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Eastern Province 1946/47 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 1946/47; Tests are excluded.

RG Draper leads the displayed batting table with 366 runs. NBF Mann leads the bowling table with 31 wickets.

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Showing 1946/47 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 19
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1946-12-14 to 1947-03-08. 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 1946/47. 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 1946/47

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 1946/47 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RG Draper	6	366
HV Feltham	6	237
SA Thwaits	6	224
JO Young	5	157
SF Hird	6	149

Recorded innings through 1947-03-08. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1946/47 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
NBF Mann	5	31
SF Hird	6	16
SA Thwaits	6	16
JM Leibbrandt	4	14
AH Coy	2	8

Recorded innings through 1947-03-08. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1946/47

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 · 19 players

Eastern Province 1946/47 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RG Draper	Eastern Province	6	10	0	366	108	36.60	—	1	1
HV Feltham	Eastern Province	6	10	1	237	93	26.33	—	1	0
SA Thwaits	Eastern Province	6	10	0	224	147	22.40	—	0	1
JO Young	Eastern Province	5	8	0	157	46	19.63	—	0	0
SF Hird	Eastern Province	6	10	0	149	34	14.90	—	0	0
JM Leibbrandt	Eastern Province	4	7	1	115	37	19.17	—	0	0
GR Connell	Eastern Province	3	5	0	108	63	21.60	—	1	0
DG Riemer	Eastern Province	4	6	2	79	26*	19.75	—	0	0
AW Hicks	Eastern Province	4	7	0	62	17	8.86	—	0	0
NBF Mann	Eastern Province	5	8	3	59	26	11.80	—	0	0
HG Emslie	Eastern Province	2	4	0	43	23	10.75	—	0	0
BC Lynch	Eastern Province	1	2	0	34	21	17.00	—	0	0
JW Wells	Eastern Province	2	3	2	23	16*	23.00	—	0	0
GD Pringle	Eastern Province	3	4	0	22	13	5.50	—	0	0
EB Norton	Eastern Province	2	3	0	17	9	5.67	—	0	0
OGR Reynolds	Eastern Province	3	5	2	13	7	4.33	—	0	0
DJ Thysse	Eastern Province	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0
AR Noble	Eastern Province	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	—	0	0
AH Coy	Eastern Province	2	4	2	2	2*	1.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1946/47 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
NBF Mann	Eastern Province	5	8	1,867	130	520	31	16.77	60.23	1.67	3	6/69
SF Hird	Eastern Province	6	8	588	44	123	16	7.69	36.75	1.26	1	5/16
SA Thwaits	Eastern Province	6	10	1,049	48	341	16	21.31	65.56	1.95	0	4/13
JM Leibbrandt	Eastern Province	4	7	712	39	274	14	19.57	50.86	2.31	1	6/45
AH Coy	Eastern Province	2	3	361	12	116	8	14.50	45.13	1.93	1	5/33
BC Lynch	Eastern Province	1	2	102	1	59	4	14.75	25.50	3.47	0	3/30
JO Young	Eastern Province	5	7	450	12	175	4	43.75	112.50	2.33	0	2/21
OGR Reynolds	Eastern Province	3	4	168	2	106	3	35.33	56.00	3.79	0	2/20
DJ Thysse	Eastern Province	1	2	78	3	39	2	19.50	39.00	3.00	0	2/25
GD Pringle	Eastern Province	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0	0/13
JW Wells	Eastern Province	2	3	54	3	27	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3

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 1946/47. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1946/47 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	6	3	2	1	0	1,872	91	20.57	529	1,945	103	18.88

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 · 1946/47

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

1947-03-08 to 1947-03-11 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 135 & 34
Eastern Province: 124 & 52

Eastern Province won by 7 runs

1947-02-07 to 1947-02-10 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 159 & 205
Western Province: 300 & 65/4

Western Province won by 6 wickets

1947-01-01 to 1947-01-03 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 270 & 193/5d
Griqualand West: 142 & 185

Eastern Province won by 136 runs

1946-12-26 to 1946-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 529/8d
Orange Free State: 168 & 201

Eastern Province won by an innings and 160 runs

1946-12-20 to 1946-12-23 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 342
Eastern Province: 124/8

Match drawn

1946-12-14 to 1946-12-17 · Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 232 & 141/9d
Eastern Province: 116 & 100

Transvaal won by 157 runs

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1946/47 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	3
Ellis Park, Johannesburg	1
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
Kingsmead, Durban	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 1946/47 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1946/47 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
SA Thwaits	147	Orange Free State	1946-12-26
RG Draper	108	Western Province	1947-02-07
HV Feltham	93	Orange Free State	1946-12-26
RG Draper	75	Griqualand West	1947-01-01
GR Connell	63	Orange Free State	1946-12-26

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1946/47 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JM Leibbrandt	6/45	Orange Free State	1946-12-26
NBF Mann	6/69	Transvaal	1946-12-14
NBF Mann	6/86	Orange Free State	1946-12-26
NBF Mann	6/126	Natal	1946-12-20
SF Hird	5/16	Border	1947-03-08

* 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 1946/47

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1946/47

Batting · 19 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1946/47

Border v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province

Eastern Province v Griqualand West

Eastern Province v Orange Free State

Natal v Eastern Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province