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Natal B 1972/73 cricket statistics and records

Natal B 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 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

GD Dyer leads the displayed batting table with 298 runs. AR Lilley leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1972/73 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal B

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 20
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1972-11-24 to 1973-03-02. 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 1972/73. 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 1972/73

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

Leading run scorers

Natal B CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GD Dyer	5	298
D Bestall	3	279
DD Dyer	5	275
HR Fotheringham	3	267
BS Groves	5	161

Recorded innings through 1973-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal B CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AR Lilley	4	20
PN Albers	5	13
G Kotze	3	6
DJ Morgan	3	5
MJ Smithyman	1	5

Recorded innings through 1973-03-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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

Batting · 20 players

Natal B 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GD Dyer	Natal B	5	10	1	298	93	33.11	764.10	2	0	37	0
D Bestall	Natal B	3	6	1	279	154*	55.80	265.71	0	1	28	2
DD Dyer	Natal B	5	10	0	275	55	27.50	157.14	3	0	23	0
HR Fotheringham	Natal B	3	6	1	267	101*	53.40	—	2	1	29	0
BS Groves	Natal B	5	10	0	161	54	16.10	328.57	2	0	6	0
DJ Morgan	Natal B	3	6	0	127	35	21.17	215.25	0	0	17	0
KN Hosken	Natal B	2	4	0	119	49	29.75	—	0	0	15	0
GA Katz	Natal B	3	6	0	113	46	18.83	—	0	0	15	0
PN Albers	Natal B	5	10	3	82	25	11.71	455.56	0	0	8	0
AR Lilley	Natal B	4	8	2	64	17*	10.67	148.84	0	0	6	0
IR Tayfield	Natal B	2	4	0	61	36	15.25	508.33	0	0	8	3
MB Madsen	Natal B	2	4	0	59	38	14.75	62.77	0	0	6	0
AA Hipkin	Natal B	3	6	1	52	25	10.40	46.85	0	0	5	0
MJ Smithyman	Natal B	1	2	0	41	32	20.50	—	0	0	4	0
NH Harvey	Natal B	1	2	0	36	22	18.00	—	0	0	5	0
PP Henwood	Natal B	1	2	2	20	17*	—	—	0	0	3	0
N Minnaar	Natal B	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0	3	0
G Kotze	Natal B	3	6	0	9	8	1.50	—	0	0	1	0
AG Wood	Natal B	2	4	1	9	9*	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
L Whyte-Sweet	Natal B	1	2	1	8	8*	8.00	66.67	0	0	2	0

Bowling · 16 players

Natal B 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AR Lilley	Natal B	4	8	1,206	65	350	20	17.50	60.30	1.74	1	5/30
PN Albers	Natal B	5	9	954	51	392	13	30.15	73.38	2.47	0	3/42
G Kotze	Natal B	3	6	636	36	246	6	41.00	106.00	2.32	0	2/84
DJ Morgan	Natal B	3	4	324	13	184	5	36.80	64.80	3.41	0	3/45
MJ Smithyman	Natal B	1	2	264	15	97	5	19.40	52.80	2.20	0	3/32
D Bestall	Natal B	3	4	222	11	111	4	27.75	55.50	3.00	0	2/22
HR Fotheringham	Natal B	2	4	228	12	92	3	30.67	76.00	2.42	0	3/48
N Minnaar	Natal B	1	1	162	6	71	3	23.67	54.00	2.63	0	3/71
IR Tayfield	Natal B	2	4	403	22	148	3	49.33	134.33	2.20	0	2/58
L Whyte-Sweet	Natal B	1	2	206	8	92	3	30.67	68.67	2.68	0	2/48
AG Wood	Natal B	2	4	312	15	149	2	74.50	156.00	2.87	0	1/41
PP Henwood	Natal B	1	1	204	11	132	1	132.00	204.00	3.88	0	1/132
BS Groves	Natal B	1	1	30	2	8	0	—	—	1.60	0	0/8
NH Harvey	Natal B	1	1	66	1	65	0	—	—	5.91	0	0/65
AA Hipkin	Natal B	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
GA Katz	Natal B	3	4	34	1	25	0	—	—	4.41	0	0/1

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal B 1972/73 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal B	5	0	3	2	0	2,193	83	26.42	339	2,257	75	30.09

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 · 1972/73

Latest 5 of 5 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1973-03-02 to 1973-03-05 · Settler's Park, Ladysmith

Natal B: 218 & 250
Orange Free State: 514/7d

Orange Free State won by an innings and 46 runs

1973-01-19 to 1973-01-22 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal B: 201 & 224
Natal B: 208 & 104

Transvaal B won by 113 runs

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-30 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 277 & 111/1
Natal B: 170 & 215

Northern Transvaal won by 9 wickets

1972-12-01 to 1972-12-04 · City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

Natal B: 215 & 212/7
Border: 136 & 321

Match drawn

1972-11-24 to 1972-11-27 · De Beers Stadium, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 259 & 214/7
Natal B: 339/3d & 262/3d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Natal B 1972/73 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Berea Park, Pretoria	1
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Settler's Park, Ladysmith	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 1972/73 for Natal B, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 batting innings records for Natal B
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
D Bestall	154*	Griqualand West	1972-11-24
HR Fotheringham	101*	Griqualand West	1972-11-24
GD Dyer	93	Border	1972-12-01
GD Dyer	61	Orange Free State	1973-03-02
HR Fotheringham	57	Griqualand West	1972-11-24

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1972/73 bowling innings records for Natal B
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AR Lilley	5/30	Border	1972-12-01
AR Lilley	4/39	Griqualand West	1972-11-24
MJ Smithyman	3/32	Border	1972-12-01
PN Albers	3/42	Northern Transvaal	1973-01-01
AR Lilley	3/45	Northern Transvaal	1973-01-01

* 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 Natal B 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: 1965-12-27 to 1991-02-15. 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.