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Eastern Province 1952/53 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 1952/53; Tests are excluded.

DES Millard leads the displayed batting table with 282 runs. RL Forword leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1952/53 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 19
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1952-12-19 to 1953-02-12. 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 1952/53. 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 1952/53

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 1952/53 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DES Millard	6	282
GF Dakin	6	279
GR Connell	5	276
HG Emslie	5	255
R Gathorne	6	210

Recorded innings through 1953-02-12. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1952/53 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RL Forword	6	19
RK Harvey	5	18
DES Millard	6	15
JO Young	6	13
AH McKinnon	2	7

Recorded innings through 1953-02-12. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1952/53

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 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
DES Millard	Eastern Province	6	12	1	282	73	25.64	14,100.00	3	0	23	0
GF Dakin	Eastern Province	6	12	0	279	47	23.25	—	0	0	26	0
GR Connell	Eastern Province	5	10	0	276	121	27.60	13,800.00	1	1	24	0
HG Emslie	Eastern Province	5	10	0	255	81	25.50	—	1	0	25	0
R Gathorne	Eastern Province	6	12	1	210	60	19.09	10,500.00	2	0	19	1
JO Young	Eastern Province	6	12	1	193	55	17.55	—	2	0	17	0
RJ Wise	Eastern Province	4	8	0	182	49	22.75	—	0	0	25	0
HI Long	Eastern Province	2	4	0	134	77	33.50	—	1	0	15	1
RL Forword	Eastern Province	6	12	5	114	40*	16.29	518.18	0	0	9	4
BB Bradfield	Eastern Province	5	10	3	109	41*	15.57	—	0	0	13	0
RK Harvey	Eastern Province	5	10	1	95	48	10.56	—	0	0	8	0
KH Johnson	Eastern Province	1	2	0	57	56	28.50	—	1	0	4	0
KG Dimbleby	Eastern Province	1	2	0	42	26	21.00	—	0	0	3	0
WB Hitzeroth	Eastern Province	1	2	0	36	18	18.00	—	0	0	3	0
RR MacDonald	Eastern Province	1	2	0	34	30	17.00	—	0	0	5	0
JA Sapsford	Eastern Province	2	4	0	26	9	6.50	—	0	0	2	0
SD du Toit	Eastern Province	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0	1	0
AH McKinnon	Eastern Province	2	4	2	6	5	3.00	—	0	0	1	0
AG Blenkinsop	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 15 players

Eastern Province 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RL Forword	Eastern Province	6	11	1,110	31	617	19	32.47	58.42	3.34	0	3/40
RK Harvey	Eastern Province	5	9	538	14	293	18	16.28	29.89	3.27	1	5/54
DES Millard	Eastern Province	6	9	828	30	377	15	25.13	55.20	2.73	1	6/68
JO Young	Eastern Province	6	10	1,230	66	473	13	36.38	94.62	2.31	1	5/35
AH McKinnon	Eastern Province	2	4	295	7	158	7	22.57	42.14	3.21	0	3/52
WB Hitzeroth	Eastern Province	1	2	318	14	134	5	26.80	63.60	2.53	0	4/63
R Gathorne	Eastern Province	4	4	198	5	117	5	23.40	39.60	3.55	0	3/16
AG Blenkinsop	Eastern Province	1	2	210	8	142	3	47.33	70.00	4.06	0	2/42
HI Long	Eastern Province	2	3	192	7	126	2	63.00	96.00	3.94	0	1/1
RJ Wise	Eastern Province	2	3	180	5	90	2	45.00	90.00	3.00	0	1/14
SD du Toit	Eastern Province	1	2	126	2	72	1	72.00	126.00	3.43	0	1/51
GF Dakin	Eastern Province	4	5	144	2	84	1	84.00	144.00	3.50	0	1/15
GR Connell	Eastern Province	1	1	4	0	3	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/3
HG Emslie	Eastern Province	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
JA Sapsford	Eastern Province	2	2	72	3	37	0	—	—	3.08	0	0/18

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 1952/53. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1952/53 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	6	2	3	1	0	2,479	110	22.54	388	2,857	99	28.86

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 · 1952/53

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

1953-02-12 to 1953-02-14 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 359 & 270
Eastern Province: 246 & 100

Orange Free State won by 283 runs

1953-02-06 to 1953-02-09 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 383 & 34/2
Eastern Province: 152 & 264

Western Province won by 8 wickets

1953-01-09 to 1953-01-12 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 262 & 196
Natal: 207 & 210

Eastern Province won by 41 runs

1953-01-01 to 1953-01-03 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 388 & 83/3
Orange Free State: 244 & 226

Eastern Province won by 7 wickets

1952-12-26 to 1952-12-29 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 396
Eastern Province: 151 & 221

Natal won by an innings and 24 runs

1952-12-19 to 1952-12-22 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 270 & 146/7
Western Province: 156 & 372/7d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1952/53 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	3
Kingsmead, Durban	1
Newlands, Cape Town	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 1952/53 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1952/53 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GR Connell	121	Natal	1953-01-09
HG Emslie	81	Western Province	1952-12-19
HI Long	77	Western Province	1953-02-06
DES Millard	73	Orange Free State	1953-01-01
GR Connell	67	Orange Free State	1953-01-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1952/53 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DES Millard	6/68	Natal	1953-01-09
JO Young	5/35	Orange Free State	1953-01-01
RK Harvey	5/54	Orange Free State	1953-02-12
WB Hitzeroth	4/63	Natal	1953-01-09
R Gathorne	3/16	Orange Free State	1953-01-01

* 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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Competitions and other teams

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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 1952/53

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1952/53

Batting · 19 players

Bowling · 15 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1952/53

Orange Free State v Eastern Province

Western Province v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Natal

Eastern Province v Orange Free State

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province