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Natal 1896/97 cricket statistics and records

Natal 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 1896/97; Tests are excluded.

PA Turner leads the displayed batting table with 182 runs. CB Llewellyn leads the bowling table with 30 wickets.

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Showing 1896/97 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1897-03-13 to 1897-03-19. 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 1896/97. 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 1896/97

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

Leading run scorers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PA Turner	3	182
GH Whyte	3	160
DC Davey	3	150
AH Hime	3	102
AW Nourse	2	72

Recorded innings through 1897-03-19. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CB Llewellyn	3	30
PF Madden	3	21
CFW Hime	3	4
GL Dalton	3	1
GH Whyte	2	1

Recorded innings through 1897-03-19. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1896/97

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

Batting · 13 players

Natal 1896/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
PA Turner	Natal	3	6	0	182	114	30.33	—	0	1
GH Whyte	Natal	3	6	1	160	58	32.00	—	2	0
DC Davey	Natal	3	6	1	150	57	30.00	—	1	0
AH Hime	Natal	3	6	1	102	40	20.40	—	0	0
AW Nourse	Natal	2	4	1	72	61	24.00	—	1	0
GL Dalton	Natal	3	6	0	55	24	9.17	—	0	0
C Henwood	Natal	2	4	0	47	28	11.75	—	0	0
CB Llewellyn	Natal	3	6	1	40	13	8.00	—	0	0
CFW Hime	Natal	3	6	0	35	22	5.83	—	0	0
EF Findlay	Natal	2	4	1	34	24*	11.33	—	0	0
JC Burton	Natal	2	4	0	30	25	7.50	—	0	0
PF Madden	Natal	3	6	1	20	12	4.00	—	0	0
EA Burrill	Natal	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 7 players

Natal 1896/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CB Llewellyn	Natal	3	6	990	47	364	30	12.13	33.00	2.21	4	7/73
PF Madden	Natal	3	6	816	36	342	21	16.29	38.86	2.51	1	5/48
CFW Hime	Natal	3	5	270	14	104	4	26.00	67.50	2.31	0	3/28
GL Dalton	Natal	3	4	132	8	41	1	41.00	132.00	1.86	0	1/22
GH Whyte	Natal	2	2	60	4	20	1	20.00	60.00	2.00	0	1/9
AW Nourse	Natal	1	1	18	0	17	0	—	—	5.67	0	0/17
EA Burrill	Natal	1	2	66	1	27	0	—	—	2.45	0	0/13

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 1896/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal 1896/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal	3	2	1	0	0	1,004	52	19.31	379	1,014	60	16.90

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 · 1896/97

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1897-03-19 to 1897-03-23 · Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

Natal: 94 & 129
Western Province: 185 & 174

Western Province won by 136 runs

1897-03-16 to 1897-03-18 · Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg

Eastern Province: 91 & 253
Natal: 90 & 379

Natal won by 125 runs

1897-03-13 to 1897-03-15 · Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg

Griqualand West: 131 & 180
Natal: 271 & 41/2

Natal won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Natal 1896/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg	2
Old Wanderers, 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 1896/97 for Natal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 batting innings records for Natal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PA Turner	114	Eastern Province	1897-03-16
AW Nourse	61	Eastern Province	1897-03-16
GH Whyte	58	Griqualand West	1897-03-13
GH Whyte	58	Eastern Province	1897-03-16
DC Davey	57	Eastern Province	1897-03-16

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1896/97 bowling innings records for Natal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CB Llewellyn	7/73	Griqualand West	1897-03-13
CB Llewellyn	6/43	Eastern Province	1897-03-16
PF Madden	5/48	Griqualand West	1897-03-13
CB Llewellyn	5/76	Western Province	1897-03-19
CB Llewellyn	5/80	Eastern Province	1897-03-16

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

CSA 4-Day Domestic Series · 1894-03-17 to 1998-03-06

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Natal 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 1998-03-06. 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.