John Kumleben


John Michael Kumleben was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Free State [cricket team|Orange Free State] between 1956 and 1961.
John Kumleben attended Michaelhouse and the University of Cape Town before going on to University College, Oxford, where he studied law. He won a hockey blue at Oxford, but although he played several matches for the university cricket team he did not win a cricket blue. His highest score was 100, made out of a team total of 196, after Oxford followed on against Yorkshire in 1957; he and Christopher Melville added 76 in 50 minutes for the last wicket but were unable to avert an innings defeat.
Kumleben became a solicitor after he returned to South Africa in 1957. He played regularly for Orange Free State for four seasons, with a highest score of 51 against Eastern Province in 1959–60, again after a follow-on, this time successfully averting an innings defeat, but not a nine-wicket loss.