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Eastern Province 1979/80 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 1979/80; Tests are excluded.

AL Wilmot leads the displayed batting table with 474 runs. JD Ogilvie leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1979/80 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1979-12-15 to 1980-03-15. 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 1979/80. 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 1979/80

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 1979/80 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AL Wilmot	8	474
G Cook	8	426
I Foulkes	8	387
DJ Brickett	8	312
RLS Armitage	8	311

Recorded innings through 1980-03-15. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JD Ogilvie	8	29
DJ Brickett	8	25
MK van Vuuren	6	22
WK Watson	5	19
RLS Armitage	7	18

Recorded innings through 1980-03-15. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1979/80

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 · 17 players

Eastern Province 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AL Wilmot	Eastern Province	8	15	3	474	89*	39.50	877.78	2	0	10	2
G Cook	Eastern Province	8	15	0	426	172	28.40	195.41	1	1	41	1
I Foulkes	Eastern Province	8	14	0	387	101	27.64	221.14	1	1	16	2
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	8	15	3	312	72	26.00	1,300.00	2	0	9	1
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	8	15	0	311	82	20.73	1,072.41	2	0	22	3
KP Reid	Eastern Province	5	10	1	195	52*	21.67	—	1	0	6	1
RG Fensham	Eastern Province	5	8	1	144	51	20.57	960.00	1	0	7	2
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	8	15	4	136	36*	12.36	—	0	0	5	0
JD Ogilvie	Eastern Province	8	15	2	103	24	7.92	—	0	0	1	0
DH Howell	Eastern Province	3	6	0	83	39	13.83	—	0	0	0	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	5	9	2	76	25	10.86	—	0	0	4	0
KW Gradwell	Eastern Province	3	5	0	75	48	15.00	500.00	0	0	0	0
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	6	11	2	29	13	3.22	2,900.00	0	0	0	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province	1	2	0	28	17	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	2	4	0	7	4	1.75	—	0	0	0	0
C Wulfsohn	Eastern Province	1	2	1	5	4*	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
MR Searle	Eastern Province	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JD Ogilvie	Eastern Province	8	15	1,585	57	755	29	26.03	54.66	2.86	1	5/119
DJ Brickett	Eastern Province	8	14	1,250	61	493	25	19.72	50.00	2.37	2	6/71
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	6	11	966	33	456	22	20.73	43.91	2.83	0	4/94
WK Watson	Eastern Province	5	10	1,088	29	546	19	28.74	57.26	3.01	1	5/48
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	7	12	983	50	430	18	23.89	54.61	2.62	3	5/25
I Foulkes	Eastern Province	7	10	737	22	388	9	43.11	81.89	3.16	0	3/28
G Cook	Eastern Province	3	3	16	0	21	1	21.00	16.00	7.88	0	1/12
GS Cowley	Eastern Province	2	2	78	1	46	1	46.00	78.00	3.54	0	1/38
MR Searle	Eastern Province	1	2	102	1	63	1	63.00	102.00	3.71	0	1/22
C Wulfsohn	Eastern Province	1	1	72	2	39	0	—	—	3.25	0	0/39
KP Reid	Eastern Province	2	2	42	4	11	0	—	—	1.57	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 1979/80. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1979/80 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	8	3	3	2	0	2,942	131	22.46	397	3,401	129	26.36

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 · 1979/80

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

1980-03-15 to 1980-03-17 · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia: 261 & 76
Eastern Province: 201 & 137/3

Eastern Province won by 7 wickets

1980-03-07 to 1980-03-08 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 337
Eastern Province: 94 & 46

Transvaal won by an innings and 197 runs

1980-02-22 to 1980-02-25 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 285 & 144
Western Province: 219/5d & 211/4

Western Province won by 6 wickets

1980-02-01 to 1980-02-04 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 219 & 183/8
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia: 254 & 206

Match drawn

1980-01-18 to 1980-01-21 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 71 & 194
Eastern Province: 202 & 69/5

Eastern Province won by 5 wickets

1980-01-01 to 1980-01-03 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 397/6d
Northern Transvaal: 266 & 337

Match drawn

1979-12-26 to 1979-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 238 & 241/9
Natal: 350/8d & 128

Eastern Province won by 1 wicket

1979-12-15 to 1979-12-18 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 307/9d & 184/3
Eastern Province: 217 & 269

Western Province won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1979/80 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
Berea Park, Pretoria	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 1979/80 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
G Cook	172	Northern Transvaal	1980-01-01
I Foulkes	101	Northern Transvaal	1980-01-01
AL Wilmot	89*	Western Province	1980-02-22
AL Wilmot	86	Western Province	1979-12-15
RLS Armitage	82	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	1980-02-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DJ Brickett	6/71	Natal	1979-12-26
DJ Brickett	5/17	Northern Transvaal	1980-01-18
RLS Armitage	5/25	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	1980-03-15
RLS Armitage	5/47	Northern Transvaal	1980-01-01
WK Watson	5/48	Northern Transvaal	1980-01-18

* 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 1979/80

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1979/80

Batting · 17 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1979/80

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia v Eastern Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Western Province

Eastern Province v Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

Northern Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Northern Transvaal

Eastern Province v Natal

Western Province v Eastern Province