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Eastern Province 1959/60 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 1959/60; Tests are excluded.

PH Copeland leads the displayed batting table with 325 runs. AH McKinnon leads the bowling table with 34 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
6
Recorded players
12
Wins
4
Recorded venues
4

Selected season match starts: 1959-12-11 to 1960-01-16. 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 1959/60. 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 1959/60

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 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
PH Copeland6325
GF Dakin6319
HI Long6232
EJ Brotherton6215
WD Wilson6200

Recorded innings through 1960-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
AH McKinnon634
JG Ferrant531
PM Pollock618
NW Mallett57
EJ Brotherton33

Recorded innings through 1960-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

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 · 12 players

Eastern Province 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
PH CopelandEastern Province61003258132.50—3000
GF DakinEastern Province610231914339.88—1100
HI LongEastern Province61002328223.20—2000
EJ BrothertonEastern Province61012153323.89—0000
WD WilsonEastern Province61012005122.22—1000
PM PollockEastern Province61021876023.38—2000
PC CornellEastern Province61001776917.70—1000
AH McKinnonEastern Province61001455414.50—1000
JP HartyEastern Province61041214720.17—0000
NW MallettEastern Province5801043913.00—0000
JG FerrantEastern Province58060377.50—0000
NN WilmotEastern Province2422218*11.00—0000

Bowling · 9 players

Eastern Province 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
AH McKinnonEastern Province6111,474965283415.5343.352.1537/37
JG FerrantEastern Province5101,179584313113.9038.032.1925/66
PM PollockEastern Province612942383431819.0652.332.1804/19
NW MallettEastern Province5834824112716.0049.711.9302/18
EJ BrothertonEastern Province3436615157352.33122.002.5702/50
HI LongEastern Province34111373324.3337.003.9502/8
PC CornellEastern Province34108629214.5054.001.6102/6
NN WilmotEastern Province22156677238.5078.002.9602/67
GF DakinEastern Province3396542142.0096.002.6301/18
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 1959/60. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1959/60 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Eastern Province641102,2698128.013971,90810418.35

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 · 1959/60

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

1960-01-16 to 1960-01-19 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal B v Eastern Province

Transvaal B
312 & 76/2
Eastern Province
129 & 255

Transvaal B won by 8 wickets

1960-01-08 to 1960-01-11 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State v Eastern Province

Orange Free State
209 & 255
Eastern Province
397 & 68/1

Eastern Province won by 9 wickets

1959-12-26 to 1959-12-29 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province v Transvaal B

Eastern Province
351
Transvaal B
101 & 170

Eastern Province won by an innings and 80 runs

1959-12-11 to 1959-12-12 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province v Griqualand West

Eastern Province
356
Griqualand West
68 & 126

Eastern Province won by an innings and 162 runs

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1959/60 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth3
Berea Park, Pretoria1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg1
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein1

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 1959/60 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1959/60 batting innings records for Eastern Province
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
GF Dakin143Griqualand West1959-12-11
HI Long82North Eastern Transvaal1960-01-13
PH Copeland81Transvaal B1960-01-16
HI Long74Orange Free State1960-01-08
PC Cornell69Orange Free State1960-01-08

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1959/60 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
AH McKinnon7/37Griqualand West1959-12-11
AH McKinnon7/97Transvaal B1960-01-16
AH McKinnon6/27Transvaal B1959-12-26
JG Ferrant5/66Orange Free State1960-01-01
JG Ferrant5/79Orange Free State1960-01-08

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

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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.