Bill Lundie should not be confused with Bill Lunde.
Bill Lundie | |
Fullname: | Eric Balfour Lundie |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1888 |
Death Place: | Passchendaele salient, West Flanders, Belgium |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
Club1: | Eastern Province |
Year1: | 1908–09 to 1909–10 |
Club2: | Western Province |
Year2: | 1909–10 to 1910–11 |
Club3: | Transvaal |
Year3: | 1913–14 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | Tests |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 1 |
Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 1 |
Deliveries1: | 286 |
Wickets1: | 4 |
Bowl Avg1: | 26.75 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 4/101 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Column2: | First-class |
Matches2: | 9 |
Runs2: | 126 |
Bat Avg2: | 8.40 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 29 |
Deliveries2: | 1510 |
Wickets2: | 26 |
Bowl Avg2: | 25.34 |
Fivefor2: | 1 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 6/52 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 7/– |
International: | true |
Country: | South Africa |
Onetest: | true |
Testdebutfor: | South Africa |
Testdebutagainst: | England |
Testdebutdate: | 27 February |
Testdebutyear: | 1914 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46006.html Cricinfo |
Date: | 20 November 2017 |
Eric Balfour "Bill" Lundie (15 March 1888 – 12 September 1917) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1914.[1]
A fast bowler, Bill Lundie played eight first-class matches for three provinces between 1909 and 1914. His best figures were 6 for 52 in Eastern Province's loss to Border in 1908–09.[2] His only Test, and last first-class match, was the Fifth Test in England's tour of South Africa in 1913–14. Opening the bowling, and bowling into the wind, he took 4 for 101 off 46.3 overs as England made 411.[3] [4] It was the last Test match before World War I.
In the war, Lundie served with the South African Service Corps before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. He was killed by shellfire during the Battle of Passchendaele on 12 September 1917.[5]