12 Facts About Bert Vogler

Albert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer.

Bert Vogler rose to prominence during the 1906 home Test series and then in England the following year: he was described during the latter as the best bowler in the world by Tip Foster, and named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

Bert Vogler did not play a first-class match following the end of the tour in the spring of 1911.

Bert Vogler began his cricket career for Natal as an attacking lower order right-handed batsman and fast medium bowler before acquiring the googly from Reggie Schwarz on that player's return from England after the 1904 tour.

Bert Vogler did not fulfill this intention despite bowling so well in 1906 for MCC that in a very dry summer he took 63 wickets for less than twenty runs apiece, including nine for 44 against the West Indian tourists.

Bert Vogler's batting showed such development that he scored 62 not out going in last.

Eastern Province batted upon winning the toss, and Bert Vogler second top-scored with 79 to help his team to 403 all out.

In 1907, Bert Vogler went to England with one of the best bowling sides to tour that country, and did well in a summer of soft wickets which took all the spin he could get on the ball.

Bert Vogler was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1908, and when these statistics were posthumously compiled became the earliest South African to be named a Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.

Bert Vogler hit to that point the fastest fifty in the history of Test cricket, hitting George Thompson for 22 in a single over.

Bert Vogler failed as a batsman, averaging only nine an innings as against 21 in England in 1907 on much more difficult pitches.

Bert Vogler died in August 1946 from lobar pneumonia and brain disease.