Bill Lundie

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1888–1917)}}

{{distinguish|Bill Lunde}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Bill Lundie

| image = File:Bill Lundie.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Eric Balfour Lundie

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|3|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Willowvale, Cape Colony

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|9|12|1888|3|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Passchendaele salient, West Flanders, Belgium

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| club1 = Eastern Province

| year1 = 1908–09 to 1909–10

| club2 = Western Province

| year2 = 1909–10 to 1910–11

| club3 = Transvaal

| year3 = 1913–14

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 1

| bat avg1 = 1.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 1

| deliveries1 = 286

| wickets1 = 4

| bowl avg1 = 26.75

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/101

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 9

| runs2 = 126

| bat avg2 = 8.40

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 29

| deliveries2 = 1510

| wickets2 = 26

| bowl avg2 = 25.34

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/52

| catches/stumpings2= 7/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| onetest = true

| testdebutfor = South Africa

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 27 February

| testdebutyear = 1914

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46006.html Cricinfo

| date = 20 November 2017

}}

Eric Balfour "Bill" Lundie (15 March 1888 – 12 September 1917) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1914.{{cite web|title=Bill Lundie|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46006.html|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=20 November 2017}}

A fast bowler, Bill Lundie played eight first-class matches for three provinces between 1909 and 1914. His best figures were 6 for 52 in Eastern Province's loss to Border in 1908–09.{{cite web|title=Border v Eastern Province|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7782.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2017}} His only Test, and last first-class match, was the Fifth Test in England's tour of South Africa in 1913–14. Opening the bowling, and bowling into the wind, he took 4 for 101 off 46.3 overs as England made 411.{{cite web|title=5th Test, England tour of South Africa at Port Elizabeth, Feb 27-Mar 3 1914|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17629/scorecard/62520/South-Africa-vs-England-5th-Test-england-tour-of-south-africa-1913-14|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=21 November 2017}}Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 295. It was the last Test match before World War I.

In the war, Lundie served with the South African Service Corps before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. He was killed by shellfire during the Battle of Passchendaele on 12 September 1917.Nigel McCrery, Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War, Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, 2015. p. 352.