Bert Vogler
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| Full name | Albert Edward Ernest Vogler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 November 1876 Swartwater, Queenstown, Cape Colony |
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| Died | 9 August 1946 (aged 69) Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, Union of South Africa |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albert Edward Ernest "Bert" Vogler (28 November 1876 – 9 August 1946) 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 in England after serving on the ground staff of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He rose to prominence during Test series at home in 1906 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.
Renowned for his exploits on pitches suited to his bowling, Vogler found difficulty touring Australia where harder pitches inhibited his bowling and his batting. He did not play a first-class match following the end of the tour in spring 1911
Vogler was born in Swartwater, Queenstown, Eastern Cape. He began his cricket career for Natal as an attacking lower order right-handed batsman and fast medium bowler before acquiring the googly from Reggie Schwarz on that player's return from England after the 1904 tour. In the 1904/1905 season Vogler played for Transvaal before in 1905 coming to England with the intention of qualifying for Middlesex. Vogler did not fulfill this intention, however, despite bowling so well in 1906 for MCC that in a very dry summer he took 63 wickets for less than twenty runs apiece, including nine for 44 against the West Indian tourists.
In between these two seasons for MCC, Vogler had played in the 1905/1906 Test series against England and had been extremely difficult against a second-string English team for South Africa, though he had few opportunities because of the form of Schwarz, Jimmy Sinclair and Tip Snooke. His batting, however, showed such development that he scored 62 not out going in last. Only Asif Masood since then has top scored in a Test innings batting at number eleven.
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