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CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 statistics and records

CSA 4-Day Series: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78; Tests are excluded.

RG Pollock leads the displayed batting table with 769 runs. GS le Roux leads the bowling table with 53 wickets.

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Showing 1977/78 · CSA 4-Day Series

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Recorded matches: 41
Recorded players: 218
Recorded teams: 14
Recorded venues: 16

Selected season match starts: 1977-11-04 to 1978-03-10. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

CSA 4-Day Series standings

League table for 1977/78. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

League standings are not available in Redball’s recorded data for this competition and season.

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RG Pollock	8	769
B Dudleston	8	678
A Barrow	8	605
SD Robertson	8	552
BF Davison	7	527

Recorded innings through 1978-03-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GS le Roux	8	53
MJ Macaulay	7	38
VAP van der Bijl	8	37
AM Ferreira	6	35
RH Kaschula	7	27

Recorded innings through 1978-03-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1977/78

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 218 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	8	13	2	769	190*	69.91	76,900.00	2	3	55	5
B Dudleston	Rhodesia	8	16	1	678	132	45.20	600.00	3	2	17	3
A Barrow	Natal	8	16	1	605	81*	40.33	1,120.37	6	0	52	1
SD Robertson	Rhodesia	8	16	2	552	98	39.43	876.19	3	0	8	0
BF Davison	Rhodesia	7	14	1	527	100*	40.54	1,351.28	3	1	20	3
SJ Cook	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	11	1	519	146	51.90	17,300.00	2	2	26	0
KA McKenzie	Transvaal	8	14	2	490	122	40.83	222.73	0	2	32	3
I Foulkes	Border	6	11	0	486	130	44.18	—	3	1	15	1
RV Jennings	Transvaal B	6	11	0	482	168	43.82	—	2	1	16	0
PN Kirsten	Western Province	8	14	0	477	106	34.07	—	1	2	34	1
R Kent	Border	6	11	2	461	121	51.22	—	1	2	14	0
MH Bowditch	Western Province, Western Province B	6	11	1	458	147	45.80	—	4	1	40	8
CP Wilkins	Eastern Province	8	13	0	452	110	34.77	—	3	1	18	5
HR Fotheringham	Natal	7	14	0	448	119	32.00	—	2	1	43	4
RJ East	Orange Free State	4	7	1	447	191*	74.50	—	1	2	25	5
AJ Lamb	Western Province	8	14	1	428	109	32.92	1,945.45	2	1	40	2
FJ le Roux	Northern Transvaal	6	10	1	427	104	47.44	—	2	1	0	0
PD Swart	Western Province	8	14	0	422	97	30.14	—	4	0	14	1
JC Mitchell	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	8	16	0	417	61	26.06	347.50	2	0	12	1
WJ van der Linden	Transvaal, Transvaal B	7	13	0	409	98	31.46	389.52	1	0	7	0
MJ Nel	Western Province, Western Province B	7	12	0	405	88	33.75	—	4	0	26	0
RA Drummond	Western Province, Western Province B	5	9	2	402	96	57.43	—	4	0	25	0
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	8	14	1	393	106	30.23	191.71	0	2	12	0
CEB Rice	Transvaal	8	14	3	389	84	35.36	532.88	2	0	13	0
DD Dyer	Transvaal	8	14	1	389	111	29.92	598.46	1	1	7	0

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CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AJ Kourie	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	11	3	388	120	48.50	19,400.00	2	1	29	1
BD Barbour	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	4	8	2	371	102*	61.83	175.83	3	1	37	1
CG Stephens	Transvaal B	6	11	1	368	150*	36.80	—	1	1	4	0
KC Wessels	Northern Transvaal	6	10	1	363	146	40.33	—	1	1	15	0
BS Groves	Natal	8	16	2	357	77	25.50	333.64	2	0	42	2
IH McClenaghan	Border	6	11	0	354	103	32.18	—	1	1	0	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	8	13	0	350	75	26.92	—	3	0	6	0
MB Madsen	Natal	8	16	3	348	92*	26.77	725.00	1	0	33	2
HM Ackerman	Western Province	8	14	2	342	83	28.50	—	1	0	4	3
TW Dunk	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	6	12	0	338	78	28.17	155.05	2	0	5	0
D Bestall	Natal	8	16	0	331	58	20.69	260.63	1	0	36	0
MD Tramontino	Griqualand West	4	8	2	315	151*	52.50	—	2	1	15	0
KS McEwan	Eastern Province	8	13	0	307	113	23.62	—	1	1	8	0
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	8	13	4	301	70	33.44	—	1	0	5	0
SD Bruce	Western Province B	4	8	0	293	89	36.63	—	2	0	15	0
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	6	10	2	292	76	36.50	—	3	0	12	0
GE Peckover	Rhodesia	8	16	1	289	93	19.27	314.13	1	0	6	0
JF Steele	Natal	7	14	1	287	97*	22.08	113.44	2	0	12	0
IA Payne	Western Province B	4	8	0	279	81	34.88	—	2	0	10	0
AJS Smith	Natal	8	16	2	278	62	19.86	298.92	1	0	24	0
NG Featherstone	Transvaal	8	14	0	277	59	19.79	602.17	2	0	6	0
RET Morris	Western Province	8	14	1	261	62	20.08	—	2	0	1	0
IK Daniell	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	5	9	0	247	60	27.44	—	1	0	2	0
KD Verdoorn	Northern Transvaal	6	10	1	246	97	27.33	24,600.00	1	0	0	0
JG Heron	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	7	14	1	245	59	18.85	742.42	1	0	6	0
C van Rensburg	Orange Free State	4	7	2	239	78	47.80	—	2	0	0	0
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	4	7	0	238	92	34.00	—	3	0	0	0
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	16	0	233	49	14.56	230.69	0	0	18	5
FB Hill	Natal B	4	8	0	231	62	28.88	238.14	2	0	27	0
JR Gray	Griqualand West	4	8	0	220	57	27.50	—	1	0	0	0
KN Hosken	Natal B	4	8	1	219	122*	31.29	82.33	0	1	22	0
MG Mathews	Natal, Natal B	3	6	2	217	145*	54.25	55.08	0	1	18	4
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	8	13	2	213	83	19.36	—	1	0	12	2
DC McKenna	Border	6	11	1	206	66	20.60	—	1	0	8	1
AH Jordaan	Northern Transvaal	6	10	2	204	93	25.50	—	2	0	0	0
PD de Vaal	Transvaal	8	14	2	196	85*	16.33	87.89	1	0	8	0
KP Reid	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	6	11	0	196	62	17.82	—	1	0	1	0
CB Thorn	Rhodesia B	4	8	0	191	53	23.88	163.25	1	0	4	0
GD Boucher	Border	6	11	2	191	63	21.22	—	2	0	0	0
DAG Fletcher	Rhodesia	8	16	3	189	51	14.54	3,150.00	1	0	2	0
GW Nelson	Border	5	9	1	186	66	23.25	—	2	0	0	0
CC Weeden	Western Province B	2	4	1	185	75	61.67	—	2	0	3	0
M van Wyk	Transvaal B	6	11	2	181	60*	20.11	—	1	0	8	0
GW Jones	Northern Transvaal	4	7	0	177	63	25.29	—	2	0	0	0
HJ Lamond	Natal B	4	8	0	177	76	22.13	3,540.00	1	0	14	1
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	6	10	0	175	39	17.50	—	0	0	4	0
T Quirk	Northern Transvaal	6	10	3	174	46	24.86	—	0	0	0	0
NT Day	Transvaal	8	14	1	164	68*	12.62	—	2	0	11	0
BM Clayton	Eastern Province B	4	8	1	163	58	23.29	—	1	0	4	0
AA Hipkin	Natal B	4	8	1	160	58	22.86	125.00	1	0	18	1
AR Lee	Eastern Province B	4	8	0	159	50	19.88	—	1	0	0	0
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal	7	11	3	155	57	19.38	5,166.67	1	0	7	0
CA Gie	Northern Transvaal	3	5	0	152	58	30.40	—	1	0	0	0
JD du Toit	Western Province, Western Province B	4	7	2	149	43	29.80	—	0	0	7	0
WR Kerr	Transvaal B	6	11	0	149	47	13.55	—	0	0	5	0
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	3	6	0	143	95	23.83	—	1	0	0	0
JM Winstanley	Eastern Province B	3	6	0	141	39	23.50	—	0	0	0	0
KA Barlow	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	11	2	131	34	14.56	—	0	0	9	0
MJD Doherty	Griqualand West	3	6	0	130	42	21.67	—	0	0	0	0
DL Bairstow	Griqualand West	4	8	0	128	74	16.00	—	1	0	8	1
M Durbach	Northern Transvaal	3	5	1	128	89*	32.00	—	1	0	0	0
AJ Traicos	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	4	8	0	126	43	15.75	58.33	0	0	10	1
GS le Roux	Western Province	8	14	4	126	47*	12.60	—	0	0	5	1
RD Brown	Rhodesia B	3	6	0	123	36	20.50	—	0	0	5	0
D Elliott	Eastern Province B	3	6	0	121	37	20.17	—	0	0	0	0
GM Gower	Border	6	11	2	118	51	13.11	—	1	0	0	0
AP Beukes	Griqualand West	4	8	0	115	32	14.38	—	0	0	0	0
RK Muzzell	Transvaal B	1	2	0	112	70	56.00	—	1	0	0	0
JH du Preez	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	4	8	1	107	37*	15.29	—	0	0	3	0
TB Reid	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	107	103	26.75	—	0	1	0	0
AC Galpin	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	6	10	1	105	37	11.67	—	0	0	1	0
SJ Schmidt	Border	6	11	0	102	26	9.27	—	0	0	0	0
TG Karg	Eastern Province B	3	6	0	101	61	16.83	10,100.00	1	0	0	0
SM Hedley	Natal B	3	6	0	100	58	16.67	208.33	1	0	12	0
JD Ogilvie	Griqualand West	4	8	4	100	21	25.00	—	0	0	0	2
PD Wallace	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	3	6	0	99	49	16.50	—	0	0	10	0
PR Carlstein	Rhodesia B	3	6	0	98	50	16.33	67.59	1	0	9	0
RC Ontong	Transvaal, Transvaal B	7	12	1	97	54	8.82	—	1	0	0	0
PM Thompson	Western Province B	3	6	2	94	31*	23.50	—	0	0	0	0
G Lusardi	Orange Free State	4	7	1	94	33	15.67	—	0	0	0	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	13	3	92	19*	9.20	—	0	0	5	0
DR Neilson	Transvaal	8	14	3	90	35	8.18	—	0	0	1	0
NP Daniels	Western Province B	1	2	0	85	69	42.50	—	1	0	0	0
JS Timm	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	2	3	2	84	51	84.00	—	1	0	0	0
LH Coetzee	Orange Free State	3	5	2	81	26*	27.00	—	0	0	0	0
K McLaren	Griqualand West	4	8	2	81	38	13.50	—	0	0	0	0
PA Robinson	Northern Transvaal	6	10	2	80	25*	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
JH Blair	Orange Free State	3	5	0	78	39	15.60	—	0	0	0	0
D Govindjee	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	3	6	1	75	41	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
Y Snyders	Griqualand West	3	6	0	75	30	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
OJA Snyman	Transvaal B	3	6	0	72	24	12.00	—	0	0	8	0
ID Harty	Border	2	4	1	71	33	23.67	—	0	0	0	0
DH Streak	Rhodesia B	4	8	2	70	22	11.67	333.33	0	0	1	0
NH Harvey	Natal B	2	4	0	67	63	16.75	72.04	1	0	10	1
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province B	2	4	1	66	34	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
NL Heale	Griqualand West	1	2	0	65	55	32.50	—	1	0	0	0
W Els	Border	4	7	3	64	24	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
SA Jones	Western Province, Western Province B	3	6	0	64	36	10.67	—	0	0	0	0
RM Ervine	Rhodesia B	3	6	2	61	33	15.25	210.34	0	0	2	0
FS Goldstein	Western Province	3	6	1	60	37	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
MS Hogge	Rhodesia B	2	4	1	60	34	20.00	—	0	0	3	1
DK Pearse	Natal, Natal B	7	14	2	60	26	5.00	500.00	0	0	9	0
TJ Townshend	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	2	4	0	59	22	14.75	—	0	0	0	0
KR Cooper	Natal	8	16	5	59	20*	5.36	184.38	0	0	6	1
MA Buss	Orange Free State	4	7	0	58	21	8.29	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	8	13	6	55	38*	7.86	5,500.00	0	0	0	0
AL Barnes	Transvaal B	3	5	0	54	21	10.80	—	0	0	0	0
TR Ball	Border	6	11	3	52	18	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
GP Pfuhl	Western Province	5	9	1	52	35	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
AP Kuiper	Western Province B	2	4	0	50	32	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
RA Sansom	Border	3	4	0	50	35	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
J During	Western Province, Western Province B	4	8	0	49	17	6.13	—	0	0	0	0
RW Adair	Transvaal B	1	2	0	45	31	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
SW Bayne	Transvaal B	1	2	0	45	40	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
DR Turner	Western Province	2	4	1	45	21	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Procter	Natal	1	2	0	44	31	22.00	—	0	0	7	0
AWR Fletcher	Rhodesia B	1	2	0	44	22	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
KM Hosken	Natal B	2	4	0	44	33	11.00	183.33	0	0	6	0
B Plummer	Natal B	1	2	0	44	25	22.00	—	0	0	3	0
BJ Whitfield	Natal B	2	4	0	43	23	10.75	—	0	0	3	0
MH Gibb	Rhodesia B	2	4	1	42	34	14.00	—	0	0	5	0
B Horton	Rhodesia	7	14	3	42	16	3.82	105.00	0	0	1	0
JS Muil	Natal, Natal B	5	10	4	42	15*	7.00	—	0	0	5	0
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	3	5	2	41	19*	13.67	—	0	0	0	0
DL Stephen	Border	1	2	1	39	39*	39.00	—	0	0	0	0
N Minnaar	Natal, Natal B	5	10	2	38	11*	4.75	—	0	0	3	0
DL Hobson	Western Province	6	10	2	38	18*	4.75	—	0	0	0	1
RJD Whyte	Eastern Province B	1	2	0	36	28	18.00	—	0	0	0	0
O Henry	Western Province B	4	8	2	34	16	5.67	—	0	0	0	0
BD Desfountain	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	33	23	8.25	—	0	0	0	0
DPS Wilshere	Griqualand West	1	2	0	33	30	16.50	—	0	0	0	0
R Whittingdale	Western Province B	1	2	1	32	16*	32.00	—	0	0	0	0
PL Symcox	Griqualand West	1	2	0	31	19	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
GR Botha	Orange Free State	1	2	0	31	17	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
BJ Hardiman	Griqualand West	2	4	0	31	15	7.75	—	0	0	0	0
DBE Bawden	Rhodesia B	2	4	0	30	21	7.50	68.18	0	0	1	0
DHK Smith	Orange Free State	1	2	0	30	19	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
RG Norton	Orange Free State	4	7	1	30	12	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
JPD Flanagan	Transvaal B	2	4	1	29	22	9.67	—	0	0	3	0
DJ Morgan	Natal B	1	2	0	29	28	14.50	—	0	0	1	1
MF Patel	Transvaal B	2	4	1	28	15*	9.33	—	0	0	3	0
L Seeff	Western Province B	1	2	1	27	15*	27.00	—	0	0	0	0
C Wulfsohn	Natal, Natal B	5	10	2	27	13	3.38	81.82	0	0	4	0
PB Clift	Rhodesia	2	4	0	26	14	6.50	—	0	0	2	0
E Hendricks	Eastern Province B	1	2	1	26	20	26.00	—	0	0	0	0
DS van der Knaap	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	11	5	25	13*	4.17	—	0	0	0	0
JW Stephenson	Eastern Province	3	5	0	25	11	5.00	—	0	0	1	0
BV Tooth	Griqualand West	3	6	1	24	11	4.80	—	0	0	0	0
VR Hogg	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	6	12	4	22	11*	2.75	220.00	0	0	0	0
SG Hugo	Western Province B	1	2	0	22	18	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
MB Minnaar	Western Province B	3	6	3	22	9	7.33	—	0	0	0	0
AJ Cilliers	Northern Transvaal	5	9	0	20	10	2.22	—	0	0	0	0
AB Nieuwoudt	Western Province	7	12	4	19	14*	2.38	—	0	0	0	0
RH Kaschula	Rhodesia	7	14	1	18	11	1.38	200.00	0	0	0	0
GCG Fraser	Eastern Province B	1	2	0	18	10	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
JA Carse	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	3	6	1	15	15*	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
MC Peake	Rhodesia B	1	2	2	15	15*	—	—	0	0	0	0
MCN Springer	Rhodesia B	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	107.14	0	0	1	1
GE McMillan	Transvaal B	3	5	0	14	14	2.80	466.67	0	0	1	0
RF Pienaar	Transvaal B	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
S Turner	Natal	1	2	0	14	9	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
RW Hanley	Transvaal, Transvaal B	8	14	2	13	11	1.08	—	0	0	0	0
I Ebrahim	Natal B	1	2	0	13	10	6.50	—	0	0	2	0
CF Ahlfeldt	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	3	6	1	12	11	2.40	—	0	0	0	0
AR Lilley	Natal	2	4	1	11	11	3.67	21.15	0	0	0	0
WR Radford	Orange Free State	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
GL Hayes	Border	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
A Dand	Natal B	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
GK Funston	Griqualand West	3	6	1	8	4	1.60	—	0	0	0	0
P McLaren	Griqualand West	2	4	0	8	8	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
E Schmidt	Orange Free State	3	5	0	8	5	1.60	—	0	0	0	0
JA Knott	Natal B	2	4	2	7	4*	3.50	140.00	0	0	0	0
K Desai	Rhodesia B	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
CR Kelbrick	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	3	6	2	6	3*	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
NB Ervine	Rhodesia B	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
WB Steytler	Northern Transvaal	3	5	1	5	4*	1.25	—	0	0	0	0
KB Hodnett	Rhodesia B	2	4	0	4	3	1.00	66.67	0	0	0	0
IC Gericke	Orange Free State	1	2	1	3	2*	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
J Walker	Griqualand West	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
JP le Roux	Northern Transvaal	2	3	0	2	2	0.67	—	0	0	0	0
AC King	Eastern Province B	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
CL Smith	Natal B	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
RM Clark	Western Province B	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
JR Argyle	Transvaal B	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
VS Greve	Transvaal B	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
JP Matthews	Transvaal B	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
GL Ackermann	Western Province B	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
MG Davies	Northern Transvaal	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
JN Farrell	Western Province B	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
BC Hardie	Natal B	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
NB Lotter	Western Province B	3	6	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
KW Sansom	Border	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
P Grobler	Orange Free State	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 154 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GS le Roux	Western Province	8	16	1,915	79	773	53	14.58	36.13	2.42	4	7/40
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	7	13	2,185	113	802	38	21.11	57.50	2.20	5	6/36
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	14	1,867	75	715	37	19.32	50.46	2.30	2	8/56
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	6	12	1,489	69	654	35	18.69	42.54	2.64	3	8/38
RH Kaschula	Rhodesia	7	13	1,840	75	761	27	28.19	68.15	2.48	1	6/124
RW Hanley	Transvaal, Transvaal B	8	13	1,336	69	524	26	20.15	51.38	2.35	0	4/20
I Foulkes	Border	6	9	958	37	394	26	15.15	36.85	2.47	1	7/54
CEB Rice	Transvaal	8	13	1,464	60	639	25	25.56	58.56	2.62	1	6/59
AJ Kourie	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	10	1,073	70	343	25	13.72	42.92	1.92	1	7/68
DR Neilson	Transvaal	8	13	1,433	57	601	25	24.04	57.32	2.52	1	5/66
DS van der Knaap	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	9	1,531	79	533	25	21.32	61.24	2.09	2	5/37
VR Hogg	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	6	12	1,086	37	516	23	22.43	47.22	2.85	1	5/89
WK Watson	Eastern Province	7	13	1,362	44	623	22	28.32	61.91	2.74	0	4/64
C Wulfsohn	Natal, Natal B	5	9	904	38	426	22	19.36	41.09	2.83	2	7/72
B Horton	Rhodesia	7	14	1,173	32	648	21	30.86	55.86	3.31	0	3/54
DK Pearse	Natal, Natal B	7	14	1,290	50	551	21	26.24	61.43	2.56	1	5/29
DAG Fletcher	Rhodesia	8	12	1,220	35	648	20	32.40	61.00	3.19	0	4/89
PD Swart	Western Province	8	12	860	30	373	20	18.65	43.00	2.60	1	5/17
GM Gower	Border	6	10	1,213	67	402	20	20.10	60.65	1.99	1	5/73
DL Hobson	Western Province	5	10	1,728	76	696	20	34.80	86.40	2.42	2	6/49
RET Morris	Western Province	7	14	1,391	80	455	19	23.95	73.21	1.96	2	5/44
W Els	Border	4	7	583	13	283	18	15.72	32.39	2.91	1	5/66
JS Muil	Natal, Natal B	5	10	1,540	85	620	18	34.44	85.56	2.42	0	4/70
RC Ontong	Transvaal, Transvaal B	7	12	1,077	36	549	17	32.29	63.35	3.06	0	4/111
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal	6	10	1,090	45	467	17	27.47	64.12	2.57	0	4/114

Show the remaining 129 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
KR Cooper	Natal	8	14	1,390	48	691	17	40.65	81.76	2.98	0	4/62
KA Barlow	Transvaal, Transvaal B	6	11	912	38	334	15	22.27	60.80	2.20	0	4/58
AB Nieuwoudt	Western Province	7	14	1,056	51	379	15	25.27	70.40	2.15	0	4/61
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	7	13	907	34	443	15	29.53	60.47	2.93	0	4/65
PD de Vaal	Transvaal	8	11	1,025	56	448	14	32.00	73.21	2.62	0	4/78
PA Robinson	Northern Transvaal	6	12	966	36	448	14	32.00	69.00	2.78	0	3/33
AJ Cilliers	Northern Transvaal	5	10	576	14	324	13	24.92	44.31	3.38	0	4/54
MA Buss	Orange Free State	4	7	1,188	93	276	13	21.23	91.38	1.39	0	4/55
CF Ahlfeldt	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	3	6	573	24	234	13	18.00	44.08	2.45	1	5/68
O Henry	Western Province B	4	6	917	55	309	12	25.75	76.42	2.02	1	6/31
JC Mitchell	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	7	11	1,074	51	495	12	41.25	89.50	2.77	1	6/68
N Minnaar	Natal, Natal B	4	6	550	21	239	11	21.73	50.00	2.61	0	3/50
GD Boucher	Border	6	10	486	16	274	11	24.91	44.18	3.38	1	7/39
JD Ogilvie	Griqualand West	4	7	557	22	290	11	26.36	50.64	3.12	0	4/49
SJ Schmidt	Border	6	9	678	30	289	11	26.27	61.64	2.56	0	3/50
WB Steytler	Northern Transvaal	3	6	570	31	227	11	20.64	51.82	2.39	1	5/71
CP Wilkins	Eastern Province	7	11	828	32	410	11	37.27	75.27	2.97	0	3/27
AP Beukes	Griqualand West	4	7	726	41	267	11	24.27	66.00	2.21	1	5/60
K McLaren	Griqualand West	4	7	600	31	274	11	24.91	54.55	2.74	0	4/54
AJ Traicos	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	4	7	882	37	370	10	37.00	88.20	2.52	0	4/50
AR Lilley	Natal	2	4	453	20	177	10	17.70	45.30	2.34	1	5/48
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	4	8	705	29	330	10	33.00	70.50	2.81	0	4/54
D Elliott	Eastern Province B	3	5	564	24	230	10	23.00	56.40	2.45	1	5/55
E Schmidt	Orange Free State	3	6	649	30	247	10	24.70	64.90	2.28	1	5/42
JF Steele	Natal	7	13	630	26	283	9	31.44	70.00	2.70	0	3/41
PB Clift	Rhodesia	2	4	420	14	214	9	23.78	46.67	3.06	1	6/36
CA Gie	Northern Transvaal	3	5	815	27	395	9	43.89	90.56	2.91	0	4/70
RG Norton	Orange Free State	4	8	618	24	303	9	33.67	68.67	2.94	0	3/42
JH du Preez	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	4	8	824	33	372	8	46.50	103.00	2.71	1	5/75
DH Streak	Rhodesia B	4	7	720	32	311	8	38.88	90.00	2.59	0	4/81
NB Lotter	Western Province B	3	6	539	20	242	8	30.25	67.38	2.69	1	5/34
MB Minnaar	Western Province B	3	6	636	43	221	8	27.63	79.50	2.08	0	3/58
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	3	6	494	29	170	8	21.25	61.75	2.06	0	4/40
J During	Western Province, Western Province B	4	6	624	33	248	7	35.43	89.14	2.38	0	3/39
BD Desfountain	Eastern Province B	2	3	341	17	180	7	25.71	48.71	3.17	1	5/59
NG Featherstone	Transvaal	8	10	587	26	280	6	46.67	97.83	2.86	0	2/50
JPD Flanagan	Transvaal B	2	4	240	8	141	6	23.50	40.00	3.53	0	4/57
NH Harvey	Natal B	2	4	373	6	237	6	39.50	62.17	3.81	1	5/106
SA Jones	Western Province, Western Province B	3	5	474	19	158	6	26.33	79.00	2.00	0	3/28
MJD Doherty	Griqualand West	3	3	264	18	100	6	16.67	44.00	2.27	1	5/93
BV Tooth	Griqualand West	3	6	363	13	172	6	28.67	60.50	2.84	0	2/31
GE McMillan	Transvaal B	3	6	408	21	145	5	29.00	81.60	2.13	0	2/34
JA Carse	Rhodesia, Rhodesia B	3	6	467	12	269	5	53.80	93.40	3.46	0	3/89
I Ebrahim	Natal B	1	2	270	15	89	5	17.80	54.00	1.98	0	3/19
JP le Roux	Northern Transvaal	2	4	270	6	187	5	37.40	54.00	4.16	0	3/54
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	3	5	522	23	233	5	46.60	104.40	2.68	0	3/53
MJ Procter	Natal	1	1	132	5	53	4	13.25	33.00	2.41	0	4/53
RM Ervine	Rhodesia B	3	5	432	25	187	4	46.75	108.00	2.60	0	2/17
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	4	6	318	8	160	4	40.00	79.50	3.02	0	1/18
KW Sansom	Border	2	3	282	7	115	4	28.75	70.50	2.45	0	2/34
BM Clayton	Eastern Province B	3	5	474	13	317	4	79.25	118.50	4.01	0	2/97
AL Barnes	Transvaal B	2	3	162	14	63	3	21.00	54.00	2.33	0	2/23
JP Matthews	Transvaal B	1	2	90	1	64	3	21.33	30.00	4.27	0	2/23
M van Wyk	Transvaal B	6	10	588	27	214	3	71.33	196.00	2.18	0	2/27
GL Ackermann	Western Province B	1	2	84	2	66	3	22.00	28.00	4.71	0	2/11
NP Daniels	Western Province B	1	1	40	1	13	3	4.33	13.33	1.95	0	3/13
JA Knott	Natal B	2	4	313	16	133	3	44.33	104.33	2.55	0	2/59
DJ Morgan	Natal B	1	2	132	8	44	3	14.67	44.00	2.00	0	3/23
CC Weeden	Western Province B	2	2	210	5	129	3	43.00	70.00	3.69	0	2/67
D Govindjee	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	3	4	444	16	263	3	87.67	148.00	3.55	0	1/14
CR Kelbrick	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	3	6	368	7	221	3	73.67	122.67	3.60	0	2/14
AP Kuiper	Western Province B	2	3	102	3	59	2	29.50	51.00	3.47	0	2/21
JR Argyle	Transvaal B	1	2	186	13	60	2	30.00	93.00	1.94	0	2/50
A Dand	Natal B	1	2	150	7	68	2	34.00	75.00	2.72	0	2/28
MG Davies	Northern Transvaal	1	2	138	4	83	2	41.50	69.00	3.61	0	1/24
JN Farrell	Western Province B	1	1	120	2	71	2	35.50	60.00	3.55	0	2/71
GK Funston	Griqualand West	2	3	258	17	75	2	37.50	129.00	1.74	0	2/58
AH Jordaan	Northern Transvaal	5	5	180	4	113	2	56.50	90.00	3.77	0	1/26
MG Mathews	Natal, Natal B	3	3	79	4	38	2	19.00	39.50	2.89	0	1/5
KP Reid	Eastern Province B	3	3	180	5	92	2	46.00	90.00	3.07	0	1/35
JS Timm	Eastern Province, Eastern Province B	2	3	264	13	149	2	74.50	132.00	3.39	0	1/59
KC Wessels	Northern Transvaal	2	2	12	1	4	1	4.00	12.00	2.00	0	1/4
PN Kirsten	Western Province	4	4	237	13	97	1	97.00	237.00	2.46	0	1/70
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	2	2	96	4	58	1	58.00	96.00	3.63	0	1/48
JD du Toit	Western Province, Western Province B	3	5	378	15	140	1	140.00	378.00	2.22	0	1/64
HR Fotheringham	Natal	1	2	30	1	22	1	22.00	30.00	4.40	0	1/0
VS Greve	Transvaal B	1	1	108	5	47	1	47.00	108.00	2.61	0	1/47
WR Kerr	Transvaal B	4	6	312	24	78	1	78.00	312.00	1.50	0	1/7
MF Patel	Transvaal B	2	4	168	4	93	1	93.00	168.00	3.32	0	1/27
DBE Bawden	Rhodesia B	1	1	72	1	55	1	55.00	72.00	4.58	0	1/55
B Dudleston	Rhodesia	3	3	108	4	67	1	67.00	108.00	3.72	0	1/15
GL Hayes	Border	1	1	66	1	47	1	47.00	66.00	4.27	0	1/47
MB Madsen	Natal	3	4	150	3	102	1	102.00	150.00	4.08	0	1/38
B Plummer	Natal B	1	2	150	4	84	1	84.00	150.00	3.36	0	1/70
LH Coetzee	Orange Free State	3	3	168	10	54	1	54.00	168.00	1.93	0	1/23
IK Daniell	Eastern Province B	2	2	30	0	27	1	27.00	30.00	5.40	0	1/22
P Grobler	Orange Free State	1	2	96	5	38	1	38.00	96.00	2.38	0	1/26
E Hendricks	Eastern Province B	1	2	102	1	42	1	42.00	102.00	2.47	0	1/17
PR Carlstein	Rhodesia B	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/4
DL Bairstow	Griqualand West	2	2	78	4	34	0	—	—	2.62	0	0/16
RK Muzzell	Transvaal B	1	1	5	0	6	0	—	—	7.20	0	0/6
OJA Snyman	Transvaal B	1	1	12	0	3	0	—	—	1.50	0	0/3
WJ van der Linden	Transvaal B	2	2	48	1	31	0	—	—	3.88	0	0/5
K Desai	Rhodesia B	1	1	54	0	47	0	—	—	5.22	0	0/47
NB Ervine	Rhodesia B	1	1	30	0	26	0	—	—	5.20	0	0/26
AWR Fletcher	Rhodesia B	1	1	48	0	46	0	—	—	5.75	0	0/46
MH Gibb	Rhodesia B	1	1	24	0	11	0	—	—	2.75	0	0/11
MS Hogge	Rhodesia B	2	3	144	6	69	0	—	—	2.88	0	0/9
MC Peake	Rhodesia B	1	1	114	1	61	0	—	—	3.21	0	0/61
MCN Springer	Rhodesia B	1	2	114	1	80	0	—	—	4.21	0	0/18
TJ Townshend	Rhodesia B	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/14
S Turner	Natal	1	1	90	5	33	0	—	—	2.20	0	0/33
MD Tramontino	Griqualand West	1	1	4	0	2	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/2
KD Verdoorn	Northern Transvaal	1	2	18	0	12	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/2
HM Ackerman	Western Province	3	3	54	4	18	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/0
MH Bowditch	Western Province, Western Province B	4	4	102	3	49	0	—	—	2.88	0	0/0
SD Bruce	Western Province B	1	1	12	1	3	0	—	—	1.50	0	0/3
RM Clark	Western Province B	1	1	96	1	71	0	—	—	4.44	0	0/71
M Durbach	Northern Transvaal	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/6
GCG Fraser	Eastern Province B	1	1	78	3	46	0	—	—	3.54	0	0/46
BC Hardie	Natal B	1	1	60	4	39	0	—	—	3.90	0	0/39
SG Hugo	Western Province B	1	1	24	0	16	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/16
GW Jones	Northern Transvaal	3	5	162	4	86	0	—	—	3.19	0	0/14
FJ le Roux	Northern Transvaal	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2
GW Nelson	Border	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
JW Stephenson	Eastern Province	1	1	48	1	27	0	—	—	3.38	0	0/27
PM Thompson	Western Province B	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
P McLaren	Griqualand West	2	4	246	5	156	0	—	—	3.80	0	0/15
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	1	1	12	1	5	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/5
JH Blair	Orange Free State	1	1	6	0	12	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/12
RJ East	Orange Free State	1	1	6	0	17	0	—	—	17.00	0	0/17
IC Gericke	Orange Free State	1	2	156	7	81	0	—	—	3.12	0	0/29
NL Heale	Griqualand West	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
AC King	Eastern Province B	1	1	48	1	28	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/28
AR Lee	Eastern Province B	1	1	36	0	30	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/30
Y Snyders	Griqualand West	1	1	24	0	18	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/18
C van Rensburg	Orange Free State	1	1	18	1	3	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/3
JM Winstanley	Eastern Province B	1	1	2	0	4	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/4

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1977/78. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Border	6	4	0	2	2,556	79	32.35	404	1,920	95	20.21
Western Province	8	4	1	3	3,194	103	31.01	372	3,257	143	22.78
Northern Transvaal	6	3	0	3	2,428	69	35.19	405	2,875	103	27.91
Transvaal	8	3	0	5	3,111	97	32.07	355	3,238	117	27.68
Transvaal B	6	3	2	1	2,721	90	30.23	465	2,304	92	25.04
Natal B	4	2	2	0	1,545	65	23.77	293	1,779	71	25.06
Eastern Province	8	1	2	5	3,160	110	28.73	397	3,003	99	30.33
Orange Free State	4	1	1	2	1,597	53	30.13	424	1,896	64	29.63
Rhodesia	8	1	3	4	3,600	134	26.87	372	3,715	108	34.40
Western Province B	4	1	0	3	1,943	53	36.66	416	1,605	52	30.87
Eastern Province B	4	0	3	1	1,681	75	22.41	334	1,881	52	36.17
Griqualand West	4	0	3	1	1,433	73	19.63	310	1,458	50	29.16
Natal	8	0	3	5	3,300	131	25.19	385	3,152	108	29.19
Rhodesia B	4	0	3	1	1,607	71	22.63	296	1,793	49	36.59

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1977/78

Latest 12 of 41 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1978-03-10 to 1978-03-13 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 336 & 113/3
Transvaal B: 305/7d & 143

Northern Transvaal won by 7 wickets

1978-03-04 to 1978-03-06 · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Rhodesia: 159 & 277
Transvaal: 340 & 98/2

Transvaal won by 8 wickets

1978-03-03 to 1978-03-06 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 322/8d & 238/5
Natal: 385/8d & 174/9d

Western Province won by 5 wickets

1978-03-03 to 1978-03-06 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 246 & 221/5
Northern Transvaal: 332/9d

Match drawn

1978-02-25 to 1978-02-27 · City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

Natal: 149 & 176/7
Eastern Province: 200 & 220/6d

Match drawn

1978-02-24 to 1978-02-27 · Lenasia Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal B: 179 & 172
Border: 353

Border won by an innings and 2 runs

1978-02-11 to 1978-02-13 · Police B Ground, Salisbury

Rhodesia: 239/8d & 197/4
Natal: 292/9d & 143

Rhodesia won by 6 wickets

1978-02-11 to 1978-02-13 · Lahee Park, Pinetown

Natal B: 151 & 185
Rhodesia B: 212 & 120

Natal B won by 4 runs

1978-02-10 to 1978-02-13 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 218 & 27/1
Griqualand West: 130 & 113

Northern Transvaal won by 9 wickets

1978-02-10 to 1978-02-11 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 80 & 92
Western Province: 361/9d

Western Province won by an innings and 189 runs

1978-02-03 to 1978-02-06 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 355/7d & 171/8
Rhodesia: 340/6d & 312/8d

Match drawn

1978-01-27 to 1978-01-30 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 372 & 92/2
Rhodesia: 202 & 259

Western Province won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	5
Newlands, Cape Town	5
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	5
Berea Park, Pretoria	3
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	3
Kingsmead, Durban	3
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	3
De Beers Country Club, Kimberley	2
Lahee Park, Pinetown	2
Lenasia Stadium, Johannesburg	2
Police B Ground, Salisbury	2
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	2
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1
Rhodes University Rhodes Great Field, Grahamstown	1
RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town	1
Salisbury Sports Club, Salisbury	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RJ East	191*	Eastern Province B	1978-01-06
RG Pollock	190*	Rhodesia	1977-12-26
RV Jennings	168	Rhodesia B	1977-11-11
MD Tramontino	151*	Northern Transvaal	1978-01-02
CG Stephens	150*	Rhodesia B	1977-11-11

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AM Ferreira	8/38	Transvaal B	1978-03-10
VAP van der Bijl	8/56	Rhodesia	1978-01-01
GD Boucher	7/39	Eastern Province B	1978-01-20
GS le Roux	7/40	Eastern Province	1978-02-10
I Foulkes	7/54	Eastern Province B	1977-12-26

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded teams

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for CSA 4-Day Series. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1890-04-05 to 2026-09-17. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

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CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78

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Player statistics · 1977/78

Batting · 218 players

Bowling · 154 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1977/78

Northern Transvaal v Transvaal B

Rhodesia v Transvaal

Western Province v Natal

Border v Northern Transvaal

Natal v Eastern Province

Transvaal B v Border

Rhodesia v Natal

Natal B v Rhodesia B

Northern Transvaal v Griqualand West

Eastern Province v Western Province

Transvaal v Rhodesia

Western Province v Rhodesia

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