Tony Tillim

Tony Tillim
Personal information
Full name
Anthony Frank Tillim
Born(1938-04-08)8 April 1938
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Died8 January 2008(2008-01-08) (aged 69)
Houghton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–59 to 1959–60, 1968–69Natal
1961–62 to 1966–67Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 36
Runs scored 729
Batting average 15.51
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 57*
Balls bowled 4761
Wickets 92
Bowling average 24.36
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/34
Catches/stumpings 11/0
Source: Cricinfo, 16 August 2021

Anthony Frank Tillim (8 April 1938 – 8 January 2008) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal and Transvaal between 1959 and 1968.

Tillim was a leg-spin bowler. His best first-class figures were 7 for 34 in his first appearance for Transvaal, against Eastern Province in 1961–62. He took 31 wickets at an average of 24.51 in the 1962–63 season, but was not selected for the tour of Australia in 1963–64. His last first-class wicket, a googly that bowled Neil Hawke, gave Transvaal victory over the touring Australians in November 1966 – the first time an Australian team had lost a first-class match in South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Province v Transvaal 1961-62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "First-class Bowling in South Africa for 1962/63". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Wisden 1968, pp. 834–35.