Jackie du Preez
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John Harcourt du Preez... Born on 14 November 1942 in Salisbury, now Harare
), Rhodesia
), a former South Africa
n cricket
er who played in two Tests
in 1967, was introduced to the game at Highlands Junior School where he was initially coached by school teacher and Springbok Chris Duckworth, and later by Sussex professional, Jim Cornford.
"I remember when I started I tried to bowl as fast as I could", J.d.P. recalls, "Every kid was trying to be a fast bowler in those days and it wasn't until Chris Duckworth noticed that every ball was a leg break, that I started spin bowling".
du Preez represented Rhodesia on 113 occasions more that any other Rhodesian cricketer, scored the fourth highest number of runs - 3994 - and took the third highest number of wickets, 279 - Glen Byrom - "Rhodesian Sports Profiles - 1907 - 1979"
.
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
), Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
), a former South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in two Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1967, was introduced to the game at Highlands Junior School where he was initially coached by school teacher and Springbok Chris Duckworth, and later by Sussex professional, Jim Cornford.
"I remember when I started I tried to bowl as fast as I could", J.d.P. recalls, "Every kid was trying to be a fast bowler in those days and it wasn't until Chris Duckworth noticed that every ball was a leg break, that I started spin bowling".
du Preez represented Rhodesia on 113 occasions more that any other Rhodesian cricketer, scored the fourth highest number of runs - 3994 - and took the third highest number of wickets, 279 - Glen Byrom - "Rhodesian Sports Profiles - 1907 - 1979"
.