Kim Elgie Explained

Kim Elgie
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Slow left-arm orthodox
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:3
Runs1:75
Bat Avg1:12.50
100S/50S1:0/1
Top Score1:56
Deliveries1:66
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:4/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:32
Runs2:1,834
Bat Avg2:36.67
100S/50S2:3/13
Top Score2:162
Deliveries2:760
Wickets2:10
Bowl Avg2:40.50
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/16
Catches/Stumpings2:25/–
International:true
Country:South Africa
Testdebutagainst:New Zealand
Testdebutdate:8 December
Testdebutyear:1961
Lasttestdate:1 January
Lasttestagainst:New Zealand
Lasttestyear:1962
Source:http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44955.html Cricinfo
Date:3 December
Year:2020

Michael Kelsey "Kim" Elgie (born 6 March 1933) is a former South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in the 1961–62 series against New Zealand. He was also a rugby union footballer, who played for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews in the 1950s.

Elgie was educated at Michaelhouse before attending university in the United Kingdom.[1] He hit his top first-class score of 162 not out for Natal against Border in the 1959–60 season in a match in which 38 wickets fell for 418 runs.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brooke . Robert . The Collins Who's Who of English First-Class Cricket, 1945-1984 . 1985 . Collins . London . 0002180960 . 82.
  2. Andrew Ward, Cricket's Strangest Matches, Robson, 1999, pp. 186–88.
  3. Web site: Border v Natal 1959-60 . Cricinfo . 20 January 2024.