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28-688: The first one was played in the 1969-70 season and was won by an Eddie Barlow XI representing Western Province . The tournament was known as : The competition was a 60-over per side knockout tournament. It featured section A and B Currie Cup teams competing in the first round of eight, with the winners going through to the semi-finals, with a final at the Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg . A South Africa African XI composed of Black African players competed in 1975-76 and 1976-77. This inexperienced team lost their two games by over 200 runs with Alan Barrow scoring 202 not out for Natal in 1975. For

56-599: A point about Barlow's behaviour. The local South African papers attacked England for this, and later in the same match, English batsman Ken Barrington caused a greater furore when he walked despite not being given out by the same umpire that had not given Barlow out. In addition to his 30 official Tests, Barlow also played in 5 matches for the Rest of the World side that toured England in 1970 that were originally designated as Test matches, though they were later stripped of Test status. In

84-499: A widow. David Pithey David Bartlett Pithey (4 October 1936 – 21 January 2018) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in eight Tests for South Africa from 1963 to 1967. As well as playing for Rhodesia and Western Province , he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Northamptonshire . Christopher Martin-Jenkins described him as "spasmodically brilliant". His brother, Tony , also played Test cricket for South Africa; they played together in five of

112-677: The apartheid policy then in place in his homeland. He had already stood for the liberal Progressive Federal Party at a parliamentary election for the Simonstown seat in 1980, losing by only 1000 votes. Barlow took up a post as Director of the South African Sports Office in London and afterwards he became a cricket coach. He was appointed coach at Gloucestershire but due to his father's death, he had to leave after two seasons. He coached Orange Free State and then Transvaal. He then became

140-744: The "A" Section of the Currie Cup. He played in the North v. South trial match at the end of the season. Selected for a South African XI in a match against the Australian touring team before the Test series in 1966–67, he had match figures of 49.4–25–86–5 in an important victory for the home side. He returned to the Test side for the Second and Third Tests. In the second innings of the Second Test he made 55 (his next best Test score

168-415: The 1962–63 season, he played for Rhodesia in the "B" Section of the Currie Cup, scoring 556 runs at 32.70 and taking 26 wickets at 26.88. Against North-Eastern Transvaal at Pretoria, opening the batting, he hit his highest first-class score of 166. Along with his fellow off-spinner Kelly Seymour , he was selected for the tour to Australasia in 1963–64. He took 11 wickets at 34.09 in the matches leading up to

196-605: The 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons in which the tournament ran, and captained the WSC Cavaliers side which played in many non-SuperTest matches. In 1976 Eddie went to Derbyshire as the overseas professional and took over the captaincy halfway through his first season. His methods were revolutionary for the times, but he took the team to a final in the Benson & Hedges Cup at Lord's in the 1978 season . After his retirement, Barlow became more active in espousing his liberal views against

224-433: The 1980-81 season semi-final matches were the best of three. In 1981-82 the matches were 55 overs per side. For 1986-87 and 1987-88 there were two groups of four teams with the top two teams going through to the semi-finals. From the 1989-90 season minor teams and country teams were admitted to make a first round of 16 teams. In the 1990-91 season substitutes were permitted with 14 players named and 6 substitutes allowed. This

252-600: The Australian touring team two weeks later, also at Oxford, in what Wisden described as a "devastating spell" in which he "perplexed the Australians". In 1962 he appeared briefly for Northamptonshire in the County Championship, and also played for the Gentlemen in the last Gentlemen v Players match to be played at Lord's . Along with his cricket blue for Oxford he also gained a hockey blue. Returning to Rhodesia for

280-455: The First Test against New Zealand in 1961–62 and South Africa's isolation after the series against Australia in 1969–70. In 1963–64 he became the first South African player to make a century in his first Test match against Australia. He scored 603 runs in the series including a double century at Adelaide . During England's 1964–65 tour of South Africa, Barlow became embroiled in controversy in

308-583: 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. He was unlucky in the second innings of the Third Test in Sydney, when several catches were dropped off his bowling. He 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

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336-538: The Tests on the 1963–64 tour of Australasia. He was educated at Plumtree School , and was selected for South Africa Schools in 1954. An off-spin bowler and useful batsman at various positions in the order, David Pithey made his first-class debut for Rhodesia in 1956–57. He attended the University of Cape Town and was selected for South African Universities against the Australian touring team in 1957–58. He took 5 for 105 in

364-600: The Witwatersrand and played cricket for the South African Schools XI and South African Universities . He made his first-class debut for Transvaal B against Griqualand West in 1959–60, scoring 72 batting at number four and not bowling. He began bowling in first-class matches in 1960–61 when he was promoted to the main Transvaal side. He hit his first century that season, 110 not out against North-Eastern Transvaal in

392-422: The competition seven times in eight years between 1979 and 1986. Gillette Cup Datsun Shield Nissan Shield Total Power Series Transvaal won 9 times, Western Province and Eastern Province 4 each, Natal 3, Orange Free State 2, Rhodesia and Eddie Barlow XI 1 each. Eddie Barlow Edgar John Barlow (12 August 1940 – 30 December 2005) was a South African cricketer (an all rounder). Barlow

420-399: The final match of the season, a match in which he also took five wickets. He toured England with the young Fezelas team in 1961; he was a last-minute replacement for David Pithey , who had had to withdraw. Opening the batting for the first time, Barlow hit 36, 22 and 110 in his two first-class matches. Barlow played 30 Tests for South Africa , never missing a match between his debut in

448-519: The first coach of the newly formed Super Juice Academy which was based in the Western Cape and was a feeder for Western Province and Boland cricket. In 1996 he acquired a wine farm in the Robertson region of the Western Cape which he named "Windfall" because he and his wife considered they bought it at a good price. From concentrating on that, he was lured back to Griqualand West to coach at Kimberley. He

476-518: The first innings and scored 40 in the second innings to help his side avoid defeat. He played regularly in domestic cricket before winning a Rhodes Scholarship and taking up studies at St Edmund Hall, Oxford , in 1959. He 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. He took his career-best figures of 7 for 47 (off 27 overs) against

504-412: The fourth of these "Tests" at Headingley he achieved what was then the 17th hat-trick ; after a further dot ball, Barlow took another wicket to make it four wickets in five balls. Barlow finished with first-innings figures of 7 for 64, which would have been his best Test figures, and match figures of 12 for 142, which would have been his only 10-wicket Test match haul. Barlow's last official Test series

532-420: The second innings of the Second Test at Dunedin. (It was the only occasion of a South African spinner taking six or more wickets in a Test innings in the 40 years between Hugh Tayfield , 6 for 78 in 1956–57, and Paul Adams , 6 for 55 in 1996–97.) He played three matches in the 1964–65 season without success but found better form in 1965–66, scoring 376 runs at 37.60 and taking 13 wickets at 32.15 for Rhodesia in

560-506: The third Test at Newlands after he survived a bat-pad chance when England bowler Fred Titmus thought he had had Barlow caught by Peter Parfitt in the gully. It was already an ill-tempered series, and when Barlow went on to complete his hundred it was little recognised by the England players. Instead, when Tony Pithey reached his half-century shortly afterwards, the England players went overboard in their congratulations to him, seemingly to make

588-413: The timid defensive tactics which for so many years kept South Africa a second-rate cricket country". He was nicknamed "Bunter" because of his supposed resemblance to Billy Bunter . A stand at Newlands Cricket Ground was to have been named after Barlow but due to opposition from some of the voting clubs it has been "put on hold". Barlow was educated at Pretoria Boys High School and the University of

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616-570: Was 18), adding 86 for the eighth wicket with Peter Pollock to help give South Africa some chance of victory after they had had to follow on. However, he took no wickets in either Test and lost his place to Jackie du Preez . In his five Tests against Australia he had taken no wickets for 353 runs. He played the 1967–68 season for Transvaal in the "A" Section of the Currie Cup, then retired. He worked as head of marketing at Kearsney College in Natal until 1995. He and his wife Sarie had two daughters and

644-414: Was South Africa's 4–0 whitewashing of Australia in 1969–70. He was selected for the tours of England in 1970 and Australia in 1971–72 , but both tours were cancelled in the face of anti- apartheid protests. When Kerry Packer began his World Series Cricket tournament in 1977–78, it gave a new avenue for the leading South African cricketers to play international cricket. Barlow was signed up for both

672-547: Was also involved with disabled cricket in Wales. Though he was not (as often erroneously stated) a full-time wheelchair user, he could only walk very slowly, so it was easier to get from A to B in the wheelchair, and for the days when he coached he used an electric scooter which was provided for him by the PCA. He died after a brain haemorrhage in Jersey on 30 December 2005, leaving his third wife

700-574: Was born in Pretoria , Transvaal , South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–60 to 1967–68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968–69 to 1980–81. During this time he also played three seasons with Derbyshire in the English County Championship from 1976 – 1978. He completed his first-class career in Boland in 1982–83. Barlow

728-578: Was introduced to "encourage inventiveness and enterprise" The following season, 1991–92, the competition reverted to 11 per side as South Africa had been re-admitted to the ICC . The final season's, 1992–93, matches were 50 overs per side. The Benson and Hedges Series, now known as the MTN Domestic Championship , is South Africa's domestic one-day tournament. Transvaal was the most successful team. Their "Mean Machine" side, mainly led by Clive Rice , won

756-467: Was named as one of the six South African Cricket Annual players of the year in 1962. The bespectacled Barlow was both a popular and easily recognisable figure in South African cricket from the 1960s onwards. A prodigious run-maker and frequent wicket-taker, he was one of the leading all-rounders on the world stage in the 1960s. According to Louis Duffus , Barlow "did more than anyone else to break down

784-583: Was then invited to become the national coach of Bangladesh in 1999 and helped put together the plans that enabled the country to achieve official Test status the following year. In 2000 he suffered a stroke in Bangladesh which put him initially in intensive care and then a wheelchair. He was forced to sell the wine farm in 2001 to pay for medical bills that his insurer refused to pay. Later he moved to North Wales , where he continued to coach locally at Marchwiel & Wrexham and also NE Wales Development squads. He

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