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| Born | 14 December 1933 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–60 to 1960–61 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–63 to 1963–64 | North Eastern Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 29 August 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sidney Stanley (born 14 December 1933) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1959 to 1964.
A leg-spin bowler, Stanley made his first-class debut for Transvaal B in 1959–60. He was immediately promoted to the Transvaal first team for the Currie Cup A Section match against Western Province, and took 5 for 112 and 5 for 60 in a victory for Transvaal.[1] At the end of the season, he was included in trial matches for the South African tour of England but was not selected for the tour. Wisden said, "As a leg-spinner he was considered to have the most natural action this country has seen for a long time," and considered him unlucky not to be selected in the touring side.[2]
He was less successful for Transvaal in 1960–61, and played for North Eastern Transvaal in the B Section of the Currie Cup in 1962–63 and 1963–64, with reasonable success. That was the extent of his first-class career.[3]