Errol Draper
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Errol John Draper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1934 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ronald Draper (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951/52 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953/54–1967/68 | Griqualand West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Errol John Draper (born 27 September 1934) is a former South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1951 to 1968.[1]
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.[2] 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),[3] 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.[4] He captained Griqualand West in the Currie Cup in 1959–60 and from 1962–63 to 1967–68.
References[edit]
- ^ "Errol Draper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Wisden 1953, p. 865.
- ^ "First-class batting in each season by Errol Draper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ Wisden 1969, p. 905.