1897-98 South African cricket season

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The 1897-98 South African cricket season was the tenth season of first-class cricket in South Africa. Most of the first-class games were for the Currie Cup, which retained the same format as in 1896-97 - Western Province, the holders, qualified for the final as hosts; the other four teams competed in a round-robin tournament to decide who would play Western Province. Border competed in the Currie Cup for the first time, taking the place of Eastern Province. Western Province retained their title by beating Natal by 8 wickets in the final.

Before the Currie Cup, a Transvaal XI led by Abe Bailey played a 2-day match against Natal that is also recognised as having first-class status.

1 Friendly match
- 1.1 Natal v A Bailey's Transvaal XI (7-8 March)
2 Currie Cup

[edit] Friendly match

[edit] Natal v A Bailey's Transvaal XI (7-8 March)

Natal drew with A Bailey's Transvaal XI

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[edit] Currie Cup

[edit] Round One

[edit] Border v Griqualand West (30-31 March)

Griqualand West beat Border by 3 wickets

Scorecard

[edit] Natal v Transvaal (30 March-1 April)

Transvaal beat Natal by 77 runs

Scorecard

[edit] Round Two

[edit] Griqualand West v Natal (1-4 April)

Griqualand West beat Natal by 7 wickets

Scorecard

[edit] Transvaal v Border (1-4 April)

Border beat Transvaal by 4 wickets

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[edit] Round Three

[edit] Border v Natal (4-9 April)

Natal beat Border by 190 runs

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[edit] Transvaal v Griqualand West (4-7 April)

Transvaal beat Griqualand West by an innings and 54 runs

Scorecard

[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 challengers were first determined by reference to number of wins. As Transvaal and Griqualand West both finished with two wins, the result of the head-to-head match was used to determine the winners.