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Eastern Province B 1979/80 cricket statistics and records

Eastern Province B 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 1979/80; Tests are excluded.

GS Cowley leads the displayed batting table with 309 runs. MK van Vuuren leads the bowling table with 18 wickets.

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Showing 1979/80 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province B

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 22
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1979-11-17 to 1980-03-01. 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 1979/80. 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 1979/80

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

Leading run scorers

Eastern Province B CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GS Cowley	5	309
KW Gradwell	4	219
JW Furstenburg	4	216
D Elliott	5	198
DG Emslie	5	197

Recorded innings through 1980-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province B CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
MK van Vuuren	4	18
GS Cowley	5	12
ME Collins	5	10
DGW Alers	4	8
D Elliott	5	7

Recorded innings through 1980-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1979/80

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

Batting · 22 players

Eastern Province B 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GS Cowley	Eastern Province B	5	10	0	309	113	30.90	—	1	1	0	0
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province B	4	8	0	219	102	27.38	—	0	1	11	0
JW Furstenburg	Eastern Province B	4	8	1	216	127*	30.86	85.71	1	1	11	0
D Elliott	Eastern Province B	5	10	2	198	98	24.75	—	1	0	0	0
DG Emslie	Eastern Province B	5	10	1	197	63*	21.89	—	1	0	0	0
RJD Whyte	Eastern Province B	4	8	0	194	71	24.25	—	1	0	0	0
TB Reid	Eastern Province B	3	6	0	185	92	30.83	—	1	0	0	0
DH Howell	Eastern Province B	3	6	0	177	74	29.50	—	2	0	0	0
RG Fensham	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	168	65	42.00	—	1	0	0	0
BD Robey	Eastern Province B	4	8	0	143	75	17.88	—	1	0	0	0
DGW Alers	Eastern Province B	4	8	2	137	65	22.83	—	1	0	0	0
JW Stephenson	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	137	84	34.25	185.14	1	0	8	4
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province B	4	8	1	127	25	18.14	—	0	0	0	0
KP Reid	Eastern Province B	1	2	0	109	109	54.50	—	0	1	8	0
MJ Burkett	Eastern Province B	2	4	1	59	28*	19.67	—	0	0	0	0
ME Collins	Eastern Province B	5	10	7	47	14	15.67	—	0	0	0	0
GL Long	Eastern Province B	1	2	0	43	24	21.50	—	0	0	0	0
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	38	33	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
I Foulkes	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	38	26	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
TG Karg	Eastern Province B	2	4	0	34	19	8.50	—	0	0	0	0
C Wulfsohn	Eastern Province B	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
EK Crankshaw	Eastern Province B	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Eastern Province B 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province B	4	8	817	33	381	18	21.17	45.39	2.80	4/54
GS Cowley	Eastern Province B	5	10	910	26	501	12	41.75	75.83	3.30	3/36
ME Collins	Eastern Province B	5	8	726	24	382	10	38.20	72.60	3.16	4/71
DGW Alers	Eastern Province B	4	8	564	16	305	8	38.13	70.50	3.24	2/34
D Elliott	Eastern Province B	5	10	630	19	326	7	46.57	90.00	3.10	2/36
I Foulkes	Eastern Province B	2	3	342	15	141	6	23.50	57.00	2.47	3/48
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province B	2	4	270	12	151	3	50.33	90.00	3.36	1/23
MJ Burkett	Eastern Province B	2	4	382	12	162	3	54.00	127.33	2.54	2/54
C Wulfsohn	Eastern Province B	1	2	186	8	105	2	52.50	93.00	3.39	1/50
BD Robey	Eastern Province B	4	7	487	14	248	2	124.00	243.50	3.06	1/20
GL Long	Eastern Province B	1	1	30	2	11	0	—	—	2.20	0/11
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province B	1	1	18	2	4	0	—	—	1.33	0/4
KP Reid	Eastern Province B	1	1	30	0	17	0	—	—	3.40	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 1979/80. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province B 1979/80 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province B	6	0	4	2	0	2,935	105	27.95	357	2,957	80	36.96

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 · 1979/80

Latest 6 of 6 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1980-03-01 to 1980-03-29 · Kemsley Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province B: 231/8d & 322
Natal B: 300/3d & 254/3

Natal B won by 7 wickets

1980-01-22 to 1980-01-24 · Kemsley Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province B: 357 & 222/6d
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B: 242/7d & 227/6

Match drawn

1979-12-26 to 1979-12-28 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 284 & 190/2
Eastern Province B: 163 & 310

Orange Free State won by 8 wickets

1979-12-15 to 1979-12-18 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province B: 275/9d & 194
Western Province B: 262 & 210/4

Western Province B won by 6 wickets

1979-11-22 to 1979-11-24 · De Beers Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 232 & 228/8
Eastern Province B: 225 & 253/2d

Match drawn

1979-11-17 to 1979-11-20 · New Wanderers No 1 Oval, Johannesburg

Transvaal B: 369/9d & 159/8d
Eastern Province B: 210 & 173

Transvaal B won by 145 runs

Recorded venues

Eastern Province B 1979/80 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Kemsley Park, Port Elizabeth	2
De Beers Country Club, Kimberley	1
New Wanderers No 1 Oval, Johannesburg	1
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	1
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	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 1979/80 for Eastern Province B, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting innings records for Eastern Province B
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JW Furstenburg	127*	Griqualand West	1979-11-22
GS Cowley	113	Griqualand West	1979-11-22
KP Reid	109	Western Province B	1979-12-15
KW Gradwell	102	Griqualand West	1979-11-22
D Elliott	98	Orange Free State	1979-12-26

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling innings records for Eastern Province B
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
MK van Vuuren	4/54	Griqualand West	1979-11-22
ME Collins	4/71	Western Province B	1979-12-15
MK van Vuuren	3/24	Transvaal B	1979-11-17
GS Cowley	3/36	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B	1980-01-22
MK van Vuuren	3/42	Western Province B	1979-12-15

* 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

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CSA 4-Day Domestic Series · 1977-11-04 to 1991-03-01

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Eastern Province B 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: 1977-11-04 to 1991-03-01. 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 overview

CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1979/80

Batting · 22 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1979/80

Eastern Province B v Natal B

Eastern Province B v Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B

Orange Free State v Eastern Province B

Eastern Province B v Western Province B

Griqualand West v Eastern Province B

Transvaal B v Eastern Province B