David Eadie

David John Eadie (2 January 1975 – 7 May 2011) was a South African first-class cricketer.

Eadie was born at Cape Town in January 1975. He was educated at the Diocesan College, before going up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1996.[1] While studying at Oxford, Eadie played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1998 and 1999, making a total of ten appearances. These included eight matches against county opposition and two against Cambridge University in The University Match.[2] Eadie scored a total of 192 runs in his ten matches, at an average of 19.20 and a high score of 68 not out, which was one of two half centuries he made.[3] With his right-arm medium pace, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 37.62, with best figures of 3 for 57.[4] Eadie also played field hockey for Oxford.[5]

After graduating from Oxford, Eadie returned to South Africa. He died at Mouille Point in Cape Town on 7 May 2011,[1] after falling into a state of delirium while on a night out and jumping over railings into the sea, hitting his head on the rocks below.