugh Joseph (“Toey”) (1949 – 1960)
23 TAYLOR,
Herbert Wilfred (“Herbie”) (1912 – 1932)
24 WESLEY,
Colin (“Tich”) (1960)
Arthur TAYFIELD (brother of Hugh) was 12th Man for South Africa (1957)
Please ALSO refer to
NOTES: 2; 11; 15; 17 and 41 below.
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Other D.H.S. International Cricket Representatives:
1 CAMPBELL, George
Gordon (Scotland) (1921)
2 COMPTON,
Nicholas Richard Denis (England) (2012 – 2013)
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Section One D:
The MOST SOUTH AFRICAN
“Springbok” or “Protea” Cricketers
produced by SCHOOLS:
DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL
has been the leading school in this regard for many years.
Here are the TOP TWENTY South African Schools:
School Test
Cricketers
1 Durban High School 24
2 Bishops (Cape Town) 18
3 King Edward VII School (KES) (Johannesburg) 15
4 Grey High School (Port Elizabeth) 14
5 Jeppe High School (Johannesburg) 12
6 SACS (Cape Town) 12
Other schools who make up the “Top 20”: Hilton College (11); Maritzburg College (11); Michaelhouse (11); Wynberg Boys High (9); CBC
Kimberley (8); Grey College
(Bloem) (8); Dale College (8); St. Andrew’s College (8); Rondebosch
Boys High (7); Sacred Heart College
(7); St. Aidan’s College
(Grahamstown) (7);
St. John’s College (JHB) (7); Kimberley Boys High (6), and Pretoria
Boys High (6).
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Section One
E:
The MOST SOUTH AFRICAN “Protea” ONE DAY
INTERNATIONAL
Cricketers produced by SCHOOL:
Once again, DURBAN
HIGH SCHOOL ranks amongst the leading schools.
Here are the TOP Fifteen S.A. Schools:
School O.D.I.
Cricketers
1 Grey College (Bloemfontein) 9
2 ) Durban High School 6 *
2 ) King Edward School VII (KES)
(Johannesburg) 6
4 Grey High School (Port Elizabeth) 5
5 Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (“Affies”) Pretoria 3
6 Dale College (King Williams’ Town) 3
Some other leading schools who have produced two or three S.A. O.D.I.
Cricketers:
Maritzburg College (3); Bishops (3); Glenwood High School (2); Kearsney College (2);
Paarl Gym
(2); Queen’s College (2); SACS (2); St. Stithian’s College (2); Wynberg
Boys’ High (2).
NOTE: *
Some reference sources show Durban
High School as having 5 South African O.D.I.
Cricketers – because Dale Benkenstein is credited to
Michaelhouse School only, whereas in
fact he attended, and
played for Durban High School prior
to his move to Michaelhouse.
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Section One
F:
The MOST SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS cricketers produced
by SCHOOL:
Yet again, DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks amongst the
leading schools:
School Players
1 Grey High School (Port
Elizabeth) 39
2 King Edward VII School (JHB) 38
3 Bishops (Cape Town)
37
4 Durban
High School
35 *
5 Grey College (Bloemfontein) 26
6 Maritzburg College
25
Rounding out the “Top 20” Schools producing S.A. Schools Cricketers are:
St.
Andrew’s College (23); Queen’s College (22); Rondebosch
Boys’ High (22); Dale College
(21);
Hilton
College (19); Glenwood High School (15); Pretoria
Boys’ High (15); Michaelhouse
(14);
St.
Stithian’s College (14); St. Andrew’s School (Bloem) (13); Prince Edward School (Zim) (13);
Jeppe
High School (12); St. John’s College (JHB) (12); Parktown Boys’ High School (12).
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Section One
G:
The
following D.H.S. boys have represented S.A. Schools: (Since 1940)
Akitt, H Amla,
H.M.
Cooper, K.R.
De Bruin, Q.E. Dodds, P.M. Donnellan, R.O.
Dumbrill, R. Gamsy, D.
Goddard, T.L.
Gordge, K.G. Govender, D. Griffin,
G.M.
Hearn, T.A.E. Heath, M.B. Hughes,
B.K.
Irvine, B.L. Kent,
J.C.
Khan, I.
King, D.B.G. Knowles,
H. Mabuya, S.C.
Mbatha, M. Mellor,
A.D.
Mellor, M.D.
Minnaar, N. Richards,
B.A.
Snell, R.P.
Tayfield, A. Tayfield, C.
Tayfield, I.R.
Vandiar, J.D. Wesley, C. Westbrook,
R.H.
Wingfield, W.R.
NOTE: * Dale Benkenstein (see earlier notes) also represented S.A.
Schools. If he is accepted as a
Durban
High School boy, then there are 35 DHS boys on the S.A. Schools list.
Captains: It is known that both Lee IRVINE and Barry
RICHARDS have captained S.A. Schools teams,
but as records are difficult to
access; there may well be other D.H.S boys to have done so.
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Section One
H:
The
following D.H.S. boys have represented S.A. U19: (Since 1995)
Adam, S.M. Amla, H.M. Hughes,
B.K.
Kent, J.C. Khan,
I.
Makhanya, B.S.
MacQueen, R.B. Vandiar, J.D. Wingfield,
W.R.
Note: Of these nine boys
who have played for S.A. U19, no less than FOUR of them have done so
as CAPTAIN of their S.A. U19 teams. They are - H.M. Amla (2002); I.
Khan (2003); J.D. Vandiar (2009)
and B.S.
Makhanya (2014 and 2015).
This list (for S.A. U19) is thought to be complete, but accurate
records are not available. There MAY well be others.
Kindly contact the author if it is
not correct.
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Section One
I:
South
African Cricket Annual and Wisden’s FIVE CRICKETERS of the YEAR:
Note: The S.A. Cricket Annual awards started in 1952 and those
of Wisden in 1889.
The
following D.H.S. boys have won these prestigious awards:
South Africa’s
Wisden’s
Name
of Player
Five Cricketers Five Cricketers
of the Year of
the Year
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H.W. (Herbie) TAYLOR 1925
H.J. (Hugh) TAYFIELD 1953 1956
T. L. (Trevor) GODDARD 1955
J.P. (Jon) FELLOWS-SMITH 1960
G.M. (Geoff) GRIFFIN 1960
P.M. (Peter) DODDS 1963
R. (Richard) DUMBRILL 1965
B.L. (Lee) IRVINE 1968
B.A. (Barry) RICHARDS 1968 1969
D. (Dennis) GAMSY 1969
K.R. (Kenny) COOPER 1981
M.J.R. (Mike) RINDEL 1989
D.M. (Dale) BENKENSTEIN 1997 2009
L. (Lance) KLUSENER 1997
(i)
L. (Lance) KLUSENER 1999
(ii) 2000
H.M. (Hashim) AMLA 2006 2013
I. (Imraan) KHAN 2009
N.R.D. (Nick) COMPTON (England) 2013
Note: The Wisden’s
Five Cricketers of the Year, had, in 2013, TWO D.H.S. boys earn the award – AMLA and COMPTON. There cannot be many (if any) schools who have achieved
this feat. Similarly, in the S.A.
Cricket Annual awards, TWO D.H.S. boys have won the award in the same year, on THREE occasions: 1960 –
GRIFFIN and FELLOWS-SMITH; 1968 – IRVINE
and RICHARDS, and in 1997 – BENKENSTEIN and KLUSENER - who is the only D.H.S. boy to have won the award TWICE: 1997 and 1999. In 1973,
Wisden named Barry RICHARDS as the
“Leading Cricketer of the World”.
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Section One
J:
SOME
INTERESTING RECORDS, FACTS and STATISTICS achieved
by
D.H.S. Cricketers in TEST and in FIRST CLASS Cricket.
NOTE:
Only the names of D.H.S. boys are in BOLD type in these notes.
1] The
following six men have represented
SOUTH AFRICA in ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL (O.D.I.) Cricket: Hashim AMLA; Dale BENKENSTEIN; Jon KENT;
Lance KLUSENER; Mike RINDEL and Richard SNELL.
Hashim AMLA and Tyrone HENDERSON have played “T20” cricket for South Africa.
OTHER S.A. Schools who have produced some T20
“Protea” cricketers include: Grey College (Bloemfontein)
(5); King Edward VII School (4); Grey High School (P.E.) (3) and D.H.S. (2).
Most other S.A. Schools have just one or two T20 South African
representatives.
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2] CAPTAINS: South Africa has
been captained in Test Cricket by no fewer than FOUR D.H.S. Boys: Hashim AMLA; “Nummy” DEANE; Trevor GODDARD; Herbie
TAYLOR.
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3] WICKETKEEPER for South Africa: Dennis GAMSY.
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4] Hashim AMLA has represented South Africa at
almost every important level: S.A. Schools; S.A. U19 (Captain); S.A. XI; S.A.
“A”; S.A. T20; S.A. O.D.I.; S.A. Test team (Captain), and the World O.D.I. XI.
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5] Although
Eric DALTON was primarily a
batsman, he also bowled, taking 12 wickets in Tests - including the wicket of
the great Englishman, Wally HAMMOND, no
less than FOUR times. Eric DALTON was a “double Springbok”
having also played golf for South Africa. He was the S.A. Amateur Golf
Champion in 1950.
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6] Geoff GRIFFIN was the first (and only)
South African to take a HAT-TRICK
in test
cricket, and he was also the first player to do so at the
Lords Cricket Ground
(1960). Griffin
also represented Rhodesia at field hockey.
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7] Jon FELLOWS-SMITH played both cricket and
rugby for Oxford University.
“Fairless”
NICOLSON also played cricket for
Oxford. (It should be noted that in some
reference sources he has the alternate spelling of “Nicholson”)
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8] Imraan KHAN represented S.A. Schools; S.A.
U19; S.A. “A” and S.A. Test teams.
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9] Lance KLUSENER represented S.A. at ODI and
Test level; and also a World XI and
the S.A. “Masters” team, and a World T20 XI.
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10] Claims by
other Schools: Some boys have attended more than one School. For example, Herbie TAYLOR and Dale BENKENSTEIN
attended both D.H.S. and Michaelhouse School. Sid PEGLER also attended K.E.S. (JHB.). Jon VANDIAR went
to Glenwood High School, before attending D.H.S. Nick COMPTON
was a D.H.S.
boy, who later attended Harrow School, in England. (There
are also a few others).
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11] D.H.S. boys
who have represented the famous “M.C.C.”:
Sid PEGLER; George SHEPSTONE; Herbie TAYLOR and Dale BENKENSTEIN have all played for the M.C.C.
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12] Herbie TAYLOR was also a war hero, having
been awarded the Military Cross in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.
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13] SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES: The
following D.H.S. boys are known to have represented the S.A. Universities
Team: Mike CLARE; Richard DUMBRILL; Dennis GAMSY; Grayson HEATH;
Jack KAPLAN; Peter MARAIS; Mike MELLOR; Richard SNELL and
Tich WESLEY. Jack KAPLAN was also Captain of S.A.
Universities.
(Please note: This list may be incomplete).
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14] Playing for
the M.C.C. against Wales in 1930, Sid PEGLER
decimated the Wales batting line-up, taking 4/14 and 6/62 for figures of
10/76 in the match.
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15] Dale BENKENSTEIN, B.C. COOLEY and Mike RINDEL were all selected for South African touring teams, but
were un-capped at Test level. BENKENSTEIN
and RINDEL did both however,
represent South Africa at One-Day International level, and were
Gold Medal winners at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. (See also Note 41)
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16] Were it not for their
Test careers having been curtailed by the isolation of South African cricket
in the late sixties, and early 70s, Barry
RICHARDS (with a test average of 72.57)
and Lee IRVINE (with a test average
of 50.42) may have been amongst
the great test players for South Africa. RICHARDS
played 339 first class games,
scoring 28,358 runs, a HS of 356 and he scored 80 centuries and 152 half-centuries and had a
first-class average of 54.75 over
his very distinguished career. IRVINE
played in 157 first-class games,
scored 21 centuries, 46 half centuries and a HS of 193, with 9,919 runs
at an average of 40.48 –
remembering that he was a wicket-keeper batsman. Barry RICHARDS is considered by many experts to have been the most
“technically correct” batsman, ever,
of ANY country. Perhaps the highest compliment came from the greatest player ever, Sir
Donald BRADMAN, who described RICHARDS
as "the world's best-ever right-handed opener". He backed that up
by including RICHARDS in his best ever team, published after his (Bradman’s) death. Barry RICHARDS has also played for the S.A.
Masters XI. (See also notes 19 and 39)
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17] B.C. COOLEY was selected to tour with
the South African Test team to England in
1901.
He remained uncapped on the Tour, but did represent South Africa against
an
M.C.C. team, which included the famous W.G. Grace, at Lords in June 1901. But
the match was not considered an “official” test. In 1924/25, V.C. ROBBINS was selected to play for South Africa against S.B.
Joel’s XI (captained by Lord Tennyson).
This was also not an “official” test match.
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18] One of the
leading D.H.S. cricketing families was the TAYFIELD family. They were
brothers Hugh, Arthur and Cyril; and Ian, a
cousin. Hugh played 37 tests for South Africa. Arthur was 12th Man in a Test for South Africa, but
was uncapped. Arthur, Cyril and Ian all represented S.A. Schools. Whilst still a schoolboy, Arthur was selected for the NATAL team who played the touring
M.C.C. in 1948/9. Between the four TAYFIELDS,
they played 317 first class
cricket matches, scoring a combined 7,771
runs, taking a combined 1,137
wickets. And they all performed well. Hugh had a highest score of 77
with best bowling of 9/113; Arthur had a HS of 205 and BB of 6/75; Cyril’s HS was 112 with BB of 4/27 and finally, Ian’s
HS was 86 with 6/30. All these figures are at
either Test or at First Class level. And of course there
is also the BENKENSTEIN
family, where Dale played O.D.I.
Cricket for South Africa, and his brothers, the twins Boyd and Brett who were
both First Class players.
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19] DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL has the unique
distinction of having FIVE PLAYERS
in a
TEST team for South Africa – AT
THE SAME TIME. It was the Second Test, vs
England, at Lords Ground in June
1960. The five were: GODDARD, WESLEY,
FELLOWS-SMITH, TAYFIELD,
H. and GRIFFIN. In perhaps what many regard as
South Africa’s greatest test
team ever – the Springbok team of 1970 (who thrashed
the touring Australians 4 – 0),
South Africa was also well represented by DURBAN
HIGH SCHOOL. In the First and Second Tests, 1970 there were FOUR D.H.S. boys in
the Team - RICHARDS,
GODDARD, IRVINE and GAMSY. Barry
RICHARDS scored
140 in the Second Test in Durban, with the great Graeme Pollock
making his famous
274. Trevor GODDARD returned match figures of 51 Overs; 26 Maidens; 68 Runs
and 4 Wickets in the Third Test. This proves, at 1.33 runs per over, just how difficult
it was to gets runs off GODDARD.
Both RICHARDS and IRVINE scored centuries in
the 4th Test, 2nd
innings. (See also notes 16 and 39).
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20] Nick COMPTON – who went on to play for England, is the grandson
of one of England’s greatest batsmen, the famous Denis Compton.
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21] Jack SIEDLE and “Fairless” NICOLSON, both D.H.S. boys (and both Springboks) when playing for Natal vs. Orange Free State
(1926-27 season) still hold the South African record, and also the World
all-time 14th HIGHEST FIRST
WICKET PARTNERSHIP record of 424
runs.
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22] Nick COMPTON (D.H.S.) and J.C. Hildreth, playing for Somerset vs. Cardiff at
Taunton, in 2012, hold the World all-time 8th HIGHEST SECOND WICKET PARTNERSHIP
record of 450 runs.
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23] Dale BENKENSTEIN (D.H.S.) and O.D. (Otis) Gibson, playing for Durham vs. Yorkshire,
at Leeds, in 2006, hold the World all-time 11th HIGHEST SEVENTH WICKET PARTNERSHIP
record of 315 runs.
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24] Lance KLUSENER was awarded the “PLAYER of the TOURNAMENT” for
the 1999 World O.D.I. Cup in
England. His batting average in the Tournament was 140.50 and his bowling
average was 20.58. In addition, KLUSENER
holds the 2nd highest score (83 runs) and the 10th highest score (75*) in
World O.D.I. cricket, for a No. 8 batsman.
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25] Hugh TAYFIELD holds the BEST TEST bowling figures, in an innings,
by a South African, of 9/113 –
which also ranks 16th best, all-time in the WORLD for ANY bowler
in Tests. Lance KLUSENER holds third place (South Africa) for the BEST TEST
bowling figures all-time, with his 8/64,
and TAYFIELD is again in 4th
place with 8/69.
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26] Hugh TAYFIELD is the THIRD FASTEST South African bowler (and first for a spin bowler)
to take 100 TEST wickets, in 22 Tests, behind Vernon Philander (19
Tests) and Dale Steyn (20 Tests). TAYFIELD
is also the FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN,
and the 4th FASTEST ever, in the WORLD, to reach 150 Test wickets in 29 tests – equal
with the
South
African fast bowler, Dale Steyn (also 29 tests).
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27] Hugh TAYFIELD holds 8th place
in WORLD TEST CRICKET for the highest
total number of wickets (37 wickets) in a five test series, and first
for South Africans. Top of the World list is Jim Laker, who took 46 wickets
in a five test series. Only Hugh TAYFIELD (who did the feat TWICE
– 13/165 and 13/192) and Makhaya Ntini (once – 13/132) have ever achieved 13 wickets (for South Africa) a TEST MATCH, placing them on an elite
World List, and the best of the South African test bowlers.
Hugh
TAYFIELD is first for South
Africa, and ELEVENTH highest in the WORLD, for TEST dismissals, Caught
and Bowled – with 11 such
wickets.
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28] Most ECONOMIC BOWLING in TEST HISTORY:
TWO D.H.S. bowlers feature very
prominently on the WORLD LIST for TESTS. The best South African, and THIRD BEST in World Test cricket
is Trevor GODDARD with a career
economy rate of just 1.64 runs per
over. Hugh TAYFIELD is the 4th best South African, and 23rd
in the World, with a career Test economy rate of only 1.94 runs per over. Trevor GODDARD’s Test bowling economy rate
is the BEST, of ANY country, since 1949. In the 1957 Durban Test, against
England, TAYFIELD bowled 137 consecutive deliveries (nearly 23 six-ball overs) without a
single run being scored against him.
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29] Trevor GODDARD holds the 2nd BEST
ever (behind “Tufty” Mann with 0.50), figures for TEST ECONOMY bowling
rates, for South Africa IN A SINGLE TEST INNINGS. Goddard bowled 16*
overs; 8 maidens; 12 runs and 2 wickets in the 1957 Test at Port Elizabeth against England,
placing him 27th WORLD BEST, all-time. This gave him an
economy rate of 0.56 runs per
over. This feat was done a few times in
TESTS by both Trevor
GODDARD and by Hugh TAYFIELD:
GODDARD: 16* – 8 – 12 – 2 (0.56) vs. England, Port Elizabeth, 1957
GODDARD: 17 – 14 – 10 – 1 (0.58) vs. New Zealand, Dunedin, 1964
GODDARD: 25.2* – 15 – 22 – 1 (0.65) vs. England, Johannesburg, 1957
GODDARD: 16 – 10 – 11 – 1 (0.68)
vs. New Zealand, Wellington, 1964
TAYFIELD: 24*
- 17 – 21 – 1 (0.65) vs. England, Durban, 1957, and
TAYFIELD: 14*
- 7 – 13 – 6 (0.69)
vs. New Zealand, Johannesburg, 1954
Note the 6/13 taken
by TAYFIELD in just 14 overs, with
7 maidens.
Note: * denotes 8 ball overs, converted to 6 ball overs
for equal comparison.
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30] Trevor GODDARD was the FIRST South African all-rounder to achieve 1000 runs and 100 wickets in TEST Cricket
chronologically. On this list, Shaun Pollock is second and Jaques Kallis is
third. Trevor GODDARD is also
FIRST in South Africa and 12th BEST in TEST Cricket, all-time for
his 294 runs and 26 wickets in a Five Test
series.
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31] Herbie TAYLOR (twice) and Trevor GODDARD (four times) are two
on a select list of about only 80 players in more than 2,150 Tests played in
history who have had the
distinction
of OPENING both the BATTING and BOWLING for their Country in Tests.
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32] FIRST CLASS BATTING AVERAGES: For South Africans - in First
Class Averages, the great Barry RICHARDS
is TOP of the list, with an average of 54.74. Graeme Pollock is second, on 54.67; third is Jacques
Kallis with 54.10, followed by Hashim
AMLA in
fourth
place on 51.88. Fifth is A.D.
Norse with 51.53 – just ahead of AB De
Villiers at 51.03.
In
terms of TEST BATTING AVERAGES
for South Africans, the list is as
follows:
Barry RICHARDS is first on an average of 72.57
(admittedly, he played only in
4
Tests). This would put RICHARDS
second in the World, only to Don Bradman.
Second
is Graeme Pollock – 60.97 (and 4th in the World) ; third is
Jacques Kallis – 55.37 (16th in the World); fourth for South
Africa, and 21st in the World is A.D. Nourse, with 53.81, while Hashim AMLA is fifth for South Africa,
on 52.78 and the 25th World
all-time Test Batting Average. These all compare very well, with so-called
“batting greats” like Brian Lara – 52.88 and Sachin Tendulkar – 53.78.
Lee IRVINE also deserves a
mention with a Test average of 50.42
in his short test career.
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33] Hashim AMLA has the HIGHEST TEST INNINGS for any South African in Tests,
having scored 311 not out against England at the Oval, in 2012. He is the ONLY
South African to have scored over 300 in Tests, and his 311* places him on the ALL-TIME TEST HIGH SCORE LIST at number 21. Although Barry RICHARDS never had much opportunity
to play Test Cricket, he has a FIRST CLASS high score of 356 runs, amongst the EIGHTY centuries he scored in his
career. This feat however places the mammoth 356 which RICHARDS
scored at Perth as one of ONLY about three dozen cricketers who have EVER
scored over 350 in Tests or in First Class cricket.
Hashim AMLA is the FASTEST South African
to score 6,000 Test runs.
jointly with Graeme Smith - they both
took 128 innings to achieve this
feat.
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34] In ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET for
players who have played more than 40 matches, Hashim AMLA has the HIGHEST
BATTING AVERAGE in the WORLD, of ANY
player, with an average of 56.41.
Fifth in the World (O.D.I.) is A.B. De Villiers with 52.16 and Jacques Kallis
is 20th on the World all-time list on 44.36. These positions
include past and present O.D.I. players.
In
ADDITION, Hashim AMLA holds
most of the FASTEST BATTING RECORDS
for reaching the BATTING milestones in ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.
He is the FIRST BATSMAN to reach 2000 runs (40 innings) (Second place took 45 innings);
FIRST BATSMAN to reach 3000 runs (57 innings) (Second place took 68 innings);
FIRST BATSMAN to reach 4000 runs (81 innings) (Second place took 88 innings);
FIRST BATSMAN to reach 5000 runs (101 innings) (Second place took 114 innings).
The
speed in which AMLA reached these
milestones is so far ahead of the second placed ODI batsmen, that it
seems unlikely to be equalled for some time. However,
Hashim AMLA started off a bit slower. He is
in only ninth place, WORLD O.D.I. All-
time
to reach 1000 runs, whilst fellow
South African Quentin De Kock is in 4th place.
Note: The second fastest player, in 45 innings to 2000
runs was Zaheer Abbass. The second fastest
player to 3000, 4000 and 5000 runs was Viv Richards,
in 69, 88 and 114 innings – far slower than the
very fast rate achieved by Hashim AMLA.
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35] In ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET “MAN of the
MATCH” awards, Jacques Kallis is third best in the World, with 32 such
awards. Herschel Gibbs is the second South African and 20th in the
World with 22 awards, jointly with Shaun Pollock also on 22.
The
fourth South African is A.B De Villiers on 20 awards, and Lance KLUSENER is in fifth spot, for South Africans, with 19 “Man of the Match” awards. Hashim
AMLA has 15 such awards, to
date.
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36] In ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET “MAN of the
SERIES” / “PLAYER of the SERIES” awards,
the best South African, and 3rd in the World, all-time, is Shaun
Pollock with 9 awards. Hashim AMLA
is second, in South Africa, and 9th
in the World, jointly with Jacques Kallis, each having 6 awards. A.B. De Villiers is fourth (and fifteenth in the World)
with 5 awards, whilst Lance KLUSENER
is fifth (21 in
the World) on 4 awards.
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37] Hashim AMLA is FAR and away the GREATEST ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
cricketer to date. He was the fastest to reach 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 ODI
runs, by some margin. In his relatively short career, he has the best batting
average (56.41) and
he
has scored 19 O.D.I. CENTURIES in
just 107 matches. A.B. De Villiers took 179 matches to reach
19 centuries, whilst Brian Lara took fully 299 matches to get his 19
centuries.
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38] Sid PEGLER, playing for South Africa
against Tasmania, on the Springbok tour of Australia, in 1910-11, scored the THIRD FASTEST FIRST CLASS HALF
CENTURY of
ALL TIME, his fifty
having been made in just 14 minutes.
This record still stands.
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39] Lee IRVINE who was at D.H.S. with Barry RICHARDS were both selected for S.A. Schools. Lee Irvine
played S.A. Schools in 1962, and Barry Richards
in both 1962 and 1963 – including the S.A. Schools tour to England in 1963.
They both went on to play for South Africa - against the 1970
Australians. Although Barry RICHARDS had a longer and more
successful First Class career, Lee
IRVINE was most certainly the better of the two boys in the D.H.S. First XI in 1962
when Lee IRVINE scored 1310 runs in 22 innings at an average of 68.95
and a HS of 150. The School
careers of both IRVINE and RICHARDS, as well as of Trevor GODDARD and Hugh TAYFIELD are dealt with in some detail below. (See also notes 16 and 19, above.)
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40] Hugh TAYFIELD, Trevor GODDARD, Lee IRVINE and Barry RICHARDS had very interesting School
careers in the D.H.S. 1st XI.
They all played in the 1st XI for more than one season, and
although this is by no means unique, as many boys have done so, few have for
three or four years, as did GODDARD,
when he played his first season for the 1st XI whilst still a very
young 3rd Form boy. Their basic performances are listed HERE:
Batting Bowling
Name Season Inns. Runs Total H.S.
Ave. Wickets Ave. Best
TAYFIELD, H.J. 1944 / 5 11
168 66 18.66 21 12.00 4/24
TAYFIELD, H.J. 1945/6 9 125 29 15.62 37 6.46 7/10
GODDARD, T.L.
1945/6 2
31 17 15.50 0 0 0
GODDARD, T.L.
1946/7 10
139 53* 17.37 19 8.15
4/18
GODDARD, T.L.
1947/8 20 363 73* 22.70 30 16.90 4/10
GODDARD, T.L.
1948/9 15 625 129 48.00 30 8.50 6/18
IRVINE, B.L. 1960 19
225 35 14.17 0 0 0
IRVINE, B.L. 1961 9 158 31 19.71 0 0 0
IRVINE, B.L.
1962 22 1310 150 68.95 0 0 0
RICHARDS, B.A.
1961 17
510 85
34.00 0 0 0
RICHARDS, B.A.
1962 22
898 100* 49.88 9 16.44 4/1
RICHARDS, B.A.
1963 18
700 96
41.18 41 12.78 8/18
Both Lee IRVINE
and Barry RICHARDS played for
D.H.S. in the Natal School’s Nuffield
Cricket Week in 1962. If their performances during the week are ADDED
to their School
record, THEN their figures for the 1962 year appear
thus:
IRVINE, B.L. 1962 28
1570 150
65.42 0
0 0
RICHARDS, B.A.
1962 28
1341 106 55.87 (Bowling
statistics not stated)
On the S.A.
Schools tour to England, in 1963, Barry RICHARDS (D.H.S.) was Captain, and
another D.H.S. boy, M.B. (Bruce) HEATH
a spin bowler, was also in the team. The great
all-rounder M.J. (Mike) Proctor), from Hilton
College was also in the side. The S.A. Schools
side did very well, winning most of their matches.
Barry RICHARDS topped the
averages,
scoring 798
runs at 49.87, followed by Mike
PROCTOR – 579 runs at 48.25. Bruce HEATH
completed the Tour second in the bowling averages,
at 13.09 runs per wicket.
(These
facts, figures and statistics – in note 40, are extracted from the D.H.S.
School Magazines of the periods.)
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41] Mike RINDEL and Dale BENKENSTEIN
were in the GOLD MEDAL winning South
African
Commonwealth Games team, in
Malaysia, 1998. These are the one
and
only Games to date where O.D.I.
cricket was included as a competition in the
Games. South Africa won the
GOLD medal, beating Australia in the finals. Mike
RINDEL was the HIGHEST
SCORER for South Africa in both the semi-finals and in the
final of the competition.
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42] World
and South African O.D.I. partnership RECORDS: Various D.H.S. boys are
involved in some of the leading
O.D.I. partnerships in World cricket, for example:
For the 1st Wkt: 247a runs. Hashim AMLA and Rilee Rousouw. 6th
in the World; 1st in S.A.
For the 3rd Wkt: 247b runs. Hashim AMLA and Rilee Rousouw, 2nd
in the World; 1st in S.A.
For the 3rd Wkt. 238 runs. Hashim AMLA and A.B. de Villiers. 3rd
in the World; 2nd in S.A.
For the 7th Wkt: 114 runs. Mark
Boucher and Lance KLUSENER. 10th
in the World; 1st in S.A.
For
the 8th Wkt: 91 runs. Dale BENKENSTEIN and Lance KLUSENER. 14th / World; 2nd
in S.A.
(Notes
a and b: These two partnerships, of the same score – 247 – are merely a co-incidence. AMLA with 153* and Roussouw with 128
did the feat in the 2nd ODI vs West Indies at the Wanderers on 18
January 2015. A.B. de Villiers scored
149 in the same match. The second occasion,
and yet another 247 partnership with AMLA scoring 133 and
Roussouw getting 132 was in the 5th ODI vs West Indies at
Centurion on 28 January 2015.)
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43] OTHER NOTEABLE PERFORMANCES in O.D.I.
Cricket:
Lance KLUSENER
has taken 5 wickets in an innings
on six occasions. This
places him
1st for South Africa
and 7th in the World, all time.
Lance KLUSENER
scored 54 and took 6/49 vs. Sri Lanka 6 November 1997.
He is the
ONLY South African to get a
50 and 5 wickets in the same O.D.I. match.
He is also
4th player ever to achieve
this feat and one of only 17 O.D.I. cricketers who have
ever done so.
Lance KLUSENER
(four times) and Richard SNELL
(once) are only TWO of three
South Africans ever to have opened both the BATTING and the BOWLING
for South
Africa in O.D.I.s. in the SAME
MATCH. The only other South African
to have done this was
R.J. Peterson (once).
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44] Hashim AMLA is 3rd on the World all-time list for the most CENTURIES in a calendar
year in ALL
FORMS of cricket (Tests/ODI/T20). In the 2010 year AMLA scored TEN
centuries. This places him FIRST
of all South Africans. Hashim AMLA
also holds the
3rd place for all South Africans, and 14th in
the World for his EIGHT centuries
in the
2014 year.
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45] I.C.C.
HALL of FAME: Barry RICHARDS, in
company with Graeme Pollock are, as of
8 February 2015, the only
two South African cricketers to have been inducted into
The I.C.C. Hall of Fame.
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46] In the research and compiling of these records and
notes, it must be recorded that
it has been difficult to
establish authoritative sources for full team representation
by SCHOOL, for teams like S.A. U19; S.A. Universities; an S.A.
XI; S.A. “A”; various
“World XI” / “Rest of the World
XI” / “World O.D.I. XI” teams; S.A. “Masters” teams
and so forth. There are almost
certainly D.H.S. boys who have been in many of
these teams, but not recorded
here. If any reader has information in this regard,
kindly advise the Complier.
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ENDS this SECTION of RECORDS and interesting notes involving D.H.S. boys who have who have
represented SOUTH AFRICA at
various international levels or who have played FIRST CLASS cricket.
All the facts and statistics listed in this study
have been researched, compiled and prepared by
David R. Bennett and are thought to be correct, as at 8 February 2015.
HOWEVER,
if there are any errors or omissions or if any note or statistic is
incorrect, please be kind enough to advise the compiler, at email: david@burvest.com with the details.
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