Jackie du Preez
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| Full name | John Harcourt du Preez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 November 1942 Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Legbreak googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Harcourt "Jackie" du Preez (born 14 November 1942 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in two Tests for South Africa against Australia in 1967.[1]
A leg-spinner and useful lower-order batsman, he was educated at Prince Edward School and first played for Rhodesia aged 18 against New Zealand in Bulawayo in October, 1961. [2] He represented Rhodesia a record 112 times before retiring in 1979.[3]
Later he served as a national selector for Zimbabwe.
References
- ↑ "Jackie Du Preez". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ↑ Glen Byrom, ed. (1980), Rhodesian Sports Profiles 1907- 1979, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, pp. 95–101.
- ↑ Jonty Winch (1983), Cricket's Rich Heritage: a History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket 1890-1982, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 220
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