Steytler Thwaits
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| Full name | Steytler Abbott Thwaits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1910 Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 1980 (aged 69) Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939/40–1947/48 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949/50–1954/55 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steytler Abbott Thwaits (27 November 1910 – 13 October 1980) was a South African cricketer.[1] He played in 41 first-class matches for Eastern Province and Western Province between 1939–40 and 1954–55.[2]
Thwaits was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and useful lower-order batsman.[3] His best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 43 for Eastern Province against Orange Free State in the 1939–40 season.[4] In the 1946–47 Currie Cup, also against Orange Free State, he made his only century, scoring 147 batting at number six.[5] Later that season, when Border needed just 42 in their second innings to defeat Eastern Province, Thwaites and Sid Hird bowled them out for 34, Thwaites taking 4 for 13.[1][6]
Thwaits played his last match of first-class cricket in the 1954–55 season when he was 44, taking 5 for 57 and 4 for 67 for Western Province against Natal in the Currie Cup.[7]
Thwaits worked as a schoolteacher. He died in Port Elizabeth in 1980, aged 69.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Eastern Province defend 42 against Border, Currie Cup 1946-47, courtesy Sydney Hird". Cricket Country. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Steytler Thwaits". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Steytler Thwaits". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Eastern Province v Orange Free State 1939-40". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Eastern Province v Orange Free State 1946-47". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Border v Eastern Province 1946-47". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Western Province v Natal 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Death Notices: Cape Province. Probate Estate Case Files 1980". Family Search. Retrieved 31 July 2025.