Full Name

Jacobus Petrus Duminy

Born

December 16, 1897, Bellville, Cape Province

Died

January 31, 1980, Groote Schuur, Cape Town, Cape Province, (aged 82y 46d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

The batting talent of Jacobus Petrus Duminy was never truly reflected in his three Test appearances for South Africa. In two Tests against England in 1927-28 - opening the batting in three innings - he failed to reach double figures, and when called up as an emergency replacement while visiting Europe in 1929, he made only 2 and 12 in the Leeds Test, which was rendered memorable by the last-wicket stand of 103 in little more than an hour by 'Tuppy' Owen-Smith and 'Sandy' Bell. Duminy's diving, one-handed gully catch to dismiss Leyland, too, was not easily to be forgotten. A left-hander Duminy, who died in Cape Town on January 31, aged 82, made a strong impact on the game, scoring 95 not out in his first innings for Transvaal, against Stanyforth's 1927-28 MCC team at Pretoria, a week before his 30th birthday. A double of 55 and 74 not out in the return match earned him his Test place. Against Border in 1928-29 he made a big not-out century and took 6 for 40 with right-arm slows; but unspectacular performances in the other trial matches led to his omission from the tour of England - until he was tracked down in Switzerland! A Rhodes scholar at Oxford in 1920, Professor Duminy - as he became - had a distinguished academic career, assuming the vice-chancellorship of the University of Cape Town, and pursuing a courageous course in opposition to apartheid, among other things running cricket weeks for youngsters of all races.
Wisden Cricket Monthly

Jacobus Duminy Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests36030125.0000020
FC13234557168*29.3113-110

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests33603911/171/3039.003.9060.0000
FC13-915368126/40-30.662.4176.2-10
Jacobus Petrus Duminy

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Debut/Last Matches of Jacobus Duminy

Recent Matches of Jacobus Duminy

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Africa vs England2 & 12--13-Jul-1929LeedsTest # 183
South Africa vs England7 & 50/928-Jan-1928JohannesburgTest # 171
South Africa vs England0 & 41/17 & 0/1324-Dec-1927JohannesburgTest # 168