Harry Dudley Bromfield (26 June 1932 – 27 December 2020) was a South African

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er who played in nine

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between 1961 and 1965. A tail-end batsman and a right-arm

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bowler, Bromfield succeeded

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 ...

in the South African team but had limited success in Test matches. His best figures were 5 for 88 (off 57.2 overs) against England at Cape Town in 1964–65. He toured England in 1965, playing his last Test in the First Test at

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. He played for

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from 1956–57 to 1965–66, then returned for one last match in 1968–69. His best figures were 7 for 60 against Transvaal in 1960–61. In 1962–63, also against Transvaal, he took 5 for 100 and 5 for 64, for match figures of 76.4–25–164–10. In his most successful season, 1960–61, he took 35 wickets at an average of 17.45.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bromfield, Harry 1932 births 2020 deaths Sportspeople from Mossel Bay South African people of British descent South Africa Test cricketers South African cricketers Western Province cricketers International Cavaliers cricketers Cricketers from the Western Cape