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Plunket Shield 1950/51 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1950/51; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 610 runs. TB Burtt leads the bowling table with 38 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 10
Recorded players: 75
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1950-12-01 to 1951-02-16. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Plunket Shield standings

League table for 1950/51. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

League standings are not available in Redball’s recorded data for this competition and season.

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1950/51

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1950/51 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	4	610
VJ Scott	4	380
L Watt	4	326
JR Reid	4	312
OC Cleal	4	281

Recorded innings through 1951-02-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1950/51 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
TB Burtt	4	38
GF Cresswell	4	25
AM Moir	4	23
JW Cammish	4	21
JA Hayes	4	19

Recorded innings through 1951-02-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1950/51

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 75 players

Plunket Shield 1950/51 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	7	0	610	275	87.14	—	1	3	53	2
VJ Scott	Auckland	4	8	1	380	134	54.29	—	2	1	8	0
L Watt	Otago	4	7	0	326	96	46.57	—	3	0	0	0
JR Reid	Wellington	4	7	1	312	83	52.00	—	3	0	0	0
OC Cleal	Auckland	4	8	0	281	78	35.13	—	2	0	0	0
EA Watson	Otago	4	7	0	242	95	34.57	—	1	0	0	0
RWG Emery	Canterbury	4	8	0	240	110	30.00	—	1	1	14	0
ME Chapple	Central Districts	4	8	1	196	70	28.00	—	2	0	0	0
LSM Miller	Central Districts	4	8	1	190	64	27.14	—	1	0	0	0
RA Vance	Wellington	4	7	0	190	75	27.14	—	1	0	0	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	4	8	0	173	44	21.63	—	0	0	0	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	0	166	68	20.75	—	1	0	0	0
KR Deas	Auckland	4	8	1	164	73	23.43	—	1	0	0	0
LD Smith	Otago	4	7	1	159	61*	26.50	—	1	0	0	0
RT Dowker	Canterbury	3	6	0	155	71	25.83	—	2	0	0	0
EW Dempster	Wellington	4	7	1	147	49*	24.50	—	0	0	0	0
DD Coleman	Auckland	4	8	0	146	35	18.25	—	0	0	0	0
SN McGregor	Otago	4	7	0	143	59	20.43	—	2	0	0	0
RT Barber	Wellington	4	7	0	137	72	19.57	—	1	0	0	0
CC McVicar	Central Districts	3	6	0	135	42	22.50	—	0	0	0	0
JA Ongley	Central Districts	4	8	0	134	51	16.75	—	1	0	0	0
AT Burgess	Canterbury	3	6	0	131	42	21.83	—	0	0	0	0
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	0	129	83	64.50	—	1	0	0	0
MB Poore	Canterbury	3	6	1	129	70	25.80	—	1	0	0	0
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	0	126	44	15.75	—	0	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1950/51 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
FF Dawson	Canterbury	3	6	1	116	54	23.20	—	1
DS St John	Otago	4	7	2	113	38*	22.60	—	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	2	104	25	17.33	—	0
SR O'Neill	Wellington	3	6	1	104	37	20.80	—	0
RM Murray	Wellington	4	7	1	99	41*	16.50	—	0
HE Dollery	Wellington	4	7	0	94	47	13.43	—	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	3	6	1	90	46	18.00	—	0
WM Wallace	Auckland	2	4	1	87	60	29.00	—	1
GH Mills	Otago	3	5	0	78	38	15.60	—	0
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	8	1	70	33*	10.00	—	0
RC Hemi	Auckland	3	6	0	69	30	11.50	—	0
GS Botting	Central Districts	4	8	1	65	27*	9.29	—	0
LAW Kent	Auckland	3	6	0	63	26	10.50	—	0
HE Tapping	Auckland	3	6	2	59	38*	14.75	—	0
GF Anderson	Canterbury	4	8	0	53	33	6.63	—	0
AE Cresswell	Central Districts	3	6	1	53	18	10.60	—	0
FLH Mooney	Wellington	3	5	0	48	22	9.60	—	0
JF Jones	Wellington	4	7	2	48	16*	9.60	—	0
AM Moir	Otago	4	7	2	44	23	8.80	—	0
SA McVicar	Wellington	3	5	1	44	18	11.00	—	0
GO Rabone	Wellington	1	1	0	42	42	42.00	—	0
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	1	41	14*	5.86	—	0
LE Partridge	Auckland	4	8	0	35	29	4.38	—	0
CLW Randall	Wellington	4	7	2	35	12	7.00	—	0
WS Haig	Otago	1	2	0	30	19	15.00	—	0
IH Ching	Central Districts	2	4	0	29	24	7.25	—	0
KFJ Dwyer	Auckland	1	2	0	28	26	14.00	—	0
JW Cammish	Auckland	4	8	3	27	7*	5.40	—	0
AW Roberts	Otago	2	3	0	25	16	8.33	—	0
DJ Blakely	Otago	2	3	0	24	13	8.00	—	0
JD Alderson	Canterbury	4	8	4	22	7*	5.50	—	0
WCN Bennett	Canterbury	3	6	0	22	8	3.67	—	0
RT Hunt	Otago	1	2	0	20	16	10.00	—	0
DM Dunnet	Otago	1	2	0	18	18	9.00	—	0
JWH Kelly	Wellington	1	2	0	17	11	8.50	—	0
FW Stanley	Otago	2	4	1	16	8*	5.33	—	0
GF Cresswell	Central Districts	4	8	2	12	4*	2.00	—	0
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	—	0
DC Cleverley	Auckland	3	6	0	9	4	1.50	—	0
TPL Reaney	Central Districts	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	—	0
DL Weston	Auckland	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0
DW Bowden	Central Districts	1	2	0	8	4	4.00	—	0
AG Putt	Auckland	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	—	0
JG Leggat	Canterbury	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	—	0
GWF Overton	Otago	4	7	2	6	5	1.20	—	0
EC Petrie	Auckland	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0
HF Rice	Central Districts	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
DB Clarke	Auckland	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0
H Moyle	Auckland	1	2	1	1	1	1.00	—	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 47 players

Plunket Shield 1950/51 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	1,594	104	492	38	12.95	41.95	1.85	6	7/74
GF Cresswell	Central Districts	4	7	1,119	53	386	25	15.44	44.76	2.07	3	5/31
AM Moir	Otago	4	8	943	45	365	23	15.87	41.00	2.32	2	6/60
JW Cammish	Auckland	4	7	1,134	31	578	21	27.52	54.00	3.06	2	6/93
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	922	37	351	19	18.47	48.53	2.28	1	6/26
CLW Randall	Wellington	4	8	755	28	251	17	14.76	44.41	1.99	0	3/18
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	7	875	48	303	15	20.20	58.33	2.08	0	4/39
EW Dempster	Wellington	4	7	828	38	320	13	24.62	63.69	2.32	0	3/40
GWF Overton	Otago	4	8	795	49	238	13	18.31	61.15	1.80	0	4/71
JF Jones	Wellington	4	8	615	33	213	13	16.38	47.31	2.08	0	4/39
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	6	802	35	272	12	22.67	66.83	2.03	0	3/20
RM Murray	Wellington	4	7	720	46	182	9	20.22	80.00	1.52	0	3/32
HE Tapping	Auckland	3	5	558	24	216	9	24.00	62.00	2.32	0	3/18
EA Watson	Otago	4	7	579	32	206	9	22.89	64.33	2.13	0	3/22
JD Alderson	Canterbury	4	8	438	16	211	8	26.38	54.75	2.89	0	4/28
SR O'Neill	Wellington	3	6	727	41	231	8	28.88	90.88	1.91	0	3/60
LE Partridge	Auckland	4	7	774	39	302	8	37.75	96.75	2.34	0	3/39
DC Cleverley	Auckland	3	5	915	56	307	7	43.86	130.71	2.01	0	3/51
JR Reid	Wellington	4	7	461	21	163	6	27.17	76.83	2.12	0	2/1
FW Stanley	Otago	2	4	270	12	105	6	17.50	45.00	2.33	1	5/39
OC Cleal	Auckland	4	7	567	23	205	5	41.00	113.40	2.17	0	3/37
AE Cresswell	Central Districts	3	6	372	10	160	5	32.00	74.40	2.58	0	4/42
LD Smith	Otago	4	8	533	37	157	5	31.40	106.60	1.77	0	2/13
RWG Emery	Canterbury	4	8	204	8	111	4	27.75	51.00	3.26	0	2/24
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	3	4	307	19	102	4	25.50	76.75	1.99	0	2/7

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Plunket Shield 1950/51 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
DB Clarke	Auckland	1	2	216	11	72	4	18.00	54.00	2.00	4/31
H Moyle	Auckland	1	2	150	3	78	4	19.50	37.50	3.12	3/50
GO Rabone	Wellington	1	2	102	2	51	2	25.50	51.00	3.00	2/47
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	551	15	249	2	124.50	275.50	2.71	1/30
ME Chapple	Central Districts	3	3	120	3	65	2	32.50	60.00	3.25	2/29
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	2	108	0	74	1	74.00	108.00	4.11	1/57
AW Roberts	Otago	1	1	18	1	3	0	—	—	1.00	0/3
VJ Scott	Auckland	1	1	36	0	11	0	—	—	1.83	0/11
B Sutcliffe	Otago	3	4	36	1	12	0	—	—	2.00	0/1
EM Meuli	Central Districts	2	2	12	0	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/3
MB Poore	Canterbury	1	1	18	1	6	0	—	—	2.00	0/6
IB Leggat	Central Districts	1	1	132	10	29	0	—	—	1.32	0/29
SN McGregor	Otago	1	1	12	0	2	0	—	—	1.00	0/2
L Watt	Otago	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
KR Deas	Auckland	2	2	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0/0
WCN Bennett	Canterbury	3	3	72	3	21	0	—	—	1.75	0/2
AT Burgess	Canterbury	2	2	48	2	26	0	—	—	3.25	0/3
DD Coleman	Auckland	3	3	18	2	2	0	—	—	0.67	0/0
WS Haig	Otago	1	1	12	0	3	0	—	—	1.50	0/3
CC McVicar	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
TPL Reaney	Central Districts	1	1	30	1	10	0	—	—	2.00	0/10
DS St John	Otago	1	1	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0/4

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1950/51. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1950/51 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	4	2	1	1	1,286	72	17.86	223	1,331	65	20.48
Otago	4	2	0	2	1,976	62	31.87	521	1,150	63	18.25
Wellington	4	2	2	0	1,420	64	22.19	291	1,605	73	21.99
Auckland	4	1	2	1	1,500	70	21.43	320	1,892	62	30.52
Canterbury	4	1	3	0	1,521	74	20.55	319	1,725	79	21.84

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1950/51

Latest 10 of 10 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1951-02-16 to 1951-02-19 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 298 & 207/6d
Central Districts: 215/9d & 78/3

Match drawn

1951-01-26 to 1951-01-29 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 163 & 193
Auckland: 137 & 131

Central Districts won by 88 runs

1951-01-11 to 1951-01-13 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 188 & 223
Canterbury: 169 & 98

Central Districts won by 144 runs

1951-01-06 to 1951-01-10 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 316 & 268/9d
Wellington: 251 & 82

Otago won by 251 runs

1951-01-05 to 1951-01-09 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 320 & 264/9
Canterbury: 319 & 264

Auckland won by 1 wicket

1951-01-01 to 1951-01-30 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 181 & 183
Canterbury: 307 & 59/4

Canterbury won by 6 wickets

1951-01-01 to 1951-01-30 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 147 & 72/1
Otago: 521/7d

Match drawn

1950-12-23 to 1950-12-27 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 234 & 198/5
Auckland: 117 & 312

Wellington won by 5 wickets

1950-12-22 to 1950-12-26 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 166 & 139
Otago: 139 & 227

Otago won by 61 runs

1950-12-01 to 1950-12-04 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 291/9d
Central Districts: 82 & 144

Wellington won by an innings and 65 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1950/51 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Sportsground, Palmerston North	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Plunket Shield 1950/51, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1950/51 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
B Sutcliffe	275	Auckland	1951-01-01
VJ Scott	134	Canterbury	1951-01-05
B Sutcliffe	125	Central Districts	1951-02-16
B Sutcliffe	111	Wellington	1951-01-06
RWG Emery	110	Wellington	1951-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1950/51 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
TB Burtt	7/74	Central Districts	1951-01-11
JA Hayes	6/26	Otago	1950-12-22
AM Moir	6/60	Canterbury	1950-12-22
JW Cammish	6/93	Canterbury	1951-01-05
GF Cresswell	5/31	Canterbury	1951-01-11

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Plunket Shield. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1907-12-14 to 2026-03-27. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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