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He returned to first-class cricket in 1960β61, scoring 499 runs in six matches for Border at an average of 55.44, with five 50s. The next season, he was appointed captain of Border, and after one match he was selected for South Africa in the Third Test against New
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African Universities at tennis. In 1956 he was offered a trip to England with a group of young South African tennis players. He accepted, and abandoned his university studies.
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of South Africa won the first round of the men's doubles against the
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