Ravenor Nicholson (born 6 October 1943) is a former South African cricketer, who played four seasons of first-class cricket for the Natal cricket team.[1] A right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, his only first-class half century was 89 not out for Natal B against Transvaal B in December 1967.[2] Nicholson's best bowling came in the following match against Griqualand West, taking five wickets in each innings, and finishing with match figures of 10/63.[3] Nicholson is the cousin of Test match brothers Peter and Graeme Pollock.[1] His brother Christopher played one first-class match for South African Universities in 1967.[4]
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| Full name | Ravenor Michael Nicholson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1943 Berea, Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965/66–1968/69 | Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 27 December 1965 Natal B v Transvaal B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 28 February 1969 Natal B v Transvaal B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 6 December 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Ravenor Nicholson, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ Transvaal B v Natal B, 4 December 1967, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ Natal B v Griqualand West, 11 December 1967, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ Christopher Nicholson, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
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