 Pithey (right) with his brother Tony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Bartlett Pithey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1936 Salisbury, Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 January 2018 (aged 81) Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tony Pithey (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 6 December 1963 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 20 January 1967 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Bartlett Pithey (4 October 1936 – 21 January 2018) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in eight Tests for South Africa from 1963 to 1967. As well as playing for Rhodesia and Western Province, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Northamptonshire. Christopher Martin-Jenkins described him as "spasmodically brilliant".[1] His brother, Tony, also played Test cricket for South Africa; they played together in five of the Tests on the 1963–64 tour of Australasia.
- ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, London, 1983, p. 306.