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CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 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 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

RG Pollock leads the displayed batting table with 961 runs. VAP van der Bijl leads the bowling table with 46 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 32
Recorded players: 150
Recorded teams: 9
Recorded venues: 11

Selected season match starts: 1978-11-02 to 1979-03-09. 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 1978/79. 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 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RG Pollock	8	961
I Foulkes	6	592
MJD Doherty	6	548
FJ le Roux	6	534
PN Kirsten	8	532

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
VAP van der Bijl	8	46
RW Hanley	8	35
DR Neilson	8	35
WK Watson	8	35
I Foulkes	6	34

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

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 · 150 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RG Pollock	Transvaal	8	12	1	961	233	87.36	191.43	3	5	49	3
I Foulkes	Border	6	11	2	592	127	65.78	—	4	2	7	0
MJD Doherty	Griqualand West	6	12	1	548	117	49.82	—	2	2	16	0
FJ le Roux	Northern Transvaal	6	10	0	534	109	53.40	—	4	1	18	1
PN Kirsten	Western Province	8	15	0	532	105	35.47	10,640.00	3	1	23	1
HR Fotheringham	Transvaal	8	12	1	489	110	44.45	688.73	2	1	26	4
BF Davison	Rhodesia	8	15	1	488	129	34.86	—	2	1	40	8
IH McClenaghan	Border	6	11	0	442	134	40.18	44,200.00	3	1	1	0
G Cook	Eastern Province	8	16	1	441	100*	29.40	—	1	1	8	0
R Kent	Border	6	11	0	437	127	39.73	—	1	2	1	0
JG Heron	Rhodesia	8	15	2	405	122*	31.15	13,500.00	2	1	0	0
AJ Lamb	Western Province	8	15	2	399	107	30.69	—	1	1	14	0
AJS Smith	Natal	8	14	0	396	82	28.29	477.11	4	0	53	1
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	8	16	2	395	113	28.21	—	2	1	17	0
DD Dyer	Transvaal	8	12	1	367	98	33.36	601.64	2	0	8	0
D Bestall	Natal	8	14	0	367	88	26.21	262.14	3	0	40	0
RJD Whyte	Eastern Province	8	16	2	357	78*	25.50	35,700.00	2	0	13	0
CP Wilkins	Natal	8	14	0	346	91	24.71	210.98	3	0	36	4
SD Bruce	Western Province	6	11	3	335	109*	41.88	—	2	1	1	0
RJ East	Orange Free State	6	10	0	334	92	33.40	—	2	0	0	0
B Dudleston	Rhodesia	8	15	0	331	59	22.07	—	2	0	14	0
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	14	1	330	61	25.38	687.50	3	0	29	3
PB Clift	Rhodesia	8	15	2	327	49*	25.15	—	0	0	8	0
ID Harty	Border	6	11	0	326	48	29.64	32,600.00	0	0	5	0
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	6	10	2	321	90	40.13	—	2	0	0	0

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CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
MB Madsen	Natal	8	14	0	320	86	22.86	142.86	2	0	26	2
SJ Cook	Transvaal	6	9	1	307	179*	38.38	326.60	0	1	28	0
DP le Roux	Orange Free State	6	10	2	300	72	37.50	—	2	0	0	0
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	16	1	292	52	19.47	—	1	0	14	0
K Burrow	Northern Transvaal	6	10	1	285	71	31.67	—	2	0	1	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	6	12	0	285	60	23.75	—	1	0	1	0
GW Jones	Northern Transvaal	6	10	3	281	67	40.14	—	3	0	13	0
RA Drummond	Western Province	8	15	0	275	58	18.33	—	2	0	3	0
PD Swart	Western Province	8	15	2	273	87	21.00	—	1	0	8	0
DN Martin	Griqualand West	5	10	0	272	109	27.20	—	1	1	0	0
AJ Kourie	Transvaal	7	11	1	268	94*	26.80	1,218.18	2	0	0	0
RC Ontong	Northern Transvaal	6	10	0	266	83	26.60	—	2	0	4	0
K McLaren	Griqualand West	6	12	1	263	56	23.91	—	1	0	0	0
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	6	10	0	262	84	26.20	—	2	0	16	4
NL Heale	Griqualand West	4	8	0	259	79	32.38	—	3	0	0	0
HM Ackerman	Western Province	8	15	1	257	65	18.36	8,566.67	1	0	10	0
A Barrow	Natal	7	13	0	251	60	19.31	210.92	1	0	18	0
GL Hayes	Border	5	9	2	249	125	35.57	—	1	1	35	0
RET Morris	Western Province	6	11	1	248	116*	24.80	—	0	1	2	0
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	5	10	0	245	77	24.50	24,500.00	1	0	5	1
JR Gray	Griqualand West	6	12	0	240	83	20.00	—	1	0	0	0
AH Jordaan	Northern Transvaal	6	10	1	233	83	25.89	—	1	0	8	0
AP Beukes	Griqualand West	6	12	0	229	60	19.08	—	2	0	0	0
JRT Barclay	Orange Free State	6	10	0	223	50	22.30	—	1	0	0	0
AP Kuiper	Western Province	7	13	2	219	46*	19.91	—	0	0	7	1
RM Bentley	Rhodesia	6	12	4	205	55*	25.63	—	2	0	7	0
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	4	7	0	189	141	27.00	—	0	1	0	0
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	8	12	1	182	55	16.55	319.30	1	0	3	0
GR Weetman	Griqualand West	6	12	4	179	51*	22.38	—	1	0	0	0
E Schmidt	Orange Free State	4	7	1	175	62*	29.17	—	1	0	0	0
BD Barbour	Rhodesia	7	13	0	167	104	12.85	—	0	1	7	0
BS Groves	Natal	5	8	0	165	77	20.63	1,269.23	1	0	10	3
WJ Wilson	Griqualand West	5	10	2	165	51*	20.63	—	1	0	0	0
TA Lloyd	Orange Free State	4	7	1	160	86*	26.67	—	1	0	0	0
C van Rensburg	Orange Free State	6	10	0	160	62	16.00	—	1	0	0	0
DAG Fletcher	Rhodesia	6	12	1	158	77	14.36	—	1	0	0	0
DL Houghton	Rhodesia	7	14	0	158	33	11.29	—	0	0	2	0
RBC Ranger	Border	4	8	3	152	51	30.40	—	1	0	0	0
RA Seymour	Eastern Province	5	10	0	150	42	15.00	—	0	0	5	0
DS Scott	Border	5	9	5	149	46*	37.25	438.24	0	0	4	0
DK Pearse	Natal	7	12	4	147	46	18.38	700.00	0	0	15	2
LH Coetzee	Orange Free State	5	8	0	147	72	18.38	—	1	0	0	0
CWS Pope	Border	5	10	2	139	43*	17.38	—	0	0	4	0
SJ Schmidt	Border	6	11	1	136	58	13.60	—	1	0	1	0
DL Hobson	Western Province	6	11	1	135	61	13.50	13,500.00	1	0	12	2
BWF Pienaar	Griqualand West	4	8	0	134	48	16.75	—	0	0	0	0
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	8	16	3	133	28	10.23	3,325.00	0	0	2	0
AA Hipkin	Natal	4	8	1	130	40	18.57	448.28	0	0	11	0
L Seeff	Western Province	4	8	0	129	38	16.13	3,225.00	0	0	0	0
CR Kelbrick	Griqualand West	6	12	4	128	28	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
KD Verdoorn	Northern Transvaal	5	8	1	127	67	18.14	—	1	0	0	0
VF du Preez	Northern Transvaal	6	10	4	125	30*	20.83	—	0	0	2	0
JD Ogilvie	Griqualand West	3	6	0	121	37	20.17	—	0	0	0	0
RD Engelbrecht	Griqualand West	4	8	1	121	65	17.29	—	1	0	0	0
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province	5	10	1	116	32*	12.89	966.67	0	0	5	0
RV Jennings	Transvaal	8	12	2	113	32	11.30	1,883.33	0	0	3	0
JH du Preez	Rhodesia	2	3	1	110	75*	55.00	—	1	0	14	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	16	2	109	23	7.79	—	0	0	2	0
DR Neilson	Transvaal	8	12	2	100	32*	10.00	833.33	0	0	4	0
PD de Vaal	Transvaal	4	5	0	98	40	19.60	—	0	0	1	0
JD du Toit	Western Province	1	2	0	97	97	48.50	—	1	0	0	0
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	2	4	2	88	37*	44.00	—	0	0	5	0
W Els	Eastern Province	5	10	4	88	18*	14.67	—	0	0	4	0
MJ Procter	Natal	2	4	1	86	55*	28.67	140.98	1	0	13	0
CEB Rice	Transvaal	1	2	1	86	64*	86.00	—	1	0	0	0
GW Nelson	Border	5	9	0	83	24	9.22	—	0	0	2	0
AJ Traicos	Rhodesia	8	15	2	78	37	6.00	3,900.00	0	0	0	0
KR Cooper	Natal	8	14	2	77	30	6.42	700.00	0	0	9	0
JC Mitchell	Rhodesia	4	8	2	73	47*	12.17	—	0	0	0	0
TG Botha	Orange Free State	4	7	1	70	23	11.67	—	0	0	0	0
M Durbach	Northern Transvaal	3	4	0	68	41	17.00	—	0	0	0	0
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	4	8	0	68	29	8.50	—	0	0	1	0
KG Motley	Northern Transvaal	3	6	3	65	21*	21.67	—	0	0	3	0
MR Searle	Eastern Province	2	4	1	62	48	20.67	—	0	0	6	2
DC McKenna	Border	2	3	0	54	30	18.00	—	0	0	6	0
SA Jones	Western Province	5	10	2	54	12	6.75	—	0	0	3	0
DJ Strauss	Orange Free State	1	2	1	49	43*	49.00	—	0	0	0	0
DH Howell	Eastern Province	1	2	0	48	37	24.00	—	0	0	2	0
GS le Roux	Western Province	3	6	1	46	19	9.20	—	0	0	1	0
CA Gie	Natal	2	4	1	42	18	14.00	67.74	0	0	2	0
H Brown	Griqualand West	3	6	0	42	38	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
GE McMillan	Transvaal	5	8	2	39	16	6.50	278.57	0	0	0	0
PH Williams	Natal	1	2	0	39	36	19.50	88.64	0	0	5	0
TW Dunk	Rhodesia	1	2	0	38	22	19.00	—	0	0	0	0
GCG Fraser	Eastern Province	2	4	0	37	22	9.25	—	0	0	0	0
FB Hill	Natal	2	2	0	36	35	18.00	—	0	0	6	0
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	5	8	4	36	11*	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
GE Peckover	Rhodesia	3	5	0	32	14	6.40	—	0	0	1	0
O Henry	Western Province	2	4	2	30	14*	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
GD Boucher	Border	5	9	0	26	13	2.89	866.67	0	0	0	0
T Quirk	Northern Transvaal	6	10	0	25	13	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
LW Griessel	Orange Free State	2	3	0	23	10	7.67	—	0	0	0	0
ES Gordon	Western Province	4	7	3	21	14	5.25	—	0	0	0	0
VR Hogg	Rhodesia	3	6	2	19	8*	4.75	—	0	0	0	0
AR Lilley	Transvaal	4	6	2	19	18*	4.75	1,900.00	0	0	0	0
DL Orchard	Natal	3	5	0	19	10	3.80	950.00	0	0	1	0
I Ebrahim	Natal	3	4	2	17	11	8.50	—	0	0	1	0
WM van der Merwe	Orange Free State	2	3	1	16	9*	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
RW Hanley	Transvaal	8	12	2	15	6	1.50	150.00	0	0	1	0
DR Turner	Natal	1	2	0	15	13	7.50	—	0	0	2	0
SD Robertson	Rhodesia	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	—	0	0	0	0
GM Gower	Border	2	3	1	10	10*	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
PA Robinson	Northern Transvaal	2	3	1	10	10*	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province	2	4	1	9	8*	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
PWL Geach	Rhodesia	2	3	2	9	4	9.00	—	0	0	0	0
KA McKenzie	Transvaal	2	3	0	8	8	2.67	—	0	0	1	0
CB Jonker	Rhodesia	3	6	0	7	4	1.17	—	0	0	0	0
RD Brown	Rhodesia	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
M van Wyk	Transvaal	2	3	0	5	3	1.67	—	0	0	0	0
JA Carse	Rhodesia	2	3	0	5	3	1.67	—	0	0	0	0
G Lusardi	Orange Free State	2	3	0	5	4	1.67	—	0	0	0	0
MG Davies	Northern Transvaal	2	4	0	4	4	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
P Grobler	Orange Free State	2	4	1	4	4	1.33	—	0	0	0	0
AB Nieuwoudt	Western Province	3	5	0	3	3	0.60	—	0	0	0	0
D Elliott	Eastern Province	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
JR Argyle	Transvaal	1	1	1	2	2*	—	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Blignaut	Northern Transvaal	2	3	1	1	1*	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
LJ Reid-Ross	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
ST Jefferies	Western Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
FJ Bezuidenhout	Border	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
CER McCalgan	Border	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
JS Muil	Natal	3	6	3	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
KW Sansom	Border	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
P McLaren	Griqualand West	2	4	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
RJ Strauss	Orange Free State	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 106 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	15	1,910	88	684	46	14.87	41.52	2.15	6	5/32
RW Hanley	Transvaal	8	15	1,364	44	601	35	17.17	38.97	2.64	2	5/43
DR Neilson	Transvaal	8	15	1,499	52	622	35	17.77	42.83	2.49	2	5/29
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	13	1,485	50	703	35	20.09	42.43	2.84	2	5/32
I Foulkes	Border	6	10	1,798	80	743	34	21.85	52.88	2.48	2	5/74
PB Clift	Rhodesia	8	14	1,643	56	720	33	21.82	49.79	2.63	1	5/63
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	6	11	1,367	63	601	30	20.03	45.57	2.64	3	7/68
AJ Kourie	Transvaal	7	9	1,126	67	396	29	13.66	38.83	2.11	2	6/38
KR Cooper	Natal	8	15	1,390	51	672	29	23.17	47.93	2.90	1	5/63
DL Hobson	Western Province	6	10	1,553	82	625	29	21.55	53.55	2.41	2	9/64
RC Ontong	Northern Transvaal	6	11	1,370	48	679	28	24.25	48.93	2.97	2	5/28
SA Jones	Western Province	5	10	793	26	328	22	14.91	36.05	2.48	1	5/34
PD Swart	Western Province	8	14	1,097	42	445	21	21.19	52.24	2.43	1	5/43
DAG Fletcher	Rhodesia	6	12	1,181	36	572	20	28.60	59.05	2.91	0	4/60
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	5	9	1,047	57	436	20	21.80	52.35	2.50	1	5/52
MJ Procter	Natal	2	4	474	21	211	18	11.72	26.33	2.67	2	6/25
GE McMillan	Transvaal	5	9	602	22	263	17	15.47	35.41	2.62	0	4/47
GW Jones	Northern Transvaal	6	12	924	15	575	17	33.82	54.35	3.73	1	5/78
AJ Traicos	Rhodesia	8	13	1,286	62	525	14	37.50	91.86	2.45	0	4/43
GS le Roux	Western Province	3	5	474	15	235	14	16.79	33.86	2.97	0	4/45
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	11	1,056	32	509	14	36.36	75.43	2.89	1	5/90
W Els	Eastern Province	5	9	728	17	450	14	32.14	52.00	3.71	0	4/66
AP Kuiper	Western Province	7	12	731	20	356	13	27.38	56.23	2.92	0	2/8
E Schmidt	Orange Free State	4	7	857	32	385	13	29.62	65.92	2.70	1	5/74
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	6	10	1,002	42	526	12	43.83	83.50	3.15	0	3/92

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CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	4	6	647	13	374	12	31.17	53.92	3.47	0	4/82
VR Hogg	Rhodesia	3	6	621	22	239	11	21.73	56.45	2.31	0	3/44
MJD Doherty	Griqualand West	6	8	486	17	227	11	20.64	44.18	2.80	0	4/16
GD Boucher	Border	5	9	681	23	276	10	27.60	68.10	2.43	0	3/38
GL Hayes	Border	5	8	895	44	329	10	32.90	89.50	2.21	0	3/49
AB Nieuwoudt	Western Province	3	5	432	17	173	10	17.30	43.20	2.40	1	6/25
DS Scott	Border	5	9	654	13	350	10	35.00	65.40	3.21	0	4/60
AP Beukes	Griqualand West	6	9	882	42	354	10	35.40	88.20	2.41	0	4/80
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	5	8	677	21	300	10	30.00	67.70	2.66	1	5/71
CR Kelbrick	Griqualand West	6	8	810	22	441	10	44.10	81.00	3.27	0	3/104
WJ Wilson	Griqualand West	5	6	810	39	314	10	31.40	81.00	2.33	0	3/95
AR Lilley	Transvaal	4	8	487	24	191	9	21.22	54.11	2.35	0	4/9
JC Mitchell	Rhodesia	3	6	330	14	133	9	14.78	36.67	2.42	1	6/54
LH Coetzee	Orange Free State	5	8	341	15	170	9	18.89	37.89	2.99	0	3/28
RM Bentley	Rhodesia	6	9	372	21	158	8	19.75	46.50	2.55	0	2/12
CB Jonker	Rhodesia	3	6	423	17	211	8	26.38	52.88	2.99	0	4/32
JRT Barclay	Orange Free State	6	10	886	43	346	8	43.25	110.75	2.34	0	2/40
RD Engelbrecht	Griqualand West	4	6	312	13	150	8	18.75	39.00	2.88	0	4/43
ES Gordon	Western Province	4	7	522	14	231	7	33.00	74.57	2.66	0	2/17
RET Morris	Western Province	6	8	1,056	57	366	7	52.29	150.86	2.08	0	2/39
B Dudleston	Rhodesia	2	3	209	6	64	6	10.67	34.83	1.84	0	3/14
AH Jordaan	Northern Transvaal	4	4	300	9	180	6	30.00	50.00	3.60	0	4/111
GW Nelson	Border	3	4	462	30	191	6	31.83	77.00	2.48	0	3/64
DK Pearse	Natal	6	10	648	31	311	6	51.83	108.00	2.88	0	2/21
RBC Ranger	Border	4	6	300	14	104	6	17.33	50.00	2.08	0	2/7
SJ Schmidt	Border	6	8	432	16	256	6	42.67	72.00	3.56	0	1/12
RA Seymour	Eastern Province	5	8	528	16	300	6	50.00	88.00	3.41	0	2/57
CEB Rice	Transvaal	1	2	150	7	52	5	10.40	30.00	2.08	0	3/28
PD de Vaal	Transvaal	4	6	804	50	314	5	62.80	160.80	2.34	0	3/31
PA Robinson	Northern Transvaal	2	4	282	17	119	5	23.80	56.40	2.53	0	3/64
TG Botha	Orange Free State	4	6	402	4	299	5	59.80	80.40	4.46	0	2/10
VF du Preez	Northern Transvaal	4	7	330	12	153	4	38.25	82.50	2.78	0	2/44
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	2	3	252	10	124	4	31.00	63.00	2.95	0	2/28
JD Ogilvie	Griqualand West	3	5	294	8	193	4	48.25	73.50	3.94	0	2/53
WM van der Merwe	Orange Free State	2	4	346	11	180	4	45.00	86.50	3.12	0	3/47
CP Wilkins	Natal	7	11	336	15	121	4	30.25	84.00	2.16	0	3/19
P McLaren	Griqualand West	2	3	354	9	195	4	48.75	88.50	3.31	0	2/35
PWL Geach	Rhodesia	2	2	180	4	82	3	27.33	60.00	2.73	0	3/48
HM Ackerman	Western Province	2	3	138	3	77	3	25.67	46.00	3.35	0	2/41
CA Gie	Natal	2	3	360	12	208	3	69.33	120.00	3.47	0	2/75
GM Gower	Border	2	2	156	6	75	3	25.00	52.00	2.88	0	3/75
MB Madsen	Natal	5	6	312	8	182	3	60.67	104.00	3.50	0	1/7
JS Muil	Natal	3	5	423	26	203	3	67.67	141.00	2.88	0	1/27
P Grobler	Orange Free State	2	4	282	7	143	3	47.67	94.00	3.04	0	1/24
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	4	6	366	14	186	3	62.00	122.00	3.05	0	2/52
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province	2	4	390	14	225	2	112.50	195.00	3.46	0	1/41
JR Argyle	Transvaal	1	2	168	6	60	2	30.00	84.00	2.14	0	1/24
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	5	5	144	7	72	2	36.00	72.00	3.00	0	1/12
JA Carse	Rhodesia	2	2	216	7	107	2	53.50	108.00	2.97	0	1/37
MG Davies	Northern Transvaal	2	4	282	14	141	2	70.50	141.00	3.00	0	1/27
JH du Preez	Rhodesia	2	2	192	10	93	1	93.00	192.00	2.91	0	1/45
O Henry	Western Province	2	3	168	4	97	1	97.00	168.00	3.46	0	1/47
KG Motley	Northern Transvaal	1	1	42	2	11	1	11.00	42.00	1.57	0	1/11
PJ Blignaut	Northern Transvaal	2	4	186	5	108	1	108.00	186.00	3.48	0	1/54
ID Harty	Border	2	3	66	3	39	1	39.00	66.00	3.55	0	1/23
CER McCalgan	Border	1	1	114	2	91	1	91.00	114.00	4.79	0	1/91
LJ Reid-Ross	Northern Transvaal	1	2	64	1	35	1	35.00	64.00	3.28	0	1/1
KW Sansom	Border	1	1	84	3	57	1	57.00	84.00	4.07	0	1/57
D Elliott	Eastern Province	1	1	96	3	67	1	67.00	96.00	4.19	0	1/67
K McLaren	Griqualand West	5	5	258	8	185	1	185.00	258.00	4.30	0	1/62
BWF Pienaar	Griqualand West	1	1	36	1	33	1	33.00	36.00	5.50	0	1/33
RJ Strauss	Orange Free State	1	1	72	1	55	1	55.00	72.00	4.58	0	1/55
G Cook	Eastern Province	1	2	30	1	16	0	—	—	3.20	0	0/4
PN Kirsten	Western Province	2	2	60	2	25	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/12
JD du Toit	Western Province	1	1	36	1	12	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/12
HR Fotheringham	Transvaal	3	3	72	3	44	0	—	—	3.67	0	0/1
M van Wyk	Transvaal	2	3	156	5	61	0	—	—	2.35	0	0/15
ST Jefferies	Western Province	1	2	204	13	54	0	—	—	1.59	0	0/19
D Bestall	Natal	1	1	1	0	2	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/2
FJ Bezuidenhout	Border	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/13
K Burrow	Northern Transvaal	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6
M Durbach	Northern Transvaal	1	1	18	0	7	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/7
I Ebrahim	Natal	3	4	252	12	93	0	—	—	2.21	0	0/0
GCG Fraser	Eastern Province	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/10
R Kent	Border	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	1	1	3	0	1	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/1
RJ East	Orange Free State	1	1	7	0	5	0	—	—	4.29	0	0/5
JR Gray	Griqualand West	2	2	10	0	12	0	—	—	7.20	0	0/4
NL Heale	Griqualand West	2	2	7	0	2	0	—	—	1.71	0	0/0
MR Searle	Eastern Province	2	2	90	1	76	0	—	—	5.07	0	0/27
C van Rensburg	Orange Free State	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/14

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 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Transvaal	8	5	0	3	3,227	87	37.09	466	2,808	141	19.91
Western Province	8	3	3	2	3,207	123	26.07	357	3,190	134	23.81
Natal	8	2	2	4	2,941	135	21.79	301	2,865	114	25.13
Northern Transvaal	6	2	0	4	2,407	72	33.43	438	2,777	101	27.50
Border	6	1	1	4	2,930	83	35.30	456	2,650	94	28.19
Eastern Province	8	1	5	2	3,098	143	21.66	275	3,306	108	30.61
Rhodesia	8	1	2	5	2,769	132	20.98	337	3,073	123	24.98
Griqualand West	6	0	1	5	2,840	109	26.06	348	2,228	64	34.81
Orange Free State	6	0	1	5	2,340	77	30.39	514	2,862	82	34.90

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 · 1978/79

Latest 12 of 32 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1979-03-09 to 1979-03-12 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 291/9d & 228/3d
Western Province: 136 & 256

Transvaal won by 127 runs

1979-03-09 to 1979-03-12 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 250/8d & 151/4
Natal: 259 & 141

Eastern Province won by 6 wickets

1979-03-03 to 1979-03-05 · Police B Ground, Salisbury

Rhodesia: 115 & 64
Western Province: 204 & 169/5d

Western Province won by 194 runs

1979-02-14 to 1979-02-16 · De Beers Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 103 & 344
Northern Transvaal: 253 & 105/4

Match drawn

1979-02-09 to 1979-02-12 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 77 & 227
Natal: 186 & 245

Natal won by 127 runs

1979-02-09 to 1979-02-12 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 371/9d
Eastern Province: 92 & 259

Transvaal won by an innings and 20 runs

1979-02-09 to 1979-02-12 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 322/9d & 238/8
Northern Transvaal: 346/8d & 237/7d

Match drawn

1979-02-05 to 1979-02-07 · De Beers Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 220 & 321/8
Border: 456/8d

Match drawn

1979-02-03 to 1979-02-05 · Police B Ground, Salisbury

Rhodesia: 270/9d & 191/5
Eastern Province: 275 & 185

Rhodesia won by 5 wickets

1979-02-01 to 1979-02-03 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 213 & 207/6
Border: 250 & 167

Northern Transvaal won by 4 wickets

1979-01-27 to 1979-01-29 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 169 & 210/7
Western Province: 268/9d & 110

Natal won by 3 wickets

1979-01-25 to 1979-01-27 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 286
Griqualand West: 252 & 90/2

Match drawn

Recorded venues

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	4
Newlands, Cape Town	4
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
Berea Park, Pretoria	3
De Beers Country Club, Kimberley	3
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	3
Kingsmead, Durban	3
Police B Ground, Salisbury	3
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	3
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	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 1978/79, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RG Pollock	233	Western Province	1979-01-01
SJ Cook	179*	Natal	1978-12-26
RG Pollock	143	Eastern Province	1979-02-09
N Rosendorff	141	Border	1978-11-09
RG Pollock	139	Eastern Province	1979-01-05

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DL Hobson	9/64	Eastern Province	1978-11-24
AM Ferreira	7/68	Griqualand West	1979-02-14
AB Nieuwoudt	6/25	Eastern Province	1978-12-26
MJ Procter	6/25	Western Province	1979-02-09
AJ Kourie	6/38	Eastern Province	1979-01-05

* 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 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.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

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Transvaal v Western Province

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