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Western Province 1952/53 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 1952/53; Tests are excluded.

JD Nel leads the displayed batting table with 588 runs. MA Hanley leads the bowling table with 49 wickets.

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Showing 1952/53 · CSA 4-Day Series · Western Province

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1952-12-06 to 1953-02-06. 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 1952/53. 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 1952/53

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 1952/53 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JD Nel	6	588
BD Pfaff	6	345
PS Nicholson	6	340
AW Marshall	6	301
RJ Westcott	4	265

Recorded innings through 1953-02-06. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Western Province CSA 4-Day Series 1952/53 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
MA Hanley	6	49
EV Witte	6	24
RP Davis	3	9
SA Thwaits	3	7
HNP Roy	3	5

Recorded innings through 1953-02-06. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1952/53

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 · 17 players

Western Province 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
JD Nel	Western Province	6	11	1	588	217*	58.80	—	2	2	50	0
BD Pfaff	Western Province	6	11	1	345	76	34.50	—	4	0	5	0
PS Nicholson	Western Province	6	11	0	340	100	30.91	—	3	1	16	0
AW Marshall	Western Province	6	11	1	301	69	30.10	—	2	0	10	0
RJ Westcott	Western Province	4	7	0	265	106	37.86	—	1	1	6	0
PD Jaffer	Western Province	3	5	1	227	128	56.75	—	1	1	14	0
HNP Roy	Western Province	3	5	0	147	50	29.40	—	1	0	5	0
JH Ferrandi	Western Province	5	9	2	128	58*	18.29	—	1	0	9	0
MA Hanley	Western Province	6	11	0	91	38	8.27	—	0	0	2	1
WGA Wiley	Western Province	3	6	0	85	59	14.17	1,700.00	1	0	1	0
SA Thwaits	Western Province	3	6	1	66	22	13.20	—	0	0	1	0
IR Ballantyne	Western Province	2	4	0	39	19	9.75	—	0	0	0	0
GGS Lovell	Western Province	2	4	3	33	14*	33.00	—	0	0	0	0
EV Witte	Western Province	6	11	1	25	13*	2.50	—	0	0	1	0
RM Farrell	Western Province	1	2	1	25	25*	25.00	—	0	0	3	0
RP Davis	Western Province	3	5	2	18	9*	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
KT Commins	Western Province	1	2	0	16	15	8.00	177.78	0	0	1	0

Bowling · 12 players

Western Province 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MA Hanley	Western Province	6	12	1,820	62	766	49	15.63	37.14	2.53	5	6/40
EV Witte	Western Province	6	12	1,488	95	499	24	20.79	62.00	2.01	1	5/68
RP Davis	Western Province	3	6	618	22	285	9	31.67	68.67	2.77	0	3/25
SA Thwaits	Western Province	3	6	739	43	263	7	37.57	105.57	2.14	0	2/50
HNP Roy	Western Province	3	6	324	16	134	5	26.80	64.80	2.48	0	2/9
GGS Lovell	Western Province	2	4	258	3	141	4	35.25	64.50	3.28	0	2/19
IR Ballantyne	Western Province	2	4	180	4	112	2	56.00	90.00	3.73	0	1/22
RJ Westcott	Western Province	2	3	102	3	54	1	54.00	102.00	3.18	0	1/30
PD Jaffer	Western Province	1	1	24	0	11	1	11.00	24.00	2.75	0	1/11
AW Marshall	Western Province	6	11	312	8	168	1	168.00	312.00	3.23	0	1/15
BD Pfaff	Western Province	3	4	84	3	40	1	40.00	84.00	2.86	0	1/15
PS Nicholson	Western Province	4	4	42	1	31	0	—	—	4.43	0	0/1

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 1952/53. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Western Province 1952/53 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Province	6	3	2	1	0	2,833	97	29.21	484	2,639	112	23.56

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 · 1952/53

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

1953-02-06 to 1953-02-09 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 383 & 34/2
Eastern Province: 152 & 264

Western Province won by 8 wickets

1953-01-01 to 1953-01-03 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 255 & 279
Natal: 169 & 344

Western Province won by 21 runs

1952-12-26 to 1952-12-29 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 484/8d
Orange Free State: 235 & 159

Western Province won by an innings and 90 runs

1952-12-19 to 1952-12-22 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 270 & 146/7
Western Province: 156 & 372/7d

Match drawn

1952-12-12 to 1952-12-15 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 206 & 180/5
Western Province: 229 & 156

Natal won by 5 wickets

1952-12-06 to 1952-12-09 · Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 361 & 153
Western Province: 230 & 255

Orange Free State won by 29 runs

Recorded venues

Western Province 1952/53 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Newlands, Cape Town	3
Kingsmead, Durban	1
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein	1
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	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 1952/53 for Western Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1952/53 batting innings records for Western Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JD Nel	217*	Eastern Province	1952-12-19
PD Jaffer	128	Orange Free State	1952-12-26
JD Nel	107	Eastern Province	1953-02-06
RJ Westcott	106	Natal	1952-12-12
PS Nicholson	100	Orange Free State	1952-12-26

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1952/53 bowling innings records for Western Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
MA Hanley	6/40	Orange Free State	1952-12-06
MA Hanley	6/63	Orange Free State	1952-12-26
MA Hanley	6/65	Orange Free State	1952-12-26
MA Hanley	6/89	Eastern Province	1953-02-06
EV Witte	5/68	Natal	1952-12-12

* 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 1952/53

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1952/53

Batting · 17 players

Bowling · 12 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1952/53

Western Province v Eastern Province

Western Province v Natal

Western Province v Orange Free State

Eastern Province v Western Province

Natal v Western Province

Orange Free State v Western Province