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Northern Transvaal 1985/86 cricket statistics and records

Northern Transvaal 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 1985/86; Tests are excluded.

RF Pienaar leads the displayed batting table with 443 runs. CD Mitchley leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1985/86 · CSA 4-Day Series · Northern Transvaal

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Recorded matches: 7
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1985-10-26 to 1986-02-14. 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 1985/86. 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 1985/86

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

Leading run scorers

Northern Transvaal CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RF Pienaar	6	443
AM Ferreira	7	442
NT Day	7	432
LJ Barnard	7	415
KD Verdoorn	7	298

Recorded innings through 1986-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Transvaal CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CD Mitchley	7	25
RC Ontong	6	24
MD Clare	6	21
WF Morris	2	13
IFN Weideman	2	8

Recorded innings through 1986-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1985/86

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

Batting · 14 players

Northern Transvaal 1985/86 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RF Pienaar	Northern Transvaal	6	12	0	443	90	36.92	44.26	3	0	49	0
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	7	14	1	442	105	34.00	70.61	1	1	58	7
NT Day	Northern Transvaal	7	14	1	432	117	33.23	47.21	3	1	61	2
LJ Barnard	Northern Transvaal	7	14	0	415	93	29.64	56.16	3	0	50	1
KD Verdoorn	Northern Transvaal	7	14	1	298	74	22.92	45.43	2	0	36	2
A Geringer	Northern Transvaal	7	14	2	284	67*	23.67	46.18	1	0	34	3
VF du Preez	Northern Transvaal	7	14	0	259	51	18.50	41.64	1	0	29	0
RC Ontong	Northern Transvaal	7	14	4	255	50	25.50	43.81	1	0	29	2
CD Mitchley	Northern Transvaal	7	14	2	75	36	6.25	58.14	0	0	7	2
IFN Weideman	Northern Transvaal	2	4	1	46	32*	15.33	36.51	0	0	2	0
PS de Villiers	Northern Transvaal	3	6	3	32	23*	10.67	41.56	0	0	3	1
WF Morris	Northern Transvaal	2	4	0	31	19	7.75	29.25	0	0	5	0
MD Clare	Northern Transvaal	6	12	3	9	4*	1.00	26.47	0	0	0	0
GR Grobler	Northern Transvaal	2	4	1	7	7*	2.33	50.00	0	0	1	0

Bowling · 12 players

Northern Transvaal 1985/86 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CD Mitchley	Northern Transvaal	7	13	1,240	38	583	25	23.32	49.60	2.82	2	5/26
RC Ontong	Northern Transvaal	6	12	1,508	65	672	24	28.00	62.83	2.67	1	5/33
MD Clare	Northern Transvaal	6	10	1,046	26	571	21	27.19	49.81	3.28	1	5/70
WF Morris	Northern Transvaal	2	4	417	12	223	13	17.15	32.08	3.21	1	6/66
IFN Weideman	Northern Transvaal	2	4	335	12	163	8	20.38	41.88	2.92	0	4/60
AM Ferreira	Northern Transvaal	6	9	624	22	325	7	46.43	89.14	3.13	0	2/46
LJ Barnard	Northern Transvaal	4	4	306	14	120	5	24.00	61.20	2.35	0	2/28
RF Pienaar	Northern Transvaal	4	7	414	18	192	4	48.00	103.50	2.78	0	2/31
PS de Villiers	Northern Transvaal	3	5	168	2	88	3	29.33	56.00	3.14	0	1/20
GR Grobler	Northern Transvaal	2	3	228	11	158	3	52.67	76.00	4.16	0	2/78
VF du Preez	Northern Transvaal	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
A Geringer	Northern Transvaal	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/15

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 1985/86. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Transvaal 1985/86 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Transvaal	7	1	2	4	0	3,226	115	28.05	343	3,335	115	29.00

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 · 1985/86

Latest 7 of 7 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1986-02-14 to 1986-02-17 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 319 & 320/9d
Northern Transvaal: 218 & 144

Transvaal won by 277 runs

1986-02-07 to 1986-02-10 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 324 & 148
Northern Transvaal: 272 & 206

Northern Transvaal won by 6 runs

1985-12-19 to 1985-12-21 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 241 & 260/8
Eastern Province: 319 & 230/7d

Match drawn

1985-12-01 to 1985-12-30 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 243
Northern Transvaal: 222 & 128/5

Match drawn

1985-11-15 to 1985-11-18 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 299 & 242/5d
Western Province: 272 & 99/1

Match drawn

1985-11-08 to 1985-11-11 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 343/7d & 219/5d
Border: 253 & 313/8

Border won by 2 wickets

1985-10-26 to 1985-10-28 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 203 & 292
Northern Transvaal: 295 & 137/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Northern Transvaal 1985/86 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Berea Park, Pretoria	3
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2
Kingsmead, Durban	1
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	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 1985/86 for Northern Transvaal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 batting innings records for Northern Transvaal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
NT Day	117	Border	1985-11-08
AM Ferreira	105	Western Province	1985-11-15
AM Ferreira	95	Eastern Province	1985-12-19
LJ Barnard	93	Border	1985-11-08
RF Pienaar	90	Orange Free State	1986-02-07

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 bowling innings records for Northern Transvaal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WF Morris	6/66	Orange Free State	1986-02-07
CD Mitchley	5/26	Border	1985-11-08
RC Ontong	5/33	Natal	1985-10-26
MD Clare	5/70	Transvaal	1985-12-01
CD Mitchley	5/73	Eastern Province	1985-12-19

* 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 · 1971-11-05 to 1997-03-07

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Northern Transvaal 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: 1971-11-05 to 1997-03-07. 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 1985/86

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1985/86

Batting · 14 players

Bowling · 12 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1985/86

Transvaal v Northern Transvaal

Orange Free State v Northern Transvaal

Northern Transvaal v Eastern Province

Transvaal v Northern Transvaal

Northern Transvaal v Western Province

Northern Transvaal v Border

Natal v Northern Transvaal

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