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Oldest Players for South Africa in Test matches

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(Age on final day of their last Test match)

Years	Days
45	207	AW Nourse	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1924
44	317	JMM Commaille	South Africa v England	Newlands, Cape Town	1927/28
43	118	CP Carter	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1924
42	301	HW Taylor	South Africa v New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1931/32
42	197	GA Faulkner	South Africa v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1924
42	29	EAB Rowan	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
42	21	SJ Snooke	South Africa v England	Kingsmead, Durban	1922/23
40	349	O Henry	South Africa v India	Newlands, Cape Town	1992/93
40	279	AD Nourse	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
40	128	GWA Chubb	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
40	60	B Mitchell	South Africa v England	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1948/49
40	30	SJ Cook	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa	1993
39	339	F Mitchell	South Africa v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1912
39	99	PN Kirsten	South Africa v England	The Foster's Oval, Kennington	1994
38	304	JD Lindsay	South Africa v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1947
38	299	KG Viljoen	South Africa v England	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1948/49
38	259	PL Symcox	South Africa v West Indies	Kingsmead, Durban	1998/99
38	231	A Melville	South Africa v England	Newlands, Cape Town	1948/49
38	207	TL Goddard	South Africa v Australia	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1969/70
38	140	DJ Richardson	South Africa v Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1997/98
38	75	JH Kallis	South Africa v India	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	2013/14
38	65	EA Halliwell	South Africa v Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	1902/03
37	269	S Elworthy	South Africa v Sri Lanka	SuperSport Park, Centurion	2002/03
37	153	S von Berg	South Africa v New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	2023/24
37	121	F Hearne	South Africa v England	Newlands, Cape Town	1895/96
37	110	WH Milton	South Africa v England	Newlands, Cape Town	1891/92
37	84	LJ Tancred	South Africa v England	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1913/14
37	74	RO Schwarz	South Africa v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1912
37	42	J Middleton	South Africa v Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	1902/03
37	17	TA Ward	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1924

The list shows 30 occurrences of players aged 37 years or more

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