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List of South Africa Test wicket-keepers

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Quinton de Kock, current South Africa Test wicket-keeper
Mark Boucher, holds the record for most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket and is South Africa's most capped wicket-keeper

This is a chronological list of South Africa Test wicket-keepers.

No. Player Span Tests Catches Stumpings Total
1 Fred Smith 1889 2 2 0 2
2 Ernest Halliwell 1892–1902 8 10 2 12
3 Murray Bisset 1899–1910 2 2 1 3
4 Percy Sherwell 1906–1911 13 20 16 36
5 Tom Campbell 1910–1912 5 7 1 8
6 Tommy Ward 1912–1924 23 19 13 32
7 Jock Cameron 1927–1935 26 39 12 51
8 Edward van der Merwe 1929–1936 2 3 0 3
9 Frank Nicholson 1935–1936 4 3 0 3
10 Billy Wade 1938–1950 11 15 2 17
11 Ronnie Grieveson 1939 2 7 3 10
12 Johnny Lindsay 1947 3 4 1 5
13 George Fullerton 1947–1950 4 6 2 8
14 John Waite 1951–1965 49 124 17 141
15 Russell Endean 1951 1 3 0 3
16 Denis Lindsay 1964–1970 15 54 2 56
17 Dennis Gamsy 1970 2 5 0 5
18 Dave Richardson 1992–1998 42 150 2 152
19 Mark Boucher 1997–2012 147 532 23 555
20 Thami Tsolekile 2004 3 6 0 6
21 AB de Villiers 2004–2015 24 89 5 94
22 Quinton de Kock 2014–2021 51 208 11 219
23 Dane Vilas 2015–16 6 13 0 13
24 Heinrich Klaasen 2019 1 3 1 4
24 Kyle Verreynne 2021 16 48 3 51

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