Flooi du Toit

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Flooi du Toit South Africa (RSA)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Left-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	1
Runs scored	2	2
Batting average	-	-
100s/50s	0 / 0	0 / 0
Top score	2*	2*
Balls bowled	85	85
Wickets	1	1
Bowling average	47.00	47.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	1 / 47	1 / 47
Catches/stumpings	1 / 0	1 / 0
Test debut: 19 March 1892 Last Test: 19 March 1892 Source: 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.

[edit] 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.