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Eastern Province 1977/78 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 1977/78; Tests are excluded.

RG Pollock leads the displayed batting table with 769 runs. MJ Macaulay leads the bowling table with 32 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1977-11-05 to 1978-02-25. 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 1977/78. 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 1977/78

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 1977/78 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RG Pollock	8	769
CP Wilkins	8	452
SJ Bezuidenhout	8	350
KS McEwan	8	307
DJ Brickett	8	301

Recorded innings through 1978-02-25. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
MJ Macaulay	6	32
WK Watson	7	22
DJ Brickett	7	15
CP Wilkins	7	11
RLS Armitage	3	8

Recorded innings through 1978-02-25. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1977/78

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 1977/78 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	8	13	2	769	190*	69.91	76,900.00	2	3	55	5
CP Wilkins	Eastern Province	8	13	0	452	110	34.77	—	3	1	18	5
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	8	13	0	350	75	26.92	—	3	0	6	0
KS McEwan	Eastern Province	8	13	0	307	113	23.62	—	1	1	8	0
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	8	13	4	301	70	33.44	—	1	0	5	0
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	8	13	2	213	83	19.36	—	1	0	12	2
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	4	6	1	130	57	26.00	4,333.33	1	0	7	0
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province	5	8	0	121	39	15.13	—	0	0	4	0
KP Reid	Eastern Province	3	5	0	107	46	21.40	—	0	0	1	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	13	3	92	19*	9.20	—	0	0	5	0
AC Galpin	Eastern Province	5	8	1	69	37	9.86	—	0	0	1	0
IK Daniell	Eastern Province	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	—	0	0	2	0
JW Stephenson	Eastern Province	3	5	0	25	11	5.00	—	0	0	1	0
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province	7	11	5	17	9*	2.83	1,700.00	0	0	0	0
JS Timm	Eastern Province	1	1	1	12	12*	—	—	0	0	0	0
CF Ahlfeldt	Eastern Province	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0	0	0
D Govindjee	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
CR Kelbrick	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Eastern Province 1977/78 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province	6	11	1,819	89	682	32	21.31	56.84	2.25	4	6/36
WK Watson	Eastern Province	7	13	1,362	44	623	22	28.32	61.91	2.74	0	4/64
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	7	13	907	34	443	15	29.53	60.47	2.93	0	4/65
CP Wilkins	Eastern Province	7	11	828	32	410	11	37.27	75.27	2.97	0	3/27
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	3	4	522	18	257	8	32.13	65.25	2.95	0	4/114
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	4	6	318	8	160	4	40.00	79.50	3.02	0	1/18
D Govindjee	Eastern Province	1	2	162	6	96	2	48.00	81.00	3.56	0	1/14
CF Ahlfeldt	Eastern Province	1	2	108	6	38	1	38.00	108.00	2.11	0	1/38
RG Pollock	Eastern Province	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/4
JW Stephenson	Eastern Province	1	1	48	1	27	0	—	—	3.38	0	0/27
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	1	1	12	1	5	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/5
CR Kelbrick	Eastern Province	1	2	84	2	38	0	—	—	2.71	0	0/1
JS Timm	Eastern Province	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/13

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 1977/78. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1977/78 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	8	1	2	5	0	3,160	110	28.73	397	3,003	99	30.33

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 · 1977/78

Latest 8 of 8 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1978-02-25 to 1978-02-27 · City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

Natal: 149 & 176/7
Eastern Province: 200 & 220/6d

Match drawn

1978-02-10 to 1978-02-11 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 80 & 92
Western Province: 361/9d

Western Province won by an innings and 189 runs

1978-01-20 to 1978-01-23 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: Score unavailable
Eastern Province: 261/9

Match drawn

1978-01-06 to 1978-01-09 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 397/6d
Transvaal: 344 & 299

Match drawn

1977-12-26 to 1977-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 239 & 330/8d
Rhodesia: 269 & 90

Eastern Province won by 210 runs

1977-11-25 to 1977-11-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 267
Natal: 253/9d & 218/1

Match drawn

1977-11-18 to 1977-11-20 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 293 & 117/3
Eastern Province: 294/9d & 115

Western Province won by 7 wickets

1977-11-05 to 1977-11-07 · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Rhodesia: 372/8d & 62/2
Eastern Province: 308/7d & 357/5d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1977/78 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Newlands, Cape Town	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 1977/78 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RG Pollock	190*	Rhodesia	1977-12-26
RG Pollock	134	Rhodesia	1977-11-05
RG Pollock	120*	Rhodesia	1977-11-05
KS McEwan	113	Transvaal	1978-01-06
CP Wilkins	110	Western Province	1977-11-18

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1977/78 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
MJ Macaulay	6/36	Rhodesia	1977-12-26
MJ Macaulay	6/70	Natal	1977-11-25
MJ Macaulay	5/80	Rhodesia	1977-12-26
MJ Macaulay	5/94	Transvaal	1978-01-06
WK Watson	4/64	Transvaal	1978-01-06

* 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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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 1977/78

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1977/78

Batting · 18 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1977/78

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Transvaal

Eastern Province v Rhodesia

Eastern Province v Natal

Western Province v Eastern Province

Rhodesia v Eastern Province

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