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Border 1897/98 cricket statistics and records

Border in 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 1897/98; Tests are excluded.

CFH Prince leads the displayed batting table with 202 runs. BE Gordon leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1897/98 · CSA 4-Day Series · Border

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 1

Selected season match starts: 1898-03-30 to 1898-04-04. 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 1897/98. 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 1897/98

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

Leading run scorers

Border CSA 4-Day Series 1897/98 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
CFH Prince	3	202
JC Warren	3	123
SJ Snooke	3	112
CW King	3	105
SJH Bayly	3	97

Recorded innings through 1898-04-04. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Border CSA 4-Day Series 1897/98 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
BE Gordon	3	19
T Riemer	3	14
CW King	3	12
SJ Snooke	3	6
CJ Weir	3	4

Recorded innings through 1898-04-04. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1897/98

All recorded players for Border in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 13 players

Border 1897/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
CFH Prince	Border	3	6	0	202	61	33.67	—	2
JC Warren	Border	3	6	0	123	45	20.50	—	0
SJ Snooke	Border	3	6	0	112	31	18.67	—	0
CW King	Border	3	6	0	105	55	17.50	—	1
SJH Bayly	Border	3	6	0	97	36	16.17	—	0
CJ Weir	Border	3	6	1	90	24	18.00	—	0
BE Gordon	Border	3	6	0	78	38	13.00	—	0
T Riemer	Border	3	6	3	45	42	15.00	—	0
A Burnard	Border	2	4	2	25	23*	12.50	—	0
NH Giddy	Border	3	6	1	21	7	4.20	—	0
WM Lamplough	Border	2	4	0	12	6	3.00	—	0
CD Wakefield	Border	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0
T Baillie	Border	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 10 players

Border 1897/98 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
BE Gordon	Border	3	6	946	44	378	19	19.89	49.79	2.40	2	6/60
T Riemer	Border	3	6	960	58	327	14	23.36	68.57	2.04	0	4/27
CW King	Border	3	5	420	16	170	12	14.17	35.00	2.43	1	5/41
SJ Snooke	Border	3	6	360	25	116	6	19.33	60.00	1.93	0	2/3
CJ Weir	Border	3	4	126	4	74	4	18.50	31.50	3.52	0	2/19
CFH Prince	Border	1	1	24	0	28	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/28
SJH Bayly	Border	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/9
NH Giddy	Border	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
WM Lamplough	Border	1	1	36	1	12	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/12
JC Warren	Border	1	1	36	1	17	0	—	—	2.83	0	0/17

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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1897/98. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Border 1897/98 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Border	3	1	2	0	0	1,025	56	18.30	220	1,214	57	21.30

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 · 1897/98

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1898-04-04 to 1898-04-09 · Newlands Rugby Ground, Cape Town

Border: 183 & 214
Natal: 212 & 375

Natal won by 190 runs

1898-04-01 to 1898-04-04 · Newlands Rugby Ground, Cape Town

Transvaal: 223 & 157
Border: 220 & 164/6

Border won by 4 wickets

1898-03-30 to 1898-03-31 · Newlands Rugby Ground, Cape Town

Border: 133 & 111
Griqualand West: 95 & 152/7

Griqualand West won by 3 wickets

Recorded venues

Border 1897/98 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Newlands Rugby Ground, Cape Town	3

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 1897/98 for Border, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1897/98 batting innings records for Border
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CFH Prince	61	Transvaal	1898-04-01
CFH Prince	60	Transvaal	1898-04-01
CW King	55	Natal	1898-04-04
JC Warren	45	Natal	1898-04-04
T Riemer	42	Natal	1898-04-04

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1897/98 bowling innings records for Border
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BE Gordon	6/60	Transvaal	1898-04-01
BE Gordon	6/93	Natal	1898-04-04
CW King	5/41	Transvaal	1898-04-01
T Riemer	4/27	Griqualand West	1898-03-30
BE Gordon	4/35	Griqualand West	1898-03-30

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

CSA 4-Day Domestic Series · 1898-03-30 to 2026-09-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Border in 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: 1898-03-30 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.