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Dark green cap with yellow springbok embroidered on front above 'S.A. 1966-67'.

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Test Blazer of Eddie Barlow, 1963 M.2012.38C Test Cap of Graeme Pollock, 19666/-67 M.2013.26.183 The report carried by Wisden on the South African’s tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1963/4 showed just what an exciting young side they promised to be. Not only did they draw the series but were bitterly disappointed not to win. Barlow, a bespectacled, stocky player, also hit strongly, although in a less orthodox way. He scored 1,523 runs in first-class matches on the tour. Few visitors to Australia have done anything like that. He hit centuries in three of the Tests including 201 in the fourth match. Again in 1966/-67 Wisden enthused about the side which beat Australia on home soil for the first time. The left-hander Pollock confirmed his standing as the best 23-year-old batsman in Test cricket. The impact he made in Australia and the United Kingdom was re-emphasised during a fantastic innings of 209 at Newlands, where he virtually carried his side for six hours. His 90 in the first Test was, however, acclaimed the real masterpiece, and the young maestro concluded the series at Port Elizabeth, as he began it, with another century and 33 not out, being so completely in command of the situation that the message to the 1968-69 M.C.C. team could not possibly be misinterpreted.