Full Name

James Edward Pothecary

Born

December 06, 1933, Cape Town, Cape Province

Died

May 11, 2016, Sunningdale, Cape Town, Western Cape, (aged 82y 157d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Jim Pothecary was a well-built right-arm fast-medium bowler who could swing the ball either way. He toured England as a new-ball bowler in 1960 but disappointed, taking nine wickets in his three Tests after Geoff Griffin had been no-balled out of the series. On the tour as a whole he managed only 53 wickets.
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Jim Pothecary Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests34026126.5000020
FC547711103981*15.7402-420

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3682835494/585/14639.332.5692.0100
FC54-1032940541435/29-28.342.3572.2-20
James Edward Pothecary

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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Jim Pothecary

Recent Matches of Jim Pothecary

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Africa vs England44/58 & 0/9318-Aug-1960The OvalTest # 496
South Africa vs England123/85 & 2/6121-Jul-1960ManchesterTest # 495
South Africa vs England7 & 30/42 & 0/1507-Jul-1960NottinghamTest # 494
Sth Africans vs M.C.C.0*2/50 & 2/2921-May-1960Lord'sFC