Flooi du Toit

Jacobus Francois "Flooi" du Toit (2 April 1869 – 10 July 1909) was a South African cricket player of the 1890s.

Flooi du Toit

Personal information
Born	2 April 1869 Jacobsdal, Orange Free State
Died	10 July 1909 (aged 40) Lindley, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
International information
National side	South Africa
Career statistics
Competition 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
Source: Cricinfo

Flooi du Toit has the distinction of making a combined first-class and Test debut. He was Orange Free State's most successful bowler in their match against W. W. Read's English team in March 1892, taking five wickets and making useful runs.[1] Along with Godfrey Cripps, Charles Fichardt and Ernest Halliwell, also combined debutants, du Toit was selected for the only Test match against the English team which began a few days later. In a match England won by an innings and 189 runs, du Toit scored 0 not out and 2 not out, took one wicket (the England captain's) for 47 runs, and held one catch.[2]

Du Toit was born in Jacobsdal in Orange Free State on 2 April 1869 and died in Lindley, in Orange River Colony, on 10 July 1909, aged 40.[3] His death went unrecorded in cricket circles and no obituary appeared for him in Wisden at the time.

References

1. "Orange Free State v WW Read's XI 1891-92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
2. "Only Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19-22 1892". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. "Flooi du Toit". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

External links

• Flooi du Toit at ESPNcricinfo
• Flooi du Toit at CricketArchive (subscription required)