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Orange Free State 1965/66 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 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

S Strydom leads the displayed batting table with 526 runs. PJ Drew leads the bowling table with 15 wickets.

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Showing 1965/66 · CSA 4-Day Series · Orange Free State

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1965-12-02 to 1966-02-18. 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 1965/66. 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 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
S Strydom	5	526
N Rosendorff	5	431
R van der Poll	3	204
EP Hardiman	4	188
NE Cronje	3	159

Recorded innings through 1966-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
PJ Drew	4	15
PP Henwood	5	13
WT Strydom	5	9
N Rosendorff	5	8
NM Riley	3	6

Recorded innings through 1966-02-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

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 · 17 players

Orange Free State 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
S Strydom	Orange Free State	5	10	0	526	234	52.60	—	3	1	0
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	5	10	0	431	102	43.10	—	3	1	11
R van der Poll	Orange Free State	3	6	1	204	98	40.80	—	1	0	0
EP Hardiman	Orange Free State	4	8	0	188	57	23.50	—	2	0	0
NE Cronje	Orange Free State	3	6	1	159	98	31.80	—	1	0	9
PJ Drew	Orange Free State	4	8	0	154	46	19.25	—	0	0	0
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	5	10	0	123	40	12.30	—	0	0	0
DV Heldsinger	Orange Free State	4	8	0	109	42	13.63	—	0	0	0
PA Strydom	Orange Free State	3	6	2	106	62*	26.50	—	1	0	0
PP Henwood	Orange Free State	5	10	0	75	21	7.50	—	0	0	0
O van Niekerk	Orange Free State	3	6	2	67	32*	16.75	—	0	0	0
ES Crossman	Orange Free State	2	4	0	62	38	15.50	—	0	0	0
NM Riley	Orange Free State	3	6	3	53	25*	17.67	—	0	0	0
AJ Wearne	Orange Free State	1	2	0	43	29	21.50	—	0	0	0
AG Henderson	Orange Free State	2	4	0	33	19	8.25	—	0	0	0
JP Bezuidenhout	Orange Free State	2	4	2	5	4*	2.50	—	0	0	0
DF Kuter	Orange Free State	1	2	2	3	2*	—	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Orange Free State 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
PJ Drew	Orange Free State	4	8	774	34	419	15	27.93	51.60	3.25	1	5/102
PP Henwood	Orange Free State	5	9	1,080	42	592	13	45.54	83.08	3.29	0	4/99
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	5	9	735	24	374	9	41.56	81.67	3.05	0	3/50
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	5	6	641	35	291	8	36.38	80.13	2.72	0	4/104
NM Riley	Orange Free State	3	5	595	25	284	6	47.33	99.17	2.86	0	2/43
NE Cronje	Orange Free State	3	5	385	17	177	4	44.25	96.25	2.76	0	1/37
O van Niekerk	Orange Free State	3	5	390	14	160	4	40.00	97.50	2.46	0	3/35
JP Bezuidenhout	Orange Free State	2	3	282	7	143	3	47.67	94.00	3.04	0	2/70
S Strydom	Orange Free State	2	2	18	1	12	1	12.00	18.00	4.00	0	1/12
R van der Poll	Orange Free State	1	1	24	2	8	1	8.00	24.00	2.00	0	1/8
DF Kuter	Orange Free State	1	2	228	10	76	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/16

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 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orange Free State 1965/66 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Orange Free State	5	0	3	2	0	2,479	86	28.83	503	2,660	69	38.55

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 · 1965/66

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

1966-02-18 to 1966-02-21 · Berea Park, Pretoria

North Eastern Transvaal: 399 & 229/4d
Orange Free State: 254 & 145

North Eastern Transvaal won by 229 runs

1966-02-12 to 1966-02-15 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 243 & 176
Natal B: 370 & 199/4d

Natal B won by 150 runs

1966-01-21 to 1966-01-24 · De Beers Stadium, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 246
Orange Free State: 325/7d & 5/0

Match drawn

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-04 · Vereeniging Brick and Tile Recreation Ground, Vereeniging

Transvaal B: 476 & 121/1
Orange Free State: 244 & 503/9d

Match drawn

1965-12-02 to 1965-12-04 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 361 & 223
Border: 259 & 361

Border won by 36 runs

Recorded venues

Orange Free State 1965/66 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	2
Berea Park, Pretoria	1
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley	1
Vereeniging Brick and Tile Recreation Ground, Vereeniging	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 1965/66 for Orange Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1965/66 batting innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
S Strydom	234	Transvaal B	1966-01-01
N Rosendorff	102	Griqualand West	1966-01-21
R van der Poll	98	Border	1965-12-02
NE Cronje	98	Natal B	1966-02-12
S Strydom	97	Transvaal B	1966-01-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1965/66 bowling innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PJ Drew	5/102	Natal B	1966-02-12
PP Henwood	4/99	Transvaal B	1966-01-01
N Rosendorff	4/104	Transvaal B	1966-01-01
O van Niekerk	3/35	Border	1965-12-02
WT Strydom	3/50	Griqualand West	1966-01-21

* 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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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.