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Transvaal 1979/80 cricket statistics and records

Transvaal 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.

RG Pollock leads the displayed batting table with 642 runs. CEB Rice leads the bowling table with 41 wickets.

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Showing 1979/80 · CSA 4-Day Series · Transvaal

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 6
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1979-11-03 to 1980-03-07. 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 Transvaal only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Transvaal CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RG Pollock	8	642
HR Fotheringham	8	441
KA McKenzie	8	425
CEB Rice	8	409
RV Jennings	8	323

Recorded innings through 1980-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Transvaal CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CEB Rice	8	41
AJ Kourie	8	26
DR Neilson	8	23
RW Hanley	6	22
GE McMillan	5	12

Recorded innings through 1980-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1979/80

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

Batting · 17 players

Transvaal 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RG Pollock	Transvaal	8	13	2	642	168	58.36	379.88	1	2	44	3
HR Fotheringham	Transvaal	8	13	1	441	166	36.75	223.86	1	2	31	1
KA McKenzie	Transvaal	8	13	2	425	91	38.64	226.06	4	0	17	1
CEB Rice	Transvaal	8	13	2	409	121*	37.18	166.26	1	2	25	0
RV Jennings	Transvaal	8	13	3	323	70	32.30	94.17	3	0	15	0
DD Dyer	Transvaal	8	13	1	273	58	22.75	123.53	2	0	10	0
AJ Kourie	Transvaal	8	13	3	245	127*	24.50	644.74	1	1	0	0
SJ Cook	Transvaal	3	5	1	132	68	33.00	471.43	1	0	4	0
DR Neilson	Transvaal	8	13	2	72	34	6.55	184.62	0	0	2	0
GE McMillan	Transvaal	5	8	1	66	40*	9.43	140.43	0	0	0	1
RF Pienaar	Transvaal	3	4	0	44	17	11.00	37.93	0	0	4	0
AA During	Transvaal	1	2	0	25	25	12.50	58.14	0	0	1	0
NV Radford	Transvaal	2	4	0	16	10	4.00	94.12	0	0	0	0
RW Hanley	Transvaal	6	10	3	10	6*	1.43	250.00	0	0	0	0
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
N Minnaar	Transvaal	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
KJ Kerr	Transvaal	2	3	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 14 players

Transvaal 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CEB Rice	Transvaal	8	16	1,432	91	486	41	11.85	34.93	2.04	2	6/15
AJ Kourie	Transvaal	8	14	1,514	70	673	26	25.88	58.23	2.67	1	5/88
DR Neilson	Transvaal	8	16	1,344	72	509	23	22.13	58.43	2.27	0	3/8
RW Hanley	Transvaal	6	11	924	36	365	22	16.59	42.00	2.37	1	6/52
GE McMillan	Transvaal	5	10	600	29	221	12	18.42	50.00	2.21	0	2/11
KJ Kerr	Transvaal	2	4	489	23	210	4	52.50	122.25	2.58	0	3/47
AA During	Transvaal	1	2	138	5	78	4	19.50	34.50	3.39	0	4/77
N Minnaar	Transvaal	1	1	108	1	71	4	17.75	27.00	3.94	0	4/71
NV Radford	Transvaal	2	4	246	8	105	2	52.50	123.00	2.56	0	2/40
HR Fotheringham	Transvaal	2	3	96	6	43	1	43.00	96.00	2.69	0	1/19
RF Pienaar	Transvaal	1	1	36	4	5	1	5.00	36.00	0.83	0	1/5
RG Pollock	Transvaal	1	1	18	0	21	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/21
LJ Barnard	Transvaal	1	2	36	1	24	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
DD Dyer	Transvaal	1	1	18	0	16	0	—	—	5.33	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 1979/80. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Transvaal 1979/80 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Transvaal	8	6	0	2	0	3,304	84	39.33	451	2,976	149	19.97

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 8 of 8 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1980-03-07 to 1980-03-08 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 337
Eastern Province: 94 & 46

Transvaal won by an innings and 197 runs

1980-02-09 to 1980-02-11 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 150 & 243
Transvaal: 362/7d & 32/0

Transvaal won by 10 wickets

1980-02-01 to 1980-02-04 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 314/6d & 231/5d
Western Province: 246 & 167/9

Match drawn

1980-01-01 to 1980-01-31 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 378/8d & 198/2
Transvaal: 451

Match drawn

1979-12-26 to 1979-12-28 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 338/7d
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia: 121 & 183

Transvaal won by an innings and 34 runs

1979-12-15 to 1979-12-18 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 227 & 175/4
Natal: 298 & 100

Transvaal won by 6 wickets

1979-11-16 to 1979-11-19 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 79 & 255
Transvaal: 276 & 61/1

Transvaal won by 9 wickets

1979-11-03 to 1979-11-05 · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia: 226 & 192
Transvaal: 291/9d & 209/5d

Transvaal won by 82 runs

Recorded venues

Transvaal 1979/80 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	4
Berea Park, Pretoria	1
Kingsmead, Durban	1
Newlands, Cape Town	1
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	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 Transvaal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting innings records for Transvaal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RG Pollock	168	Natal	1980-02-09
HR Fotheringham	166	Western Province	1980-01-01
RG Pollock	157	Eastern Province	1980-03-07
HR Fotheringham	127	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	1979-12-26
AJ Kourie	127*	Western Province	1980-01-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling innings records for Transvaal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CEB Rice	6/15	Natal	1979-12-15
CEB Rice	6/28	Eastern Province	1980-03-07
RW Hanley	6/52	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	1979-11-03
AJ Kourie	5/88	Natal	1980-02-09
CEB Rice	4/6	Northern Transvaal	1979-11-16

* 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 · 1890-04-05 to 1997-03-07

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Transvaal 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: 1890-04-05 to 1997-03-07. 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 1979/80

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1979/80

Batting · 17 players

Bowling · 14 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1979/80

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Natal v Transvaal

Transvaal v Western Province

Western Province v Transvaal

Transvaal v Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

Transvaal v Natal

Northern Transvaal v Transvaal

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia v Transvaal