First-class Bowling in South Africa for 1973/74 (Ordered by Average) 
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | 
| IH McClenaghan (Bor) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| M Durbach (NT) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Y Snyders (Tvl) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| SG Hugo (WP) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| CI Dey (NT) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| A Bhamjee (Tvl) | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| DN Martin (GW) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| AH Jinnah | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| NO Knight (Bor) | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| E Bhamjee (Tvl) | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| KA McKenzie (Tvl,TvlB) | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| JR Gray (GW) | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| A Gabru (Tvl) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| SD Robertson (Rhod) | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| GA Katz (Nat) | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| CA Gie (WP,SAU) | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| MJ Smith | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| DD Dyer (Nat) | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| MG Mathews (SAU) | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| GD Dyer (NatB) | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| PJ Graves (OFS) | 42 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| RK Muzzell (Tvl) | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| ID Harty (Bor) | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| RE East | 54 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| AA During (TvlB) | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| SJ Bezuidenhout (EP) | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| R Rubidge (Tvl) | 32 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| SJ Cook (Tvl,TvlB) | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| H Jairam (Tvl) | 88 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| BP O'Connell (WP) | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| J Vaghmaria (EP) | 64 | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| KM Hosken (NatB,SAU) | 42 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| SJ McAdam (WP) | 60 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| BL D'Oliveira (EP) | 112 | 6 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| BL Irvine (Tvl,SAf) | 42 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| DJ Schonegevel (GW) | 60 | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Younis Ahmed | 48 | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| GW Johnson | 138 | 10 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| AL Wilmot (EP) | 108 | 5 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| MJD Doherty (GW) | 72 | 4 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| MR Wilson (EP) | 120 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||||
| AJ Murtagh (EP) | 72 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| GM Gower (Bor) | 102 | 1 | 75 | 0 | ||||
| BP Moore (SAU,TvlB) | 126 | 4 | 92 | 0 | ||||
| GW Nelson (Bor) | 198 | 3 | 108 | 0 | ||||
| PC Marais (EP) | 37 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2-7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| S Magiet (WP) | 105 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 4-21 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 | 
| JH Lambert (WP) | 100 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 4-18 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 
| V Ellery (Nat) | 40 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1-8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| LP Jacobs (WP) | 44 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2-3 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| M Ebrahim (Nat) | 136 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 3-29 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| DG Bevan (EP) | 48 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 3-30 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| AA Hipkin (Nat,NatB) | 30 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1-8 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| N Rosendorff (OFS) | 247 | 21 | 47 | 4 | 2-24 | 11.75 | 0 | 0 | 
| JF Steele (Nat,NatB) | 928 | 60 | 254 | 21 | 7-29 | 12.09 | 1 | 0 | 
| KH Barker (Nat) | 1113 | 35 | 325 | 26 | 5-23 | 12.50 | 2 | 0 | 
| G Johannessie (Tvl) | 768 | 31 | 176 | 14 | 7-42 | 12.57 | 1 | 0 | 
| C Kolbe (WP) | 160 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 4-52 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| G Montgomery (Nat) | 88 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2-22 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| MH Bowditch (WP) | 150 | 9 | 81 | 6 | 5-21 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 
| E Hendricks (EP) | 1098 | 36 | 286 | 21 | 5-45 | 13.61 | 1 | 0 | 
| LS Naidoo (Nat) | 528 | 14 | 191 | 13 | 4-42 | 14.69 | 0 | 0 | 
| AR Lilley (Nat,NatB) | 952 | 55 | 294 | 20 | 5-24 | 14.70 | 1 | 0 | 
| A Bacher (Tvl) | 17 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1-15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| T Williams (EP) | 1179 | 41 | 301 | 20 | 6-32 | 15.05 | 1 | 0 | 
| AL Barnes (Tvl) | 1238 | 51 | 301 | 20 | 5-21 | 15.05 | 2 | 0 | 
| JE Mahoney (WP) | 640 | 22 | 181 | 12 | 5-39 | 15.08 | 1 | 0 | 
| H Ayob (Tvl) | 1468 | 46 | 453 | 30 | 5-32 | 15.10 | 2 | 0 | 
| MR Magiet (WP) | 1198 | 49 | 348 | 23 | 5-42 | 15.13 | 1 | 0 | 
| J Govender (Nat) | 168 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 2-11 | 15.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| JM Levey (EP) | 96 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 2-21 | 15.75 | 0 | 0 | 
| A Adams (WP) | 1443 | 47 | 397 | 25 | 6-50 | 15.88 | 2 | 0 | 
| VAP van der Bijl (Nat,SAf) | 2918 | 132 | 1037 | 64 | 7-45 | 16.20 | 3 | 1 | 
| AN Hubbard (TvlB) | 888 | 46 | 294 | 18 | 7-52 | 16.33 | 1 | 1 | 
| K McLaren (GW) | 308 | 10 | 197 | 12 | 9-54 | 16.41 | 1 | 0 | 
| N Francis (EP) | 240 | 6 | 83 | 5 | 3-14 | 16.60 | 0 | 0 | 
| MA Buss (OFS) | 1260 | 98 | 372 | 22 | 5-49 | 16.90 | 1 | 0 | 
| D Bestall (NatB) | 474 | 21 | 188 | 11 | 4-40 | 17.09 | 0 | 0 | 
| JH Frans (EP) | 344 | 8 | 137 | 8 | 6-61 | 17.12 | 1 | 0 | 
| MG Jones (GW) | 540 | 19 | 211 | 12 | 3-24 | 17.58 | 0 | 0 | 
| AB Nieuwoudt (WP) | 750 | 30 | 335 | 19 | 6-45 | 17.63 | 2 | 1 | 
| SJ Gardiner (OFS) | 1251 | 69 | 465 | 26 | 6-65 | 17.88 | 1 | 0 | 
| M Mangera (Tvl) | 64 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1-7 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| IR Tayfield (NatB) | 1058 | 66 | 346 | 19 | 6-30 | 18.21 | 2 | 0 | 
| TW Pono (EP) | 224 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 2-16 | 18.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| S Chothia (Tvl) | 1676 | 74 | 409 | 22 | 4-56 | 18.59 | 0 | 0 | 
| KE Majola (EP) | 232 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 2-36 | 18.66 | 0 | 0 | 
| D Carter (EP) | 528 | 19 | 133 | 7 | 5-53 | 19.00 | 1 | 0 | 
| BF Davison (Rhod) | 102 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 1-4 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| RA le Roux (OFS) | 418 | 26 | 157 | 8 | 3-16 | 19.62 | 0 | 0 | 
| PP Henwood (Nat,SAf) | 2016 | 124 | 639 | 32 | 7-34 | 19.96 | 2 | 0 | 
| RD Engelbrecht | 176 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 1-18 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| JW Gleeson | 804 | 48 | 361 | 18 | 4-59 | 20.05 | 0 | 0 | 
| AA Manack (Tvl) | 913 | 24 | 321 | 16 | 6-35 | 20.06 | 1 | 0 | 
| DJ Brickett (EP) | 1723 | 64 | 756 | 36 | 8-49 | 21.00 | 1 | 1 | 
| G Williams (WP) | 1279 | 36 | 382 | 18 | 5-43 | 21.22 | 1 | 0 | 
| BA Richards (Nat,SAf) | 258 | 17 | 85 | 4 | 2-25 | 21.25 | 0 | 0 | 
| RD Jackman (Rhod) | 1636 | 61 | 685 | 32 | 6-32 | 21.40 | 2 | 0 | 
| S Whittaker (NatB) | 321 | 7 | 172 | 8 | 8-86 | 21.50 | 1 | 0 | 
| SN Draai (EP) | 480 | 17 | 130 | 6 | 3-43 | 21.66 | 0 | 0 | 
| Y Omar (Nat) | 880 | 22 | 307 | 14 | 3-28 | 21.92 | 0 | 0 | 
| AP van Niekerk (WP) | 36 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1-22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| DS van der Knaap (Tvl,TvlB) | 958 | 66 | 312 | 14 | 4-90 | 22.28 | 0 | 0 | 
| NH Harvey (NatB) | 234 | 10 | 67 | 3 | 3-41 | 22.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| PB Clift (Rhod) | 1365 | 54 | 587 | 26 | 7-38 | 22.57 | 1 | 0 | 
| BD Gessner (Nat,NatB) | 602 | 28 | 227 | 10 | 3-37 | 22.70 | 0 | 0 | 
| JA Snow | 1006 | 38 | 411 | 18 | 4-52 | 22.83 | 0 | 0 | 
| VS Greve (Tvl,TvlB) | 902 | 44 | 371 | 16 | 6-124 | 23.18 | 1 | 0 | 
| RW Hanley (EP,SAf) | 1108 | 39 | 487 | 21 | 4-63 | 23.19 | 0 | 0 | 
| DP Cameron (WP,SAU) | 198 | 10 | 70 | 3 | 2-31 | 23.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| GK Funston (GW) | 930 | 59 | 332 | 14 | 5-68 | 23.71 | 1 | 0 | 
| MJ Procter (Rhod,SAf) | 2637 | 114 | 1117 | 47 | 4-42 | 23.76 | 0 | 0 | 
| FC Adams (TvlB) | 156 | 6 | 73 | 3 | 2-65 | 24.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| I Ebrahim (Nat) | 1489 | 39 | 443 | 18 | 4-29 | 24.61 | 0 | 0 | 
| DF Becker (Tvl,TvlB) | 1073 | 48 | 447 | 18 | 3-19 | 24.83 | 0 | 0 | 
| CEB Rice (Tvl) | 1452 | 68 | 603 | 24 | 4-50 | 25.12 | 0 | 0 | 
| PR Barrable (NT) | 185 | 11 | 76 | 3 | 3-50 | 25.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| D Govindjee (EP) | 1238 | 46 | 310 | 12 | 3-39 | 25.83 | 0 | 0 | 
| DR Thomas (EP) | 348 | 5 | 208 | 8 | 3-87 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| TE Jesty (Bor) | 768 | 41 | 313 | 12 | 5-45 | 26.08 | 1 | 0 | 
| JK Lever | 1175 | 41 | 528 | 20 | 6-117 | 26.40 | 2 | 0 | 
| KD Verdoorn (NT) | 372 | 14 | 212 | 8 | 4-43 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| AJ Cilliers (NT) | 1216 | 56 | 586 | 22 | 4-58 | 26.63 | 0 | 0 | 
| A Jabaar | 88 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1-14 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| EJ Barlow (WP,SAf) | 1936 | 65 | 813 | 30 | 4-28 | 27.10 | 0 | 0 | 
| JJ Neethling (WP) | 1264 | 30 | 435 | 16 | 5-51 | 27.18 | 1 | 0 | 
| D Mackay-Coghill (Tvl) | 1418 | 48 | 684 | 25 | 7-102 | 27.36 | 1 | 0 | 
| JH du Preez (Rhod,SAf) | 1104 | 41 | 548 | 20 | 3-55 | 27.40 | 0 | 0 | 
| BF Bath (Tvl) | 534 | 29 | 193 | 7 | 2-14 | 27.57 | 0 | 0 | 
| DAG Fletcher (Rhod) | 565 | 17 | 276 | 10 | 2-18 | 27.60 | 0 | 0 | 
| DR Neilson (Tvl) | 1528 | 56 | 696 | 25 | 4-51 | 27.84 | 0 | 0 | 
| M du Plessis (WP) | 156 | 1 | 112 | 4 | 3-47 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| A Sonn (WP) | 280 | 8 | 84 | 3 | 2-41 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| JPD Flanagan (Tvl) | 851 | 31 | 452 | 16 | 5-41 | 28.25 | 1 | 0 | 
| DL Hobson (WP,SAU) | 1473 | 64 | 735 | 26 | 7-71 | 28.26 | 2 | 1 | 
| KC Bland (OFS) | 372 | 28 | 115 | 4 | 1-11 | 28.75 | 0 | 0 | 
| MWW Selvey (OFS) | 334 | 15 | 144 | 5 | 3-87 | 28.80 | 0 | 0 | 
| FW Swarbrook (GW) | 763 | 38 | 322 | 11 | 3-66 | 29.27 | 0 | 0 | 
| S Rubidge (Tvl) | 233 | 1 | 118 | 4 | 2-24 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| CP Wilkins (EP) | 1423 | 47 | 680 | 23 | 4-70 | 29.56 | 0 | 0 | 
| AJ Kourie (TvlB) | 732 | 48 | 237 | 8 | 3-37 | 29.62 | 0 | 0 | 
| CJE Davies (Bor) | 434 | 14 | 208 | 7 | 3-64 | 29.71 | 0 | 0 | 
| C Langson (EP) | 120 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 2-61 | 30.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| BJ Ikin (GW) | 623 | 20 | 307 | 10 | 5-22 | 30.70 | 1 | 0 | 
| B Petersen (WP) | 136 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1-3 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| RM Clark (WP) | 466 | 14 | 251 | 8 | 5-70 | 31.37 | 1 | 0 | 
| AJ Traicos (Rhod) | 1016 | 51 | 442 | 14 | 3-36 | 31.57 | 0 | 0 | 
| E Schmidt (EP) | 1561 | 51 | 668 | 21 | 3-39 | 31.80 | 0 | 0 | 
| NG Featherstone (Tvl) | 144 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 1-9 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| MJ Smithyman (Nat) | 604 | 18 | 321 | 10 | 3-32 | 32.10 | 0 | 0 | 
| PHJ Trimborn (Nat) | 1140 | 39 | 482 | 15 | 4-51 | 32.13 | 0 | 0 | 
| DP Haw (NT) | 504 | 16 | 290 | 9 | 4-62 | 32.22 | 0 | 0 | 
| MS Vawda (Nat) | 211 | 3 | 98 | 3 | 1-0 | 32.66 | 0 | 0 | 
| PD Swart (WP,SAf) | 1602 | 56 | 722 | 22 | 3-39 | 32.81 | 0 | 0 | 
| TG Botha (OFS) | 420 | 19 | 172 | 5 | 3-58 | 34.40 | 0 | 0 | 
| RA Woolmer (Nat) | 1800 | 78 | 764 | 22 | 3-29 | 34.72 | 0 | 0 | 
| AP Haxton (Bor) | 147 | 1 | 106 | 3 | 3-45 | 35.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| JC Mitchell (Rhod) | 468 | 27 | 178 | 5 | 2-30 | 35.60 | 0 | 0 | 
| JD Sparks (NT) | 1251 | 34 | 655 | 18 | 5-50 | 36.38 | 2 | 0 | 
| SJ Schmidt (Bor) | 692 | 26 | 365 | 10 | 2-30 | 36.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| MA Patrick (Nat) | 819 | 27 | 256 | 7 | 2-33 | 36.57 | 0 | 0 | 
| HP Cooper (NT) | 291 | 11 | 148 | 4 | 3-75 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| GRJ Roope (GW) | 519 | 14 | 260 | 7 | 3-80 | 37.14 | 0 | 0 | 
| JN Shepherd | 1248 | 45 | 566 | 15 | 4-54 | 37.73 | 0 | 0 | 
| JC Cawood (WP) | 306 | 9 | 152 | 4 | 2-18 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| JP Matthews (Tvl,TvlB) | 514 | 16 | 230 | 6 | 3-48 | 38.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| PD de Vaal (Tvl) | 1265 | 69 | 581 | 15 | 4-110 | 38.73 | 0 | 0 | 
| KI Deutschmann (Bor) | 576 | 15 | 322 | 8 | 4-64 | 40.25 | 0 | 0 | 
| WJ Wilson (GW) | 180 | 6 | 82 | 2 | 1-36 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| HR Fotheringham (Nat) | 186 | 10 | 83 | 2 | 1-36 | 41.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| DJ Morgan (Nat,NatB) | 560 | 13 | 335 | 8 | 4-35 | 41.87 | 0 | 0 | 
| RV Taylor (Bor) | 1370 | 49 | 637 | 15 | 3-63 | 42.46 | 0 | 0 | 
| DLC McCay (WP) | 433 | 14 | 215 | 5 | 3-27 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| KA Barlow (TvlB) | 294 | 20 | 89 | 2 | 2-53 | 44.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| WT Strydom (OFS) | 916 | 45 | 377 | 8 | 3-32 | 47.12 | 0 | 0 | 
| I Foulkes (Bor) | 342 | 18 | 192 | 4 | 2-46 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| AL Biggs (EP,SAf) | 875 | 42 | 388 | 8 | 2-23 | 48.50 | 0 | 0 | 
| PG Lee | 417 | 12 | 244 | 5 | 2-17 | 48.80 | 0 | 0 | 
| WB Steytler (NT) | 1562 | 92 | 592 | 12 | 3-56 | 49.33 | 0 | 0 | 
| B Wood (EP) | 120 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 1-53 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| KP Reid (EP) | 845 | 16 | 548 | 10 | 5-48 | 54.80 | 1 | 0 | 
| GA Chevalier (WP) | 324 | 16 | 167 | 3 | 2-52 | 55.66 | 0 | 0 | 
| BW Burrow (GW) | 708 | 28 | 337 | 6 | 2-17 | 56.16 | 0 | 0 | 
| KR Cooper (NatB) | 330 | 14 | 118 | 2 | 2-48 | 59.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| M van Wyk (TvlB) | 444 | 14 | 194 | 3 | 1-12 | 64.66 | 0 | 0 | 
| RLS Armitage (EP) | 330 | 9 | 134 | 2 | 1-34 | 67.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| PK Harris (SAU) | 168 | 7 | 74 | 1 | 1-74 | 74.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| O Henry (WP) | 128 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 1-46 | 81.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| DB Close | 282 | 9 | 184 | 2 | 1-0 | 92.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| RET Morris (WP) | 621 | 21 | 299 | 3 | 2-23 | 99.66 | 0 | 0 | 
| HM Ackerman (WP,SAf) | 222 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 1-36 | 109.00 | 0 | 0 | 
| ML Harper (Bor) | 306 | 16 | 143 | 1 | 1-17 | 143.00 | 0 | 0 | 
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