Northerns (formerly North Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal) has played

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since December 1937. Its territory is the area north of

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, and it includes

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. For the purposes of the

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, Northerns has merged with Easterns (formerly

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) to form the

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Honours

* Currie Cup (0) – ; shared (0) – * Standard Bank Cup (0) – * South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (1) – 2005–06; shared (1) – 2014–15 * South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (1) – 2005–06

Club history

Northerns was called North Eastern Transvaal from December 1937 until April 1971, when it became Northern Transvaal until April 1997. It had removed "Transvaal" from its name after the

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became

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, and a new province called ''Northern Transvaal'' (later renamed

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) was created, that excluded Pretoria. The team has been part of the

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from October 2004. Under the name North Eastern Transvaal the team played 134 first-class matches, winning 40, losing 57 and drawing 37. Under the names North Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal the team played 325 first-class matches, winning 81, losing 142 and drawing 102. Altogether, up till late January 2017, the team had played 509 first-class matches, winning 150, losing 179 and drawing 180.

Venues

Venues have included: * Berea Park,

(Dec 1937 – Jan 1986; previously used by Transvaal) * Olympia Park, Springs (occasional venue Dec 1937 – Nov 1994; used once by Easterns in 1994) * Hosking Park,

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(temporary venue March 1946 – Nov 1946) *

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, Benoni (Jan 1948 – Nov 1968; previously used by Transvaal; Easterns venue from 1996 to present) * Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria (Dec 1951 – Dec 1952) * Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (occasional venue Dec 1956 – Oct 1959) *

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Cricket Club A Ground (four matches 1983 – 1985) *

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(main venue Dec 1986–present) * Technikon Oval, Pretoria (two matches 1992 – 2003) *

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(Dec 2015)

Squad

In April 2021,

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confirmed the following squad ahead of the 2021–22 season. *

Lizaad Williams Lizaad Buyron Williams (born 1 October 1993) is South African cricketer who plays for Northerns. He made his international debut for South Africa in April 2021. Career Williams, who bowls right-arm fast was signed up with a rookie contract fo ...

Okhule Cele Okuhle Cele (born 9 July 1997) is a South African cricketer. He currently plays for Northerns. Cele made his Twenty20 debut for KwaZulu-Natal against Boland in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 23 September 2016. He made his first-class debut f ...

Theunis de Bruyn Theunis Booysen de Bruyn (born 8 October 1992) is a South African cricketer who represents Northerns. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls occasional right-arm medium-fast. Domestic career On 19 January 2015, de Bruyn became the third quicke ...

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Corbin Bosch Corbin Bosch (born 10 September 1994) is a South African cricketer. He played in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is the son of South African former cricketer Tertius Bosch. Career Bosch made his first-class debut for Titans in the 201 ...

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* Chris Morris *

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* Ayabulela Gqamane * Jiveshen Pillay * Grant Mokoena *

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Tabraiz Shamsi Tabraiz Shamsi (born 18 February 1990) is a South African cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for teams such as Dolphins, Gauteng, Gauteng Under-19s, KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Lions, and Titans. His batting style is right-han ...

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References

Sources

* ''South African Cricket Annual'' – various editions * ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' – various editions

External links

North Eastern Transvaal
at CricketArchive (1937–38 to 1970–71)

at CricketArchive (1971–72 to 1996–97)

at CricketArchive (1997–98 to present) {{South African cricket season South African first-class cricket teams Cricket in Gauteng