DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL CRICKET RECORDS, NOTES and TEAM REPRESENTATION© In respect of representation by D.H.S. Boys at S.A. Schools, S.A. U19; First Class; S.A. T20; S.A. O.D.I. and S.A. Test level. Natal Schools and ordinary School level are NOT included, except where referred to in the notes which follow. Prepared, researched and compiled by David R. Bennett (Version 4.1 / 15) © 2015 (D.R. Bennett)============================================================================= DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL has a proud and unequalled position in South African Cricket – this is a short record of the names, records, achievements and facts of the many D.H.S. boys who have gone on, from School, to represent South Africa and other teams at various levels. ============================================================================= INDEX and EXPLANATORY NOTES: THIS RECORD is divided into TWO MAIN SECTIONS: The lists of names of D.H.S. boys who have played cricket for South Africa and other teams, at TEST and at other INTERNATIONAL representative levels. The FIRST Section lists the names of D.H.S. team representatives, and includes a list of records,interesting notes and facts. The SECOND Section is a simple statistical record of the Test and First Class averages of the leading D.H.S. representatives in both Test cricket, and at First Class level. The FIRST SECTION: A] The TOP FIVE South African Cricketing Schools. Bi] DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL – The “All-time” D.H.S. FIRST XI. Bii] DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL – The 1966 “CENTENARY XI” C] INTERNATIONAL CRICKET – D.H.S. Boys who have played for SOUTH AFRICA. D] S.A. TEST CRICKET - The TOP TWENTY South African schools. E] S.A. ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET – The TOP FIFTEEN schools. F] S.A. SCHOOLS XI – The TOP TWENTY South African schools. G] S.A. SCHOOLS – D.H.S. Boys who have played for the South African Schools XI. H] S.A. U19 XI – D.H.S. Boys who have played for the South African U19 XI. I] D.H.S. Boys awarded the S.A. Cricket Annual Awards / Wisden Annual Awards. J] D.H.S. Cricketers – RECORDS Achieved and some INTERESTING FACTS. The SECOND SECTION: K] The D.H.S. “All-time” FIRST XI – Their FIRST CLASS AVERAGES L] D.H.S. – The List of TEST CRICKET Player STATISTICS and AVERAGES M] D.H.S. – The List of O.D.I. Player STATISTICS and AVERAGES N] D.H.S. – The List of “T20” Player STATISTICS and AVERAGES O] D.H.S. – The List of OTHER INTERNATIONAL CRICKETERS – AVERAGES P] D.H.S. – The List of FIRST CLASS AVERAGES of the INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS Q] D.H.S. – The List of OTHER LEADING PLAYERS – FIRST CLASS AVERAGES, etc. NOTE:These Statistics have been compiled by David Richard Bennett (D.H.S. 1964-1966)The main emphasis is on those Durban High School boys who have represented South Africaas Springbok and /or “Protea” cricketers. Thesestatistics have been compiled from OfficialRecords, and are thought to be correct, immediately prior to the World OneDayInternational Cricket Cup in February / March 2015, and are current as at 8 February 2015. There are additionalstatistics forthose Durban High School boys who have represented theirCountry in the South African Schools / U19 teams.Andfinally there are statistics for Durban HighSchool boys in FIRST CLASS cricket, for various local and overseas provincial,county and stateteams. The first class records shown is by no means an exhaustive list, as many D.H.S. boys haverepresentedsuch teams. The compiler of this list would be happy to include any boys who HAVEplayed first class cricket, but are notincluded on the list, subject to the appropriate Qualification levels). And, finally, if there are any errors oromissions thenkindly contact David Bennett – Email: [email protected] I will endeavourto correct the details / lists, if warranted. David Bennett, Durban. February 2015 ========================================================================== Section One A: The TOP FIVE SOUTH AFRICAN cricketing schools: This is a simple statement of fact. There can be no argument when looking at the figures: Taking the number of D.H.S. boys who have represented South Africa at TEST, O.D.I., T20, and S.A. Schools level, then DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL is certainly the MOST SUCCESSFUL South African School in this regard. HERE is a short list of the top FIVE South African Schools: School Combined Number of Representatives* DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL 67 King Edward VII School (Johannesburg) 63 Grey High School (Port Elizabeth) 61 Bishops (Cape Town), and 59 Grey College (Bloemfontein) 48 (*) Combined means the number of boys selected for South Africa in full Test matches; O.D.I. matches; “T20” games andfor S.A. Schools. (S.A. U19 is not included, as no reliable listing is available). ========================================================================== Section One B(i): The DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL “ALL TIME” FIRST XI: (Compiled by David Bennett) 1 Barry Richards Bat 2 Trevor Goddard Bat / Bowl (Left arm medium) 3 Hashim Amla Bat 4 HerbieTaylor (Capt) Bat 5 Jack Siedle Bat 6 Lee Irvine (Wkt) Bat 7 Lance Klusener Bat / Bowl (Right-arm fast-medium) 8 Mike Rindel Bat / Bowl (Left-arm spin) 9 Richard Dumbrill Bat / Bowl (Right-arm medium) 10 Richard Snell Bat / Bowl (Right-arm fast-medium) 11 Hugh Tayfield Bowl (Right-arm off break) 12th Man (for Fielding): Dale Benkenstein or Colin Wesley or Dennis Gamsy 12th/13th Man (Playing reserves): Geoff Griffin (Bowling); Fairless Nicolson (Batting) Manager: Les Theobald Note:The Durban High School “All Time” First XI Cricket Team, bats with a TEAM averageTOTAL of 412 runs (at their FIRST CLASS averages); and the team’s six best bowlers would,(again, at their first class bowling averages), dismiss their opposition for an average totalof just 297 runs. Section One B(ii): The DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL “CENTENARY” XI D.H.S. Old Boys XI Centenary Match. Played in 1966 as part of the D.H.S. 1866 – 1966 Centenary Celebrations.The D.H.S.O.B. XI played the “Rest of Natal XI” under Captain, Jackie McGlew. The D.H.S.O.B. “Centenary XI” team in alphabetical order was: 1 Peter DODDS 2 Richard DUMBRILL 3 Dennis GAMSY(Captain) 4 Trevor GODDARD 5 Geoff GRIFFIN 6 Grayson HEATH 7 Lee IRVINE 8 Jack KAPLAN 9 Barry RICHARDS 10 Hugh TAYFIELD 11 Colin WESLEY 12th Man: Arthur TAYFIELD NOTE: This team is not listed in BATTING order ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The team list was extracted from Jeremy Oddy’s book: “Where the Baobab Grows” (2008) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The D.H.S.O.B. XI - CENTENARY CRICKET MATCH FURTHER NOTES: (by David Bennett) • The Match was played on the D.H.S.O.B. Club main Oval, on 19 / 20 March 1966. The D.H.S.O.B. XI batted second and suffered a first innings deficit of 64 runs in favour of the Natal XI even though RichardDumbrill had hit a great century (114) in a partnership of 127 with Lee Irvine. On the second day, the Old Boys team were then set a second innings target of 188 runs to make in 150 minutes to win. The D.H.S.O.B. XI managed the runs in just 107 minutes, thus winning the match by three wickets. Goddard, Gamsy, Richards and Irvine would later play for SA against Australia in 1970 and so the D.H.S.O.B. XI of 1966 contained FIVE Springboks, ( Goddard; Hugh Tayfield; Griffin; Dumbrill and Wesley) and three others, G amsy,Irvine and Richards who were later to become Springboks (making EIGHT in all). And Arthur Tayfield had been 12th Man for South Africa. There were THREE men in the D.H.S.O.B. team who were wicketkeepers at a high level: Gamsy; Irvine and Kaplan. The “Rest of Natal XI” – captained by Jackie McGlew contained FOUR Springboks, namely Jackie McGlew; Peter Carlstein; Mike Proctor and Pat Trimborn. In addition, McGlew’s team contained a further two D.H.S.O.B. Natal cricketers, who were not selected for the School Centenary XI. They were Charles Sullivan and PeterMarais. And so of the twenty two players in the match, thirteen were D.H.S. Old Boys, and a total of fourteen, if we include Arthur Tayfield. ========================================================================================== Section One C: INTERNATIONAL CRICKET – D.H.S. Boys who have played for SOUTH AFRICA: The following D.H.S. boys have represented SOUTH AFRICA in Official Test Matches: (Dates indicate the Player’s representative years, for South Africa) 1 AMLA, Hashim Mahomed (2004 - ) 2 CHAPMAN, Horace William(1914 – 1921) 3 CONYNGHAM, Dalton Parry (“Conky”) (1923) 4 DALTON, Eric Londesbrough (1929 – 1939) 5 DEANE, Hubert Gouvaine (“Nummy”)(1924 – 1931) 6 DUMBRILL, Richard (1965 – 1967) 7 DYER, Dennis Victor (1947) 8 FELLOWS-SMITH, Jonathan Payn (“Pom Pom”)(1960) 9 GAMSY, Dennis (1970) 10 GODDARD, Trevor Leslie (1955 – 1970) 11 GRIFFIN, Geoffrey Merton (1960) 12 IRVINE, Brian Lee (“Lee”) (1970) 13 KHAN, Imraan (2009) 14 KLUSENER, Lance (1996 – 2004) 15 LINDSAY, Nevil Vernon(1921) 16 NICOLSON, John Fairless William (1928) 17 PEGLER, Sidney James (1910 – 1924) 18 RICHARDS, Barry Anderson (1970) 19 SHEPSTONE, George Harold (1896 – 1899) 20 SIEDLE, Ivan Julian (“Jack”) (1928 – 1936) 21 SNELL, Richard Peter (1992 – 1994) 22 TAYFIELD, Hugh Joseph (“Toey”) (1949 – 1960) 23 TAYLOR, Herbert Wilfred (“Herbie”) (1912 – 1932) 24 WESLEY, Colin (“Tich”) (1960) Arthur TAYFIELD(brother of Hugh) was 12th Man for South Africa (1957) Please ALSO refer to NOTES: 2; 11; 15; 17 and 41 below. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------