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Orange Free State 1979/80 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 1979/80; Tests are excluded.

RJ East leads the displayed batting table with 453 runs. GL Ackermann leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1979/80 · CSA 4-Day Series · Orange Free State

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1979-11-02 to 1980-02-07. 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 1979/80. 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 1979/80

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 1979/80 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RJ East	6	453
TA Lloyd	6	381
RA le Roux	6	364
DP le Roux	6	341
E Schmidt	6	204

Recorded innings through 1980-02-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GL Ackermann	6	29
E Schmidt	6	26
RA le Roux	6	16
WT Strydom	2	9
LH Dusheiko	3	4

Recorded innings through 1980-02-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1979/80

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 · 18 players

Orange Free State 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RJ East	Orange Free State	6	12	0	453	108	37.75	274.55	2	2	18	0
TA Lloyd	Orange Free State	6	12	2	381	79*	38.10	656.90	3	0	2	0
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	6	12	1	364	84	33.09	1,915.79	4	0	3	0
DP le Roux	Orange Free State	6	12	0	341	112	28.42	174.87	1	1	26	0
E Schmidt	Orange Free State	6	12	2	204	60*	20.40	566.67	1	0	7	4
LH Coetzee	Orange Free State	5	10	1	135	44	15.00	2,250.00	0	0	1	0
GL Ackermann	Orange Free State	6	12	3	93	40*	10.33	320.69	0	0	6	2
E Grobler	Orange Free State	4	8	0	92	27	11.50	209.09	0	0	0	0
FW Swarbrook	Orange Free State	3	6	1	43	18*	8.60	—	0	0	0	0
LH Dusheiko	Orange Free State	3	6	2	31	16*	7.75	221.43	0	0	1	0
PMF Gordon	Orange Free State	2	4	0	31	17	7.75	—	0	0	1	0
S Regenstein	Orange Free State	4	8	1	29	11	4.14	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Hacker	Orange Free State	2	4	1	17	12	5.67	70.83	0	0	1	0
P Grobler	Orange Free State	2	4	1	15	8*	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
WM van der Merwe	Orange Free State	1	2	0	10	5	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
KL Bristow	Orange Free State	1	2	0	8	5	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
RG Norton	Orange Free State	1	2	1	6	4	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	2	4	0	2	2	0.50	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 15 players

Orange Free State 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GL Ackermann	Orange Free State	6	12	1,116	49	482	29	16.62	38.48	2.59	0	4/27
E Schmidt	Orange Free State	6	12	917	31	403	26	15.50	35.27	2.64	2	5/33
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	6	12	926	39	413	16	25.81	57.88	2.68	0	4/52
WT Strydom	Orange Free State	2	4	451	28	167	9	18.56	50.11	2.22	0	4/40
LH Dusheiko	Orange Free State	3	6	396	14	218	4	54.50	99.00	3.30	0	2/66
LH Coetzee	Orange Free State	5	7	201	9	90	3	30.00	67.00	2.69	0	2/17
S Regenstein	Orange Free State	3	6	276	19	85	3	28.33	92.00	1.85	0	2/19
PJ Hacker	Orange Free State	2	4	282	11	136	2	68.00	141.00	2.89	0	1/31
P Grobler	Orange Free State	2	4	336	17	127	2	63.50	168.00	2.27	0	1/23
RG Norton	Orange Free State	1	1	66	2	43	1	43.00	66.00	3.91	0	1/43
TA Lloyd	Orange Free State	2	2	60	1	47	0	—	—	4.70	0	0/4
DP le Roux	Orange Free State	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
WM van der Merwe	Orange Free State	1	1	36	3	17	0	—	—	2.83	0	0/17
RJ East	Orange Free State	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
E Grobler	Orange Free State	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0

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 1979/80. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orange Free State 1979/80 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Orange Free State	6	2	3	1	0	2,414	101	23.90	337	2,388	99	24.12

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 · 1979/80

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

1980-02-07 to 1980-02-09 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 159 & 190/8
Orange Free State: 200 & 147

Border won by 2 wickets

1980-02-02 to 1980-02-05 · RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town

Western Province B: 196 & 49/1
Orange Free State: 92 & 150

Western Province B won by 9 wickets

1980-01-26 to 1980-01-29 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 227/8d & 285/4d
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B: 225/8d & 155

Orange Free State won by 132 runs

1979-12-26 to 1979-12-28 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 284 & 190/2
Eastern Province B: 163 & 310

Orange Free State won by 8 wickets

1979-11-22 to 1979-11-24 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 337 & 155/7
Natal B: 262 & 331/5d

Match drawn

1979-11-02 to 1979-11-05 · New Wanderers No 1 Oval, Johannesburg

Transvaal B: 221 & 127/7
Orange Free State: 173 & 174

Transvaal B won by 3 wickets

Recorded venues

Orange Free State 1979/80 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	3
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
New Wanderers No 1 Oval, Johannesburg	1
RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town	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 1979/80 for Orange Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
DP le Roux	112	Eastern Province B	1979-12-26
RJ East	108	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B	1980-01-26
RJ East	103	Natal B	1979-11-22
DP le Roux	94	Natal B	1979-11-22
RA le Roux	84	Eastern Province B	1979-12-26

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
E Schmidt	5/33	Western Province B	1980-02-02
E Schmidt	5/47	Natal B	1979-11-22
GL Ackermann	4/27	Transvaal B	1979-11-02
E Schmidt	4/38	Eastern Province B	1979-12-26
E Schmidt	4/38	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B	1980-01-26

* 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.

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Season overview

CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1979/80

Batting · 18 players

Bowling · 15 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1979/80

Border v Orange Free State

Western Province B v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B

Orange Free State v Eastern Province B

Orange Free State v Natal B

Transvaal B v Orange Free State