Denis Begbie dies aged 94
Denis Begbie, a quick-scoring batsman who played five Test for South Africa immediately after the war, has died at the age of 94
Player | Span | Mat | Born | Age | ||
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EWT Tindill (NZ) | 1937-1947 | 5 | 18 Dec 1910 | 98y 82d | ||
N Gordon (SA) | 1938-1939 | 5 | 6 Aug 1911 | 97y 216d | ||
RA Hamence (Aus) | 1947-1948 | 3 | 25 Nov 1915 | 93y 105d | ||
ESM Kentish (WI) | 1948-1954 | 2 | 21 Nov 1916 | 92y 109d | ||
CA Snedden (NZ) | 1947-1947 | 1 | 7 Jan 1918 | 91y 62d | ||
AJW McIntyre (Eng) | 1950-1955 | 3 | 14 May 1918 | 90y 300d | ||
AV Bedser (Eng) | 1946-1955 | 51 | 4 Jul 1918 | 90y 249d | ||
90y 32d | ||||||
Mohammad Aslam (Pak) | 1954-1954 | 1 | 5 Jan 1920 | 89y 64d | ||
RT Simpson (Eng) | 1948-1955 | 27 | 27 Feb 1920 | 89y 11d | ||
GE Tribe (Aus) | 1946-1947 | 3 | 4 Oct 1920 | 88y 157d | ||
AG Ganteaume (WI) | 1948-1948 | 1 | 22 Jan 1921 | 88y 47d | ||
87y 346d | ||||||
MK Mantri (India) | 1951-1955 | 4 | 1 Sep 1921 | 87y 190d | ||
PH Punjabi (India) | 1955-1955 | 5 | 20 Sep 1921 | 87y 171d | ||
AR Morris (Aus) | 1946-1955 | 46 | 19 Jan 1922 | 87y 50d | ||
K Rai Singh (India) | 1948-1948 | 1 | 24 Feb 1922 | 87y 14d | ||
87y 5d | ||||||
AJ Watkins (Eng) | 1948-1952 | 15 | 21 Apr 1922 | 86y 323d | ||
R Tattersall (Eng) | 1951-1954 | 16 | 17 Aug 1922 | 86y 205d | ||
JC Watkins (SA) | 1949-1957 | 15 | 10 Apr 1923 | 85y 334d | ||
DV Smith (Eng) | 1957-1957 | 3 | 14 Jun 1923 | 85y 269d | ||
85y 212d | ||||||
TE Bailey (Eng) | 1949-1959 | 61 | 3 Dec 1923 | 85y 97d | ||
MR Rege (India) | 1949-1949 | 1 | 18 Mar 1924 | 84y 357d | ||
R Appleyard (Eng) | 1954-1956 | 9 | 27 Jun 1924 | 84y 256d | ||
AR MacGibbon (NZ) | 1951-1958 | 26 | 28 Aug 1924 | 84y 194d | ||
84y 167d | ||||||
RC Miller (WI) | 1953-1953 | 1 | 24 Dec 1924 | 84y 76d | ||
EW Dempster (NZ) | 1953-1954 | 5 | 25 Jan 1925 | 84y 44d | ||
VI Smith (SA) | 1947-1957 | 9 | 23 Feb 1925 | 84y 15d | ||
ED Weekes (WI) | 1948-1958 | 48 | 26 Feb 1925 | 84y 12d | ||
83y 260d | ||||||
GHG Doggart (Eng) | 1950-1950 | 2 | 18 Jul 1925 | 83y 235d | ||
DJ Insole (Eng) | 1950-1957 | 9 | 18 Apr 1926 | 82y 326d | ||
LV Maddocks (Aus) | 1954-1956 | 7 | 24 May 1926 | 82y 290d | ||
JG Dewes (Eng) | 1948-1950 | 5 | 11 Oct 1926 | 82y 150d | ||
82y 76d | ||||||
DB Carr (Eng) | 1951-1952 | 2 | 28 Dec 1926 | 82y 72d | ||
Israr Ali (Pak) | 1952-1959 | 4 | 1 May 1927 | 81y 313d | ||
S O'Linn (SA) | 1960-1961 | 7 | 5 May 1927 | 81y 309d | ||
MC Frederick (WI) | 1954-1954 | 1 | 6 May 1927 | 81y 308d | ||
81y 267d | ||||||
JJ Warr (Eng) | 1951-1951 | 2 | 16 Jul 1927 | 81y 237d | ||
E Leadbeater (Eng) | 1951-1952 | 2 | 15 Aug 1927 | 81y 207d | ||
RJ Westcott (SA) | 1954-1958 | 5 | 19 Sep 1927 | 81y 172d | ||
Khan Mohammad (Pak) | 1952-1958 | 13 | 1 Jan 1928 | 81y 68d | ||
81y 64d | ||||||
KA Archer (Aus) | 1950-1951 | 5 | 17 Jan 1928 | 81y 52d | ||
CB van Ryneveld (SA) | 1951-1958 | 19 | 19 Mar 1928 | 80y 356d | ||
JR Reid (NZ) | 1949-1965 | 58 | 3 Jun 1928 | 80y 280d | ||
JD Nel (SA) | 1949-1957 | 6 | 10 Jul 1928 | 80y 243d | ||
80y 153d | ||||||
RH Shodhan (India) | 1952-1953 | 3 | 18 Oct 1928 | 80y 143d | ||
KW Hough (NZ) | 1959-1959 | 2 | 24 Oct 1928 | 80y 137d | ||
DK Gaekwad (India) | 1952-1961 | 11 | 27 Oct 1928 | 80y 134d | ||
FCM Alexander (WI) | 1957-1961 | 25 | 2 Nov 1928 | 80y 128d | ||
80y 119d | ||||||
CC McDonald (Aus) | 1952-1961 | 47 | 17 Nov 1928 | 80y 113d | ||
NI Thomson (Eng) | 1964-1965 | 5 | 23 Jan 1929 | 80y 46d | ||
LS Butler (WI) | 1955-1955 | 1 | 9 Feb 1929 | 80y 29d |
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