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Orange Free State 1970/71 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 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

PA Strydom leads the displayed batting table with 301 runs. SJ Gardiner leads the bowling table with 17 wickets.

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Showing 1970/71 · CSA 4-Day Series · Orange Free State

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 19
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1970-11-27 to 1971-02-12. 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 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PA Strydom	6	301
RA le Roux	6	277
N Rosendorff	6	257
MG Jones	5	239
PJ Graves	6	214

Recorded innings through 1971-02-12. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
SJ Gardiner	6	17
RA le Roux	6	10
N Rosendorff	6	7
TA Melis	5	6
TAE Hearn	2	5

Recorded innings through 1971-02-12. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 19 players

Orange Free State 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s
PA Strydom	Orange Free State	6	12	0	301	70	25.08	—	2	11	0
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	6	12	0	277	68	23.08	—	2	0	0
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	6	12	0	257	60	21.42	—	3	0	0
MG Jones	Orange Free State	5	10	2	239	72*	29.88	—	1	0	0
PJ Graves	Orange Free State	6	12	0	214	50	17.83	—	1	0	0
SJ Gardiner	Orange Free State	6	12	4	143	28	17.88	—	0	0	0
AJ Andre	Orange Free State	2	4	0	126	60	31.50	—	1	9	2
AR Evans	Orange Free State	4	8	0	126	52	15.75	—	1	0	0
KW Shand	Orange Free State	3	6	0	111	73	18.50	—	1	0	0
GR Botha	Orange Free State	3	6	2	92	31	23.00	—	0	0	0
PM Thompson	Orange Free State	4	8	0	69	31	8.63	—	0	0	0
JH Blair	Orange Free State	3	6	0	66	29	11.00	—	0	0	0
RG Keague	Orange Free State	1	2	0	40	37	20.00	—	0	0	0
PH Hobson	Orange Free State	1	2	0	30	25	15.00	—	0	0	0
TA Melis	Orange Free State	5	10	5	21	9	4.20	—	0	0	0
KTM Saggers	Orange Free State	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	—	0	0	0
TAE Hearn	Orange Free State	2	4	0	6	6	1.50	—	0	0	0
HDS Miller	Orange Free State	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0
RS Key	Orange Free State	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Orange Free State 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
SJ Gardiner	Orange Free State	6	9	792	29	478	17	28.12	46.59	3.62	1	5/52
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	6	7	520	18	321	10	32.10	52.00	3.70	0	4/50
N Rosendorff	Orange Free State	6	7	636	43	265	7	37.86	90.86	2.50	0	2/48
TA Melis	Orange Free State	5	7	604	29	312	6	52.00	100.67	3.10	0	2/58
TAE Hearn	Orange Free State	2	3	354	12	178	5	35.60	70.80	3.02	0	2/74
PJ Graves	Orange Free State	6	8	562	27	263	4	65.75	140.50	2.81	0	2/47
MG Jones	Orange Free State	3	3	179	1	161	4	40.25	44.75	5.40	0	2/42
HDS Miller	Orange Free State	1	2	265	17	62	2	31.00	132.50	1.40	0	1/27
KTM Saggers	Orange Free State	1	1	12	0	5	1	5.00	12.00	2.50	0	1/5
AJ Andre	Orange Free State	2	2	108	3	66	1	66.00	108.00	3.67	0	1/48
PH Hobson	Orange Free State	1	1	90	2	64	0	—	—	4.27	0	0/64
RG Keague	Orange Free State	1	1	132	5	49	0	—	—	2.23	0	0/49
RS Key	Orange Free State	1	2	72	1	36	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/6

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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orange Free State 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Orange Free State	6	0	5	1	0	2,218	117	18.96	267	2,362	62	38.10

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-02-12 to 1971-02-13 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 149 & 219
Transvaal B: 397/7d

Transvaal B won by an innings and 29 runs

1971-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 243 & 250/7d
North Eastern Transvaal: 322 & 93/4

Match drawn

1971-01-15 to 1971-01-18 · Settler's Park, Ladysmith

Natal B: 338
Orange Free State: 190 & 61

Natal B won by an innings and 87 runs

1970-12-28 to 1970-12-29 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 66 & 178
Rhodesia: 348/6d

Rhodesia won by an innings and 104 runs

1970-12-18 to 1970-12-21 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 406/9d & 55/4
Orange Free State: 193 & 267

Border won by 6 wickets

1970-11-27 to 1970-11-30 · De Beers Stadium, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 336 & 67/2
Orange Free State: 236 & 166

Griqualand West won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Orange Free State 1970/71 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	3
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley	1
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
Settler's Park, Ladysmith	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 1970/71 for Orange Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 batting innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KW Shand	73	North Eastern Transvaal	1971-02-01
MG Jones	72*	North Eastern Transvaal	1971-02-01
PA Strydom	70	Border	1970-12-18
PA Strydom	70	Transvaal B	1971-02-12
RA le Roux	68	Griqualand West	1970-11-27

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 bowling innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SJ Gardiner	5/52	Natal B	1971-01-15
RA le Roux	4/50	North Eastern Transvaal	1971-02-01
SJ Gardiner	3/71	Border	1970-12-18
SJ Gardiner	3/105	Griqualand West	1970-11-27
SJ Gardiner	2/19	North Eastern Transvaal	1971-02-01

* 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.

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Season overview

CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1970/71

Batting · 19 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1970/71

Orange Free State v Transvaal B

Orange Free State v North Eastern Transvaal

Natal B v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Rhodesia

Border v Orange Free State

Griqualand West v Orange Free State