Gerald Edward Bond (5 April 1909 – 27 August 1965) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1938.[1] He was born and died at Cape Town.

Gerald Bond
Personal information
Born(1909-04-05)5 April 1909
Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died27 August 1965(1965-08-27) (aged 56)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1929/30–1938/39Western Province
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 28
Runs scored 0 1604
Batting average 0 41.12
100s/50s 0/0 1/11
Top score 0 170
Balls bowled 16 1462
Wickets 0 20
Bowling average 35.35
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/17
Catches/stumpings 0/– 11/–

Career

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Bond was a right-handed middle- or upper-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played irregularly for Western Province from 1929–30. His best season was 1936–37 when he scored his only first-class century, a score of 170 for Western Province against Natal which was insufficient to prevent his side losing the match by an innings.[2] In the following game, opening the Western Province bowling against Border, he took four wickets for 17 runs with his medium-pace, the best bowling performance of his career.[3]

Bond's Test career was fleeting. He took two wickets (including Wally Hammond) in Western Province's match against the England team in 1938–39 and scored 13 in each innings.[4] He was then picked for the first Test of a five-match series. When England batted, he was the sixth bowler used and was given only two overs, in which he failed to take a wicket and conceded 16 runs; in the South African innings, the unsuccessful promotion of a nightwatchman meant that he batted at no. 9 instead of no. 3 or no. 4 as he generally did for Western Province, and he was dismissed first ball, one of three first-ball dismissals in the innings.[5] He was not selected for South Africa again and in fact did not play any further first-class cricket either.

References

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  1. ^ "Gerald Bond". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Scorecard: Natal v Western Province". www.cricketarchive.com. 6 March 1937. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Scorecard: Border v Western Province". www.cricketarchive.com. 13 March 1937. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Scorecard: Western Province v MCC". www.cricketarchive.com. 12 November 1938. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 24 December 1938. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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