Lloyd Bowen Koch (17 June 1931 – 16 April 2013) was a South African and Rhodesian

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er and field hockey player. Koch played

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between 1948 and 1961. Aged 18, he twice played for a South African XI in first-class matches against the Australians in 1949–50, but with little success. His highest first-class score was 216

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against

in the 1952–53

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. Koch represented South Africa and

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. At the

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he captained the Rhodesian hockey team and was Rhodesia's

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at the opening ceremony.''

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'' 2014, p. 206.

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* 1931 births 2013 deaths South African cricketers Rhodesia cricketers KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Free State cricketers Cricketers from Pietermaritzburg South African emigrants to Rhodesia Rhodesian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Rhodesia Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics White Rhodesian people 20th-century South African sportsmen {{Zimbabwe-fieldhockey-bio-stub