Graham Bunyard
Graham Stuart Bunyard (17 October 1939 – 10 May 2018) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1959 to 1963.
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| Full name | Graham Stuart Bunyard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 1939 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 May 2018 (aged 78) Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959-60 to 1960-61 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962-63 | Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A fast bowler, Bunyard made his first-class debut for Transvaal in the 1959-60 season, on the day before he turned 20. His first two wickets were Denis Compton and Godfrey Evans.[1] In his third match he took 5 for 35 against Rhodesia.[2] He finished the season with 23 wickets in seven matches at an average of 21.78.[3] He was one of the pace bowlers considered for selection for the tour to England in 1960 and later as a replacement during the tour when Geoff Griffin could no longer bowl, but was not selected.[4]
Bunyard took 16 wickets at 24.31 in five matches in 1960-61 and toured England in 1961 with the South African Fezela XI of promising young players. He took 3 for 48 and 3 for 42 to help the Fezelas to an innings victory over Combined Services.[5] However, he played only one more first-class match, for Rhodesia two years later, when he was still only 23 years old. His last three wickets were Norm O'Neill, John Reid and Bill Alley.[6]
He became a tobacco farmer in Schagen, about 20 kilometres west of Nelspruit, in north-eastern Transvaal.[7]
References
- Transvaal v Commonwealth XI 1959-60
- Rhodesia v Transvaal 1959-60
- Graham Bunyard bowling by season
- Alfred, pp. 149, 152 & 162.
- Combined Services v South Africa Fezelas 1961
- Rhodesia v International Cavaliers 1962-63
- Nel, Thelma. "Familiar voice ignites memories". Lowvelder. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
Sources
- Alfred, L. (2003) Testing Times: The Story of the Men who Made SA Cricket, Spearhead: Claremont, South Africa. ISBN 9780864865380.