David Polkinghorne (cricketer)
David Andrew Polkinghorne (born 20 April 1964) is a South African banker and former first-class cricketer.
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Full name | David Andrew Polkinghorne | ||||||||||||||
Born | Durban, Natal, South Africa | 20 April 1964||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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1988 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 April 2020 |
Polkinghorne was born at Durban in April 1966. He was educated at Kearsney College, before going up to the University of Natal.[1] After completing his bachelor degree at the University of Natal, Polkinghorne studied in England as a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1988, playing against Hampshire, Kent and Nottinghamshire.[3]
After completing his masters at Oxford, he returned to South Africa where he worked in Johannesburg for Standard Bank. He returned to Durban in 1999, later becoming the managing director of Grindrod Bank, a position he still retains at the bank.[1] Polkinghorne is a trustee of Kearsney College.[1]
References
- "Development Fund" (PDF). www.kearsney.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- "Kearsney old boy to study neuroscience at Oxford". Highway Mail. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- "First-Class Matches played by David Polkinghorne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.