Bob Crisp

Bob Crisp
Crisp in 1935
Personal information
Full name
Robert James Crisp
Born(1911-05-28)28 May 1911
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died3 March 1994(1994-03-03) (aged 82)
Colchester, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut15 June 1935 v England
Last Test28 February 1936 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1929–1931Rhodesia
1931–1936Western Province
1938Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test FC
Matches 9 62
Runs scored 123 888
Batting average 10.25 13.05
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 35 45
Balls bowled 1,429 10,968
Wickets 20 276
Bowling average 37.35 19.88
5 wickets in innings 1 21
10 wickets in match 0 4
Best bowling 5/99 9/64
Catches/stumpings 3/– 27/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 21 December 2009

Robert James Crisp DSO, MC (28 May 1911 – 3 March 1994) was a South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches between 1935 and 1936. He appeared for Rhodesia, Western Province, Worcestershire and South Africa. Though his Test bowling average lay over 37.00, Crisp had a successful first-class cricket career, with 276 wickets at 19.88.[1] He is the only bowler in first-class cricket to have taken four wickets in four balls more than once.[2][3]

He went on to a career in journalism and writing, publishing several accounts of his career in World War II and earning a reputation as an adventurer.

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Bob Crisp". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. ^ Firth, David (December 2009). "Survival of the fastest". Wisden Cricketer. 7 (4). Wisden: 14.
  3. ^ "Vijay Cricket's darkest day". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2017.