The Rhodesian cricket team represented originally the British colony of Southern Rhodesia and later the unilaterally independent state of Rhodesia.
Rhodesia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 16 March 1905 against Transvaal at Old Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa and its first limited overs match on 13 December 1970, against Natal at Police B Ground, Salisbury, Rhodesia. In all, 242 cricketers represented Rhodesia in either first-class or List A cricket between 1905 and 1980,[1] when the Rhodesian cricket team was renamed as the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia cricket team before adopting its current name Zimbabwe cricket team in 1981.
When Rhodesia participated in South Africa's domestic competitions, Rhodesian players were eligible to play for South Africa as for cricketing purposes were under the authority of that country's administrators until independence in 1980.[2] Several of the players listed also represented Zimbabwe in Test and One Day International cricket and one, John Traicos, represented South Africa and Zimbabwe.[3]
While some of the cricketers listed below represented other teams the information included is solely for their career with Rhodesia, including matches played by the "Rhodesian Invitational XI".
| Name | First | Last | Apps | First | Last | Apps | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | List A | |||||||
| 1931/32 | 1931/32 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | 1976/77 | 1976/77 | 1 | Nephew of Charles and Robert Wooler. | ||
| 1904/05 | 1909/10 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| 1950/51 | 1950/51 | 6 | – | – | - | |||
| 1938/39 | 1938/39 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1924/25 | 1927/28 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| 1954/55 | 1961/62 | 28 | - | - | - | Father of Kevin Arnott. | ||
| 1947/48 | 1950/51 | 7 | – | – | – | |||
| 1909/10 | 1909/10 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1927/28 | 1946/47 | 5 | – | – | – | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1949/50 | 1956/57 | 19 | – | – | – | |||
| 1956/57 | 1959/60 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1971/72 | 1978/79 | 37 | 1971/72 | 1978/79 | 8 | |||
| 1975/76 | 1977/78 | 7 | 1974/75 | 1976/77 | 2 | |||
| 1967/68 | 1967/68 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1960/61 | 1961/62 | 4 | – | – | - | |||
| 1938/39 | 1938/39 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1970/71 | 1975/76 | 15 | 1972/73 | 1975/76 | 4 | Father of Brett, Boyd and Dale Benkenstein. | ||
| 1964/65 | 1967/68 | 4 | – | – | - | |||
| 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 8 | – | – | - | |||
| 1957/58 | 1959/60 | 7 | – | – | - | Father of Adrian Birrell and uncle of Warne Rippon. | ||
| 1908/09 | 1908/09 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1904/05 | 1904/05 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1956/57 | 1968/69 | 57 | – | – | - | |||
| 1930/31 | 1936/37 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1909/10 | 1924/25 | 5 | - | - | - | Brother of Victor and grandfather of Paul Bourdillon. | ||
| 1971/72 | 1974/75 | 4 | 1971/72 | 1971/72 | 1 | Also represented Rhodesia in rugby union. | ||
| 1975/76 | 1975/76 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1924/25 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| 1909/10 | 1922/23 | 2 | - | - | - | Brother of Freddie Brooks. | ||
| 1904/05 | 1909/10 | 2 | – | – | - | Also played rugby union for England. Brother of Frank Brooks. | ||
| 1946/47 | 1947/48 | 8 | - | - | - | |||
| 1976/77 | 1978/79 | 7 | 1977/78 | 1977/78 | 1 | |||
| 1945/46 | 1953/54 | 10 | – | – | - | |||
| 1962/63 | 1962/63 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1968/69 | 1968/69 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1924/25 | 1929/30 | 4 | – | – | - | |||
| 1924/25 | 1931/32 | 8 | – | – | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1950/51 | 12 | – | – | - | Brother of Bernard Carew. | ||
| 1948/49 | 1953/54 | 11 | – | – | - | Brother of Allen Carew. | ||
| 1967/68 | 1978/79 | 43 | 1972/73 | 1977/78 | 9 | |||
| 1977/78 | 1978/79 | 6 | 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 1 | |||
| 1924/25 | 1924/25 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1952/53 | 1952/53 | 5 | – | – | - | |||
| 1935/36 | 1945/46 | 6 | – | – | - | |||
| 1966/67 | 1969/70 | 15 | – | – | - | |||
| 1945/46 | 1945/46 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1971/72 | 1978/79 | 60 | 1972/73 | 1977/78 | 14 | |||
| 1909/10 | 1909/10 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1946/47 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1960/61 | 1960/61 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1953/54 | 1957/58 | 17 | – | – | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1924/25 | 3 | – | – | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1930/31 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | – | – | – | Brother of Gerald Curle, | ||
| 1947/48 | 1954/55 | 6 | – | – | – | Father of Kevin Curran, uncle of Patrick Curran and grandfather of Thomas Curran. | ||
| - | - | - | 1976/77 | 1976/77 | 1 | Nephew of Kevin Curran, Snr. and cousin of Kevin Curran. | ||
| 1938/39 | 1938/39 | 2 | – | – | - | Brother of Donald and Thomas Davidson. | ||
| 1938/39 | 1938/39 | 1 | – | – | - | Brother of Donald and Frank Davidson. | ||
| 1950/51 | 1956/57 | 20 | – | – | - | |||
| 1967/68 | 1978/79 | 90 | 1970/71 | 1978/79 | 21 | |||
| 1961/62 | 1973/74 | 34 | – | – | - | |||
| 1957/58 | 1960/61 | 4 | – | – | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1949/50 | 4 | – | – | - | Uncle of Laurence de Grandhomme and great-uncle of Colin de Grandhomme. | ||
| 1952/53 | 1952/53 | 4 | – | – | - | |||
| 1935/36 | 1935/36 | 1 | – | – | - | Father of Gordon Den, father-in-law of Rory Ervine and grandfather of Craig, Ryan and Sean Ervine. | ||
| 1963/64 | 1963/64 | 2 | – | – | - | Son of Alexander Den, brother-in-law of Rory Ervine and uncle of Craig, Ryan and Sean Ervine. | ||
| 1966/67 | 1966/67 | 3 | – | – | - | |||
| 1961/62 | 1961/62 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1929/30 | 4 | – | – | - | Father of Vernon Dickinson. | ||
| 1955/56 | 1964/65 | 20 | – | – | - | Son of Dicky Dickinson. | ||
| 1969/70 | 1969/70 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1927/28 | 1929/30 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| 1947/48 | 1947/48 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1954/55 | 1962/63 | 37 | – | – | – | |||
| 1976/77 | 1978/79 | 20 | 1976/77 | 1978/79 | 6 | |||
| 1904/05 | 1909/10 | 2 | - | - | - | Also represented Rhodesia in rugby union. Brother of Benjamin Duff. | ||
| 1969/70 | 1978/79 | 13 | - | - | - | |||
| 1961/62 | 1978/79 | 110 | 1970/71 | 1978/79 | 18 | |||
| 1946/47 | 1946/47 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1972/73 | 1973/74 | 4 | 1973/74 | 1973/74 | 1 | |||
| 1938/39 | 1945/46 | 4 | – | – | - | |||
| 1976/77 | 1976/77 | 4 | – | – | - | Brother of Duncan Fletcher and Ann Grant. | ||
| 1969/70 | 1978/69 | 78 | 1970/71 | 1977/78 | 18 | Brother of Allan Fletcher and Ann Grant. | ||
| 1927/28 | 1927/28 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1964/65 | 1975/76 | 54 | 1970/71 | 1975/76 | 11 | |||
| 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1924/25 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1924/25 | 1924/25 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1931/32 | 1931/32 | 5 | – | – | - | Brother of Frederick and Rolph Grant | ||
| 1927/28 | 1927/28 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1961/62 | 1962/63 | 7 | – | – | - | |||
| 1950/51 | 1950/51 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1957/58 | 1971/72 | 81 | 1970/71 | 1971/72 | 3 | Father of Trevor Gripper. | ||
| 1960/61 | 1966/67 | 26 | – | – | – | |||
| 1961/62 | 1961/62 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1904/05 | 1904/05 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1954/55 | 32 | – | – | - | Twin brother of Mervyn Harris. | ||
| 1949/50 | 1949/50 | 1 | – | – | – | Twin brother of Cecil Harris. | ||
| 1946/47 | 1946/47 | 3 | – | – | – | |||
| 1927/28 | 1938/39 | 16 | – | – | – | |||
| 1961/62 | 1961/62 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1908/09 | 1908/09 | 1 | – | – | – | Brother of Pelham Henwood. | ||
| 1909/10 | 1909/10 | 2 | – | – | - | Brother of Norman Henwood. | ||
| 1968/69 | 1978/79 | 32 | 1973/74 | 1978/79 | 12 | Father of Clint Heron. | ||
| 1954/55 | 1961/62 | 5 | – | – | - | |||
| 1976/77 | 1976/77 | 1 | 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 2 | Brother of William Hodnett. | ||
| 1962/63 | 1962/63 | 1 | – | – | - | Brother of Kenneth Hodnett. | ||
| 1971/72 | 1978/79 | 20 | 1975/76 | 1977/78 | 6 | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1975/76 | 1977/78 | 16 | 1975/76 | 1978/79 | 7 | |||
| 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 7 | – | – | – | Brother of William Houghton. | ||
| 1966/67 | 1966/67 | 1 | – | – | – | Father of Adam Huckle. | ||
| 1927/28 | 1946/47 | 19 | – | – | – | |||
| 1931/32 | 1931/32 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| 1936/37 | 1936/37 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1972/73 | 1976/77 | 33 | 1972/73 | 1975/76 | 9 | |||
| 1945/46 | 1945/46 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| 1946/47 | 1952/53 | 14 | – | – | - | |||
| 1975/76 | 1975/76 | 3 | – | – | - | |||
| 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 3 | – | – | - | |||
| 1970/71 | 1977/78 | 31 | 1970/71 | 1977/78 | 6 | Cousin of Nathaniel Kaschula. | ||
| 1960/61 | 1963/64 | 3 | – | – | - | |||
| 1909/10 | 1909/10 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1955/56 | 1922/23 | 6 | – | – | - | |||
| 1945/46 | 1945/46 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| – | – | - | 1974/75 | 1974/75 | 1 | |||
| 1958/59 | 1960/61 | 6 | – | – | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1969/70 | 1970/71 | 10 | – | – | - | |||
| 1952/53 | 1965/66 | 66 | – | – | - | Father of Stephen Lawrence. | ||
| 1964/65 | 1964/65 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1957/58 | 1957/58 | 5 | – | – | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1929/30 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1947/48 | 1951/52 | 16 | – | – | - | |||
| 1945/46 | 1963/64 | 74 | – | – | - | |||
| 1904/05 | 1904/05 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1952/53 | 1954/55 | 7 | – | – | - | Brother of Robert McBride. | ||
| 1946/47 | 1948/49 | 14 | – | – | - | |||
| 1966/67 | 1967/68 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1966/67 | 1970/71 | 7 | – | – | - | |||
| 1959/60 | 1971/72 | 32 | 1970/71 | 1971/72 | 3 | Represented Rhodesia in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics. | ||
| 1964/65 | 1964/65 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| – | – | - | 1970/71 | 1970/71 | 2 | |||
| 1936/37 | 1936/36 | 1 | – | – | - | Brother of Percy Mansell. | ||
| 1936/37 | 1959/60 | 56 | – | – | - | Brother of Mervyn Mansell. | ||
| – | – | - | 1975/76 | 1975/76 | 1 | Father of Doug, Eian and Stephan Marillier. | ||
| 1947/48 | 1949/50 | 9 | – | – | - | Father of Hugh Martin and uncle of Arthur, Cyril and Hugh Tayfield. | ||
| 1936/37 | 1936/37 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1969/70 | 1978/79 | 47 | 1971/72 | 1978/79 | 12 | |||
| 1930/31 | 1936/37 | 7 | – | – | - | |||
| 1950/51 | 1950/51 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1929/30 | 6 | – | – | - | |||
| 1936/37 | 1936/37 | 1 | – | – | - | Brother of Edgar Morris. | ||
| 1945/46 | 1945/46 | 1 | – | – | - | Brother of Dudley Morris. | ||
| 1950/51 | 1950/51 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1936/37 | 1936/37 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1954/55 | 1966/67 | 18 | – | – | - | Nephew of Mark Napier. | ||
| 1935/36 | 1947/48 | 10 | – | – | - | Brother of William Napier and uncle of David Napier. | ||
| 1929/30 | 1931/32 | 2 | – | – | – | Brother of Mark Napier. | ||
| 1945/46 | 1949/50 | 10 | – | – | – | |||
| 1938/39 | 1946/47 | 10 | – | - | - | |||
| 1947/48 | 1957/58 | 14 | – | - | - | |||
| 1949/50 | 1959/60 | 2 | – | - | - | |||
| 1970/71 | 1970/71 | 6 | 1970/71 | 1970/71 | 2 | |||
| 1927/28 | 1927/28 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1946/47 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1930/31 | 5 | – | – | - | |||
| 1958/59 | 1969/70 | 38 | - | – | - | |||
| 1935/36 | 1935/36 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1951/52 | 1966/67 | 58 | – | – | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1949/50 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1954/55 | 1958/59 | 8 | – | – | - | |||
| 1935/36 | 1935/36 | 1 | – | - | - | |||
| 1931/32 | 1931/32 | 5 | – | – | - | |||
| 1909/10 | 1909/10 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1968/69 | 1968/69 | 3 | – | – | - | |||
| 1977/78 | 1978/79 | 11 | 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 1 | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1909/10 | 1909/10 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1950/51 | 1968/69 | 65 | – | – | - | Brother of David Pithey. | ||
| 1956/57 | 1965/66 | 25 | – | – | - | Brother of Tony Pithey. | ||
| 1946/47 | 1952/53 | 15 | – | – | - | |||
| 1970/71 | 1975/76 | 46 | 1970/71 | 1975/76 | 12 | Son of Woodrow Procter, brother of Anthony Procter and cousin of Andrew Procter. | ||
| 1931/32 | 1931/32 | 5 | – | – | - | Brother of Neville Quinn. | ||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1950/51 | 1952/53 | 16 | – | – | - | |||
| 1904/05 | 1904/05 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1927/28 | 1927/28 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 1929/30 | 1929/30 | 1 | – | - | – | |||
| 1961/62 | 1961/62 | 2 | – | – | – | Brother of Stuart Robertson. | ||
| 1968/69 | 1978/79 | 74 | 1970/71 | 1978/79 | 18 | Brother of Robert Robertson. | ||
| 1904/05 | 1909/10 | 3 | – | – | – | Brother of Cyril Robinson and father of Victor Robinson. | ||
| 1922/23 | 1931/32 | 7 | – | – | – | |||
| 1950/51 | 1952/53 | 10 | – | - | – | |||
| 1927/28 | 1927/28 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1970/71 | 1971/72 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
| 1975/76 | 1975/76 | 3 | 1975/76 | 1975/76 | 1 | |||
| 1950/51 | 1950/51 | 5 | – | – | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1929/30 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1949/50 | 9 | - | - | - | |||
| 1953/54 | 1955/56 | 5 | - | - | - | Brother of Francis Slaven. | ||
| 1927/28 | 1929/30 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1908/09 | 1908/09 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1976/77 | 1978/79 | 8 | 1978/79 | 1978/79 | 1 | Father of Heath Streak. | ||
| 1904/05 | 1904/05 | 1 | – | – | - | |||
| 1965/66 | 1965/66 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1930/31 | 6 | – | – | - | |||
| 1904/05 | 1909/10 | 3 | – | – | - | Brother of Henry Taberer. | ||
| 1973/74 | 1976/77 | 14 | 1973/74 | 1976/77 | 6 | |||
| 1947/48 | 1948/49 | 7 | - | - | - | Brother of Arthur and Cyril Tayfield, nephew of Sidney Martin and cousin of Hugh Martin. | ||
| 1949/50 | 1949/50 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1927/28 | 1935/36 | 10 | - | - | - | |||
| 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 6 | - | - | - | |||
| 1927/28 | 1947/48 | 24 | - | - | - | Brother of Raymond Tomlinson. | ||
| 1927/28 | 1929/30 | 3 | - | - | - | Brother of Denis Tomlinson. | ||
| 1969/70 | 1969/70 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1967/68 | 1968/69 | 5 | - | - | - | Brother of Trevor Townshend. | ||
| 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 3 | 1976/77 | 1976/77 | 1 | Brother of Derrick Townshend. | ||
| 1967/68 | 1978/79 | 47 | 1973/74 | 1977/78 | 7 | |||
| 1904/05 | 1904/05 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1957/58 | 1967/68 | 47 | – | – | – | Represented Rhodesia in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Father of Kevin Ullyett. | ||
| 1946/47 | 1946/47 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1946/47 | 1946/47 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1949/50 | 1954/55 | 19 | - | - | - | Father of Peter Wallace. | ||
| 1966/67 | 1966/67 | 2 | – | – | - | |||
| 1977/78 | 1977/78 | 3 | – | – | - | Son of John Wallace. | ||
| 1951/52 | 1951/52 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1936/37 | 1936/37 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 1957/58 | 1957/58 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| 1966/67 | 1969/70 | 8 | - | - | - | |||
| 1963/64 | 1967/68 | 7 | - | - | - | |||
| 1929/30 | 1929/30 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| 1961/62 | 1961/62 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| 1956/57 | 1961/62 | 20 | - | - | - | Son of Charles Winslow and grandson of Lyndhurst Winslow. | ||
| - | - | - | 1974/75 | 1974/75 | 1 | |||
| 1922/23 | 1922/23 | 1 | - | - | - | Brother of William Wood. | ||
| 1924/25 | 1929/30 | 8 | - | - | - | |||
| 1951/52 | 1956/57 | 8 | - | - | - |