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Eastern Province 1978/79 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 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

G Cook leads the displayed batting table with 441 runs. WK Watson leads the bowling table with 35 wickets.

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Showing 1978/79 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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

Selected season match starts: 1978-11-24 to 1979-03-09. 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 1978/79. 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 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
G Cook	8	441
AL Wilmot	8	395
RJD Whyte	8	357
RLS Armitage	8	292
SJ Bezuidenhout	6	285

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
WK Watson	8	35
RLS Armitage	8	14
W Els	5	14
MK van Vuuren	4	12
DJ Brickett	5	10

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
G Cook	Eastern Province	8	16	1	441	100*	29.40	—	1	1	8	0
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	8	16	2	395	113	28.21	—	2	1	17	0
RJD Whyte	Eastern Province	8	16	2	357	78*	25.50	35,700.00	2	0	13	0
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	16	1	292	52	19.47	—	1	0	14	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	6	12	0	285	60	23.75	—	1	0	1	0
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	5	10	0	245	77	24.50	24,500.00	1	0	5	1
RA Seymour	Eastern Province	5	10	0	150	42	15.00	—	0	0	5	0
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	8	16	3	133	28	10.23	3,325.00	0	0	2	0
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province	5	10	1	116	32*	12.89	966.67	0	0	5	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	16	2	109	23	7.79	—	0	0	2	0
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	2	4	2	88	37*	44.00	—	0	0	5	0
W Els	Eastern Province	5	10	4	88	18*	14.67	—	0	0	4	0
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	4	8	0	68	29	8.50	—	0	0	1	0
MR Searle	Eastern Province	2	4	1	62	48	20.67	—	0	0	6	2
DH Howell	Eastern Province	1	2	0	48	37	24.00	—	0	0	2	0
GCG Fraser	Eastern Province	2	4	0	37	22	9.25	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province	2	4	1	9	8*	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
D Elliott	Eastern Province	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Eastern Province 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
WK Watson	Eastern Province	8	13	1,485	50	703	35	20.09	42.43	2.84	2	5/32
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	11	1,056	32	509	14	36.36	75.43	2.89	1	5/90
W Els	Eastern Province	5	9	728	17	450	14	32.14	52.00	3.71	0	4/66
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	4	6	647	13	374	12	31.17	53.92	3.47	0	4/82
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	5	8	677	21	300	10	30.00	67.70	2.66	1	5/71
RA Seymour	Eastern Province	5	8	528	16	300	6	50.00	88.00	3.41	0	2/57
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	2	3	252	10	124	4	31.00	63.00	2.95	0	2/28
MJ Macaulay	Eastern Province	2	4	390	14	225	2	112.50	195.00	3.46	0	1/41
D Elliott	Eastern Province	1	1	96	3	67	1	67.00	96.00	4.19	0	1/67
G Cook	Eastern Province	1	2	30	1	16	0	—	—	3.20	0	0/4
GCG Fraser	Eastern Province	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/10
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	1	1	3	0	1	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/1
MR Searle	Eastern Province	2	2	90	1	76	0	—	—	5.07	0	0/27

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 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	8	1	5	2	0	3,098	143	21.66	275	3,306	108	30.61

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 · 1978/79

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

1979-03-09 to 1979-03-12 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 250/8d & 151/4
Natal: 259 & 141

Eastern Province won by 6 wickets

1979-02-09 to 1979-02-12 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 371/9d
Eastern Province: 92 & 259

Transvaal won by an innings and 20 runs

1979-02-03 to 1979-02-05 · Police B Ground, Salisbury

Rhodesia: 270/9d & 191/5
Eastern Province: 275 & 185

Rhodesia won by 5 wickets

1979-01-05 to 1979-01-06 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 163 & 179
Transvaal: 354/8d

Transvaal won by an innings and 12 runs

1979-01-01 to 1979-01-31 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 299 & 186/8d
Eastern Province: 221 & 210/6

Match drawn

1978-12-26 to 1978-12-27 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 200 & 74
Western Province: 284

Western Province won by an innings and 10 runs

1978-12-09 to 1978-12-12 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 253 & 100/5
Rhodesia: 173 & 290/9d

Match drawn

1978-11-24 to 1978-11-27 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 332/7d & 156/3
Eastern Province: 267 & 219

Western Province won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
Kingsmead, Durban	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Newlands, Cape Town	1
Police B Ground, Salisbury	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 1978/79 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AL Wilmot	113	Transvaal	1979-02-09
G Cook	100*	Natal	1979-03-09
RJD Whyte	78*	Natal	1979-03-09
DJ Brickett	77	Western Province	1978-11-24
G Cook	73	Western Province	1978-11-24

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1978/79 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WK Watson	5/32	Rhodesia	1978-12-09
WK Watson	5/49	Natal	1979-01-01
DJ Brickett	5/71	Western Province	1978-12-26
RLS Armitage	5/90	Natal	1979-01-01
WK Watson	4/43	Rhodesia	1978-12-09

* 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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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 1978/79

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1978/79

Batting · 18 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1978/79

Eastern Province v Natal

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Rhodesia v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Transvaal

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province

Eastern Province v Rhodesia

Western Province v Eastern Province