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Northern Transvaal 1996/97 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 1996/97; Tests are excluded.

AJ Seymore leads the displayed batting table with 409 runs. S Elworthy leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Showing 1996/97 · CSA 4-Day Series · Northern Transvaal

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1996-11-01 to 1997-03-07. 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 1996/97. 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 1996/97

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 1996/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AJ Seymore	8	409
RF Pienaar	6	367
S Elworthy	8	314
M van Jaarsveld	7	301
RB Richardson	6	254

Recorded innings through 1997-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Transvaal CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
S Elworthy	8	24
RE Bryson	7	23
MJG Davis	7	17
P Joubert	4	10
MJR Rindel	6	6

Recorded innings through 1997-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1996/97

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 · 18 players

Northern Transvaal 1996/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AJ Seymore	Northern Transvaal	8	15	0	409	132	27.27	37.84	1	1	52	1
RF Pienaar	Northern Transvaal	6	11	0	367	95	33.36	48.93	3	0	59	0
S Elworthy	Northern Transvaal	8	15	0	314	51	20.93	48.76	1	0	39	4
M van Jaarsveld	Northern Transvaal	7	13	0	301	109	23.15	43.37	0	1	45	2
RB Richardson	Northern Transvaal	6	11	0	254	69	23.09	43.34	3	0	40	2
DJ van Zyl	Northern Transvaal	5	10	0	249	57	24.90	50.61	1	0	32	0
MJR Rindel	Northern Transvaal	6	12	0	230	60	19.17	53.74	1	0	34	0
I Pistorius	Northern Transvaal	8	15	3	151	33	12.58	25.04	0	0	11	2
MJG Davis	Northern Transvaal	7	13	3	149	38*	14.90	27.75	0	0	11	2
RE Bryson	Northern Transvaal	7	13	4	137	22	15.22	75.27	0	0	16	4
BJ Sommerville	Northern Transvaal	3	6	0	125	62	20.83	32.72	1	0	15	0
DJJ de Vos	Northern Transvaal	4	7	1	67	31*	11.17	21.00	0	0	10	0
G Dros	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	59	54	29.50	31.38	1	0	6	0
GJ Smith	Northern Transvaal	2	3	0	42	23	14.00	56.76	0	0	6	0
P Joubert	Northern Transvaal	4	8	2	28	9	4.67	26.17	0	0	0	0
PS de Villiers	Northern Transvaal	2	3	0	20	19	6.67	28.99	0	0	1	0
GJ Kruis	Northern Transvaal	3	6	3	7	6*	2.33	15.22	0	0	0	0
N Martin	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	30.00	0	0	1	0

Bowling · 13 players

Northern Transvaal 1996/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
S Elworthy	Northern Transvaal	8	14	1,550	67	804	24	33.50	64.58	3.11	0	4/71
RE Bryson	Northern Transvaal	7	12	1,332	46	642	23	27.91	57.91	2.89	1	5/84
MJG Davis	Northern Transvaal	7	11	1,334	40	622	17	36.59	78.47	2.80	1	6/80
P Joubert	Northern Transvaal	4	7	621	29	286	10	28.60	62.10	2.76	0	3/52
MJR Rindel	Northern Transvaal	6	9	426	10	221	6	36.83	71.00	3.11	0	2/45
DJ van Zyl	Northern Transvaal	5	8	450	12	301	5	60.20	90.00	4.01	0	2/73
PS de Villiers	Northern Transvaal	2	4	342	14	148	4	37.00	85.50	2.60	0	2/39
GJ Smith	Northern Transvaal	2	4	358	12	165	4	41.25	89.50	2.77	0	2/68
GJ Kruis	Northern Transvaal	3	5	375	11	233	2	116.50	187.50	3.73	0	1/72
RB Richardson	Northern Transvaal	1	1	24	0	11	1	11.00	24.00	2.75	0	1/11
M van Jaarsveld	Northern Transvaal	3	3	186	5	120	1	120.00	186.00	3.87	0	1/28
DJJ de Vos	Northern Transvaal	4	5	330	13	140	0	—	—	2.55	0	0/0
N Martin	Northern Transvaal	1	1	48	1	23	0	—	—	2.88	0	0/23

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 1996/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Transvaal 1996/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Transvaal	8	0	7	1	0	3,142	147	21.37	363	3,845	102	37.70

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 · 1996/97

Latest 8 of 8 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1997-03-07 to 1997-03-10 · Centurion Park, Centurion

Northern Transvaal: 164
Transvaal: 201/6d & 71/1

Match drawn

1997-02-14 to 1997-02-17 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 432/9d & 161/2d
Northern Transvaal: 272 & 115

Eastern Province won by 206 runs

1997-02-07 to 1997-02-10 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 541/6d & 10/0
Northern Transvaal: 363 & 185

Griqualand West won by 10 wickets

1997-01-10 to 1997-01-13 · Centurion Park, Centurion

Northern Transvaal: 334/7d & 155
Border: 271/5d & 220/4

Border won by 6 wickets

1996-12-26 to 1996-12-28 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 170 & 179
Northern Transvaal: 117 & 177

Boland won by 55 runs

1996-12-01 to 1996-12-30 · Centurion Park, Centurion

Northern Transvaal: 121 & 214
Natal: 360 & 261/9d

Natal won by 286 runs

1996-11-15 to 1996-11-17 · Centurion Park, Centurion

Northern Transvaal: 190 & 154
Free State: 349

Free State won by an innings and 5 runs

1996-11-01 to 1996-11-04 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 220 & 399
Northern Transvaal: 355 & 226

Western Province won by 38 runs

Recorded venues

Northern Transvaal 1996/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Centurion Park, Centurion	4
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	1
Kimberley Country Club, 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 1996/97 for Northern Transvaal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting innings records for Northern Transvaal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AJ Seymore	132	Griqualand West	1997-02-07
M van Jaarsveld	109	Griqualand West	1997-02-07
RF Pienaar	95	Western Province	1996-11-01
RB Richardson	69	Eastern Province	1997-02-14
RB Richardson	68	Natal	1996-12-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling innings records for Northern Transvaal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
MJG Davis	6/80	Boland	1996-12-26
RE Bryson	5/84	Free State	1996-11-15
RE Bryson	4/64	Western Province	1996-11-01
S Elworthy	4/71	Natal	1996-12-01
S Elworthy	4/95	Eastern Province	1997-02-14

* 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 · 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 1996/97

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1996/97

Batting · 18 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Northern Transvaal v Transvaal

Eastern Province v Northern Transvaal

Griqualand West v Northern Transvaal

Northern Transvaal v Border

Boland v Northern Transvaal

Northern Transvaal v Natal

Northern Transvaal v Free State

Western Province v Northern Transvaal