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Eastern Province 1968/69 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 1968/69; Tests are excluded.

RG Pollock leads the displayed batting table with 732 runs. PM Pollock leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1968/69 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 16
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1968-12-02 to 1969-02-14. 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 1968/69. 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 1968/69

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 1968/69 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RG Pollock	6	732
AL Biggs	6	476
AM Short	6	297
AL Wilmot	6	269
KJ Bond	6	212

Recorded innings through 1969-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1968/69 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
PM Pollock	6	29
SJ McAdam	6	20
GM Den	5	11
NW Mallett	4	11
AL Wilmot	4	7

Recorded innings through 1969-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1968/69

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 · 16 players

Eastern Province 1968/69 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	6	11	1	732	166	73.20	—	5	2	60	6
AL Biggs	Eastern Province	6	11	1	476	79	47.60	933.33	4	0	18	3
AM Short	Eastern Province	6	11	0	297	80	27.00	—	3	0	10	0
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	6	11	0	269	73	24.45	—	2	0	16	0
KJ Bond	Eastern Province	6	11	1	212	69	21.20	—	2	0	2	0
P Fenix	Eastern Province	6	11	1	153	34	15.30	—	0	0	1	0
PM Pollock	Eastern Province	6	11	1	95	22	9.50	—	0	0	3	0
NW Mallett	Eastern Province	4	7	0	76	54	10.86	—	1	0	0	0
SJ McAdam	Eastern Province	6	11	2	50	11*	5.56	—	0	0	2	0
HC Pittaway	Eastern Province	1	2	1	45	38*	45.00	—	0	0	0	0
GM Den	Eastern Province	5	9	4	44	13*	8.80	—	0	0	2	1
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	2	4	0	39	20	9.75	—	0	0	2	0
PL van der Merwe	Eastern Province	2	4	0	27	17	6.75	—	0	0	0	0
SJ Schmidt	Eastern Province	2	3	1	17	8*	8.50	—	0	0	3	0
EL Eichstadt	Eastern Province	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
AO Rudman	Eastern Province	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1968/69 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
PM Pollock	Eastern Province	6	11	1,536	56	650	29	22.41	52.97	2.54	1	5/112
SJ McAdam	Eastern Province	6	11	1,185	42	552	20	27.60	59.25	2.79	0	4/39
GM Den	Eastern Province	5	8	932	39	384	11	34.91	84.73	2.47	0	4/44
NW Mallett	Eastern Province	4	7	1,080	78	349	11	31.73	98.18	1.94	1	5/55
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	4	5	378	22	164	7	23.43	54.00	2.60	0	2/4
AL Biggs	Eastern Province	6	9	603	27	236	6	39.33	100.50	2.35	0	2/25
AM Short	Eastern Province	1	1	6	0	2	2	1.00	3.00	2.00	0	2/2
SJ Schmidt	Eastern Province	2	3	222	13	77	1	77.00	222.00	2.08	0	1/35
EL Eichstadt	Eastern Province	1	1	42	1	38	1	38.00	42.00	5.43	0	1/38
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	2	2	32	0	25	0	—	—	4.69	0	0/12
HC Pittaway	Eastern Province	1	1	192	5	92	0	—	—	2.88	0	0/92

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 1968/69. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1968/69 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	6	2	2	2	0	2,695	95	28.37	344	2,696	91	29.63

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 · 1968/69

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

1969-02-14 to 1969-02-17 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 508 & 41/2
Eastern Province: 314 & 232

Transvaal won by 8 wickets

1969-02-08 to 1969-02-10 · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Rhodesia: 252 & 181
Eastern Province: 344 & 90/4

Eastern Province won by 6 wickets

1969-01-01 to 1969-01-31 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 191 & 342
Transvaal: 456/8d

Match drawn

1968-12-26 to 1968-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 322 & 83/1
Rhodesia: 186 & 217

Eastern Province won by 9 wickets

1968-12-12 to 1968-12-14 · Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

Natal: 390 & 53/1
Eastern Province: 228 & 211

Natal won by 9 wickets

1968-12-02 to 1968-12-30 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 338
Natal: 166 & 246

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1968/69 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	3
Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	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 1968/69 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1968/69 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RG Pollock	166	Rhodesia	1969-02-08
RG Pollock	133	Transvaal	1969-02-14
RG Pollock	91	Natal	1968-12-02
AM Short	80	Rhodesia	1968-12-26
RG Pollock	80	Transvaal	1969-02-14

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1968/69 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
NW Mallett	5/55	Rhodesia	1969-02-08
PM Pollock	5/112	Natal	1968-12-12
SJ McAdam	4/39	Rhodesia	1968-12-26
GM Den	4/44	Natal	1968-12-02
PM Pollock	4/57	Rhodesia	1968-12-26

* 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 1968/69

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1968/69

Batting · 16 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1968/69

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Rhodesia v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Transvaal

Eastern Province v Rhodesia

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Natal