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Orange Free State 1985/86 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 1985/86; Tests are excluded.

BC Broad leads the displayed batting table with 328 runs. CJPG van Zyl leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1985/86 · CSA 4-Day Series · Orange Free State

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1985-10-25 to 1986-02-07. 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 1985/86. 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 1985/86

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 1985/86 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BC Broad	6	328
JJ Strydom	5	300
RJ East	6	290
DP le Roux	5	205
AM Green	4	200

Recorded innings through 1986-02-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CJPG van Zyl	5	20
AA Donald	5	17
AP Beukes	6	15
BT Player	6	9
CJ van Heerden	6	7

Recorded innings through 1986-02-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1985/86

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 1985/86 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
BC Broad	Orange Free State	6	11	1	328	101*	32.80	81.39	2	1	33	1
JJ Strydom	Orange Free State	5	9	2	300	100*	42.86	104.53	2	1	31	2
RJ East	Orange Free State	6	11	0	290	76	26.36	118.37	2	0	24	2
DP le Roux	Orange Free State	5	9	0	205	92	22.78	50.37	1	0	13	0
AM Green	Orange Free State	4	7	0	200	104	28.57	54.79	0	1	21	0
CJ van Heerden	Orange Free State	6	11	1	194	44	19.40	48.38	0	0	15	0
AP Beukes	Orange Free State	6	11	2	187	40	20.78	83.48	0	0	10	7
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	3	6	0	98	41	16.33	116.67	0	0	2	0
CJPG van Zyl	Orange Free State	5	10	1	76	27	8.44	96.20	0	0	2	1
OM Horwitz	Orange Free State	1	2	0	53	39	26.50	56.38	0	0	8	0
JM Truter	Orange Free State	2	4	0	50	17	12.50	—	0	0	0	0
BT Player	Orange Free State	6	11	5	43	14	7.17	148.28	0	0	1	0
D van der Merwe	Orange Free State	2	3	0	35	19	11.67	43.21	0	0	2	0
VA Holder	Orange Free State	2	4	0	34	28	8.50	—	0	0	0	0
MW Pringle	Orange Free State	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	—	0	0	0	0
AA Donald	Orange Free State	5	9	2	25	17*	3.57	125.00	0	0	2	0
P Grobler	Orange Free State	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	16.13	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Orange Free State 1985/86 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CJPG van Zyl	Orange Free State	5	8	1,099	51	420	20	21.00	54.95	2.29	1	5/54
AA Donald	Orange Free State	5	8	787	24	390	17	22.94	46.29	2.97	2	5/43
AP Beukes	Orange Free State	6	9	1,113	45	484	15	32.27	74.20	2.61	0	3/32
BT Player	Orange Free State	6	8	660	13	430	9	47.78	73.33	3.91	0	2/40
CJ van Heerden	Orange Free State	6	8	438	8	320	7	45.71	62.57	4.38	0	2/8
AM Green	Orange Free State	1	2	231	14	99	6	16.50	38.50	2.57	0	4/59
VA Holder	Orange Free State	2	2	198	3	117	2	58.50	99.00	3.55	0	1/58
P Grobler	Orange Free State	1	1	48	1	21	1	21.00	48.00	2.63	0	1/21
BC Broad	Orange Free State	2	2	108	2	91	0	—	—	5.06	0	0/21
MW Pringle	Orange Free State	1	1	96	1	59	0	—	—	3.69	0	0/59
RA le Roux	Orange Free State	1	1	12	0	19	0	—	—	9.50	0	0/19

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 1985/86. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orange Free State 1985/86 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	4	2	0	2,321	100	23.21	363	2,642	79	33.44

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 · 1985/86

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

1986-02-07 to 1986-02-10 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 324 & 148
Northern Transvaal: 272 & 206

Northern Transvaal won by 6 runs

1986-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 479/5d
Orange Free State: 363/8

Match drawn

1986-01-10 to 1986-01-13 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 212 & 198
Eastern Province: 194 & 220/9

Eastern Province won by 1 wicket

1985-11-15 to 1985-11-17 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 338 & 173
Orange Free State: 308/6d & 120/6

Match drawn

1985-11-08 to 1985-11-11 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 358/7d
Orange Free State: 148 & 122

Transvaal won by an innings and 88 runs

1985-10-25 to 1985-10-28 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 196 & 182
Western Province: 402/8d

Western Province won by an innings and 24 runs

Recorded venues

Orange Free State 1985/86 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	3
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
Kingsmead, Durban	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	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 1985/86 for Orange Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 batting innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AM Green	104	Northern Transvaal	1986-02-07
BC Broad	101*	Natal	1985-11-15
JJ Strydom	100*	Border	1986-02-01
DP le Roux	92	Eastern Province	1986-01-10
RJ East	76	Border	1986-02-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1985/86 bowling innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AA Donald	5/43	Northern Transvaal	1986-02-07
AA Donald	5/46	Eastern Province	1986-01-10
CJPG van Zyl	5/54	Natal	1985-11-15
AM Green	4/59	Northern Transvaal	1986-02-07
AP Beukes	3/32	Northern Transvaal	1986-02-07

* 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 1985/86

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1985/86

Batting · 17 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1985/86

Orange Free State v Northern Transvaal

Border v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Eastern Province

Natal v Orange Free State

Transvaal v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Western Province