Roelof Oosthuizen Explained

Roelof Oosthuizen
Nickname:Kalf
Birth Date:1894
Birth Place:Steynsburg, Cape Colony
Death Date:1947 (age 53)
Death Place:Steynsburg
Batting:Left-handed
Club1:Border
Year1:1913–14
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:24
Bat Avg1:12.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:23
Deliveries1:114
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46698.html Cricinfo
Date:2 April 2017

Roelof Oosthuizen (1894 –1947) was a cricketer who played one match of first-class cricket for Border in 1913.

While aged 19 and a boarder at Selborne College in East London, Oosthuizen made his first-class debut for Border, alongside another Selbornian, Lawrence Miles, against the touring MCC in November 1913. He top-scored in Border's second innings with a hard-hitting 23.[1] [2] The MCC players rated him as one of the best young players in South Africa and presented him with an MCC cap.[1]

Despite this initial success, Oosthuizen never played major cricket again. After he left school he returned to the family sheep farm in the Karoo. He fought with South African forces in the South West Africa campaign in World War I.[1]

Oosthuizen died of heart failure at the family farm in 1947, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, and a son, Ochert.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Glyn. Williams. The Cricket Statistician . 2000 . 19–21 . Looking for Rudolph, Ray or Roy – Who Turns Out to be Roelof. 109.
  2. Web site: Border v MCC 1913–14. CricketArchive. 2 April 2017.