David Pithey
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4 October 1936 Salisbury, Rhodesia |
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David Bartlett Pithey (born 4 October 1936) 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.
He was educated at Plumtree School, and was selected for South Africa Schools in 1954. An off-spin bowler and useful batsman at various positions in the order, David Pithey made his first-class debut for Rhodesia in 1956–57. He attended the University of Cape Town and was selected for South African Universities against the Australian touring team in 1957–58. He took 5 for 105 in the first innings and scored 40 in the second innings to help his side avoid defeat. He played regularly in domestic cricket before winning a Rhodes Scholarship and taking up studies at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1959. He played 37 first-class matches for the university team in 1960, 1961 and 1962, hitting his first century, 133 against Glamorgan at Oxford in May 1961, when he opened the batting. He took his career-best figures of 7 for 47 (off 27 overs) against the Australian touring team two weeks later, also at Oxford, in what Wisden described as a "devastating spell" in which he "perplexed the Australians". In 1962 he appeared briefly for Northamptonshire in the County Championship, and also played for the Gentlemen in the last Gentlemen v Players match to be played at Lord's.
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