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Full name Tertius Bosch
Born March 14, 1966, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Died February 14, 2000, Westville, Durban, Natal (aged 33 years 337 days)
Major teams South Africa,Natal,Northern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
2
2
5
5*
-
10
50.00
0
0
1
0
0
0
ODIs
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
68
80
34
372
31
8.08
0
0
20
0
List A
80
30
16
91
19*
6.50
0
0
10
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
2
237
104
3
2/61
3/104
34.66
2.63
79.0
0
0
0
ODIs
2
2
51
66
0
-
-
-
7.76
-
0
0
0
First-class
68
11914
5788
210
7/75
27.56
2.91
56.7
7
1
List A
80
3869
2539
105
5/56
5/56
24.18
3.93
36.8
1
1
0
Career statistics
Only Test
West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Apr 18-23, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, Feb 29, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, Apr 12, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1986/87 - 1997/98
List A span
1987/88 - 1997/98
Profile
Tertius Bosch, who died in mysterious circumstances at the age of 33 in February 2000. His only Test appearance came in South Africa's first Test back in the fold, at Bridgetown in 1991-92. He apparently died of a rare viral infection, but 18 months later his body was exhumed and a post mortem suggested he might have been poisoned. It later emerged that Bosch had had his wife followed, after suspecting her of infidelity. He burst onto the scene while a young dental student at Pretoria University in 1986-87, moving from Northern Transvaal to Natal where he helped them to win two titles.
Cricketer obituary
Tertius Bosch, who ranked alongside Allan Donald as South Africa's fastest bowler of his era, died at Westville, near Durban, on February 13, a month short of his 34th birthday, after a long period of ill-health.
He represented South Africa in its first Test match after isolation against West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1992. He was also a member of the team that went to the 1992 World Cup in Australasia, playing a single match against New Zealand as well as the warm-up fixture against Zimbabwe. He made a second official one-day appearance on the West Indies tour.
Bosch first attracted attention as Fanie De Villiers' opening partner for Northern Transvaal and they formed a feared attack. In spite of the fact that he never sorted out his run-up and was regularly no-balled, he generated such power from his back and shoulders that he was genuinely able to match Donald for
pace. It was because of this pace that he was one of a handful of cricketers singled out by Ali Bacher when South Africa's return to international cricket became imminent.
Later in his career he moved to Natal to pursue his career as a dentist and he carried their attack during the 1996-97 season when Shaun Pollock and Lance Klusener launched their international careers.
If Bosch had a fault, it was a good one. He was a gentle and shy person and lacked the classic killer instinct of a fast bowler. He is survived by his wife and two children.
Michael Owen-Smith, The Cricketer, April 2000
