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Eastern Province 1936/37 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 1936/37; Tests are excluded.

KG Dimbleby leads the displayed batting table with 356 runs. AH Coy leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Showing 1936/37 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1937-01-01 to 1937-03-27. 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 1936/37. 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 1936/37

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 1936/37 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KG Dimbleby	5	356
CS Smith	6	257
DE Dimbleby	6	240
RH Henderson	4	181
EB Norton	5	133

Recorded innings through 1937-03-27. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1936/37 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AH Coy	6	24
GA Upton	4	11
RH Henderson	4	9
JM Buchanan	2	8
BC Lynch	6	8

Recorded innings through 1937-03-27. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1936/37

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 · 18 players

Eastern Province 1936/37 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
KG Dimbleby	Eastern Province	5	9	0	356	104	39.56	—	1	1	0	0
CS Smith	Eastern Province	6	11	0	257	70	23.36	—	1	0	5	0
DE Dimbleby	Eastern Province	6	11	1	240	57	24.00	—	3	0	5	1
RH Henderson	Eastern Province	4	7	0	181	81	25.86	—	1	0	0	0
EB Norton	Eastern Province	5	9	1	133	45	16.63	—	0	0	0	0
BC Lynch	Eastern Province	6	11	1	132	53*	13.20	—	1	0	0	0
W Marais	Eastern Province	5	9	1	94	36	11.75	—	0	0	0	0
C Closenberg	Eastern Province	3	6	0	73	39	12.17	—	0	0	0	0
AH Coy	Eastern Province	6	11	4	64	19	9.14	—	0	0	0	0
GA Upton	Eastern Province	4	8	1	53	23	7.57	—	0	0	0	0
D Bennett	Eastern Province	4	8	0	52	23	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
PE Stopforth	Eastern Province	3	6	2	35	21*	8.75	—	0	0	0	0
JM Buchanan	Eastern Province	2	3	0	28	22	9.33	—	0	0	0	0
OJ Shapter	Eastern Province	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0	0	0
WH van der Westhuizen	Eastern Province	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	—	0	0	0	0
HA Price	Eastern Province	2	3	0	5	5	1.67	—	0	0	0	0
GN Ferreira	Eastern Province	2	3	1	4	3*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
RP Richter	Eastern Province	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Eastern Province 1936/37 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AH Coy	Eastern Province	6	10	1,346	82	382	24	15.92	56.08	1.70	3	5/31
GA Upton	Eastern Province	4	7	747	29	331	11	30.09	67.91	2.66	0	3/19
RH Henderson	Eastern Province	4	7	828	33	276	9	30.67	92.00	2.00	0	3/15
JM Buchanan	Eastern Province	2	3	408	17	119	8	14.88	51.00	1.75	0	4/39
BC Lynch	Eastern Province	6	10	768	24	254	8	31.75	96.00	1.98	0	4/39
C Closenberg	Eastern Province	3	5	549	7	263	6	43.83	91.50	2.87	0	3/60
PE Stopforth	Eastern Province	3	5	252	5	143	4	35.75	63.00	3.40	0	2/31
RP Richter	Eastern Province	1	2	110	4	47	2	23.50	55.00	2.56	0	1/9
OJ Shapter	Eastern Province	1	2	150	5	66	2	33.00	75.00	2.64	0	2/60
DE Dimbleby	Eastern Province	3	3	60	1	35	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/6
GN Ferreira	Eastern Province	2	3	318	11	106	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/10
HA Price	Eastern Province	1	1	18	0	14	0	—	—	4.67	0	0/14
CS Smith	Eastern Province	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2

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 1936/37. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1936/37 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	6	0	4	2	0	1,864	104	17.92	341	2,126	79	26.91

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 · 1936/37

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

1937-03-27 to 1937-03-30 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 118 & 150
Eastern Province: 45 & 41

Border won by 182 runs

1937-03-18 to 1937-03-20 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 341
Western Province: 287/6

Match drawn

1937-03-01 to 1937-03-27 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 302 & 178
Orange Free State: 308 & 174/4

Orange Free State won by 6 wickets

1937-02-19 to 1937-02-22 · City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

Natal: 367/3d
Eastern Province: 211 & 49/4

Match drawn

1937-02-13 to 1937-02-16 · Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 168 & 223/6
Eastern Province: 182 & 208

Transvaal won by 4 wickets

1937-01-01 to 1937-01-02 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 124 & 183
Griqualand West: 152 & 179

Griqualand West won by 24 runs

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1936/37 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	3
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	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 1936/37 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1936/37 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KG Dimbleby	104	Western Province	1937-03-18
KG Dimbleby	82	Orange Free State	1937-03-01
RH Henderson	81	Western Province	1937-03-18
CS Smith	70	Natal	1937-02-19
DE Dimbleby	57	Transvaal	1937-02-13

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1936/37 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AH Coy	5/31	Transvaal	1937-02-13
AH Coy	5/45	Border	1937-03-27
AH Coy	5/54	Orange Free State	1937-03-01
AH Coy	4/35	Border	1937-03-27
BC Lynch	4/39	Griqualand West	1937-01-01

* 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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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.

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Season overview

CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1936/37

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1936/37

Batting · 18 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1936/37

Border v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province

Eastern Province v Orange Free State

Natal v Eastern Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Griqualand West