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6 613 21 august 1980 2 13 / - 66 / - 1949 26 may 1920 - 0 legbreak south african johannesburg , transvaal - 0 right-hand bat jack_cheetham_1952 . jpg jack cheetham 1955 jack cheetham in 1952 john erskine cheetham cape town , cape province tests first-class true 5 march http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44435.html cricinfo 1920 5 26 yes 883 5697 1949 - 8 13 august 0/5 8/33 24 108 jack cheetham

jack cheetham

john erskine `` jack '' cheetham -lrb- 26 may 1920 in cape town , cape province -- 21 august 1980 in johannesburg , transvaal -rrb- was a south african cricketer who played in 24 tests from 1949 to 1955 .
a middle-order batsman , cheetham captained south africa in 15 test matches , and led the side to a drawn series in australia in 1952-53 , victories away and at home to new zealand in the 1952-53 season and the 1953-54 season , and a narrow 3-2 defeat in england in 1955 .
he played for western province from 1939-40 to 1954-55 .
playing against orange free state in december 1951 he scored 271 not out , which was the highest score ever made in the currie cup .
five days later eric rowan took the record from him , with 277 not out for transvaal against griqualand west .
rodney hartman said of him : `` cheetham , the archetype gentleman , embodied the best virtues of sportsmanship and human endeavour , and was always held up as the ideal kind of man to captain his country . ''
he served in the middle east during the second world war .
he graduated from the university of cape town and worked as an engineer for the construction company murray & roberts and later as a director .
after he died , the company instituted the jack cheetham memorial award to recognise those who have done outstanding work promoting sport in disadvantaged communities .
