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Eastern Province 1988/89 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 1988/89; Tests are excluded.

KS McEwan leads the displayed batting table with 846 runs. JG Thomas leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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Showing 1988/89 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1988-12-17 to 1989-03-10. 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 1988/89. 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 1988/89

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 1988/89 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KS McEwan	8	846
PG Amm	8	561
KC Wessels	8	531
MW Rushmere	8	517
DJ Callaghan	8	254

Recorded innings through 1989-03-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JG Thomas	8	39
TG Shaw	8	27
RJ McCurdy	5	20
AL Hobson	4	15
BA Matthews	6	12

Recorded innings through 1989-03-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1988/89

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 · 15 players

Eastern Province 1988/89 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
KS McEwan	Eastern Province	8	12	1	846	191	76.91	70.50	4	3	112	13
PG Amm	Eastern Province	8	12	1	561	214	51.00	38.06	0	2	56	3
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	8	12	1	531	108	48.27	45.38	4	1	55	0
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	8	12	1	517	140	47.00	42.10	2	2	41	4
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	8	12	1	254	78	23.09	48.38	2	0	29	1
JG Thomas	Eastern Province	8	12	1	163	91	14.82	56.79	1	0	17	1
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	8	12	3	144	34*	16.00	41.14	0	0	14	0
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	5	7	0	121	105	17.29	29.88	0	1	12	1
M Michau	Eastern Province	1	1	0	79	79	79.00	73.83	1	0	8	3
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	8	12	2	59	35*	5.90	33.33	0	0	5	1
AL Hobson	Eastern Province	4	7	2	57	24	11.40	47.50	0	0	7	0
RJ McCurdy	Eastern Province	5	7	0	29	15	4.14	82.86	0	0	3	1
BA Matthews	Eastern Province	6	9	3	8	5*	1.33	12.90	0	0	1	0
MW Pringle	Eastern Province	2	3	0	3	3	1.00	25.00	0	0	0	0
C Roelofse	Eastern Province	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	13.33	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Eastern Province 1988/89 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JG Thomas	Eastern Province	8	15	1,841	72	817	39	20.95	47.21	2.66	2	5/45
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	8	16	2,346	167	688	27	25.48	86.89	1.76	0	3/12
RJ McCurdy	Eastern Province	5	10	1,181	52	461	20	23.05	59.05	2.34	0	4/39
AL Hobson	Eastern Province	4	8	1,013	41	408	15	27.20	67.53	2.42	1	5/24
BA Matthews	Eastern Province	6	11	1,014	47	385	12	32.08	84.50	2.28	0	2/14
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	7	12	570	22	258	6	43.00	95.00	2.72	0	2/31
MW Pringle	Eastern Province	2	3	276	5	178	4	44.50	69.00	3.87	0	3/39
C Roelofse	Eastern Province	1	2	162	12	40	2	20.00	81.00	1.48	0	1/16
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	2	3	42	1	26	1	26.00	42.00	3.71	0	1/19
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
PG Amm	Eastern Province	1	1	20	2	3	0	—	—	0.90	0	0/3
M Michau	Eastern Province	1	1	24	2	4	0	—	—	1.00	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 1988/89. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1988/89 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	8	3	1	4	0	3,563	86	41.43	561	3,416	131	26.08

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 · 1988/89

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

1989-03-10 to 1989-03-14 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 561
Transvaal: 203 & 255

Eastern Province won by an innings and 103 runs

1989-01-27 to 1989-01-29 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 278/9d & 284/9
Eastern Province: 412/5d & 180/7d

Match drawn

1989-01-20 to 1989-01-22 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 382/5d
Natal: 391/7d & 10/0

Match drawn

1989-01-13 to 1989-01-15 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 175 & 213/9
Eastern Province: 440/8d

Match drawn

1989-01-06 to 1989-01-08 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 232 & 231/6
Eastern Province: 280

Match drawn

1989-01-01 to 1989-01-31 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 300/4d & 233
Northern Transvaal: 290/5d & 269/6d

Northern Transvaal won by 26 runs

1988-12-26 to 1988-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 251 & 171/7d
Orange Free State: 135 & 98

Eastern Province won by 189 runs

1988-12-17 to 1988-12-20 · University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 178 & 174
Eastern Province: 334 & 19/0

Eastern Province won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1988/89 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
University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein	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 1988/89 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PG Amm	214	Transvaal	1989-03-10
KS McEwan	191	Transvaal	1989-03-10
KS McEwan	180*	Natal	1989-01-27
PG Amm	158	Natal	1989-01-27
MW Rushmere	140	Western Province	1989-01-13

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AL Hobson	5/24	Orange Free State	1988-12-26
JG Thomas	5/45	Western Province	1989-01-13
JG Thomas	5/77	Transvaal	1989-01-06
RJ McCurdy	4/39	Orange Free State	1988-12-17
AL Hobson	4/75	Natal	1989-01-27

* 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 1988/89

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1988/89

Batting · 15 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1988/89

Eastern Province v Transvaal

Natal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Natal

Western Province v Eastern Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Northern Transvaal

Eastern Province v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Eastern Province

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