Edwin Schreiber

Edwin Frederick Schreiber (31 May 1936 – 7 October 2010) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Border from 1954 to 1967.

Edwin Schreiber

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Frederick Schreiber
Born	(1936-05-31)31 May 1936 East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	7 October 2010(2010-10-07) (aged 74) Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1954–55 to 1966–67	Border
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 40 Runs scored 527 Batting average 8.93 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 38 Balls bowled 12023 Wickets 155 Bowling average 24.34 5 wickets in innings 11 10 wickets in match 3 Best bowling 8/67 Catches/stumpings 35/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 October 2018

Edwin Schreiber, an off-spin bowler, was the mainstay of the Border spin attack from 1954–55, when he made his debut as an 18-year-old, until 1961–62.^[1] He bowled well for Border against the touring MCC in 1956–57 and Australians in 1957–58.^[1] In the 1957–58 season he was the second-most successful South African bowler (behind Hugh Tayfield), with 38 wickets at an average of 21.92.^[2]

He was widely expected to take Tayfield's place as South Africa's principal Test spinner when Tayfield retired after the 1957–58 series,^[3] but Tayfield returned after taking only the 1958–59 season off while Schreiber's form fell away from its peak.^[4]

Schreiber was a very economical bowler, conceding only 1.88 runs per over in his first-class career.^[1] In 1958–59 he took 11 for 103 off 72.4 overs in the match against North-Eastern Transvaal.^[5] His best innings figures were 8 for 67 against Eastern Province in 1957–58.^[5] He was a magnificent fielder, especially at cover. In a club match for Buffaloes against Queenstown he ran out four batsmen in one innings with direct hits.^[1]