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Border 1972/73 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 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

IH McClenaghan leads the displayed batting table with 384 runs. RS Herman leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1972/73 · CSA 4-Day Series · Border

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1972-11-25 to 1973-02-02. 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 1972/73. 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 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
IH McClenaghan	5	384
NO Knight	5	290
BL Long	5	279
ID Harty	5	206
RV Taylor	5	162

Recorded innings through 1973-02-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Border CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RS Herman	5	29
RV Taylor	5	23
CJE Davies	5	12
MA Coetzee	3	7
ML Harper	2	3

Recorded innings through 1973-02-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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 · 17 players

Border 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s
IH McClenaghan	Border	5	10	0	384	81	38.40	—	4	8
NO Knight	Border	5	10	1	290	75	32.22	—	1	16
BL Long	Border	5	10	0	279	62	27.90	—	2	7
ID Harty	Border	5	10	0	206	91	20.60	—	1	17
RV Taylor	Border	5	10	0	162	44	16.20	—	0	0
CWS Pope	Border	5	10	0	152	32	15.20	—	0	4
MM Harvey	Border	2	4	0	76	58	19.00	—	1	2
CJE Davies	Border	5	10	6	73	18	18.25	—	0	5
ML Harper	Border	2	4	0	71	33	17.75	—	0	0
RS Herman	Border	5	10	3	69	22*	9.86	—	0	3
RC Ontong	Border	1	2	0	38	38	19.00	—	0	0
KG Willows	Border	2	4	0	34	16	8.50	—	0	0
MA Coetzee	Border	3	6	1	26	12*	5.20	—	0	0
GB Blake	Border	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	700.00	0	2
KI Deutschmann	Border	2	4	0	9	4	2.25	225.00	0	2
RTD Kemp	Border	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
I Wainwright	Border	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Border 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RS Herman	Border	5	10	1,294	65	518	29	17.86	44.62	2.40	2	5/41
RV Taylor	Border	5	10	1,358	59	610	23	26.52	59.04	2.70	2	5/44
CJE Davies	Border	5	8	579	24	284	12	23.67	48.25	2.94	1	5/100
MA Coetzee	Border	3	6	432	16	171	7	24.43	61.71	2.38	0	4/48
ML Harper	Border	2	4	258	11	98	3	32.67	86.00	2.28	0	2/22
GB Blake	Border	1	1	24	0	21	2	10.50	12.00	5.25	0	2/21
RC Ontong	Border	1	1	36	2	7	1	7.00	36.00	1.17	0	1/7
KI Deutschmann	Border	2	3	180	3	106	1	106.00	180.00	3.53	0	1/41
NO Knight	Border	4	4	78	3	55	0	—	—	4.23	0	0/8

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Border 1972/73 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Border	5	1	2	2	0	1,993	93	21.43	321	1,983	81	24.48

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 · 1972/73

Latest 5 of 5 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1973-02-02 to 1973-02-05 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 228/9d & 204/6d
Griqualand West: 132 & 226

Border won by 74 runs

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-30 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 249 & 206/8
Transvaal B: 301 & 244/8d

Match drawn

1972-12-26 to 1972-12-28 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 223 & 126
Northern Transvaal: 177 & 174/5

Northern Transvaal won by 5 wickets

1972-12-01 to 1972-12-04 · City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

Natal B: 215 & 212/7
Border: 136 & 321

Match drawn

1972-11-25 to 1972-11-27 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 255 & 47/1
Border: 115 & 185

Orange Free State won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Border 1972/73 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	3
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	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 1972/73 for Border, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 batting innings records for Border
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
ID Harty	91	Griqualand West	1973-02-02
IH McClenaghan	81	Transvaal B	1973-01-01
NO Knight	75	Natal B	1972-12-01
IH McClenaghan	63	Transvaal B	1973-01-01
BL Long	62	Natal B	1972-12-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 bowling innings records for Border
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RS Herman	5/41	Orange Free State	1972-11-25
RV Taylor	5/44	Griqualand West	1973-02-02
RS Herman	5/63	Northern Transvaal	1972-12-26
RV Taylor	5/78	Natal B	1972-12-01
CJE Davies	5/100	Griqualand West	1973-02-02

* 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 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.