| Murray Hofmeyr | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Murray Bernard Hofmeyr |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Death Place: | Knysna, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Opening batsman |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1949–1951 |
| Club2: | North Eastern Transvaal |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 44 |
| Runs1: | 3,178 |
| Bat Avg1: | 44.76 |
| 100S/50S1: | 7/19 |
| Top Score1: | 161 |
| Deliveries1: | 23 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 11.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/0 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 29/– |
| Date: | 16 November |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13716/13716.html CricketArchive |
Murray Bernard Hofmeyr (9 December 1925 - 17 May 2018) was a South African sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket in both England and South Africa.
After growing up in South Africa and attending Pretoria Boys High School,[1] Hofmeyr moved to England in 1948 as a Rhodes Scholar at Worcester College, Oxford. He represented Oxford University in both cricket and rugby union. From 1949 to 1951, Hofmeyr, an opening batsman, made 35 first-class appearances for the university and scored 2495 runs.
In the 1949 Varsity Match, Hofmeyr ‘played a dogged and courageous innings and carried his bat’—the first player from Oxford University to have done so in an intervarsity for sixty-eight years. He scored an unbeaten 64 (out of 169) and 54 in the unexpected defeat.[2] He had his most prolific year in 1950 when he scored 1063 runs at 55.94 and brought up four centuries.[3] His highest score, 161, came against Gloucestershire, in an innings where the next highest score was his opening partner Brian Boobbyer's 28.[4] Boobbyer would also partner Hofmeyr in the England rugby union team.
Playing as a full-back, Hofmeyr appeared in three of England's four Tests in the 1950 Five Nations Championship, against Wales, France and Scotland.[5] He played his club rugby for Harlequins and also represented the Barbarians.[6]
He captained the Oxford University Cricket Club in the 1951 season and then returned to South Africa. In the 1951/52 and 1952/53 Currie Cup competition, Hofmeyr was captain of North Eastern Transvaal and played a total of nine first-class matches, from which he made 683 runs at 48.78.[7]