Gavin Pattison Pfuhl (27 August 1947 – 1 April 2002) was a South African
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...
er who played for
Western Province
Western Province or West Province may refer to:
*Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
*Western Provinc ...
. He was a
wicketkeeper
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who took more than 300
dismissals in his 95-game career.
Pfuhl was a member of the
Currie Cup
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-winning Western Province sides of 1969–70, 1974–75 and 1977–78.
After retiring he became a
cricket commentator in South Africa. He died aged 54 after suffering a
viral complication from a
heart transplant
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.
External links
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Gavin Pfuhlat CricketArchive
1947 births
2002 deaths
Western Province cricketers
South African cricketers
South African cricket commentators
Wicket-keepers
20th-century South African sportsmen
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