Graham Stuart Bunyard (17 October 1939 – 10 May 2018) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1959 to 1963.

A fast bowler, Bunyard made his first-class debut for Transvaal in the 1959–60 season, on the day before he turned 20. His first two wickets were Denis Compton and Godfrey Evans.[1] In his third match he took 5 for 35 against Rhodesia.[2] He finished the season with 23 wickets in seven matches at an average of 21.78.[3] He was one of the pace bowlers considered for selection for the tour to England in 1960 and later as a replacement during the tour when Geoff Griffin could no longer bowl, but he was not selected.[4]

Bunyard took 16 wickets at 24.31 in five matches in 1960–61 and toured England in 1961 with the South African Fezela XI of promising young players. He took 3 for 48 and 3 for 42 to help the Fezelas to an innings victory in the first-class match against Combined Services.[5] However, he played only one more first-class match, for Rhodesia two years later, when he was still only 23 years old. His last three wickets were Norm O'Neill, John Reid and Bill Alley.[6]

Bunyard became a tobacco farmer in Schagen, about 20 kilometres west of Nelspruit, in north-eastern Transvaal.[7]

References

  1. ^ Transvaal v Commonwealth XI 1959–60
  2. ^ Rhodesia v Transvaal 1959–60
  3. ^ Graham Bunyard bowling by season
  4. ^ Alfred, pp. 149, 152 & 162.
  5. ^ Combined Services v South Africa Fezelas 1961
  6. ^ Rhodesia v International Cavaliers 1962–63
  7. ^ Nel, Thelma (29 March 2016). "Familiar voice ignites memories". Lowvelder. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

Sources

  • Alfred, L. (2003) Testing Times: The Story of the Men who Made SA Cricket, Spearhead: Claremont, South Africa. ISBN 9780864865380.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Bunyard
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