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Western Province 1926/27 cricket statistics and records

Western Province 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 1926/27; Tests are excluded.

DPB Morkel leads the displayed batting table with 422 runs. VG Veal leads the bowling table with 27 wickets.

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Showing 1926/27 · CSA 4-Day Series · Western Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 20
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1926-12-16 to 1927-03-17. 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 1926/27. 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 1926/27

Figures earned for Western Province only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Western Province CSA 4-Day Series 1926/27 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DPB Morkel	6	422
AW Palm	6	415
KCM Hands	6	323
GAL Hearne	3	226
IB Gardiner	6	148

Recorded innings through 1927-03-17. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Western Province CSA 4-Day Series 1926/27 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
VG Veal	5	27
DPB Morkel	5	23
JL Bolton	4	10
IB Gardiner	6	7
TR de Klerk	2	4

Recorded innings through 1927-03-17. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1926/27

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

Batting · 20 players

Western Province 1926/27 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
DPB Morkel	Western Province	6	12	1	422	110	38.36	—	3	1
AW Palm	Western Province	6	12	1	415	85	37.73	—	4	0
KCM Hands	Western Province	6	12	1	323	114	29.36	—	1	1
GAL Hearne	Western Province	3	6	0	226	138	37.67	—	0	1
IB Gardiner	Western Province	6	12	0	148	45	12.33	—	0	0
PGV van der Bijl	Western Province	6	12	1	86	60*	7.82	—	1	0
JD Gentry	Western Province	5	10	1	79	27*	8.78	—	0	0
T Middleton	Western Province	2	4	0	79	55	19.75	—	1	0
N Blanckenberg	Western Province	3	6	1	61	27*	12.20	—	0	0
VG Veal	Western Province	5	10	0	43	17	4.30	—	0	0
JL Bolton	Western Province	4	8	1	39	33	5.57	—	0	0
FA Godfrey	Western Province	1	2	0	37	36	18.50	—	0	0
AR Lovegrove	Western Province	3	6	2	31	18	7.75	—	0	0
TR de Klerk	Western Province	2	4	1	24	11	8.00	—	0	0
CGC Wrentmore	Western Province	1	2	0	20	19	10.00	—	0	0
IF Goulden	Western Province	3	6	3	18	10*	6.00	—	0	0
PAM Hands	Western Province	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0
WM Stephen	Western Province	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
L Pfaff	Western Province	1	2	0	6	5	3.00	—	0	0
ASV MacRae	Western Province	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Western Province 1926/27 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
VG Veal	Western Province	5	7	886	48	284	27	10.52	32.81	1.92	2	7/40
DPB Morkel	Western Province	5	8	1,092	49	396	23	17.22	47.48	2.18	2	5/52
JL Bolton	Western Province	4	6	548	18	205	10	20.50	54.80	2.24	1	5/40
IB Gardiner	Western Province	6	8	490	20	194	7	27.71	70.00	2.38	0	2/14
TR de Klerk	Western Province	2	3	245	3	102	4	25.50	61.25	2.50	0	2/25
ASV MacRae	Western Province	1	2	120	4	43	4	10.75	30.00	2.15	0	3/15
T Middleton	Western Province	2	2	90	5	21	4	5.25	22.50	1.40	0	4/14
IF Goulden	Western Province	3	5	408	15	213	3	71.00	136.00	3.13	0	1/40
AR Lovegrove	Western Province	3	4	138	3	67	3	22.33	46.00	2.91	0	2/16
KCM Hands	Western Province	6	6	138	1	82	2	41.00	69.00	3.57	0	1/11
GAL Hearne	Western Province	2	2	48	0	48	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/21
JD Gentry	Western Province	2	2	48	3	16	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/7
WM Stephen	Western Province	1	1	66	0	30	0	—	—	2.73	0	0/30

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 1926/27. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Western Province 1926/27 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Province	6	2	3	1	0	2,175	103	21.12	415	1,846	90	20.51

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 · 1926/27

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

1927-03-17 to 1927-03-19 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 207 & 138
Western Province: 317 & 29/1

Western Province won by 9 wickets

1927-03-12 to 1927-03-15 · Victoria Ground, King William's Town

Border: 123
Western Province: 211 & 135/5

Match drawn

1927-03-05 to 1927-03-07 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 253
Western Province: 55 & 148

Natal won by an innings and 50 runs

1927-01-29 to 1927-01-31 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 393 & 44
Orange Free State: 163 & 298

Orange Free State won by 24 runs

1927-01-01 to 1927-01-03 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 74 & 172
Transvaal: 307

Transvaal won by an innings and 61 runs

1926-12-16 to 1926-12-18 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 182 & 415/7d
Griqualand West: 189 & 168

Western Province won by 240 runs

Recorded venues

Western Province 1926/27 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Newlands, Cape Town	3
Kingsmead, Durban	1
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1
Victoria Ground, King William's 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 1926/27 for Western Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1926/27 batting innings records for Western Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GAL Hearne	138	Griqualand West	1926-12-16
KCM Hands	114	Orange Free State	1927-01-29
DPB Morkel	110	Eastern Province	1927-03-17
DPB Morkel	86	Griqualand West	1926-12-16
AW Palm	85	Griqualand West	1926-12-16

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1926/27 bowling innings records for Western Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
VG Veal	7/40	Eastern Province	1927-03-17
VG Veal	7/41	Griqualand West	1926-12-16
JL Bolton	5/40	Orange Free State	1927-01-29
DPB Morkel	5/52	Natal	1927-03-05
DPB Morkel	5/54	Eastern Province	1927-03-17

* 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 · 1892-11-15 to 2026-09-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Western Province 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: 1892-11-15 to 2026-09-17. 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 1926/27

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1926/27

Batting · 20 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1926/27

Eastern Province v Western Province

Border v Western Province

Natal v Western Province

Western Province v Orange Free State

Western Province v Transvaal

Western Province v Griqualand West