Bob Crisp
South African cricketer (1911–1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert James Crisp DSO, MC (28 May 1911 – 3 March 1994) was a South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches between 1935 and 1936. He appeared for Rhodesia, Western Province, Worcestershire and South Africa. Though his Test bowling average lay over 37.00, Crisp had a successful first-class cricket career, with 276 wickets at 19.88.[1] He is the only bowler in first-class cricket to have taken four wickets in four balls more than once.[2][3]
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Full name | Robert James Crisp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1911-05-28)28 May 1911 Calcutta, Bengal, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 March 1994(1994-03-03) (aged 82) Colchester, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 15 June 1935 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 February 1936 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929–1931 | Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1931–1936 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1938 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 21 December 2009 |
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He went on to a career in journalism and writing, publishing several accounts of his career in World War II and earning a reputation as an adventurer.