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Eastern Province 1986/87 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 1986/87; Tests are excluded.

KC Wessels leads the displayed batting table with 619 runs. TG Shaw leads the bowling table with 26 wickets.

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Showing 1986/87 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 7
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1986-10-19 to 1987-03-06. 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 1986/87. 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 1986/87

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 1986/87 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KC Wessels	6	619
MW Rushmere	6	410
M Michau	7	301
DJ Capel	6	277
RLS Armitage	7	269

Recorded innings through 1987-03-06. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1986/87 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
TG Shaw	7	26
DJ Capel	6	21
RLS Armitage	7	21
AL Hobson	5	16
WK Watson	6	15

Recorded innings through 1987-03-06. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1986/87

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 1986/87 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	6	11	1	619	133	61.90	162.89	3	2	33	0
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	6	12	1	410	124	37.27	138.51	3	1	16	4
M Michau	Eastern Province	7	13	0	301	83	23.15	120.40	2	0	15	2
DJ Capel	Eastern Province	6	11	3	277	134	34.63	196.45	0	1	8	0
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	7	13	2	269	94*	24.45	101.13	1	0	5	0
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	6	11	1	203	67	20.30	1,068.42	2	0	3	0
IK Daniell	Eastern Province	5	9	0	172	59	19.11	252.94	1	0	5	0
JW Furstenburg	Eastern Province	3	5	0	138	49	27.60	47.10	0	0	6	1
TB Reid	Eastern Province	4	7	0	119	63	17.00	103.48	1	0	8	0
PG Amm	Eastern Province	5	9	0	97	40	10.78	346.43	0	0	2	0
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	7	13	3	90	29	9.00	132.35	0	0	3	0
WK Watson	Eastern Province	6	11	3	52	15	6.50	120.93	0	0	2	0
AL Hobson	Eastern Province	5	9	1	24	19	3.00	80.00	0	0	0	1
JA Carse	Eastern Province	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
RJ McCurdy	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
AJ Roberts	Eastern Province	1	2	2	0	0*	—	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Eastern Province 1986/87 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	7	13	2,024	113	714	26	27.46	77.85	2.12	1	6/49
DJ Capel	Eastern Province	6	11	888	33	431	21	20.52	42.29	2.91	1	5/43
RLS Armitage	Eastern Province	7	13	1,260	54	562	21	26.76	60.00	2.68	0	4/18
AL Hobson	Eastern Province	5	9	669	25	298	16	18.63	41.81	2.67	1	7/42
WK Watson	Eastern Province	6	11	816	32	366	15	24.40	54.40	2.69	0	3/43
RJ McCurdy	Eastern Province	1	2	264	12	126	9	14.00	29.33	2.86	1	5/65
JA Carse	Eastern Province	1	1	114	3	80	2	40.00	57.00	4.21	0	2/80
MK van Vuuren	Eastern Province	1	2	78	4	36	2	18.00	39.00	2.77	0	2/25
AJ Roberts	Eastern Province	1	2	54	0	48	1	48.00	54.00	5.33	0	1/34
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	3	3	66	1	36	0	—	—	3.27	0	0/1
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	1	1	3	0	6	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/6

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 1986/87. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1986/87 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	7	4	3	0	0	2,972	106	28.04	406	2,789	118	23.64

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 · 1986/87

Latest 7 of 7 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1987-03-06 to 1987-03-09 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 331/7 & 166
Western Province: 288/7 & 256

Western Province won by 47 runs

1987-01-24 to 1987-01-26 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 213/8d & 231/5
Eastern Province: 231 & 209

Natal won by 5 wickets

1986-12-26 to 1986-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 244 & 152/8
Northern Transvaal: 214 & 179

Eastern Province won by 2 wickets

1986-12-19 to 1986-12-21 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 165 & 122
Eastern Province: 177 & 111/2

Eastern Province won by 8 wickets

1986-11-28 to 1986-11-30 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 336
Western Province: 190 & 111

Eastern Province won by an innings and 35 runs

1986-11-21 to 1986-11-23 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 397/8d
Eastern Province: 148 & 232

Transvaal won by an innings and 17 runs

1986-10-19 to 1986-10-21 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 406/5d & 229/4d
Orange Free State: 261 & 162

Eastern Province won by 212 runs

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1986/87 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
Kingsmead, Durban	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	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 1986/87 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1986/87 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
DJ Capel	134	Western Province	1986-11-28
KC Wessels	133	Orange Free State	1986-10-19
KC Wessels	129	Western Province	1987-03-06
MW Rushmere	124	Orange Free State	1986-10-19
RLS Armitage	94*	Orange Free State	1986-10-19

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1986/87 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AL Hobson	7/42	Orange Free State	1986-10-19
TG Shaw	6/49	Border	1986-12-19
DJ Capel	5/43	Northern Transvaal	1986-12-26
RJ McCurdy	5/65	Western Province	1987-03-06
RLS Armitage	4/18	Western Province	1986-11-28

* 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 1986/87

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1986/87

Batting · 17 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1986/87

Eastern Province v Western Province

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Northern Transvaal

Border v Eastern Province