13 Facts About David Pithey

David Bartlett Pithey was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in eight Tests for South Africa from 1963 to 1967.

David Pithey was educated at Plumtree School, and was selected for South Africa Schools in 1954.

David Pithey took 5 for 105 in the first innings and scored 40 in the second innings to help his side avoid defeat.

David Pithey played regularly in domestic cricket before winning a Rhodes Scholarship and taking up studies at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1959.

David Pithey played 37 first-class matches for the university team in 1960,1961 and 1962, hitting his first century, 133 against Glamorgan at Oxford in May 1961, when he opened the batting.

David Pithey took his career-best figures of 7 for 47 against the Australian touring team two weeks later, at Oxford, in what Wisden described as a "devastating spell" in which he "perplexed the Australians".

David Pithey took 11 wickets at 34.09 in the matches leading up to the First Test and was selected for the first three Tests, but failed to take a wicket, scored only 39 runs at 7.80 batting at number eight, and lost his place to Seymour.

David Pithey was unlucky in the second innings of the Third Test in Sydney, when several catches were dropped off his bowling.

David Pithey regained his spot in the three Tests in New Zealand, where he took 12 wickets at 18.66, including his best Test figures of 6 for 58 in the second innings of the Second Test at Dunedin.

David Pithey played in the North v South trial match at the end of the season.

David Pithey returned to the Test side for the Second and Third Tests.

David Pithey worked as head of marketing at Kearsney College in Natal until 1995.

David Pithey died in January 2018 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for some years.