Nicolaas Theunissen
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
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] Selected for South Africa in the Second Test at the end of the tour, he opened the bowling but failed to take a wicket.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
From 1916 until his death in 1929, Theunissen was a minister in the Transvaal town of Greylingstad.[6]
References
- "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.
- "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.