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Orange Free State 1951/52 cricket statistics and records

Orange Free State 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 1951/52; Tests are excluded.

KJ Funston leads the displayed batting table with 564 runs. JR Liddle leads the bowling table with 40 wickets.

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Showing 1951/52 · CSA 4-Day Series · Orange Free State

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1951-11-17 to 1952-01-18. 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 1951/52. 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 1951/52

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

Leading run scorers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1951/52 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KJ Funston	6	564
IEF Kirby	6	502
RC le Sueur	6	341
LB Koch	6	321
SL Hanson	6	287

Recorded innings through 1952-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1951/52 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JR Liddle	5	40
LTD Tuckett	6	32
KL Gibbs	3	13
LJ Hayward	3	11
SL Hanson	5	4

Recorded innings through 1952-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1951/52

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

Batting · 15 players

Orange Free State 1951/52 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
KJ Funston	Orange Free State	6	12	0	564	111	47.00	—	2	2	11
IEF Kirby	Orange Free State	6	12	1	502	116*	45.64	—	4	1	24
RC le Sueur	Orange Free State	6	12	0	341	74	28.42	—	4	0	7
LB Koch	Orange Free State	6	12	1	321	95	29.18	—	2	0	0
SL Hanson	Orange Free State	6	12	1	287	68	26.09	—	3	0	0
JR Liddle	Orange Free State	6	12	2	204	77	20.40	—	1	0	0
EL Johnstone	Orange Free State	5	10	1	196	58	21.78	—	1	0	0
DG Riemer	Orange Free State	6	12	2	79	36*	7.90	—	0	0	0
LTD Tuckett	Orange Free State	6	12	0	54	36	4.50	—	0	0	0
EL Calder	Orange Free State	3	6	1	51	24	10.20	—	0	0	0
CV de Jager	Orange Free State	1	2	0	21	15	10.50	—	0	0	0
LJ Hayward	Orange Free State	3	6	2	20	10*	5.00	—	0	0	0
DAJ Walters	Orange Free State	2	4	1	10	7	3.33	—	0	0	0
KL Gibbs	Orange Free State	3	6	3	5	3*	1.67	—	0	0	0
VM Moore	Orange Free State	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Orange Free State 1951/52 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JR Liddle	Orange Free State	5	9	1,433	43	666	40	16.65	35.83	2.79	3	7/93
LTD Tuckett	Orange Free State	6	11	1,276	50	563	32	17.59	39.88	2.65	3	8/32
KL Gibbs	Orange Free State	3	5	600	25	291	13	22.38	46.15	2.91	0	3/58
LJ Hayward	Orange Free State	3	6	456	18	231	11	21.00	41.45	3.04	1	5/28
SL Hanson	Orange Free State	5	7	210	4	144	4	36.00	52.50	4.11	0	1/9
DAJ Walters	Orange Free State	2	4	318	5	232	4	58.00	79.50	4.38	0	2/51
RC le Sueur	Orange Free State	3	4	66	0	96	1	96.00	66.00	8.73	0	1/42
EL Calder	Orange Free State	1	1	30	0	37	0	—	—	7.40	0	0/37
CV de Jager	Orange Free State	1	2	36	0	37	0	—	—	6.17	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 1951/52. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orange Free State 1951/52 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Orange Free State	6	3	1	2	0	2,739	100	27.39	414	2,354	110	21.40

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 · 1951/52

Latest 6 of 6 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1952-01-18 to 1952-01-21 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 246 & 181/5
Griqualand West: 323 & 171

Match drawn

1952-01-05 to 1952-01-08 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 252 & 275
Rhodesia: 346 & 215

Rhodesia won by 34 runs

1952-01-01 to 1952-01-31 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 169
Orange Free State: 306 & 142/5

Match drawn

1951-12-14 to 1951-12-17 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 414 & 4/0
North Eastern Transvaal: 194 & 221

Orange Free State won by 10 wickets

1951-11-24 to 1951-11-26 · Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo

Rhodesia: 313 & 244
Orange Free State: 298 & 314

Orange Free State won by 55 runs

1951-11-17 to 1951-11-19 · De Beers Stadium, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 65 & 93
Orange Free State: 84 & 223

Orange Free State won by 149 runs

Recorded venues

Orange Free State 1951/52 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	3
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo	1
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley	1
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	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 1951/52 for Orange Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1951/52 batting innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
IEF Kirby	116*	Griqualand West	1952-01-18
KJ Funston	111	North Eastern Transvaal	1951-12-14
KJ Funston	111	Border	1952-01-01
IEF Kirby	98	North Eastern Transvaal	1951-12-14
LB Koch	95	Rhodesia	1952-01-05

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1951/52 bowling innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
LTD Tuckett	8/32	Griqualand West	1951-11-17
JR Liddle	7/93	Griqualand West	1952-01-18
JR Liddle	7/97	Rhodesia	1951-11-24
LTD Tuckett	6/89	Rhodesia	1952-01-05
LJ Hayward	5/28	Griqualand West	1951-11-17

* 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 · 1904-01-01 to 1995-02-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Orange Free State 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: 1904-01-01 to 1995-02-17. 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 1951/52

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1951/52

Batting · 15 players

Bowling · 9 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1951/52

Orange Free State v Griqualand West

Orange Free State v Rhodesia

Border v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v North Eastern Transvaal

Rhodesia v Orange Free State

Griqualand West v Orange Free State