Nicolaas Hendrik Christiaan de Jong Theunissen (4 May 1867 – 9 November 1929) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1889. He became a minister.
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| Full name | Nicolaas Hendrik Christiaan de Jong Theunissen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1867 Colesberg, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 November 1929 (aged 62) Greylingstad, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 14) | 25 March 1889 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
Described at the time as "a right-hander who bumps them down rather short, with variety of pace and a quick break back",[1] Theunissen was an opening bowler who took 34 wickets in three non-first-class matches for provincial sides against the touring R. G. Warton's XI in 1888–89.[2] Some of the English batsmen were hampered by blows on the knuckles and the ribs from his deliveries.[1]
At the time of the tour, Theunissen was studying theology at Stellenbosch University, where his professors refused to give him time off to play for South Africa in the First Test in March 1889.[3] He was allowed to play in the Second Test at the end of the tour, when he opened South Africa's bowling but failed to take a wicket.[4]
In 1889–90 Theunissen played two first-class matches in Cape Town. In the first, he took 5 for 55 and 6 for 53 for Western Province against Natal.[5] In the second, which began the day after the previous one ended, he took 2 for 47 and 7 for 41 for Cape Town Clubs against Natal.[6]
From 1916 until his death in 1929, Theunissen was a minister in the Transvaal town of Greylingstad.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "The English Team in South Africa", Cricket, 24 January 1889, pp. 1–4.
- ^ "RG Warton's XI in South Africa 1888/89". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Richard Parry & André Odendaal, Swallows and Hawke: England's Cricket Tours, the MCC and the Making of South Africa 1888–1968, Pitch Publishing, Chichester, 2022, p. 63.
- ^ "2nd Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 25–26 1889". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Western Province v Natal 1889–90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Cape Town Clubs v Natal 1889–90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "THEUNISSEN N.H.G. De J. 1867–1929". eGGSA. Retrieved 28 December 2021.