Denis Begbie

Personal information

Full name

Denis Warburton Begbie

Born

12 December 1914
Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Died

10 March 2009 (aged 94)
Johannesburg, South Africa

Batting style

Right-handed batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm off-break, leg-break and googly

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

South Africa

Test debut (cap 166)

16 December 1948 v England

Last Test

6 March 1950 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1933/34–1949/50

Transvaal

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	5	58
Runs scored	138	2727
Batting average	19.71	35.88
100s/50s	–/–	6/8
Top score	48	207*
Balls bowled	160	4469
Wickets	1	88
Bowling average	130.00	23.69
5 wickets in innings	–	5
10 wickets in match	–	2
Best bowling	1/38	7/96
Catches/stumpings	2/–	27/–

Source: CricketArchive, 10 March 2009

Denis Warburton Begbie (12 December 1914 – 10 March 2009)^[1] was a South African cricketer who played in five Tests from 1948 to 1950. He was born in Middelburg, Transvaal. At the time of his death he was the third oldest Test cricketer still living after New Zealand's Eric Tindill and fellow South African Norman Gordon.

Test career

Begbie made his Test debut against England in December 1948 at the age of 34, playing the first three Tests of the five match series. In the first Test he scored 37 and 48, falling both times to Alec Bedser, as England won by 2 wickets.^[2] In the second Test he was out for 5 as the match was drawn.^[3] In the third Test, he was run out for 18 as the match was again drawn.^[4] Begbie did not play the final two games of the series, which was won 2–0 by England. He next played for South Africa in the fourth Test of the 1949/1950 series against Australia. He was out for 24 to Keith Miller as the match was drawn.^[5] In the final Test of the series, he was out for 1 to Geff Noblet in the first innings and then to Bill Johnston for 5 in the second and took his only Test wicket, bowling Neil Harvey for 116.^[6] Australia crushed South Africa by an innings and 259 runs to seal a 4–0 series victory. This was Begbie's final Test match.

References

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