Jacobus Francois "Flooi" du Toit (2 April 1869 – 10 July 1909) was a South African cricket player of the 1890s.
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| Full name | Jacobus Francois du Toit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1869 Jacobsdal, Orange Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 July 1909 (aged 40) Lindley, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 16) | 19 March 1892 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flooi du Toit has the distinction of making a combined first-class and Test debut. He was Orange Free State's most successful bowler in their match against W. W. Read's English team in March 1892, taking five wickets and making useful runs.[1] Along with Godfrey Cripps, Charles Fichardt and Ernest Halliwell, also combined debutants, du Toit was selected for the only Test match against the English team, which began a few days later. In a match England won by an innings and 189 runs, du Toit scored 0 not out and 2 not out, took one wicket (the England captain's) for 47 runs, and held one catch.[2]
Du Toit was born in Jacobsdal in Orange Free State on 2 April 1869. He married Louisa Harriett Streak in Mafeking in December 1902,[3] and they had three children. He worked as the resident magistrate in Lindley, in Orange River Colony, where he died on 10 July 1909, aged 40.[4][5] His death went unrecorded in cricket circles and no obituary appeared for him in Wisden at the time.
References
edit- ^ "Orange Free State v WW Read's XI 1891-92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Only Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19-22 1892". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Cape Province. Marriage Certificates". Family Search. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ "Orange Free State. Probate Estate Case Files". Family Search. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ "Flooi du Toit". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
External links
edit- Flooi du Toit at ESPNcricinfo
- Flooi du Toit at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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