Peter Samuel Heine (28 June 1928 – 4 February 2005) was a South African
cricket
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er who played in fourteen
Test matches between 1955 and 1962. On his Test debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against England at
Lord's
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in 1955.
Life and career
A fast bowler renowned for his consummate hostility, he formed a potent Test combination with
Neil Adcock
Neil Amwin Treharne Adcock (8 March 1931 – 6 January 2013) was a South African international cricketer who played in 26 Test matches. A tall aggressive fast bowler, he could lift the ball sharply off a length. He was the first South Afri ...
. Heine picked up 277 first-class wickets at an average of 21.38, including a haul of 8 for 92 for
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...
against
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* South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
in
Welkom
Welkom () is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein which is the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The cit ...
in 1954–55. He played for North-Eastern Transvaal in 1951–52 and 1952–53, Orange Free State in 1953–54 and 1954–55, and Transvaal from 1955–56 to 1964–65.
While batting in the match between Orange Free State and
Natal
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* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
* Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa
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at the
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, on the north side of Zastron Street.
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1892, when an Orange Free State XXII played the touring WW Read's X ...
in
Bloemfontein
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in January 1955, Heine straight-drove a ball from
Hugh Tayfield
Hugh Joseph Tayfield (30 January 1929 – 24 February 1994) was a South African international cricketer. He played 37 Test matches for South Africa between 1949 and 1960 and was one of the best off spinners the game has seen. He was the faste ...
out of the ground. It was estimated at the time to have travelled 180 yards before landing, but it was not measured.
Irving Rosenwater
Irving Rosenwater (11 September 1932 – 30 January 2006) was an English people, English cricket researcher and author whose best-known work was ''Sir Donald Bradman - A Biography'' (1978).
Born in the East End of London to Jews, jewish par ...
, "The Longest Hits on Record", ''The Cricketer
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The magazine was founded in 1921 by Sir Pelham Warner, an ex-England captain turned cricket writer. Warner ...
'', Spring Annual 1959, pp. 72–74.
Heine died on 4 February 2005 due to cardiac arrest in a private hospital in Pretoria. He was the brother of tennis player
Bobbie Heine Miller
Bobbie Heine-Miller (born Esther Laurie Heine; 5 December 1909 – 31 July 2016) was a South African tennis player. She was born in Greytown in the Colony of Natal. As Bobbie Heine, she won the doubles title at the 1927 French Championships p ...
.
See also
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References
Notes
* Subramanyam, P. "Peter Heine dead." ''
The Hindu
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'', 6 February 2005.
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1928 births
2005 deaths
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