Flooi du Toit

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Flooi du Toit
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Left-arm medium
tests = 1
test runs = 2
test bat avg = -
test 100s/50s = 0 / 0
test top score = 2*
test balls = 85
test wickets = 1
test bowl avg = 47.00
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 1 / 47
test catches/stumpings = 1 / 0
FCs = 1
FC runs = 2
FC bat avg = -
FC 100s/50s = 0 / 0
FC top score = 2*
FC balls = 85
FC wickets = 1
FC bowl avg = 47.00
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 1 / 47
FC catches/stumpings = 1 / 0
debut date = 19 March
debut year = 1892
last date = 19 March
last year = 1892
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44743.html Cricinfo

Jacobus Francois 'Flooi' du Toit - With just one match to his name, Jacobs du Toit – known as Flooi – has the “distinction” of making a combined first-class and Test debut. Along with G. Cripps, C.G. Fichardt and E.A. Halliwell, also combined debutants, du Toit was selected for the only Test match against a touring England side led by W.W. Read in 1891/92. In a match won handsomely by the visitors (by an innings and 189 runs), du Toit scored 0 not out and 2 not out, took one wicket for 47 runs, the England captain’s no less, and held one catch. He was born in Jacobsdal in Orange Free State on April 2, 1869 and died in Lindley, in the same South African state, on July 10, 1909, aged 40. His death went unrecorded in cricket circles and therefore no obituary appeared for him within the pages Wisden at the time.

References

# "World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary" by Christopher Martin-Jenkins, published by Oxford University Press (1996).
# "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977)" compiled and edited by Bill Frindall, published by Headline Book Publishing (1995).
# www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players.