Errol Draper

{{short description|South African cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Errol Draper

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| fullname = Errol John Draper

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|9|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa

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| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| family = Ronald Draper (brother)

| club1 = Eastern Province

| year1 = 1951/52

| club2 = Griqualand West

| year2 = {{nowrap|1953/54–1967/68}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 59

| runs1 = 2,733

| bat avg1 = 26.79

| 100s/50s1 = 4/13

| top score1 = 118

| deliveries1 = 1,554

| wickets1 = 22

| bowl avg1 = 36.86

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/114

| catches/stumpings1= 43/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44908.html Cricinfo

| date = 26 September

| year = 2015

}}

Errol John Draper (born 27 September 1934) is a former South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1951 to 1968.{{cite web |title=Errol Draper |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25342/25342.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=27 October 2022}}

At 17 Errol Draper followed his elder brother Ron into the Eastern Province team in the 1951–52 season, taking 6 for 114 in the first innings of his debut Currie Cup match.Wisden 1953, p. 865. He played only once more for Eastern Province before following Ron to Griqualand West, where he played as a middle-order batsman and occasional left-arm spinner. His best seasons were 1954–55 (407 runs at an average of 37.00) and 1955–56 (435 at 39.54),{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25342/f_Batting_by_Season.html| title = First-class batting in each season by Errol Draper| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 September 2015}} but he remained a regular member of the team until 1967–68, when he made his highest score, 118 against Orange Free State, his third century against Orange Free State in his final first-class match.Wisden 1969, p. 905. He captained Griqualand West in the Currie Cup in 1959–60 and from 1962–63 to 1967–68.