Gerald Bond

Gerald Edward Bond (5 April 1909 – 27 August 1965) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1938.[1] He was born and died at Cape Town.

Gerald Bond
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
  • South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 28
Runs scored 0 1604
Batting average 0 41.12
100s/50s 0/0 1/11
Top score 0 170
Balls bowled 16 1462
Wickets - 20
Bowling average - 35.35
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - 0
Best bowling - 4/17
Catches/stumpings 0/- 11/-

Career

Bond was a right-handed middle- or upper-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played irregularly for Western Province from 1929-30. His best season was 1936-37 when he scored his only first-class century, a score of 170 for Western Province against Natal which was insufficient to prevent his side losing the match by an innings.[2] In the following game, opening the Western Province bowling against Border, he took four wickets for 17 runs with his medium-pace, the best bowling performance of his career.[3]

Bond's Test career was fleeting. He took two wickets (including Wally Hammond) in Western Province's match against the England team in 1938-39 and scored 13 in each innings.[4] He was then picked for the first Test of a five-match series. When England batted, he was the sixth bowler used and was given only two overs, in which he failed to take a wicket and conceded 16 runs; in the South African innings, the unsuccessful promotion of a nightwatchman meant that he batted at No 9 instead of No 3 or No 4 as he generally did for Western Province, and he was dismissed first ball, one of three first-ball dismissals in the innings.[5] He was not selected for South Africa again and in fact did not play any further first-class cricket either.

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References
  1. "Gerald Bond". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. "Scorecard: Natal v Western Province". www.cricketarchive.com. 6 March 1937. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. "Scorecard: Border v Western Province". www.cricketarchive.com. 13 March 1937. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. "Scorecard: Western Province v MCC". www.cricketarchive.com. 12 November 1938. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 24 December 1938. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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