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Natal 1925/26 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 1925/26; Tests are excluded.

RH Catterall leads the displayed batting table with 404 runs. AF Borland leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1925/26 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1926-01-01 to 1926-04-03. 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 1925/26. 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 1925/26

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 1925/26 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RH Catterall	5	404
WJ Lee	5	401
VC Robbins	5	293
JFW Nicolson	5	265
IJ Siedle	5	241

Recorded innings through 1926-04-03. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1925/26 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AF Borland	5	25
AP Woods	4	23
L Lewin	5	17
HR Fawcett	4	17
ME Billing	1	7

Recorded innings through 1926-04-03. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1925/26

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 · 14 players

Natal 1925/26 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RH Catterall	Natal	5	10	0	404	147	40.40	—	1	2	25	3
WJ Lee	Natal	5	10	3	401	129*	57.29	—	3	1	36	2
VC Robbins	Natal	5	10	0	293	56	29.30	—	1	0	10	0
JFW Nicolson	Natal	5	10	0	265	90	26.50	—	2	0	7	0
IJ Siedle	Natal	5	10	0	241	52	24.10	—	1	0	15	1
HF Wade	Natal	4	8	2	166	66*	27.67	—	1	0	6	0
AF Borland	Natal	5	10	0	124	31	12.40	—	0	0	6	0
HA Mackrory	Natal	5	10	0	121	47	12.10	—	0	0	2	0
AP Woods	Natal	4	8	1	79	29	11.29	—	0	0	0	0
L Lewin	Natal	5	10	4	77	18	12.83	—	0	0	0	0
HR Fawcett	Natal	4	8	2	45	17	7.50	—	0	0	0	0
DK Pearse	Natal	1	2	0	20	20	10.00	666.67	0	0	2	0
SH Martin	Natal	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
ME Billing	Natal	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	100.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Natal 1925/26 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AF Borland	Natal	5	10	1,137	43	433	25	17.32	45.48	2.29	2	6/34
AP Woods	Natal	4	8	1,137	31	516	23	22.43	49.43	2.72	1	6/41
L Lewin	Natal	5	10	1,085	46	473	17	27.82	63.82	2.62	0	3/19
HR Fawcett	Natal	4	8	706	21	363	17	21.35	41.53	3.09	1	5/81
ME Billing	Natal	1	2	234	11	83	7	11.86	33.43	2.13	1	5/22
RH Catterall	Natal	4	6	182	6	94	2	47.00	91.00	3.10	0	1/16
JFW Nicolson	Natal	3	3	138	2	96	2	48.00	69.00	4.17	0	2/36
SH Martin	Natal	1	2	96	1	57	2	28.50	48.00	3.56	0	2/36
VC Robbins	Natal	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2

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 1925/26. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal 1925/26 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	2,404	88	27.32	413	2,198	96	22.90

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 · 1925/26

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

1926-04-03 to 1926-04-06 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 239 & 317/8d
Natal: 216 & 257

Western Province won by 83 runs

1926-03-25 to 1926-03-27 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 181 & 224
Natal: 280 & 126/5

Natal won by 5 wickets

1926-03-19 to 1926-03-22 · Athletic Club Ground, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 489 & 223/8
Natal: 331 & 413

Match drawn

1926-02-05 to 1926-02-08 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 256 & 240/3d
Orange Free State: 110 & 151

Natal won by 235 runs

1926-01-01 to 1926-01-02 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 141 & 144
Transvaal: 83 & 181

Natal won by 21 runs

Recorded venues

Natal 1925/26 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Kingsmead, Durban	2
Athletic Club Ground, Kimberley	1
Newlands, Cape Town	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 1925/26 for Natal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1925/26 batting innings records for Natal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RH Catterall	147	Griqualand West	1926-03-19
WJ Lee	129*	Griqualand West	1926-03-19
RH Catterall	110	Orange Free State	1926-02-05
JFW Nicolson	90	Orange Free State	1926-02-05
WJ Lee	82	Western Province	1926-04-03

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1925/26 bowling innings records for Natal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AF Borland	6/34	Orange Free State	1926-02-05
AP Woods	6/41	Orange Free State	1926-02-05
ME Billing	5/22	Transvaal	1926-01-01
AF Borland	5/56	Eastern Province	1926-03-25
HR Fawcett	5/81	Griqualand West	1926-03-19

* 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 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.