Jacobus Duminy

For the more recent South African cricketer, see JP Duminy.

Jacobus Duminy
Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Town
In office
1958–1967
ChancellorThe Hon. Mr Justice Albert van der Sandt Centlivres
Preceded byRW James
Succeeded byRichard Luyt
Personal details
Born(1897-12-16)16 December 1897
Bellville, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died31 January 1980(1980-01-31) (aged 82)
Cape Town, South Africa
Alma materUniversity College
Cricket information
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut24 December 1927 v England
Last Test13 July 1929 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 3 13
Runs scored 30 557
Batting average 5.00 29.31
100s/50s 0/0 1/3
Top score 12 168*
Balls bowled 60 915
Wickets 1 12
Bowling average 39.00 30.66
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/17 6/40
Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 September 2022

Jacobus Petrus Duminy (16 December 1897 – 31 January 1980) was a South African academic who became principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town.[1][2] As a young man, he was also a cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1927 to 1929.[3] He was born at Bellville, a suburb of Cape Town and died at Groote Schuur Hospital, also in Cape Town. In his obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack he is called "Johannes Petrus Duminy".[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Obituaries". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1981 ed.). Wisden. p. 1141.
  2. ^ East Africa and Rhodesia Volumes 42–43 – Page 857 1966 "... and Dr. Jacobus Duminy, principal of Cape Town University, the guest of honour."
  3. ^ "Jacobus Duminy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  4. ^ Keith A. P. Sandiford & Brian Stoddart, The Imperial Game: Cricket, Culture and Society 1998 Page 58 "While it is unwise to assign community on the basis of language, it would appear that after 1907 no Afrikaner appeared in a test for South Africa until Iacobus Petrus Duminy in 1927–28."
  5. ^ Ray Knowles South Africa versus England: a test cricket history Page 95 1995 "John Nicolson (Natat) and Jacobus Duminy (Transvaal), both left-handed batsmen, made their Test debuts in the 1927/28 series."
  6. ^ Jonty Winch, Bella Forsyth Wits sport: an illustrated history of sport at the University of ... 1989 Page 95 "The visiting team was captained by the 1927 Springbok lefthander, Jacobus Duminy, who was a professor at the university. He made top score of 47 in Pretoria's total of 106 and did well to fend off the fiery opening attack of Neville Rankin and ..."