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CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 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 1981/82; Tests are excluded.

PN Kirsten leads the displayed batting table with 624 runs. VAP van der Bijl leads the bowling table with 57 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 20
Recorded players: 89
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1981-11-02 to 1982-04-01. 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 1981/82. 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 1981/82

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 1981/82 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PN Kirsten	8	624
D Bestall	8	528
CEB Rice	8	500
RG Pollock	6	486
AI Kallicharran	6	484

Recorded innings through 1982-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
VAP van der Bijl	8	57
GS le Roux	8	43
ST Jefferies	8	41
RW Hanley	7	33
CEB Rice	7	27

Recorded innings through 1982-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1981/82

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 · 89 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
PN Kirsten	Western Province	8	14	1	624	151	48.00	143.78	1	3	64	2
D Bestall	Natal	8	16	1	528	80*	35.20	54.04	3	0	63	1
CEB Rice	Transvaal	8	14	3	500	108	45.45	203.25	2	2	54	5
RG Pollock	Transvaal	6	10	3	486	124	69.43	675.00	4	1	42	3
AI Kallicharran	Transvaal	6	10	1	484	129	53.78	93.44	1	2	41	1
VF du Preez	Northern Transvaal	8	16	1	471	115	31.40	41.39	2	1	47	0
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	15	1	465	171*	33.21	75.98	0	2	35	3
L Seeff	Western Province	8	14	3	426	79	38.73	157.20	3	0	9	0
BJ Whitfield	Northern Transvaal	8	16	1	404	100	26.93	46.22	3	1	32	1
AJ Lamb	Western Province	8	14	3	393	106*	35.73	100.77	2	1	36	4
KA McKenzie	Transvaal	8	14	2	390	101*	32.50	157.89	3	1	42	1
SJ Cook	Transvaal	8	14	2	381	72	31.75	90.71	2	0	41	0
KS McEwan	Western Province	8	14	1	364	117	28.00	80.71	2	1	28	1
CS Stirk	Northern Transvaal	8	16	0	363	124	22.69	39.41	1	1	39	5
BA Richards	Natal	6	12	3	339	87*	37.67	67.40	2	0	37	1
AP Kuiper	Western Province	6	11	0	338	89	30.73	211.25	4	0	22	5
RM Bentley	Natal	8	16	1	337	88	22.47	91.83	1	0	29	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	6	11	0	318	110	28.91	183.82	0	1	26	2
MJ Procter	Natal	7	14	1	314	76	24.15	105.37	3	0	43	2
NP Daniels	Natal	8	16	3	306	66	23.54	73.56	2	0	36	3
RC Ontong	Northern Transvaal	8	16	1	305	75	20.33	42.90	1	0	27	4
CP Wilkins	Natal	8	16	1	294	46	19.60	62.55	0	0	42	1
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	7	13	0	275	47	21.15	124.43	0	0	6	0
RJD Whyte	Eastern Province	8	15	1	241	58	17.21	126.18	1	0	10	1
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	8	16	0	229	60	14.31	61.39	1	0	27	4

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CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
NG Featherstone	Northern Transvaal	7	14	0	224	99	16.00	49.45	1	0	27	2
RG Fensham	Eastern Province	7	13	1	189	39	15.75	68.73	0	0	7	0
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	8	15	2	179	55	13.77	170.48	1	0	5	2
I Foulkes	Eastern Province	6	11	0	174	53	15.82	93.55	1	0	11	2
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	16	4	172	53*	14.33	209.76	1	0	19	3
AJS Smith	Natal	8	16	2	165	47	11.79	100.00	0	0	22	0
GS le Roux	Western Province	8	14	0	159	43	11.36	145.87	0	0	5	1
PB Clift	Natal	6	12	1	156	35	14.18	61.66	0	0	21	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	15	1	156	36	11.14	95.71	0	0	4	1
ST Jefferies	Western Province	8	14	4	144	63	14.40	154.84	1	0	14	3
O Henry	Western Province	5	9	2	142	53	20.29	161.36	1	0	3	2
AJ Kourie	Transvaal	7	12	4	140	29	17.50	225.81	0	0	8	0
JD Ogilvie	Eastern Province	5	10	2	136	42*	17.00	109.68	0	0	15	2
A Barrow	Northern Transvaal	4	8	0	134	45	16.75	46.05	0	0	19	0
KR Cooper	Natal	7	14	2	120	38*	10.00	196.72	0	0	17	2
JA Hopkins	Eastern Province	5	9	0	119	33	13.22	102.59	0	0	8	1
CL Smith	Natal	1	2	0	118	112	59.00	38.94	0	1	14	0
PD de Vaal	Northern Transvaal	3	6	0	117	64	19.50	50.65	1	0	6	0
SD Bruce	Western Province	4	7	1	116	89	19.33	580.00	1	0	9	5
GE McMillan	Transvaal	5	10	1	110	43*	12.22	137.50	0	0	15	2
RA Smith	Natal	3	6	0	109	91	18.17	454.17	1	0	10	0
CM Old	Northern Transvaal	7	14	1	95	30	7.31	39.42	0	0	11	0
RF Pienaar	Western Province	7	12	1	88	25*	8.00	251.43	0	0	0	0
HR Fotheringham	Transvaal	5	9	0	78	16	8.67	73.58	0	0	5	0
RV Jennings	Transvaal	8	14	1	73	23*	5.62	162.22	0	0	4	0
KE Jennings	Northern Transvaal	2	4	0	70	26	17.50	22.36	0	0	4	0
FE Joubert	Northern Transvaal	6	12	3	69	22*	7.67	53.08	0	0	6	1
PJA Visagie	Northern Transvaal	2	4	0	64	47	16.00	41.83	0	0	4	0
J During	Western Province	5	9	1	63	29	7.88	51.64	0	0	4	0
JA Carse	Eastern Province	7	13	5	59	19	7.38	140.48	0	0	5	0
NV Radford	Transvaal	7	12	2	52	21	5.20	1,040.00	0	0	5	0
B McBride	Northern Transvaal	6	12	5	51	15	7.29	30.18	0	0	5	0
WF Morris	Northern Transvaal	2	4	1	49	27	16.33	56.32	0	0	7	1
GD Tullis	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	43	22	21.50	45.26	0	0	2	0
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	2	4	0	41	36	10.25	—	0	0	4	0
NT Day	Transvaal	2	4	0	40	26	10.00	153.85	0	0	3	0
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	2	4	1	35	25	11.67	159.09	0	0	5	1
MS Venter	Transvaal	2	4	1	34	18	11.33	41.98	0	0	0	0
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province	2	4	0	31	23	7.75	124.00	0	0	0	0
RJ Ryall	Western Province	4	7	2	30	13*	6.00	428.57	0	0	1	0
HA Page	Transvaal	1	2	0	29	26	14.50	69.05	0	0	3	0
N Rynners	Northern Transvaal	1	2	2	29	16*	—	72.50	0	0	3	0
CPL de Lange	Northern Transvaal	2	4	0	26	19	6.50	17.93	0	0	2	0
JW Furstenburg	Eastern Province	2	4	0	26	15	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
DL Hobson	Western Province	7	12	1	26	11*	2.36	123.81	0	0	1	1
DH Howell	Eastern Province	1	2	0	24	18	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Nel	Western Province	1	2	1	24	19*	24.00	—	0	0	0	0
JP Ackermann	Northern Transvaal	2	4	0	23	14	5.75	24.73	0	0	1	0
LB Taylor	Natal	6	12	3	22	12	2.44	61.11	0	0	3	0
JW Stephenson	Eastern Province	1	2	0	22	21	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
DA Broad	Eastern Province	1	2	0	22	12	11.00	—	0	0	0	0
C Wulfsohn	Eastern Province	2	3	2	21	17*	21.00	210.00	0	0	0	0
RW Hanley	Transvaal	7	12	3	20	12*	2.22	68.97	0	0	2	0
DK Pearse	Natal	2	4	0	14	11	3.50	233.33	0	0	1	0
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	12.86	0	0	0	0
GW Johnson	Transvaal	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
J Fairclough	Transvaal	4	6	1	9	9*	1.80	—	0	0	0	0
M Yachad	Transvaal	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
JD du Toit	Western Province	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	114.29	0	0	0	0
HW Raath	Northern Transvaal	1	2	1	7	6*	7.00	21.88	0	0	0	0
AH Wilkins	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	4	2	2.00	25.00	0	0	0	0
THD Wheelwright	Northern Transvaal	1	2	1	3	2	3.00	30.00	0	0	0	0
EJ Hodkinson	Natal	2	4	0	1	1	0.25	20.00	0	0	0	0
GL Long	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 58 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 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	2,156	103	804	57	14.11	37.82	2.24	7	8/47
GS le Roux	Western Province	8	15	1,435	65	524	43	12.19	33.37	2.19	5	6/44
ST Jefferies	Western Province	8	15	1,936	91	840	41	20.49	47.22	2.60	1	5/46
RW Hanley	Transvaal	7	14	1,570	82	605	33	18.33	47.58	2.31	2	6/33
CEB Rice	Transvaal	7	14	1,384	66	504	27	18.67	51.26	2.19	1	5/45
NV Radford	Transvaal	7	14	1,122	42	543	25	21.72	44.88	2.90	0	4/20
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	8	12	1,548	72	667	23	29.00	67.30	2.59	1	5/63
JA Carse	Eastern Province	7	12	1,057	42	544	22	24.73	48.05	3.09	1	6/50
CM Old	Northern Transvaal	7	11	1,127	46	550	21	26.19	53.67	2.93	0	4/29
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	13	1,416	62	576	20	28.80	70.80	2.44	0	4/52
AJ Kourie	Transvaal	6	11	1,211	63	507	19	26.68	63.74	2.51	2	6/88
RC Ontong	Northern Transvaal	8	11	1,055	40	590	19	31.05	55.53	3.36	1	5/69
DL Hobson	Western Province	7	12	1,280	69	537	19	28.26	67.37	2.52	1	5/82
LB Taylor	Natal	6	10	981	49	404	17	23.76	57.71	2.47	0	4/47
PB Clift	Natal	6	11	918	46	360	15	24.00	61.20	2.35	0	4/45
FE Joubert	Northern Transvaal	6	10	783	25	409	14	29.21	55.93	3.13	0	3/3
MJ Procter	Natal	7	9	681	43	245	13	18.85	52.38	2.16	0	3/30
J Fairclough	Transvaal	4	8	840	42	307	13	23.62	64.62	2.19	2	5/44
GE McMillan	Transvaal	5	9	735	38	312	13	24.00	56.54	2.55	0	4/43
NP Daniels	Natal	6	9	614	22	272	13	20.92	47.23	2.66	0	3/78
I Foulkes	Eastern Province	5	8	861	40	398	12	33.17	71.75	2.77	0	4/92
O Henry	Western Province	5	7	641	34	249	11	22.64	58.27	2.33	0	4/22
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	11	686	27	301	11	27.36	62.36	2.63	0	4/65
KR Cooper	Natal	7	12	822	27	406	10	40.60	82.20	2.96	0	3/53
J During	Western Province	5	7	629	26	258	8	32.25	78.63	2.46	0	4/114

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CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
C Wulfsohn	Eastern Province	2	3	312	10	139	8	17.38	39.00	2.67	1	6/18
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	7	10	738	17	285	8	35.63	92.25	2.32	0	2/21
THD Wheelwright	Northern Transvaal	1	2	179	6	81	7	11.57	25.57	2.72	1	5/47
RF Pienaar	Western Province	7	10	462	16	211	6	35.17	77.00	2.74	1	5/24
PD de Vaal	Northern Transvaal	3	4	290	13	160	5	32.00	58.00	3.31	0	2/25
JD Ogilvie	Eastern Province	5	9	548	18	363	5	72.60	109.60	3.97	0	2/35
AP Kuiper	Western Province	3	4	78	5	34	3	11.33	26.00	2.62	0	1/8
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	2	4	274	6	156	3	52.00	91.33	3.42	0	3/29
VF du Preez	Northern Transvaal	3	4	135	3	73	2	36.50	67.50	3.24	0	1/4
WF Morris	Northern Transvaal	2	2	192	2	120	2	60.00	96.00	3.75	0	2/76
AI Kallicharran	Transvaal	1	2	114	1	51	1	51.00	114.00	2.68	0	1/35
PN Kirsten	Western Province	3	5	108	9	43	1	43.00	108.00	2.39	0	1/0
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	1	2	172	11	65	1	65.00	172.00	2.27	0	1/10
KA McKenzie	Transvaal	1	2	80	2	53	1	53.00	80.00	3.98	0	1/19
HA Page	Transvaal	1	2	132	2	68	1	68.00	132.00	3.09	0	1/18
AH Wilkins	Northern Transvaal	1	2	168	9	73	1	73.00	168.00	2.61	0	1/27
JP Ackermann	Northern Transvaal	2	2	18	1	13	1	13.00	18.00	4.33	0	1/9
EJ Hodkinson	Natal	2	4	168	4	84	1	84.00	168.00	3.00	0	1/29
HW Raath	Northern Transvaal	1	1	72	3	31	1	31.00	72.00	2.58	0	1/31
AJS Smith	Natal	1	1	6	0	4	1	4.00	6.00	4.00	0	1/4
CL Smith	Natal	1	1	6	0	14	0	—	—	14.00	0	0/14
RA Smith	Natal	1	1	5	0	6	0	—	—	7.20	0	0/6
GW Johnson	Transvaal	1	2	114	3	70	0	—	—	3.68	0	0/9
JD du Toit	Western Province	1	1	30	2	9	0	—	—	1.80	0	0/9
NG Featherstone	Northern Transvaal	3	3	45	1	27	0	—	—	3.60	0	0/4
L Seeff	Western Province	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/10
RM Bentley	Natal	4	5	120	7	53	0	—	—	2.65	0	0/4
JW Furstenburg	Eastern Province	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0	0/4
GL Long	Eastern Province	1	1	168	4	58	0	—	—	2.07	0	0/58
DK Pearse	Natal	2	2	54	6	15	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/1
CS Stirk	Northern Transvaal	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
CP Wilkins	Natal	2	2	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/2
RG Fensham	Eastern Province	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/7

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 1981/82. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Province	8	5	1	2	3,195	92	34.73	422	2,901	134	21.65
Natal	8	4	2	2	3,184	122	26.10	371	2,929	128	22.88
Transvaal	8	4	1	3	3,117	90	34.63	397	3,298	141	23.39
Northern Transvaal	8	1	4	3	2,994	151	19.83	356	3,013	99	30.43
Eastern Province	8	0	6	2	2,719	139	19.56	350	3,068	92	33.35

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 · 1981/82

Latest 12 of 20 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1982-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 277/7d & 270/7
Natal: 371 & 175/5d

Transvaal won by 3 wickets

1982-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 120 & 307
Western Province: 384/3d & 46/0

Western Province won by 10 wickets

1982-03-08 to 1982-03-10 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 221 & 110
Natal: 148 & 186/4

Natal won by 6 wickets

1982-02-12 to 1982-02-15 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 363 & 51/3
Natal: 169 & 243

Western Province won by 7 wickets

1982-02-12 to 1982-02-15 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 221 & 246
Eastern Province: 350/6d & 14/3

Match drawn

1982-02-06 to 1982-02-08 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 182 & 249
Transvaal: 354/8d & 78/1

Transvaal won by 9 wickets

1982-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 279 & 8/0
Eastern Province: 120 & 164

Natal won by 10 wickets

1982-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 422/9d
Northern Transvaal: 251 & 75

Western Province won by an innings and 96 runs

1982-01-23 to 1982-01-25 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 226 & 14/0
Northern Transvaal: 86 & 153

Transvaal won by 10 wickets

1982-01-16 to 1982-01-18 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 174 & 187/8
Transvaal: 209 & 151

Natal won by 2 wickets

1982-01-01 to 1982-01-04 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 353/9d & 186/7d
Transvaal: 251 & 118/3

Match drawn

1982-01-01 to 1982-01-03 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 295
Natal: 145 & 254/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Berea Park, Pretoria	4
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	4
Newlands, Cape Town	4
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
Kingsmead, Durban	3
Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg	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 1981/82, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RLS Armitage	171*	Northern Transvaal	1982-02-12
PN Kirsten	151	Eastern Province	1982-04-01
PN Kirsten	130	Northern Transvaal	1982-02-01
AI Kallicharran	129	Western Province	1981-12-05
CS Stirk	124	Transvaal	1981-11-02

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
VAP van der Bijl	8/47	Northern Transvaal	1982-03-08
VAP van der Bijl	7/31	Western Province	1981-12-26
VAP van der Bijl	7/64	Transvaal	1982-01-16
C Wulfsohn	6/18	Natal	1982-01-01
RW Hanley	6/33	Natal	1982-01-16

* 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.

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

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82

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Player statistics · 1981/82

Batting · 89 players

Bowling · 58 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1981/82

Transvaal v Natal

Eastern Province v Western Province

Northern Transvaal v Natal

Western Province v Natal

Northern Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Transvaal

Natal v Eastern Province

Western Province v Northern Transvaal

Transvaal v Northern Transvaal

Natal v Transvaal

Western Province v Transvaal

Eastern Province v Natal

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