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Natal 1920/21 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 1920/21; Tests are excluded.

HW Taylor leads the displayed batting table with 372 runs. CP Carter leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1920/21 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1920-12-16 to 1921-03-26. 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 1920/21. 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 1920/21

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 1920/21 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
HW Taylor	5	372
AW Nourse	5	303
HW Chapman	5	215
LW Field	5	127
E Arbuthnot	2	112

Recorded innings through 1921-03-26. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1920/21 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CP Carter	5	25
AW Nourse	5	21
JL Cox	5	17
HW Chapman	5	15
ME Billing	4	13

Recorded innings through 1921-03-26. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1920/21

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 · 18 players

Natal 1920/21 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
HW Taylor	Natal	5	7	0	372	150	53.14	—	1	1	30	2
AW Nourse	Natal	5	7	2	303	153*	60.60	—	1	1	32	0
HW Chapman	Natal	5	7	0	215	67	30.71	—	2	0	21	3
LW Field	Natal	5	7	0	127	61	18.14	—	1	0	6	0
E Arbuthnot	Natal	2	3	0	112	81	37.33	—	1	0	7	0
DK Pearse	Natal	4	6	1	108	33	21.60	—	0	0	8	0
CP Carter	Natal	5	7	1	95	43*	15.83	4,750.00	0	0	7	2
HG Deane	Natal	3	4	0	62	41	15.50	—	0	0	10	0
X de Gersigny	Natal	2	3	1	61	45	30.50	—	0	0	6	0
ME Billing	Natal	4	5	0	51	30	10.20	—	0	0	4	0
JL Cox	Natal	5	7	2	47	26*	9.40	—	0	0	5	1
DJ Nicol	Natal	3	4	0	29	19	7.25	—	0	0	4	0
JE Beningfield	Natal	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	—	0	0	1	0
VC Robbins	Natal	1	1	0	18	18	18.00	—	0	0	1	0
AF Borland	Natal	1	1	1	15	15*	—	—	0	0	0	0
GP MacFarlane	Natal	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	1,000.00	0	0	2	0
HA Mackrory	Natal	2	3	1	4	4*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
AJC Risley	Natal	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Natal 1920/21 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CP Carter	Natal	5	10	1,023	40	367	25	14.68	40.92	2.15	2	6/11
AW Nourse	Natal	5	9	838	43	259	21	12.33	39.90	1.85	1	5/27
JL Cox	Natal	5	10	945	60	311	17	18.29	55.59	1.97	0	4/9
HW Chapman	Natal	5	7	401	11	198	15	13.20	26.73	2.96	1	5/35
ME Billing	Natal	4	7	455	11	205	13	15.77	35.00	2.70	1	6/42
X de Gersigny	Natal	2	4	138	1	84	2	42.00	69.00	3.65	0	1/7
GP MacFarlane	Natal	1	2	102	4	35	1	35.00	102.00	2.06	0	1/22
AF Borland	Natal	1	1	54	3	14	0	—	—	1.56	0	0/14

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 1920/21. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal 1920/21 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal	5	3	1	1	0	1,769	64	27.64	442	1,538	95	16.19

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 · 1920/21

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

1921-03-26 to 1921-03-28 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 242 & 134
Natal: 150 & 199

Western Province won by 27 runs

1921-03-18 to 1921-03-19 · Athletic Club Ground, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 173 & 268
Natal: 442

Natal won by an innings and 1 run

1921-03-12 to 1921-03-14 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 23 & 123
Natal: 209

Natal won by an innings and 63 runs

1920-12-27 to 1920-12-28 · Lord's, Durban

Natal: 118 & 243/9d
Transvaal: 150 & 146/5

Match drawn

1920-12-16 to 1920-12-17 · Lord's, Durban

Natal: 408/5d
Orange Free State: 122 & 157

Natal won by an innings and 129 runs

Recorded venues

Natal 1920/21 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lord's, Durban	2
Athletic Club Ground, Kimberley	1
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
Newlands, Cape Town	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 1920/21 for Natal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1920/21 batting innings records for Natal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AW Nourse	153*	Orange Free State	1920-12-16
HW Taylor	150	Orange Free State	1920-12-16
HW Taylor	83	Griqualand West	1921-03-18
AW Nourse	83*	Western Province	1921-03-26
E Arbuthnot	81	Griqualand West	1921-03-18

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1920/21 bowling innings records for Natal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CP Carter	6/11	Border	1921-03-12
ME Billing	6/42	Western Province	1921-03-26
CP Carter	6/61	Transvaal	1920-12-27
AW Nourse	5/27	Border	1921-03-12
HW Chapman	5/35	Griqualand West	1921-03-18

* 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

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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.