Career
A big hitting right-handed batsman, Wilmot is said to have once hit a six off spinner Jack Sparling that went 120 metres. A minimum of 20 overs had to be bowled in the final hour according to the rules. With Mike Procter and Paddy Clift at the crease and 3 wickets in hand, Wilmot led his team off the field while claiming falsely that the 20 overs had been bowled.
Wilmot refused to re-enter the field and the umpires were forced to award the match to Rhodesia.
The decision however was oddly overturned by the South African authorities and they declared the match a draw. In 2000 he was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl.
After a long appeals process he was sentenced to 12 years behind bars with three of them suspended. On 29 February 2004, Wilmot committed suicide by shooting himself on his farm near Grahamstown.
Although it is likely that he commit suicide due to his impending imprisonment, he was also rumoured to be suffering from an incurable disease.