Denis Begbie

Denis Begbie

Personal information
Full name	Denis Warburton Begbie
Born	(1914-12-12)12 December 1914 Middelburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died	10 March 2009(2009-03-10) (aged 94) Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break Right-arm leg-break and googly
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 166)	16 December 1948 v England
Last Test	6 March 1950 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1933/34–1949/50	Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 5 58 Runs scored 138 2,727 Batting average 19.71 35.88 100s/50s 0/0 6/8 Top score 48 207* Balls bowled 160 4,469 Wickets 1 88 Bowling average 130.00 23.69 5 wickets in innings 0 5 10 wickets in match 0 2 Best bowling 1/38 7/96 Catches/stumpings 2/– 27/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 March 2009

Denis Warburton Begbie (12 December 1914 – 10 March 2009)^[1] was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches between 1948 and 1950. He was born in Middelburg, Transvaal. At the time of his death he was the third oldest Test cricketer still living after New Zealand's Eric Tindill and fellow South African Norman Gordon.