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Griqualand West 1996/97 cricket statistics and records

Griqualand West 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 1996/97; Tests are excluded.

PH Barnard leads the displayed batting table with 652 runs. GA Roe leads the bowling table with 21 wickets.

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Showing 1996/97 · CSA 4-Day Series · Griqualand West

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 16
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1996-11-01 to 1997-02-14. 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 1996/97. 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 1996/97

Figures earned for Griqualand West only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Griqualand West CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PH Barnard	8	652
MI Gidley	8	559
JM Arthur	8	539
CV English	8	326
RA Koster	5	284

Recorded innings through 1997-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Griqualand West CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GA Roe	8	21
VA Walsh	8	19
CV English	8	18
MI Gidley	8	11
BN Benkenstein	7	10

Recorded innings through 1997-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1996/97

All recorded players for Griqualand West in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 16 players

Griqualand West 1996/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
PH Barnard	Griqualand West	8	16	0	652	212	40.75	46.31	4	1	79	3
MI Gidley	Griqualand West	8	16	2	559	117	39.93	32.24	4	1	37	3
JM Arthur	Griqualand West	8	16	1	539	86	35.93	41.65	3	0	54	1
CV English	Griqualand West	8	16	0	326	51	20.38	34.28	1	0	39	4
RA Koster	Griqualand West	5	10	0	284	74	28.40	45.37	1	0	37	4
WM Dry	Griqualand West	6	12	0	280	74	23.33	46.20	2	0	37	3
W Bossenger	Griqualand West	8	16	2	236	82	16.86	34.96	1	0	19	0
BN Benkenstein	Griqualand West	7	14	3	232	68	21.09	31.48	2	0	20	2
FC Brooker	Griqualand West	4	8	0	143	45	17.88	51.25	0	0	12	1
GA Roe	Griqualand West	8	16	5	71	21*	6.45	26.39	0	0	9	0
C Light	Griqualand West	2	4	0	63	38	15.75	43.75	0	0	9	0
WE Schonegevel	Griqualand West	2	4	0	57	32	14.25	21.76	0	0	2	0
VA Walsh	Griqualand West	8	16	6	49	13*	4.90	84.48	0	0	7	0
PJ Koortzen	Griqualand West	1	2	0	44	28	22.00	51.76	0	0	8	0
AJ Swanepoel	Griqualand West	4	8	0	27	14	3.38	17.53	0	0	1	1
JH Myers	Griqualand West	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	50.00	0	0	1	0

Bowling · 9 players

Griqualand West 1996/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GA Roe	Griqualand West	8	13	1,797	55	901	21	42.90	85.57	3.01	0	4/74
VA Walsh	Griqualand West	8	13	1,806	47	1,002	19	52.74	95.05	3.33	0	3/58
CV English	Griqualand West	8	13	1,103	34	668	18	37.11	61.28	3.63	1	5/65
MI Gidley	Griqualand West	8	11	940	29	526	11	47.82	85.45	3.36	0	3/59
BN Benkenstein	Griqualand West	7	12	1,369	45	711	10	71.10	136.90	3.12	0	3/35
AJ Swanepoel	Griqualand West	4	6	642	30	310	7	44.29	91.71	2.90	0	3/31
PJ Koortzen	Griqualand West	1	1	96	1	78	2	39.00	48.00	4.88	0	2/78
WM Dry	Griqualand West	2	2	42	1	34	0	—	—	4.86	0	0/10
C Light	Griqualand West	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/7

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 1996/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Griqualand West 1996/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Griqualand West	8	1	6	1	0	3,833	142	26.99	541	4,339	92	47.16

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 · 1996/97

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

1997-02-14 to 1997-02-17 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 400 & 192/5d
Griqualand West: 253 & 299

Border won by 40 runs

1997-02-07 to 1997-02-10 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 541/6d & 10/0
Northern Transvaal: 363 & 185

Griqualand West won by 10 wickets

1997-02-01 to 1997-02-03 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 413/3d
Griqualand West: 91 & 166

Natal won by an innings and 156 runs

1997-01-17 to 1997-01-19 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 298 & 167
Western Province: 470/5d

Western Province won by an innings and 5 runs

1996-12-13 to 1996-12-16 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 340 & 222/6
Free State: 493

Match drawn

1996-12-01 to 1996-12-30 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 476/6d & 185/3d
Griqualand West: 266 & 306

Eastern Province won by 89 runs

1996-11-15 to 1996-11-18 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 327 & 214
Transvaal: 440/6d & 194/4d

Transvaal won by 93 runs

1996-11-01 to 1996-11-04 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 268 & 260
Griqualand West: 250 & 83

Boland won by 195 runs

Recorded venues

Griqualand West 1996/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley	4
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	1
Buffalo Park, East London	1
Kingsmead, Durban	1
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	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 1996/97 for Griqualand West, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting innings records for Griqualand West
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PH Barnard	212	Northern Transvaal	1997-02-07
MI Gidley	117	Western Province	1997-01-17
PH Barnard	93	Transvaal	1996-11-15
JM Arthur	86	Eastern Province	1996-12-01
W Bossenger	82	Border	1997-02-14

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling innings records for Griqualand West
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CV English	5/65	Boland	1996-11-01
GA Roe	4/74	Northern Transvaal	1997-02-07
AJ Swanepoel	3/31	Northern Transvaal	1997-02-07
BN Benkenstein	3/35	Boland	1996-11-01
GA Roe	3/56	Boland	1996-11-01

* 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 Griqualand West 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: 1892-11-18 to 2004-03-19. 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 1996/97

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1996/97

Batting · 16 players

Bowling · 9 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Border v Griqualand West

Griqualand West v Northern Transvaal

Natal v Griqualand West

Griqualand West v Western Province

Griqualand West v Free State

Eastern Province v Griqualand West

Griqualand West v Transvaal

Boland v Griqualand West