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Western Province 1979/80 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 1979/80; Tests are excluded.

AJ Lamb leads the displayed batting table with 594 runs. GS le Roux leads the bowling table with 36 wickets.

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Showing 1979/80 · CSA 4-Day Series · Western Province

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1979-11-24 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 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 1979/80 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AJ Lamb	8	594
PN Kirsten	8	551
L Seeff	8	429
EJ Barlow	8	410
PD Swart	8	298

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

Leading wicket takers

Western Province CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GS le Roux	7	36
DL Hobson	8	26
EJ Barlow	8	25
PD Swart	8	21
PN Kirsten	7	6

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

Player statistics · 1979/80

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 · 15 players

Western Province 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AJ Lamb	Western Province	8	14	2	594	99	49.50	216.79	7	0	44	6
PN Kirsten	Western Province	8	14	2	551	93	45.92	314.86	4	0	20	2
L Seeff	Western Province	8	14	1	429	114	33.00	8,580.00	2	1	30	3
EJ Barlow	Western Province	8	14	0	410	136	29.29	719.30	1	1	6	2
PD Swart	Western Province	8	14	2	298	68*	24.83	224.06	3	0	11	0
SD Bruce	Western Province	8	14	1	270	60	20.77	341.77	1	0	8	4
GS le Roux	Western Province	7	12	3	185	70*	20.56	172.90	2	0	15	7
HM Ackerman	Western Province	5	8	2	105	51*	17.50	477.27	1	0	4	0
AP Kuiper	Western Province	3	6	0	52	21	8.67	—	0	0	0	0
SA Jones	Western Province	4	7	2	42	16*	8.40	1,050.00	0	0	4	1
DL Hobson	Western Province	8	14	2	41	15	3.42	120.59	0	0	3	0
JD du Toit	Western Province	2	3	0	40	36	13.33	—	0	0	5	1
GP Pfuhl	Western Province	8	14	4	28	13*	2.80	140.00	0	0	4	0
ES Gordon	Western Province	1	2	1	25	19	25.00	—	0	0	3	0
O Henry	Western Province	2	4	0	3	3	0.75	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Western Province 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GS le Roux	Western Province	7	13	1,460	71	621	36	17.25	40.56	2.55	2	6/33
DL Hobson	Western Province	8	15	1,673	77	754	26	29.00	64.35	2.70	0	4/37
EJ Barlow	Western Province	8	13	1,068	51	411	25	16.44	42.72	2.31	1	5/51
PD Swart	Western Province	8	15	1,152	46	444	21	21.14	54.86	2.31	0	4/8
PN Kirsten	Western Province	7	11	341	14	166	6	27.67	56.83	2.92	0	2/7
SA Jones	Western Province	4	8	654	21	329	6	54.83	109.00	3.02	0	2/38
O Henry	Western Province	2	3	324	13	141	4	35.25	81.00	2.61	0	2/76
AP Kuiper	Western Province	2	3	102	3	50	3	16.67	34.00	2.94	0	1/12
JD du Toit	Western Province	2	3	264	12	103	1	103.00	264.00	2.34	0	1/15
ES Gordon	Western Province	1	2	150	6	78	1	78.00	150.00	3.12	0	1/44
HM Ackerman	Western Province	3	3	41	2	19	1	19.00	41.00	2.78	0	1/17

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.

Western Province 1979/80 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western Province	8	4	1	3	0	3,239	99	32.72	378	3,311	133	24.89

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 1980-03-10 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 227
Natal: 146 & 235/6d

Match drawn

1980-02-22 to 1980-02-25 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 285 & 144
Western Province: 219/5d & 211/4

Western Province won by 6 wickets

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

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

Match drawn

1980-01-26 to 1980-01-28 · Police B Ground, Salisbury

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia: 186 & 177
Western Province: 330 & 34/1

Western Province won by 9 wickets

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

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

Match drawn

1979-12-26 to 1979-12-27 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 352/8d
Northern Transvaal: 152 & 116

Western Province won by an innings and 84 runs

1979-12-15 to 1979-12-18 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 307/9d & 184/3
Eastern Province: 217 & 269

Western Province won by 7 wickets

1979-11-24 to 1979-11-26 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 197 & 191/6
Western Province: 163 & 223

Natal won by 4 wickets

Recorded venues

Western Province 1979/80 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Newlands, Cape Town	4
Kingsmead, Durban	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Police B Ground, Salisbury	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 1979/80 for Western Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 batting innings records for Western Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
EJ Barlow	136	Eastern Province	1979-12-15
L Seeff	114	Transvaal	1980-01-01
AJ Lamb	99	Eastern Province	1980-02-22
AJ Lamb	95	Transvaal	1980-01-01
L Seeff	94	Eastern Province	1979-12-15

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1979/80 bowling innings records for Western Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
GS le Roux	6/33	Eastern Province	1980-02-22
GS le Roux	5/32	Northern Transvaal	1979-12-26
EJ Barlow	5/51	Natal	1979-11-24
PD Swart	4/8	Northern Transvaal	1979-12-26
EJ Barlow	4/25	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	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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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 1979/80

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1979/80

Batting · 15 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1979/80

Western Province v Natal

Eastern Province v Western Province

Transvaal v Western Province

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia v Western Province

Western Province v Transvaal

Western Province v Northern Transvaal

Western Province v Eastern Province

Natal v Western Province

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Season innings records

Highest innings

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