Kelly Seymour

Kelly Seymour
	Seymour in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Michael Arthur Seymour
Born	5 June 1936; Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	17 February 2019 (aged 82); Cape Town, South Africa
Nickname	Kelly
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
International information
National side	South Africa;
Test debut	6 December 1963 v Australia
Last Test	22 January 1970 v Australia
Domestic team information
1960/61–1969/70	Western Province
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2016

Michael Arthur "Kelly" Seymour (5 June 1936 – 17 February 2019) was a South African cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1963 and 1970.^[1]^[2]

Career

A right-arm off-break bowler and lower-order batsman, Seymour made his first-class debut for

South African Universities in 1960–61. In his next match, while studying medicine at the University of Cape Town, he played for South African Universities against the New Zealand touring side in Pretoria in 1961–62, taking 7 for 80 and 5 for 72,^[3] which remained his career-best innings and match figures. Seeking a replacement off-spinner for the retired Hugh Tayfield

, the national selectors chose him later in the same tour for a South African Colts XI against the New Zealanders and, after a reasonably successful season in 1962–63 (15 wickets at 33.66), for the tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1963–64.

He took 15 wickets at 33.06 in the matches leading up to the First Test in Brisbane, but took no wickets in the Test. In the next match against Tasmania he took 5 for 65 and 2 for 60,

England the following season, taking only two wickets at high cost.^[8]

Seymour played no first-class cricket between December 1964 and November 1968, when he returned to play for Western Province in the "B" Section of the

series against Australia. He took 1 for 28 and 1 for 40 and South Africa won easily, but he was dropped from the Test team in favour of John Traicos, and played only one further first-class match before retiring at the end of the season.^[9]

He made his only first-class 50 in the match against South Australia in 1963–64 when, coming in with the score at 194 for 8, he hit 62 in a partnership of 108 in 75 minutes with Denis Lindsay.^[10]

References

^ "Kelly Seymour". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
^ "CSA pays tribute to Kelly Seymour". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ "South African Universities v New Zealanders 1961–62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Tasmania v South Africans 1963-64". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "5th Test, Sydney, February 07 - 12, 1964, South Africa tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story, Purfleet, Durban, 1965, p. 158.
^ "Personal Points", The Cricketer, April 1964, p. 27.
^ Wisden 1966, pp. 804–8.
^ Wisden 1971, pp. 892–93.
^ Wisden 1965, p. 825.

External links

Kelly Seymour at ESPNcricinfo

[1] "Kelly Seymour". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[2] "CSA pays tribute to Kelly Seymour". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

[3] "South African Universities v New Zealanders 1961–62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[4] "Tasmania v South Africans 1963-64". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[5] "5th Test, Sydney, February 07 - 12, 1964, South Africa tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[6] Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story, Purfleet, Durban, 1965, p. 158.

[TC-7] "Personal Points", The Cricketer, April 1964, p. 27.

[8] Wisden 1966, pp. 804–8.

[9] Wisden 1971, pp. 892–93.

[10] Wisden 1965, p. 825.

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