Claude Floquet
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Claude Eugene Floquet was an occasional player for Transvaal cricket team
during the first decade of the 20th century. He was born in Aliwal North
, Cape Colony
, on November 3, 1884 and died in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
on November 22, 1963, aged 79. His first-class
career of just six matches was spread over six seasons between 1904/05 and 1910/11. He batted right-handed in the middle to lower part of the order (although it was claimed he was an opening batsman) and he bowled medium pace occasionally. He appeared in a single Test
match for South Africa, that being the third of the series against England
on their visit of 1909/10. Played at the Old Wanderers Ground
in Johannesburg
, - as all Floquet’s first-class matches were, incidentally - Floquet scored 1 and 11 not out and took 0 for 24 with the ball. He toured Australia
with South Africa the following season but did not play in any of the Test matches. His death in 1963 appeared to go unrecorded at the time and therefore no obituary appeared within Wisden for him. He was the younger brother of the Transvaal player, B.H. Floquet.
Transvaal cricket team
Gauteng cricket team is the first-class cricket team of the province of Gauteng in South Africa....
during the first decade of the 20th century. He was born in Aliwal North
Aliwal North
Aliwal North is a town in central South Africa on the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. Aliwal North is the seat of the Maletswai Local Municipality which falls within the Ukhahlamba District Municipality....
, Cape Colony
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
, on November 3, 1884 and died in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa...
on November 22, 1963, aged 79. His first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career of just six matches was spread over six seasons between 1904/05 and 1910/11. He batted right-handed in the middle to lower part of the order (although it was claimed he was an opening batsman) and he bowled medium pace occasionally. He appeared in a single Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
match for South Africa, that being the third of the series against England
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
on their visit of 1909/10. Played at the Old Wanderers Ground
Old Wanderers
Old Wanderers was a cricket ground in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ground hosted 22 Test matches from 1895 to 1939, before being rebuilt as Johannesburg's Park Station in 1946...
in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, - as all Floquet’s first-class matches were, incidentally - Floquet scored 1 and 11 not out and took 0 for 24 with the ball. He toured Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
with South Africa the following season but did not play in any of the Test matches. His death in 1963 appeared to go unrecorded at the time and therefore no obituary appeared within Wisden for him. He was the younger brother of the Transvaal player, B.H. Floquet.