Owen Edgar Wynne (1 June 1919 – 13 July 1975) was a South African cricketer who played in six Tests from 1948 to 1950. He played first-class cricket in South Africa between 1938 and 1959.[1]
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| Full name | Owen Edgar Wynne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1919-06-01)1 June 1919 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 July 1975(1975-07-13) (aged 56) at sea, False Bay, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1937-38 to 1946-47 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947-48 to 1958-59 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Owen Wynne was an opening batsman. He played for Transvaal either side of World War II without consistent success. He scored 200 not out against Border in 1946-47, but in his other seven innings that season he made only 77 runs.[2][3] He moved to Western Province for the 1947-48 season and was an immediate success, leading Western Province's batting with 458 runs at an average of 50.88.[4]
He began the 1948-49 season in good form, scoring centuries against the touring English team in their first two matches: 108 and 8 for Western Province and 105 and 48 a week later for Cape Province.[5] He played in the first three Tests, scoring 50 and 44 in the Third Test, but lost his place when Eric Rowan returned to the team for the Fourth Test.[5] He had a similar experience the next season when Australia toured. He scored 138 for a South African XI in one of the early matches of the tour and played in the first three Tests, but again with little success.[6]
Originally a journalist, he took up farming for a period, then returned to journalism.[6] In July 1975 he, his wife, their son and two friends were lost at sea while yachting in False Bay, near Cape Town.[7]