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Plunket Shield 1951/52 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1951/52; Tests are excluded.

JR Reid leads the displayed batting table with 472 runs. TB Burtt leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 10
Recorded players: 73
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1951-12-22 to 1952-02-01. 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 1951/52. 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 1951/52

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 1951/52 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JR Reid	4	472
RWG Emery	4	433
JG Leggat	4	346
VJ Scott	4	301
FB Smith	4	291

Recorded innings through 1952-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1951/52 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
TB Burtt	4	29
AM Moir	4	28
JC Laker	4	24
HB Cave	4	19
GO Rabone	4	16

Recorded innings through 1952-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1951/52

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 · 73 players

Plunket Shield 1951/52 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
JR Reid	Wellington	4	8	0	472	283	59.00	—	0	2	53	1
RWG Emery	Canterbury	4	8	2	433	92	72.17	—	4	0	0	0
JG Leggat	Canterbury	4	8	2	346	113	57.67	—	1	1	4	0
VJ Scott	Auckland	4	7	2	301	151*	60.20	—	0	1	11	0
FB Smith	Canterbury	4	8	1	291	70	41.57	—	3	0	0	0
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	8	0	268	88	33.50	—	2	0	0	0
LD Smith	Otago	4	8	1	249	89	35.57	—	2	0	0	0
EW Dempster	Wellington	4	8	1	239	56	34.14	—	2	0	0	0
GO Rabone	Auckland	4	7	0	207	125	29.57	—	0	1	16	0
DD Coleman	Auckland	4	7	0	203	63	29.00	—	3	0	0	0
L Watt	Otago	4	8	0	199	57	24.88	—	2	0	0	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	2	190	52	31.67	—	1	0	0	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	4	8	1	185	48*	26.43	—	0	0	0	0
EA Watson	Otago	4	8	0	181	103	22.63	—	0	1	9	0
FLH Mooney	Wellington	4	8	0	179	75	22.38	—	1	0	0	0
JH Worrall	Auckland	4	7	0	178	63	25.43	—	1	0	0	0
SN McGregor	Otago	4	8	0	177	74	22.13	—	1	0	0	0
ME Chapple	Central Districts	4	8	0	176	47	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
AA Hunter	Central Districts	3	6	0	173	108	28.83	—	0	1	7	0
OC Cleal	Auckland	4	7	2	168	48	33.60	—	0	0	0	0
BA Turner	Central Districts	2	4	1	167	66	55.67	—	2	0	0	0
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	7	0	162	72	23.14	—	1	0	0	0
JB Morris	Auckland	4	7	2	160	101*	32.00	—	0	1	10	0
LG Williams	Wellington	4	8	0	155	64	19.38	—	1	0	0	0
T Meale	Wellington	4	8	0	154	42	19.25	—	0	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1951/52 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	145	55	36.25	—	1
GH Mills	Otago	3	6	0	136	50	22.67	—	1
RA Vance	Wellington	3	6	0	133	50	22.17	—	1
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	0	112	48	14.00	—	0
WS Haig	Otago	2	4	0	112	58	28.00	—	1
JA Ongley	Central Districts	4	8	1	109	41	15.57	—	0
AEL Britton	Canterbury	4	8	2	96	35*	16.00	—	0
RT Barber	Wellington	2	4	1	90	52*	30.00	—	1
AM Moir	Otago	4	8	0	88	45	11.00	—	0
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	4	8	0	86	27	10.75	—	0
MG Browne	Wellington	3	6	0	80	58	13.33	—	1
JC Laker	Auckland	4	7	0	77	35	11.00	—	0
MF Tremlett	Central Districts	2	4	0	76	39	19.00	—	0
RN Couper	Otago	2	4	0	67	36	16.75	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	4	8	3	63	31	12.60	—	0
VAC McArley	Otago	4	8	1	63	20	9.00	—	0
FE Fisher	Wellington	2	4	0	62	33	15.50	—	0
ME Giles	Wellington	2	4	0	62	23	15.50	—	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	4	0	55	38	13.75	—	0
KFM Uttley	Wellington	2	4	0	55	21	13.75	—	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	4	8	1	53	11*	7.57	—	0
AW Gilbertson	Otago	2	4	1	48	38*	16.00	—	0
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	8	1	47	33*	6.71	—	0
CC McVicar	Central Districts	2	4	0	47	23	11.75	—	0
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	0	44	21	5.50	—	0
RT Dowker	Canterbury	2	4	1	41	24*	13.67	—	0
FW Stanley	Otago	2	4	3	41	21*	41.00	—	0
PA Iles	Auckland	1	2	0	39	20	19.50	—	0
WCN Bennett	Canterbury	3	6	0	36	25	6.00	—	0
GS Botting	Central Districts	4	8	0	28	7	3.50	—	0
SR O'Neill	Wellington	2	4	2	28	18*	14.00	—	0
RS Challies	Central Districts	2	4	1	26	15	8.67	—	0
RG Wilde	Central Districts	2	4	0	23	15	5.75	—	0
AW Ritchie	Auckland	2	3	0	22	22	7.33	—	0
RF Romanos	Wellington	2	4	0	20	9	5.00	—	0
HE Tapping	Auckland	2	4	1	20	18*	6.67	—	0
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	4	15	8*	3.75	—	0
C Burke	Auckland	2	3	0	12	12	4.00	—	0
H Moyle	Auckland	4	7	3	12	6*	3.00	—	0
AE Cresswell	Central Districts	2	4	2	11	7*	5.50	—	0
LC Butler	Wellington	1	2	2	10	10*	—	—	0
AT Burgess	Canterbury	2	4	0	9	3	2.25	—	0
PW Dyhrberg	Central Districts	1	2	0	7	5	3.50	—	0
JA Harliwich	Canterbury	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
IW Payne	Otago	3	6	0	6	4	1.00	—	0
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0
GWF Overton	Otago	2	4	3	1	1*	1.00	—	0
LAW Kent	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 42 players

Plunket Shield 1951/52 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	1,412	106	417	29	14.38	48.69	1.77	1	5/54
AM Moir	Otago	4	8	1,177	49	579	28	20.68	42.04	2.95	3	8/55
JC Laker	Auckland	4	8	1,369	88	379	24	15.79	57.04	1.66	3	5/44
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	7	1,309	49	466	19	24.53	68.89	2.14	2	5/42
GO Rabone	Auckland	4	8	894	56	276	16	17.25	55.88	1.85	1	5/39
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	7	1,417	84	436	16	27.25	88.56	1.85	0	4/57
JR Reid	Wellington	4	8	681	32	288	15	19.20	45.40	2.54	1	5/35
EW Dempster	Wellington	4	8	756	30	304	15	20.27	50.40	2.41	1	5/93
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	925	20	391	14	27.93	66.07	2.54	0	3/69
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	750	24	287	13	22.08	57.69	2.30	0	4/35
C Burke	Auckland	2	4	383	17	147	10	14.70	38.30	2.30	1	5/33
RW Blair	Wellington	4	8	908	41	324	10	32.40	90.80	2.14	0	3/34
ME Chapple	Central Districts	4	6	774	31	294	9	32.67	86.00	2.28	0	3/53
MG Browne	Wellington	3	5	606	21	265	8	33.13	75.75	2.62	0	3/34
H Moyle	Auckland	4	8	594	27	234	8	29.25	74.25	2.36	0	3/28
FW Stanley	Otago	2	3	393	10	232	8	29.00	49.13	3.54	1	5/63
SR O'Neill	Wellington	2	4	450	20	168	7	24.00	64.29	2.24	1	5/43
EA Watson	Otago	4	8	462	13	267	7	38.14	66.00	3.47	0	2/31
IB Leggat	Central Districts	4	7	474	12	210	6	35.00	79.00	2.66	0	2/12
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	3	5	237	12	107	6	17.83	39.50	2.71	0	4/17
AE Cresswell	Central Districts	2	4	312	7	159	5	31.80	62.40	3.06	0	2/40
FE Fisher	Wellington	2	4	366	21	140	4	35.00	91.50	2.30	0	2/32
GWF Overton	Otago	2	4	342	14	146	4	36.50	85.50	2.56	0	3/47
RS Challies	Central Districts	2	3	384	13	176	4	44.00	96.00	2.75	0	3/54
RN Couper	Otago	2	3	264	10	117	4	29.25	66.00	2.66	0	3/66

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Plunket Shield 1951/52 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
HE Tapping	Auckland	2	4	246	13	86	4	21.50	61.50	2.10	4/21
B Sutcliffe	Otago	2	3	138	5	76	3	25.33	46.00	3.30	2/40
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	4	264	18	72	3	24.00	88.00	1.64	2/16
WCN Bennett	Canterbury	3	5	282	27	60	3	20.00	94.00	1.28	1/8
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	7	324	15	136	3	45.33	108.00	2.52	3/30
RWG Emery	Canterbury	4	6	210	11	86	1	86.00	210.00	2.46	1/28
OC Cleal	Auckland	3	4	164	7	47	1	47.00	164.00	1.72	1/21
ME Giles	Wellington	2	4	282	17	62	1	62.00	282.00	1.32	1/21
JA Harliwich	Canterbury	1	2	150	5	59	1	59.00	150.00	2.36	1/30
VAC McArley	Otago	4	7	474	15	226	1	226.00	474.00	2.86	1/22
LD Smith	Otago	4	7	396	16	199	1	199.00	396.00	3.02	1/54
MF Tremlett	Central Districts	1	1	72	1	40	0	—	—	3.33	0/40
L Watt	Otago	1	1	36	3	9	0	—	—	1.50	0/9
LC Butler	Wellington	1	1	66	0	47	0	—	—	4.27	0/47
AA Hunter	Central Districts	1	1	30	1	16	0	—	—	3.20	0/16
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
LG Williams	Wellington	1	1	12	1	2	0	—	—	1.00	0/2

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 1951/52. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1951/52 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	4	3	1	0	1,664	51	32.63	526	1,435	70	20.50
Canterbury	4	3	0	1	1,853	60	30.88	330	1,648	77	21.40
Central Districts	4	2	2	0	1,394	70	19.91	399	1,920	63	30.48
Otago	4	0	2	2	1,798	75	23.97	333	1,942	60	32.37
Wellington	4	0	3	1	1,930	77	25.06	575	1,694	63	26.89

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 · 1951/52

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

1952-02-01 to 1952-02-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 301 & 70/3
Wellington: 209 & 160

Auckland won by 7 wickets

1952-01-25 to 1952-01-28 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 526/4d
Central Districts: 200 & 99

Auckland won by an innings and 227 runs

1952-01-11 to 1952-01-15 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 399 & 74/1
Otago: 248 & 223

Central Districts won by 9 wickets

1952-01-11 to 1952-01-15 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 330 & 174/3
Wellington: 262 & 238

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1952-01-04 to 1952-01-08 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 159 & 575/7d
Otago: 158 & 333/8

Match drawn

1952-01-04 to 1952-01-08 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 263 & 130/0
Auckland: 170 & 222

Canterbury won by 10 wickets

1952-01-01 to 1952-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 161 & 213
Auckland: 188 & 187/4

Auckland won by 6 wickets

1952-01-01 to 1952-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 275 & 321/9d
Central Districts: 174 & 120

Canterbury won by 302 runs

1951-12-22 to 1951-12-26 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 158 & 169
Central Districts: 114 & 214/9

Central Districts won by 1 wicket

1951-12-22 to 1951-12-26 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 239 & 223/7d
Canterbury: 154 & 206/8

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1951/52 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
McLean Park, Napier	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 1951/52, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1951/52 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	283	Otago	1952-01-04
VJ Scott	151*	Central Districts	1952-01-25
GO Rabone	125	Central Districts	1952-01-25
JG Leggat	113	Wellington	1952-01-11
AA Hunter	108	Otago	1952-01-11

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1951/52 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AM Moir	8/55	Canterbury	1951-12-22
AM Moir	6/68	Auckland	1952-01-01
AM Moir	6/71	Canterbury	1951-12-22
C Burke	5/33	Central Districts	1952-01-25
JR Reid	5/35	Otago	1952-01-04

* 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 teams

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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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Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1951/52

Leading run scorers

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Player statistics · 1951/52

Batting · 73 players

Bowling · 42 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1951/52

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