Dick Westcott

Dick Westcott
Personal information
Born 19 September 1927
Died 16 January 2013 [1]
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 5 51
Runs scored 166 3225
Batting average 18.44 36.23
100s/50s 0/1 4/23
Top score 62 140
Balls bowled 32 746
Wickets 10
Bowling average 31.40
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/44
Catches/stumpings -/- 26/-
Source: Cricinfo

Richard John Westcott (born 19 September 1927 in Lisbon, Portugal, died 16 January 2013 in Hermanus, South Africa[1]) was a South African cricketer who played in five Tests from 1954 to 1958. He was the first Test cricketer to have been born in Portugal.[2] Moises Henriques is the only other Portugal-born Test cricketer, for Australia.

Dick Westcott was an adventurous right-handed opening batsman and a capable but under-used right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Western Province throughout the 1950s. He scored a century in his third match in 1950–51. Early in his career he was involved in a car crash which caused severe damage to his left arm, but he continued to play at a high standard.

In 1953–54, he scored 82 and 71 for Western Province against the New Zealand touring side, and he was called into the South Africa side for the third Test match at Newlands, Cape Town. New Zealand posted their then-highest score of 505 in this match and South Africa were forced to follow on. Westcott made 62 as the home side saved the match fairly comfortably. In the next game, Westcott opened with Jackie McGlew and scored 43 as the pair put on 104 for the first wicket. He retained his place for the final Test.

Though Westcott retained his form in subsequent seasons, he was not picked for the away and home Test series against England in 1955 and 1956–57. In 1957–58 he hit 101 against Border and 140 against Eastern Province, and was recalled for the second and third Tests against the Australians. The recall was not a success: he scored 18 runs in three innings, all 18 coming in the second innings of the second Test, when he was the only South African to reach double figures apart from Trevor Goddard, who carried his bat for 56 out of a total of 99 all out.

Westcott continued to appear for Western Province, playing his last match in 1961–62.

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