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Eastern Province 1969/70 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 1969/70; Tests are excluded.

RG Pollock leads the displayed batting table with 372 runs. RV Taylor leads the bowling table with 16 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
4
Recorded players
13
Wins
1
Recorded venues
3

Selected season match starts: 1969-11-14 to 1969-12-26. 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 1969/70. 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 1969/70

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 1969/70 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
RG Pollock4372
AL Biggs4250
LML Barnwell4214
PM Pollock4197
AL Wilmot4185

Recorded innings through 1969-12-26. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1969/70 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
RV Taylor416
PM Pollock413
GM Den412
SJ McAdam49
AL Biggs44

Recorded innings through 1969-12-26. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1969/70

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 · 13 players

Eastern Province 1969/70 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
RG PollockEastern Province47037213853.14—12252
AL BiggsEastern Province47025010235.71—21142
LML BarnwellEastern Province4702147430.57—1040
PM PollockEastern Province4721977739.40—1090
AL WilmotEastern Province4711856130.83—1040
KC BlandEastern Province4701536421.86—1040
SJ BezuidenhoutEastern Province2301248441.33—1070
KJ BondEastern Province4701037014.71—1030
NW MallettEastern Province121413741.00—0000
GM DenEastern Province47036315.14—0060
RV TaylorEastern Province4713615*6.00—0000
SJ McAdamEastern Province47354*1.25—0000
P FenixEastern Province120110.50—0000

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1969/70 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
RV TaylorEastern Province48838452921618.2552.382.0904/10
PM PollockEastern Province48852363371325.9265.542.3704/55
GM DenEastern Province481,073494921241.0089.422.7503/71
SJ McAdamEastern Province4870631313934.7878.442.6604/41
AL BiggsEastern Province4632413186446.5081.003.4403/60
KC BlandEastern Province3348224212.0024.003.0001/9
AL WilmotEastern Province44132580180.00132.003.6401/46
NW MallettEastern Province1254039139.0054.004.3301/17
RG PollockEastern Province22541290——3.2200/1
LML BarnwellEastern Province11150130——5.2000/13
SJ BezuidenhoutEastern Province11120160——8.0000/16
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 1969/70. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1969/70 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Eastern Province411201,7895731.394361,9126031.87

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 · 1969/70

Latest 4 of 4 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1969-12-26 to 1969-12-29 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province v Rhodesia

Rhodesia
132 & 249

Eastern Province won by an innings and 55 runs

1969-12-12 to 1969-12-15 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province v Natal

Natal
195 & 194/0

Natal won by 10 wickets

1969-11-14 to 1969-11-17 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Transvaal
351 & 238/5d
Eastern Province
241 & 302/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1969/70 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth2
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg1
Newlands, Cape Town1

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 1969/70 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1969/70 batting innings records for Eastern Province
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
RG Pollock138Rhodesia1969-12-26
RG Pollock123Transvaal1969-11-14
AL Biggs102Rhodesia1969-12-26
SJ Bezuidenhout84Rhodesia1969-12-26
PM Pollock77Natal1969-12-12

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1969/70 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
RV Taylor4/10Rhodesia1969-12-26
SJ McAdam4/41Natal1969-12-12
PM Pollock4/55Rhodesia1969-12-26
RV Taylor3/49Transvaal1969-11-14
PM Pollock3/54Transvaal1969-11-14

* 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.

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.