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Eastern Province 1970/71 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 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

AL Biggs leads the displayed batting table with 436 runs. PM Pollock leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1970/71 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1970-11-20 to 1971-01-22. 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 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AL Biggs	6	436
RG Pollock	6	341
P Fenix	5	295
AL Wilmot	6	287
PM Pollock	6	210

Recorded innings through 1971-01-22. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
PM Pollock	6	19
AL Biggs	6	18
KP Reid	4	12
E Schmidt	5	12
AW Greig	6	9

Recorded innings through 1971-01-22. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 18 players

Eastern Province 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AL Biggs	Eastern Province	6	12	1	436	145	39.64	200.00	0	2	28	0
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	6	12	0	341	76	28.42	204.19	2	0	23	0
P Fenix	Eastern Province	5	10	0	295	141	29.50	207.75	0	1	18	0
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	6	12	1	287	95	26.09	302.11	2	0	7	0
PM Pollock	Eastern Province	6	12	3	210	65*	23.33	1,500.00	1	0	8	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	2	4	0	184	141	46.00	—	0	1	16	0
KJ Bond	Eastern Province	4	8	1	153	71*	21.86	—	1	0	1	0
AW Greig	Eastern Province	6	11	1	147	73	14.70	397.30	1	0	14	1
WB Ackerman	Eastern Province	3	6	0	117	54	19.50	—	1	0	5	0
LML Barnwell	Eastern Province	4	8	1	112	40	16.00	138.27	0	0	2	0
KP Reid	Eastern Province	4	8	2	88	36	14.67	—	0	0	2	0
KC Bland	Eastern Province	2	4	0	49	34	12.25	72.06	0	0	5	0
E Schmidt	Eastern Province	5	10	3	29	13	4.14	725.00	0	0	0	0
JG Ferrant	Eastern Province	2	4	0	16	9	4.00	64.00	0	0	3	0
DL Hobson	Eastern Province	1	2	0	15	15	7.50	—	0	0	0	0
RK Colling	Eastern Province	2	4	0	12	10	3.00	36.36	0	0	1	1
AO Rudman	Eastern Province	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
RW Hanley	Eastern Province	1	2	2	0	0*	—	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
PM Pollock	Eastern Province	6	10	997	35	544	19	28.63	52.47	3.27	1	5/107
AL Biggs	Eastern Province	6	9	985	36	524	18	29.11	54.72	3.19	2	7/112
KP Reid	Eastern Province	4	6	625	33	322	12	26.83	52.08	3.09	1	5/15
E Schmidt	Eastern Province	5	8	636	19	335	12	27.92	53.00	3.16	0	4/50
AW Greig	Eastern Province	6	8	1,036	38	501	9	55.67	115.11	2.90	0	4/132
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	5	6	354	9	189	3	63.00	118.00	3.20	0	2/27
JG Ferrant	Eastern Province	2	4	480	23	240	3	80.00	160.00	3.00	0	1/44
RW Hanley	Eastern Province	1	1	96	3	53	1	53.00	96.00	3.31	0	1/53
KC Bland	Eastern Province	1	1	42	1	32	0	—	—	4.57	0	0/32
DL Hobson	Eastern Province	1	1	36	1	26	0	—	—	4.33	0	0/26
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	1	1	12	0	4	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/4

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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	6	0	3	3	0	2,620	102	25.69	476	2,861	78	36.68

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-01-22 to 1971-01-25 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 359 & 103/3
Transvaal: 422/6d

Match drawn

1971-01-08 to 1971-01-11 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 340 & 128/1
Eastern Province: 197 & 268

Western Province won by 9 wickets

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-04 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 87 & 237
Eastern Province: 72 & 187

Natal won by 65 runs

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-29 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 131 & 476/9
Western Province: 462/9d

Match drawn

1970-11-27 to 1970-11-29 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 236 & 374/2d
Eastern Province: 273 & 181

Transvaal won by 156 runs

1970-11-20 to 1970-11-23 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 350 & 23/0
Natal: 373 & 202

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1970/71 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	3
Kingsmead, Durban	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Newlands, Cape Town	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 1970/71 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AL Biggs	145	Western Province	1970-12-26
P Fenix	141	Natal	1970-11-20
SJ Bezuidenhout	141	Transvaal	1971-01-22
AL Biggs	110	Transvaal	1970-11-27
AL Wilmot	95	Western Province	1970-12-26

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AL Biggs	7/112	Natal	1970-11-20
KP Reid	5/15	Natal	1971-01-01
PM Pollock	5/107	Natal	1970-11-20
AL Biggs	5/135	Western Province	1971-01-08
E Schmidt	4/50	Natal	1971-01-01

* 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 1970/71

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1970/71

Batting · 18 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1970/71

Eastern Province v Transvaal

Western Province v Eastern Province

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Natal

Recorded venues

Season innings records

Highest innings

Best bowling innings

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