| Sid O'Linn | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fullname: | Sidney O'Linn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Oudtshoorn, Cape Province | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Randburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting: | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role: | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International: | true | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Internationalspan: | 1960–1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Testdebutdate: | 9 June | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Testdebutyear: | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Testdebutfor: | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Testdebutagainst: | England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lasttestdate: | 26 December | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lasttestyear: | 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lasttestfor: | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lasttestagainst: | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club1: | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year1: | 1945/46–1946/47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club2: | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year2: | 1951–1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club3: | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Columns: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Column1: | Tests | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Matches1: | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs1: | 297 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bat Avg1: | 27.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top Score1: | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deliveries1: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wickets1: | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl Avg1: | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fivefor1: | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tenfor1: | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best Bowling1: | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Column2: | First-class | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Matches2: | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs2: | 4,525 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bat Avg2: | 35.62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 100S/50S2: | 4/29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top Score2: | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deliveries2: | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wickets2: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl Avg2: | 59.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fivefor2: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tenfor2: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best Bowling2: | 2/14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 97/6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46677.html CricInfo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | 24 October | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year: | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sidney O'Linn (5 May 1927 – 11 December 2016) was a South African sportsman who played Test cricket in seven Tests for South Africa between 1960 and 1961 and professional football for South Africa.
Born Sidney Olinsky into a Jewish family,[2] he was a left-hander who batted down the order. He was a member of the South African tour of England in 1960,[3] the first to be confronted by anti-apartheid demonstrations, and scored 98 (his highest in Tests) in six hours at Trent Bridge before being caught in the slips by Colin Cowdrey.[4]
O'Linn was also a footballer, having played for South Africa against Australia in 1947,[3] and later making 187 appearances for Charlton Athletic in the English First Division.[5] [6] While playing football in England, he played cricket for Kent County Cricket Club, where he was the deputy wicket-keeper from 1951 to 1954.[6] He died in Randburg on 11 December 2016.[7] [8]