34.51 and conceding runs at more than three an over, expensive by contemporary standards; he also failed to take more than four wickets in any single innings. Conversely, though he was selected only for two Test matches, Ochse's figures in the Tests bore comparison with those of his colleagues, who were also badly treated by England's batsmen; Ochse finished top of the Test bowling averages with 10 wickets at 31.70 apiece. In the first Test, he took four first-innings wickets for 79 and followed that with two for 88 in the second innings, when only four England wickets fell. This was his best Test performance. In the second Test, he was wicketless but economical in England's first innings, but took four in the second innings, though his 20 overs, none of them maidens, cost 99 runs. The Times reported that Ochse was "very severely treated" by Maurice Leyland and Maurice Tate, both of whom scored centuries; it went on: "They drove his over-pitched balls as if he were a slow bowler, and when he dropped short their cutting was capable of beating the deep third man." Ochse was dropped from the Test team after this and did not play Test cricket again. Back in South Africa, Ochse played just one match in 1929–30 and then appeared in just two further seasons, 1931–32 and 1937–38, when he played quite regularly and took wickets at reasonable cost. See also Arthur Edward Ochse References External links 1899 births 1949 deaths People from Graaff-Reinet South Africa Test cricketers South African cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Cricketers from the Eastern Cape