Pieter van der Bijl

Pieter van der Bijl
Personal information
Born(1907-10-21)21 October 1907
Kenilworth, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died16 February 1973(1973-02-16) (aged 65)
Kalk Bay, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RelationsVintcent van der Bijl (son)
Voltelin van der Bijl (uncle)
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1925-26 to 1939-40Western Province
1931 to 1932Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 5 44
Runs scored 460 2692
Batting average 51.11 40.17
100s/50s 1/2 5/18
Top score 125 195
Balls bowled 406
Wickets 5
Bowling average 31.60
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/20
Catches/stumpings 1/- 36/2

Pieter Gerhard Vintcent van der Bijl (21 October 1907 in Kenilworth, South Africa – 16 February 1973 in Kalk Bay, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1938–39.[1] His son, Vintcent, also had a successful first-class cricket career.

The son of one Western Province cricketer and the nephew of another, Pieter van der Bijl was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Town, and was then a Rhodes Scholar at Brasenose College, University of Oxford from 1928.[2] A newspaper report in 1930 said that van der Bijl was "reputed to be the tallest man in Oxford".[3] In many reports then and later, his surname was spelled "van der Byl".

  1. ^ "Pieter van der Bijl". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Rhodes Scholars, complete list". rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  3. ^ "University Sport: Oxford Prospects". The Times. No. 45653. London. 25 October 1930. p. 7.