{{Short description|South African cricketer (1938–2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Orphan|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer | name = Tony Tillim | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = Anthony Frank Tillim | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|4|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|1|8|1938|4|8|df=yes}} | death_place = Houghton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg-spin | club1 = Natal | year1 = 1958–59 to 1959–60, 1968–69 | club2 = Transvaal | year2 = 1961–62 to 1966–67 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 36 | runs1 = 729 | bat avg1 = 15.51 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 57* | deliveries1 = 4761 | wickets1 = 92 | bowl avg1 = 24.36 | fivefor1 = 5 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/34 | catches/stumpings1 = 11/0 | date = 16 August | year = 2021 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/anthony-tillim-47547 Cricinfo }} '''Anthony Frank Tillim''' (8 April 1938 – 8 January 2008) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal and Transvaal between 1959 and 1968.
Tillim was a leg-spin bowler. His best first-class figures were 7 for 34 in his first appearance for Transvaal, against Eastern Province in 1961–62.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=subscription |title=Eastern Province v Transvaal 1961-62 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25285.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> He took 31 wickets at an average of 24.51 in the 1962–63 season, but was not selected for the tour of Australia in 1963–64.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=subscription |title=First-class Bowling in South Africa for 1962/63|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/RSA/1962-63_f_Bowling_by_Average.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> His last first-class wicket, a googly that bowled Neil Hawke, gave Transvaal victory over the touring Australians in November 1966 – the first time an Australian team had lost a first-class match in South Africa.<ref>''Wisden'' 1968, pp. 834–35.</ref>
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