Peter Douglas Swart (27 April 1946 - 13 March 2000) was a Rhodesian
cricket
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er who played most of his cricket in South Africa for
Western Province
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Born in
Bulawayo
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, Swart was an all rounder. He played just one first class innings for Rhodesia in 1965 when he was dismissed for a duck and failed to take a wicket.
However, he represented Western Province with distinction between 1967/68 and 1980/81. In both the 1978 and 1979 English summers he was an overseas player for
Glamorgan
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and in the former season won their player of the year award. He had scored over 1000 runs during the season for the Welsh county and managed his career best of 122 against Worcestershire at Swansea.
Swart retired in 1985 having performed the double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in the
Currie Cup
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1946 births
2000 deaths
Zimbabwean people of British descent
Glamorgan cricketers
Boland cricketers
Western Province cricketers
Rhodesia cricketers
Cambridgeshire cricketers
Expatriate cricketers in England
International Cavaliers cricketers
Minor Counties cricketers
Rhodesian expatriates in South Africa
D. H. Robins' XI cricketers
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