Bart King vs Van der Bijl

[AndyZaltzHair]

Both never played Int’ test cricket for one reason or another and regarded highly.

Van der Bijl average 16.54
Bart king average 15.66

 

[Coronis]

Both never played Int’ test cricket for one reason or another and regarded highly.

Van der Bijl average 16.54
Bart king average 15.66

Vince. Sorry Bart.

 

[BazBall21]

Vincent was nailed on for greatness.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

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[peterhrt]

South Africans' first-class career bowling averages during Isolation (11/3/1970-17/4/1992). Qualification 400 wickets.

van der Bijl 717 wickets @ 16
Procter 1070 @ 20
Hanley 408 @ 20
le Roux 838 @ 21
Rice 898 @ 22
Donald 466 @ 23
Kourie 421 @ 23
Clift 876 @ 24
Kenny Watson 446 @ 24
Jefferies 469 @ 27
Anton Ferreira 583 @ 30
Ontong 836 @ 31

Also: Barlow 368 @ 21, Hobson 374 @ 27.

Unofficial Tests involving South Africa 1982-90. Qualification 25 wickets.

Sylvester Clarke (WI) 37 wickets @ 16
van der Bijl 29 @ 19 (first match a week before 34th birthday)
Rice 28 @ 22
le Roux 59 @ 23
Rackemann (Aus) 34 @ 24
Jefferies 39 @ 29
Kourie 38 @ 33

English first-class bowling averages 1980. Qualification 65 wickets. (This was van der Bijl's only season in English first-class cricket, aged 32)

van der Bijl 85 wickets @ 14.72
Jackman 121 @ 15.40
Marshall 66 @ 17.72
Emburey 75 @ 20.24
Sylvester Clarke 79 @ 21.51
Daniel 67 @ 21.70
Hemmings 77 @ 22.07
Graham Stevenson 72 @ 23.18
Nash 74 @ 23.28
Nick Cook 75 @ 24.74
Tim Lamb 66 @ 26.13
Doshi 101 @ 26.73

Also: Garner 49 @ 13.93, Hadlee 29 @ 14.13, Imran Khan 54 @ 17.90, Procter 51 @ 18.25, Lillee 20 @ 19.55, Rice 39 @ 22.02,
Underwood 61 @ 23.24, Roberts 27 @ 24.33, Holding 44 @ 24.90, Croft 25 @ 27.60, Willis 49 @ 27.87, Botham 40 @ 34.67.

 

[peterhrt]

First-class records of some leading pre-Test and non-Test bowlers from Bart King's time.

Clifford Goodman (WI) 126 wickets @ 10.53. 8.4 wickets per match.
Alec Downes (NZ) 311 @ 14.67. 6.1 wpm.
Palwankar Baloo (India) 179 @ 15.21. 5.4 wpm.
Bart King (USA) 415 @ 15.66. 6.4 wpm.
Frank Tarrant (Aus) 1512 @ 17.49. 4.6 wpm.
Sydney Smith (WI) 955 @ 18.08. 4.5 wpm.

Also: JJ "Kodgee" Kotze (SA) 348 @ 17.86. 4.8 wpm. (Played 3 Tests: 6 wickets @ 40.50)

For comparison: Sydney Barnes (Eng) 719 @ 17.09. 5.4 wpm. (Played 27 Tests: 189 wickets @ 16.43)

Kotze was fast. Goodman and King fast-medium. Downes bowled off-spin; Baloo, Tarrant and Smith slow left-arm.

 

[Migara]

Rice was the second best bowler and averaged 46 with the bat. That easily tilts the balance.

 

[peterhrt]

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Rice was the second best bowler and averaged 46 with the bat. That easily tilts the balance.

Rice averaged 27 with the bat in unofficial Tests.