Tony Pithey
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 17 | 124 |
| Runs scored | 819 | 7073 |
| Batting average | 31.50 | 35.90 |
| 100s/50s | 1/4 | 13/41 |
| Top score | 154 | 170 |
| Balls bowled | 12 | 22 |
| Wickets | - | - |
| Bowling average | - | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | - |
| Catches/stumpings | 3/- | 59/- |
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Test debut: 25 January 1957 |
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Anthony John Pithey (born July 17, 1933, Mutare, Rhodesia - died November 17, 2006, Southbroom, South Africa) was a South African cricketer who played in seventeen Tests from 1957 to 1965. He was a technically correct top-order batsmen who developed a reputation for being a stayer rather than a strokemaker. His early promise saw him represent South Africa as a young player, but he only secured his place in the team toward the end of his career. He toured Australia with Trevor Goddard's Springboks in 1963-64, during which, with his brother David and the Pollocks (Peter and Graeme) he formed part of the first pair of brothers to represent a country in a Test match.
His best series was against Mike Smith's MCC tourists in 1964/65 during which he scored two half-centuries, and his only century, 154 at Newlands during the third Test match. He was selected for the English tour of England in 1965 but withdrew for business reasons and did not play again.
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