Voltelin Albert William van der Bijl (31 January 1872 – 2 October 1941) was a South African cricketer who played for Western Province in the 1890s. Voltelin van der Bijl was an all-rounder who batted in the middle order and opened the bowling. He took 6 for 56 and 3 for 36 in Western Province's victory over Griqualand West in 1890–91. In the 1892–93 season he made his highest first-class score of 61 and took three wickets when Western Province beat

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in Western Province's first appearance in the

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. He was selected to tour England in South Africa's first overseas tour in 1894 but was unavailable and was replaced by Charles Mills."The South African Cricketers: A Chat with the Manager of the Team"
''Cricket'', 13 September 1894, pp. 388–89. His nephew

Pieter van der Bijl Pieter Gerhard Vintcent van der Bijl (21 October 1907 in Kenilworth, South Africa – 16 February 1973 in Kalk Bay, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1938–39. His son, Vintcent, also had a successful first ...

and Pieter's son Vintcent played cricket for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:van der Bijl, Voltelin 1872 births 1941 deaths South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town