SA Domestic History

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Post WWII to start of franchise system captains & colours decoding winning captains for that season.

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Then the franchise system came in which without doubt created a strength v strength mentality that served SA cricket well but it maybe neglected the smaller unions. The 3-day Provincial system below could be laughed at for getting FC status but man did it have good players developing there and driving competition to get into the franchise teams. These words were from Dwaine Pretorius on Comms which I thought was interesting.



Then a return to the Provincial system with 2 divisions.

Just Division One.

 

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Always trying to look at different angles for stats and performance.

What's interesting is Heine, Adcock & Tayfield didn't play a hell of a lot of Currie Cup cricket. 50s and 60s. Most games are for the South Africans on the long tours to England and Australasia.

Most Currie Cup wickets per 5-year period.

60/61 to 64/65 (only 3 seasons happened)
Seam & spin
1. Atholl McKinnon 106
2. Jackie Botten 92 (58 Div 2)
3. Kenneth Walter 91
4. Goofy Lawrence 83 (47 Div 2)
5. Harry Bromfield 74
6. Peter Pollock 51


1965/66 to 1969/70
Seam
1. Peter Pollock 119
2. Mike Procter 114
3. Pat Trimborn 94
4. Alan Hector 91
5. Donald Mackay-Coghill 88
6. Eddie Barlow 76 (29 Div 2)
7. Trevor Goddard 71 (16 Div 2)

Spin
1. Jackie Du Preez 76 (28 Div 2)
2. Grahame Chevalier 48
3. Atholl McKinnon 45 (6 Div 2)

1970/71 to 1974/75
Seam
1. Vince van der Bijl 185
2. Mike Procter 152 (23 Div 2)
3. Robin Jackman 121
4. Donald Mackay-Coghill 121
5. Eddie Barlow 116
6. Pat Trimborn 99
7. Peter Swart 93
8. Clive Rice 84
9. Duncan Fletcher 82 (9 Div 2)
10. Dougie Neilson 76
11. Rupert Hanley 72

Spin
1. Pelham Henwood 93
2. Jackie Du Preez 78 (25 Div 2)
3. Richard Kaschula 65 (34 Div 2)
4. Grahame Chevalier 62

1975/76 to 1979/80
Seam
1. Vince van Der Bijl 197
2. Garth Le Roux 147
3. Dougie Neilson 140
4. Mike Procter 136
5. Rupert Hanley 123 (35 Div 2)
6. Kenny Watson 122 (27 Div 2)
7. Paddy Clift 120
8. Clive Rice 116

Spin
1. Denys Hobson 147
2. Alan Kourie 69
3. Richard Kaschula 59

1980/81 to 1984/85
Seam
1. Vince van der Bijl 152
2. Stephen Jefferies 137
3. Anton Ferreira 117
4. Garth Le Roux 113
5. Rupert Hanley 111
6. Kenny Watson 99
7. Neal Radford 97
8. Sylvester Clarke 76
8. Kenny Cooper 76
10. Clive Rice 74

Spin
1. Alan Kourie 189
2. Denys Hobson 112
3. John Emburey 48

1985/86 to 1989/90
Seam
1. Allan Donald 121
2. Neal Radford 120
3. Stephen Jefferies 104
4. Corrie van Zyl 102
5. Garth Le Roux 98
6. Fanie De Villiers 92
7. Hugh Page 81
8. Rod McCurdy 72
8. Sylvester Clarke 72
10. Brian McMillan 71
11. Eric Simons 70

Spin
1. Tim Shaw 116
2. Dave Rundle 76
2. Willie Morris 76

 

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1990/91 to 1994/95
Seam
1. Steven Jack 134
2. Steve Elworthy 119
3. Rudi Bryson 118
4. Meyrick Pringle 115
5. Eldine Baptiste 102
6. Franklyn Stephenson 101
7. Fanie de Villiers 98
8. Richard Snell 95
9. Tertius Bosch 93
10. Craig Matthews 90
11. Malcolm Marshall 82
12. Corrie van Zyl 79
13. Peter Rawson 77
14. Allan Donald 70
15. Otis Gibson 67

Spin
1. Clive Eksteen 125
2. Tim Shaw 101
3. Dave Rundle 82
4. Omar Henry 69