Country: | South Africa |
Fullname: | Dennis Soga |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1917 |
Birth Place: | Elliotdale, Cape Province, South Africa |
Death Place: | East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Club1: | Scotland |
Year1: | 1936 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 25 |
Bat Avg1: | 12.50 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 24 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 6 November |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/dennis-soga-25352 Cricinfo |
Dennis William Soga (13 May 1917 — 22 September 2003) was a South African first-class cricketer and rugby union player.
The son of the physician Alexander Robert Bogue Soga,[1] he was born in May 1917 at Elliotdale, Cape Province. With family connections to Scotland, Soga was educated there at Selkirk High School.[2] Playing his club cricket for Selkirk, Soga was selected to play for the Scottish cricket team against Ireland at Edinburgh in 1936.[3] Batting from the middle order, he was dismissed in the Scottish first innings for a single run by James Graham, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 24 runs by Eddie Ingram.[4] In addition to playing cricket, Soga also played rugby union for Selkirk RFC.[5] Soga later returned to South Africa, where he became a dentist. He died there at East London in September 2003. His great-grandfather was Tiyo Soga, the first black South African to be ordained.[1]