Denis Begbie
{{short description|South African cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Denis Begbie
| image = File:Denis Begbie.jpg
| country = South Africa
| fullname = Denis Warburton Begbie
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|12|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Middelburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|3|10|1914|12|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = {{ubl|Right-arm off-break|Right-arm leg-break and googly}}
| role = All-rounder
| family =
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 16 December
| testdebutyear = 1948
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 166
| lasttestdate = 6 March
| lasttestyear = 1950
| lasttestagainst = Australia
| club1 = Transvaal
| year1 = {{nowrap|1933/34–1949/50}}
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 138
| bat avg1 = 19.71
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 48
| deliveries1 = 160
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 130.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/38
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 58
| runs2 = 2,727
| bat avg2 = 35.88
| 100s/50s2 = 6/8
| top score2 = 207*
| deliveries2 = 4,469
| wickets2 = 88
| bowl avg2 = 23.69
| fivefor2 = 5
| tenfor2 = 2
| best bowling2 = 7/96
| catches/stumpings2 = 27/–
| date = 10 March
| year = 2009
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/839/839.html CricketArchive
}}
Denis Warburton Begbie (12 December 1914 – 10 March 2009) was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches between 1948 and 1950.{{cite news|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/394715.html|title=Denis Begbie dies aged 94|date=10 March 2009|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2009-03-10}} He played first-class cricket for Transvaal between the 1933–34 and 1949–50 seasons.{{cite web |title=Denis Begbie |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/839/839.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=28 May 2025}}
Career
Begbie was a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler who could also bowl off-spin. He was selected for the South African tour of England in 1947, but did not play in any of the Test matches.Wisden 2010, p. 1657. He made his Test debut against England in December 1948 at the age of 34, playing the first three Tests of the five-match series. In the first Test he scored 37 and 48, falling both times to Alec Bedser, as England won by 2 wickets.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/southafrica/engine/match/62695.html|title=Scorecard for 1st Test South Africa vs England 1948/49 season}} In the second Test he was out for 5 as the match was drawn.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62696.html|title=Scorecard for 2nd Test South Africa vs England 1948/49 season}} In the third Test, he was run out for 18 as the match was again drawn.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62697.html|title=Scorecard for 3rd Test South Africa vs England 1948/49 season}} Begbie did not play the final two games of the series, which was won 2–0 by England.
He next played for South Africa in the fourth Test of the 1949–50 series against Australia. He was out for 24 to Keith Miller as the match was drawn.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62707.html|title=Scorecard for 4th Test South Africa vs Australia 1949/50 season}} In the final Test of the series, he was out for 1 to Geff Noblet in the first innings and then to Bill Johnston for 5 in the second and took his only Test wicket, bowling Neil Harvey for 116.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62708.html|title=Scorecard for 5th Test South Africa vs Australia 1949/50 season}} Australia crushed South Africa by an innings and 259 runs to seal a 4–0 series victory. This was Begbie's final Test match.
At the time of his death in March 2009, aged 94, Begbie was the third oldest Test cricketer still living, behind New Zealand's Eric Tindill and fellow South African Norman Gordon.
References
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External links
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Category:People from Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Category:South Africa Test cricketers