Vintcent van der Bijl

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Vince van der Bijl
Personal information
Full name
Vintcent Adriaan Pieter van der Bijl
Born (1949-03-19) 19 March 1949 (age 75)
Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Height6 ft 7+1⁄2 in (2.02 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967–1980
Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 156 92
Runs scored 2269 517
Batting average 16.20 15.66
100s/50s –/1 –/–
Top score 87 47
Balls bowled 5237
Wickets 767 132
Bowling average 16.54 18.06
5 wickets in innings 46 4
10 wickets in match 12 –
Best bowling 8/35 5/12
Catches/stumpings 51/– 21/–
Source: [1], 20 June 2019

Vintcent Adriaan Pieter van der Bijl (born 19 March 1948) is a retired South African

South Africa. His grandfather, V.A.W. van der Bijl (also Vintcent),[1] and great-uncle, Voltelin van der Bijl, also played first-class cricket for Western Province.[2]

He was educated at the Diocesan College Rondebosch, where he not only excelled at cricket, but, owing to his size and strength, was a useful

Datsun Shield
.

He gave up teaching in 1979 and went to work for

Transvaal
in 1982/3. In all, he played in 156 first-class matches, taking 767 wickets at an average of 16.55.

He was tall, 202 cm (6 ft 7½in), and bowled his

Cricinfo describes him as "one of the best bowlers not to play Test cricket
".

In 2008 he was named ICC umpires' and referees' manager.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Voltelin Albert William van der Bijl
  2. ^ The Blue Book: A History of Western Province Cricket, 1890-2011 page 51
  3. ^ a b Woodcock, John, ed. (1981). Wisden Cricketers' Almanac. Cricketer of the Year - 1981: Vintcent van der Bijl. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  4. ^ "First class bowling in England for 1980 (ordered by average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  5. ESPN Cricinfo
    . Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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