1896-97 South African cricket season
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The 1896-97 South African cricket season was the eighth season of first-class cricket in South Africa. After a one season break, the Currie Cup was contested again. The matches played for the Cup constitute the only matches that are recognised as having first-class status.
The competition was competed for between Eastern Province, Western Province, Natal, Griqualand West and Transvaal. All the games were played in March 1897 and the holders, Western Province, ended up as winners.
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[edit] The matches
[edit] Round One
[edit] Eastern Province v Western Province (13-15 March)
Western Province beat Eastern Province by an innings and 7 runs
[edit] Griqualand West v Natal (13-15 March)
Natal beat Griqualand West by 8 wickets
[edit] Round Two
[edit] Eastern Province v Natal (16-18 March)
Natal beat Eastern Province by 125 runs
[edit] Griqualand West v Western Province (16-17 March)
Western Province beat Griqualand West by an innings and 338 runs
[edit] Round Three
[edit] Eastern Province v Griqualand West (19-22 March)
Match abandoned without a ball being bowled
[edit] Natal v Western Province (19-22 March)
Western Province beat Natal by 136 runs
[edit] Points table
Transvaal were the hosts of the Currie Cup and automatically qualified for the final. Their challengers were determined by reference to the qualifying round-robin. The team with the most wins, which turned out to be Western Province, were the challengers. Had two teams been level on wins, the result of the match between those two teams would have been the deciding factor.
| Currie Cup 1896/7 - Points table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Aban |
| 1 | Western Province | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Natal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3= | Eastern Province | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3= | Griqualand West | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
[edit] The Final - Transvaal v Western Province (24-27 March)
Western Province beat Transvaal by 72 runs
