Kim Elgie

{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1933)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Kim Elgie

| image =

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| fullname = Michael Kelsey Elgie

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|3|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Berea, Durban, Natal, South Africa

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| club1 = Natal

| year1 = {{nowrap|1957/58–1961/62}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 75

| bat avg1 = 12.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 56

| deliveries1 = 66

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 4/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 32

| runs2 = 1,834

| bat avg2 = 36.67

| 100s/50s2 = 3/13

| top score2 = 162*

| deliveries2 = 760

| wickets2 = 10

| bowl avg2 = 40.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/16

| catches/stumpings2= 25/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutagainst = New Zealand

| testdebutdate = 8 December

| testdebutyear = 1961

| lasttestdate = 1 January

| lasttestagainst = New Zealand

| lasttestyear = 1962

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44955.html Cricinfo

| date = 3 December

| year = 2020

}}

Michael Kelsey "Kim" Elgie (born 6 March 1933) is a former South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in the 1961–62 series against New Zealand. He was also a rugby union footballer, who played for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews in the 1950s.

Elgie was educated at Michaelhouse before attending university in Scotland.{{cite book |last1=Brooke |first1=Robert |title=The Collins Who's Who of English First-Class Cricket, 1945-1984 |date=1985 |publisher=Collins |location=London |isbn=0002180960 |page=82}} A middle-order right-handed batsman and occasional left-arm spin bowler, he played first-class cricket for Natal from 1957–58 to 1961–62, and toured England with the Fezelas in 1961. He hit his top first-class score of 162 not out for Natal against Border in the 1959–60 season in a match in which 38 wickets fell for 418 runs.Andrew Ward, Cricket's Strangest Matches, Robson, 1999, pp. 186–88.{{cite web |title=Border v Natal 1959-60 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1959-60/RSA_LOCAL/CSC/SCORECARDS/BOR_NATAL_CSC_19-22DEC1959.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=20 January 2024}}

With the death of Godfrey Lawrence in March 2025, Elgie became the oldest living South African Test cricketer.{{cite web |title=Oldest living players in Tests |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/oldest-living-players-283742 |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=2 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=The 11 oldest living players in Test cricket |url=https://www.cricket365.com/test-cricket/oldest-living-players-in-test-cricket |website=Cricket365 |access-date=2 April 2025}}