Tim Heaney

John Llewellyn "Tim" Heaney (14 August 1914 – 14 July 1996) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Transvaal, from 1935 to 1952.^[1]

Tim Heaney

Personal information
Full name	John Llewellyn Heaney
Born	(1914-08-14)14 August 1914 Mossel Bay, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	14 July 1996(1996-07-14) (aged 81) Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1934–35 to 1950–51	Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 29 Runs scored 277 Batting average 11.08 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 47 Balls bowled 8060 Wickets 100 Bowling average 21.83 5 wickets in innings 5 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/45 Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: Cricinfo, 6 October 2020

Tim Heaney was an accurate slow-left-arm spin bowler. In his first Currie Cup match after World War II he took 6 for 45 off 28 eight-ball overs in the first innings against Rhodesia.^[2] A week earlier, in a first-class friendly match against Natal, he had taken 6 for 73 off 33 overs in a match Transvaal lost by an innings.^[3]