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Eastern Province 1896/97 cricket statistics and records

Eastern Province 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 1896/97; Tests are excluded.

RA Gleeson leads the displayed batting table with 140 runs. DC Parkin leads the bowling table with 9 wickets.

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Showing 1896/97 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 2
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1897-03-13 to 1897-03-16. 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 1896/97. 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 1896/97

Figures earned for Eastern Province 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 CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RA Gleeson	2	140
AH Britton	2	84
DJ Daly	2	79
FJ Cook	2	60
LP Ashburnham	2	53

Recorded innings through 1897-03-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DC Parkin	2	9
FE Tonks	2	9
AH Britton	2	4
H Calder	2	3
RA Gleeson	1	1

Recorded innings through 1897-03-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1896/97

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

Batting · 13 players

Eastern Province 1896/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
RA Gleeson	Eastern Province	2	4	0	140	71	35.00	—	1
AH Britton	Eastern Province	2	4	0	84	57	21.00	—	1
DJ Daly	Eastern Province	2	4	0	79	45	19.75	—	0
FJ Cook	Eastern Province	2	4	2	60	29*	30.00	—	0
LP Ashburnham	Eastern Province	2	4	1	53	19*	17.67	—	0
DC Parkin	Eastern Province	2	4	0	41	25	10.25	—	0
H Calder	Eastern Province	2	4	0	41	16	10.25	—	0
MV Gleeson	Eastern Province	1	2	1	39	24	39.00	—	0
RR Dower	Eastern Province	2	4	0	36	17	9.00	—	0
LWJ Gill	Eastern Province	1	2	0	19	14	9.50	—	0
CA Mangold	Eastern Province	1	2	0	14	8	7.00	—	0
FE Tonks	Eastern Province	2	4	0	10	9	2.50	—	0
H Smith	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1896/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DC Parkin	Eastern Province	2	3	360	14	169	9	18.78	40.00	2.82	1	6/29
FE Tonks	Eastern Province	2	3	414	14	150	9	16.67	46.00	2.17	0	4/23
AH Britton	Eastern Province	2	3	210	10	97	4	24.25	52.50	2.77	0	3/29
H Calder	Eastern Province	2	2	120	3	59	3	19.67	40.00	2.95	0	3/28
RA Gleeson	Eastern Province	1	1	96	8	28	1	28.00	96.00	1.75	0	1/28
DJ Daly	Eastern Province	1	1	54	0	48	1	48.00	54.00	5.33	0	1/48
CA Mangold	Eastern Province	1	1	42	0	40	1	40.00	42.00	5.71	0	1/40
H Smith	Eastern Province	1	1	108	3	83	1	83.00	108.00	4.61	0	1/83
RR Dower	Eastern Province	1	1	18	0	19	0	—	—	6.33	0	0/19
LWJ Gill	Eastern Province	1	1	18	0	18	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/18
MV Gleeson	Eastern Province	1	1	78	2	31	0	—	—	2.38	0	0/31

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 1896/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1896/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	2	0	2	0	0	652	40	16.30	253	784	30	26.13

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 · 1896/97

Latest 2 of 2 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1897-03-16 to 1897-03-18 · Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg

Eastern Province: 91 & 253
Natal: 90 & 379

Natal won by 125 runs

1897-03-13 to 1897-03-15 · Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

Eastern Province: 135 & 173
Western Province: 315

Western Province won by an innings and 7 runs

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1896/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg	1
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	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 1896/97 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RA Gleeson	71	Natal	1897-03-16
AH Britton	57	Natal	1897-03-16
DJ Daly	45	Western Province	1897-03-13
FJ Cook	29*	Western Province	1897-03-13
RA Gleeson	27	Western Province	1897-03-13

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DC Parkin	6/29	Natal	1897-03-16
FE Tonks	4/23	Natal	1897-03-16
H Calder	3/28	Western Province	1897-03-13
AH Britton	3/29	Natal	1897-03-16
FE Tonks	3/46	Western Province	1897-03-13

* 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 · 1894-03-17 to 2026-09-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Eastern Province 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: 1894-03-17 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.