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Full name | David Bartlett Pithey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Salisbury, Rhodesia | 4 October 1936|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 January 2018 Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 81)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Source: Cricinfo, 11 August 2021 |
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.