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Plunket Shield 1952/53 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1952/53; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 683 runs. FE Fisher leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1952/53 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 10
Recorded players: 67
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1952-12-25 to 1953-01-22. 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 1952/53. 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 1952/53

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 1952/53 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	4	683
LSM Miller	4	471
JG Leggat	4	441
EM Meuli	4	317
FLH Mooney	4	291

Recorded innings through 1953-01-22. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1952/53 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
FE Fisher	4	29
HB Cave	4	23
GO Rabone	4	19
GWF Overton	4	19
FW Stanley	4	19

Recorded innings through 1953-01-22. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1952/53

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 · 67 players

Plunket Shield 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	7	0	683	385	97.57	—	3	1	46	3
LSM Miller	Central Districts	4	6	3	471	128*	157.00	—	2	2	0	0
JG Leggat	Canterbury	4	8	0	441	166	55.13	—	1	2	0	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	4	6	0	317	154	52.83	—	1	1	0	0
FLH Mooney	Wellington	4	7	0	291	87	41.57	—	3	0	0	0
JR Reid	Wellington	4	7	0	233	108	33.29	—	1	1	0	0
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	6	1	216	118	43.20	—	0	1	0	0
BJ Postles	Auckland	4	8	0	214	80	26.75	—	1	0	0	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	4	6	1	212	142*	42.40	—	0	1	0	0
GO Rabone	Auckland	4	8	0	204	75	25.50	—	1	0	0	0
KFJ Dwyer	Auckland	3	6	0	201	56	33.50	—	1	0	0	0
LD Smith	Otago	4	7	2	198	109	39.60	—	0	1	0	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	4	8	0	192	115	24.00	—	0	1	0	0
VJ Scott	Auckland	4	8	1	184	60*	26.29	—	2	0	0	0
EA Watson	Otago	4	7	0	171	95	24.43	—	1	0	0	0
MB Poore	Canterbury	4	8	0	164	50	20.50	—	1	0	0	0
RA Vance	Wellington	4	7	1	160	36	26.67	—	0	0	0	0
AEL Britton	Canterbury	4	8	1	148	46	21.14	—	0	0	0	0
JB Morris	Auckland	3	6	0	140	59	23.33	—	1	0	0	0
FE Fisher	Wellington	4	7	2	138	68	27.60	—	1	0	0	0
AM Moir	Otago	4	7	1	135	54	22.50	—	1	0	0	0
T Meale	Wellington	3	5	0	121	76	24.20	—	1	0	0	0
ME Chapple	Canterbury	4	8	0	120	79	15.00	—	1	0	0	0
EC Petrie	Auckland	4	8	0	119	44	14.88	—	0	0	0	0
IH Ching	Central Districts	4	6	1	118	47	23.60	—	0	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1952/53 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
GH Mills	Otago	4	7	1	118	44	19.67	—	0
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	2	115	53*	19.17	—	1
PM McCaw	Wellington	3	6	0	115	51	19.17	—	1
AA Hunter	Central Districts	4	6	0	113	62	18.83	—	1
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	1	100	36	14.29	—	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	0	100	28	12.50	—	0
WM Wallace	Auckland	1	2	0	98	90	49.00	—	1
AW Gilbertson	Otago	4	7	1	94	34	15.67	—	0
WS Haig	Otago	3	5	0	94	51	18.80	—	1
DS St John	Wellington	4	7	0	92	29	13.14	—	0
DD Coleman	Auckland	3	6	0	89	31	14.83	—	0
L Watt	Otago	4	7	0	84	49	12.00	—	0
DB Clarke	Auckland	4	8	4	84	25*	21.00	—	0
RT Barber	Wellington	3	5	0	79	52	15.80	—	1
RE Brown	Central Districts	2	3	0	74	37	24.67	—	0
BA Turner	Central Districts	4	6	0	64	31	10.67	—	0
GE Royfee	Canterbury	2	4	0	63	41	15.75	—	0
T Flaws	Otago	4	7	0	57	21	8.14	—	0
CG Rowe	Central Districts	4	6	0	56	35	9.33	—	0
BWH Sergent	Wellington	4	7	0	55	36	7.86	—	0
LC Butler	Wellington	4	7	1	53	23	8.83	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	4	7	3	42	13*	10.50	—	0
W Bell	Auckland	4	8	2	35	22	5.83	—	0
FW Stanley	Otago	4	7	1	34	28	5.67	—	0
JH Worrall	Auckland	2	4	0	32	32	8.00	—	0
WJ Brown	Auckland	3	6	0	30	10	5.00	—	0
HE Tapping	Auckland	3	6	1	27	13*	5.40	—	0
KJ McNicholl	Canterbury	4	8	5	26	6*	8.67	—	0
JL Williams	Canterbury	2	4	0	25	13	6.25	—	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	2	3	0	24	24	8.00	—	0
RWG Emery	Canterbury	2	4	0	23	14	5.75	—	0
KR Deas	Auckland	1	2	0	23	21	11.50	—	0
FB Smith	Canterbury	2	4	0	22	11	5.50	—	0
JC Tynan	Wellington	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	1	2	1	20	13*	20.00	—	0
GWF Overton	Otago	4	7	2	13	5*	2.60	—	0
GS Botting	Central Districts	4	6	1	13	11*	2.60	—	0
DC Cleverley	Central Districts	1	1	1	7	7*	—	—	0
WR Perkins	Wellington	2	4	2	7	5*	3.50	—	0
GF Cresswell	Central Districts	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0
RS Challies	Central Districts	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
DS Kivell	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 39 players

Plunket Shield 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
FE Fisher	Wellington	4	7	1,122	80	296	29	10.21	38.69	1.58	2	8/34
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	8	1,331	70	420	23	18.26	57.87	1.89	2	7/31
GO Rabone	Auckland	4	7	798	36	297	19	15.63	42.00	2.23	1	6/37
GWF Overton	Otago	4	8	960	54	352	19	18.53	50.53	2.20	0	4/44
FW Stanley	Otago	4	8	954	49	406	19	21.37	50.21	2.55	0	4/51
AM Moir	Otago	4	8	953	26	467	17	27.47	56.06	2.94	1	6/42
RW Blair	Wellington	4	7	884	47	255	17	15.00	52.00	1.73	1	8/36
DB Clarke	Auckland	4	7	955	34	389	14	27.79	68.21	2.44	0	4/38
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	6	722	24	294	13	22.62	55.54	2.44	1	6/57
JR Reid	Wellington	4	7	1,038	56	309	11	28.09	94.36	1.79	0	3/61
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	6	653	16	304	11	27.64	59.36	2.79	0	3/50
W Bell	Auckland	4	6	768	35	310	11	28.18	69.82	2.42	0	4/86
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	6	1,176	78	339	10	33.90	117.60	1.73	0	3/56
WJ Brown	Auckland	4	7	1,102	48	357	10	35.70	110.20	1.94	0	3/37
KJ McNicholl	Canterbury	4	6	513	19	278	10	27.80	51.30	3.25	0	4/56
LD Smith	Otago	4	8	755	40	255	10	25.50	75.50	2.03	0	2/21
RS Challies	Central Districts	1	2	204	6	119	8	14.88	25.50	3.50	1	5/52
DD Beard	Central Districts	2	4	878	60	248	7	35.43	125.43	1.69	0	3/91
EM Meuli	Central Districts	3	4	170	2	116	7	16.57	24.29	4.09	1	6/67
MB Poore	Canterbury	4	6	486	26	177	7	25.29	69.43	2.19	0	3/48
IB Leggat	Central Districts	4	8	666	23	281	7	40.14	95.14	2.53	0	2/30
HE Tapping	Auckland	3	6	552	30	172	7	24.57	78.86	1.87	0	3/23
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	7	284	7	146	6	24.33	47.33	3.08	0	3/31
FJ Cameron	Otago	1	2	171	2	110	5	22.00	34.20	3.86	0	4/74
CG Rowe	Central Districts	2	3	249	5	88	3	29.33	83.00	2.12	0	2/36

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Plunket Shield 1952/53 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
LC Butler	Wellington	4	7	504	31	133	3	44.33	168.00	1.58	1/17
GF Cresswell	Central Districts	1	2	336	24	102	2	51.00	168.00	1.82	2/63
DC Cleverley	Central Districts	1	2	132	6	49	1	49.00	132.00	2.23	1/14
LSM Miller	Central Districts	3	3	54	1	32	1	32.00	54.00	3.56	1/18
ME Chapple	Canterbury	4	6	318	13	139	1	139.00	318.00	2.62	1/14
KR Deas	Auckland	1	1	78	2	41	1	41.00	78.00	3.15	1/41
RE Brown	Central Districts	2	4	336	6	125	1	125.00	336.00	2.23	1/91
AA Hunter	Central Districts	3	4	126	0	58	1	58.00	126.00	2.76	1/33
BWH Sergent	Wellington	4	6	444	26	128	1	128.00	444.00	1.73	1/31
EA Watson	Otago	2	3	43	1	31	1	31.00	43.00	4.33	1/6
RWG Emery	Canterbury	1	1	24	0	29	0	—	—	7.25	0/29
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	2	84	4	47	0	—	—	3.36	0/10
T Meale	Wellington	1	1	36	6	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
WR Perkins	Wellington	2	3	204	5	119	0	—	—	3.50	0/29

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 1952/53. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1952/53 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Otago	4	3	1	0	1,806	64	28.22	500	1,857	80	23.21
Auckland	4	2	2	0	1,611	80	20.14	302	1,637	68	24.07
Central Districts	4	1	1	2	1,808	50	36.16	385	1,746	72	24.25
Wellington	4	1	1	2	1,479	65	22.75	323	1,329	63	21.10
Canterbury	4	0	2	2	1,645	77	21.36	392	1,780	53	33.58

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 · 1952/53

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

1953-01-22 to 1953-01-26 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 271
Canterbury: 90 & 122/7

Match drawn

1953-01-22 to 1953-01-24 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 319
Auckland: 138 & 74

Central Districts won by an innings and 107 runs

1953-01-16 to 1953-01-20 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 462 & 135/5
Central Districts: 209 & 385

Otago won by 5 wickets

1953-01-16 to 1953-01-20 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 180 & 302
Canterbury: 392 & 84

Auckland won by 6 runs

1953-01-09 to 1953-01-13 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 139 & 207/9
Wellington: 222 & 120

Otago won by 1 wicket

1953-01-09 to 1953-01-13 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 298 & 252
Central Districts: 300 & 227/3

Match drawn

1953-01-01 to 1953-01-05 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 368/7d
Wellington: 253 & 134/7

Match drawn

1953-01-01 to 1953-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 275 & 239
Otago: 228 & 135

Auckland won by 151 runs

1952-12-25 to 1952-12-29 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 323 & 156/8d
Auckland: 177 & 226

Wellington won by 76 runs

1952-12-25 to 1952-12-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 309 & 98
Otago: 500

Otago won by an innings and 93 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1952/53 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Sportsground, Palmerston North	1
Trafalgar Park, Nelson	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 1952/53, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1952/53 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
B Sutcliffe	385	Canterbury	1952-12-25
JG Leggat	166	Central Districts	1953-01-09
EM Meuli	154	Auckland	1953-01-22
IB Leggat	142*	Otago	1953-01-16
LSM Miller	128*	Canterbury	1953-01-09

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1952/53 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
FE Fisher	8/34	Canterbury	1953-01-22
RW Blair	8/36	Otago	1953-01-09
HB Cave	7/31	Auckland	1953-01-22
FE Fisher	7/48	Auckland	1952-12-25
HB Cave	6/33	Auckland	1953-01-22

* 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.

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Season overview

Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1952/53

Leading run scorers

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Player statistics · 1952/53

Batting · 67 players

Bowling · 39 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1952/53

Wellington v Canterbury

Central Districts v Auckland

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Auckland v Canterbury

Otago v Wellington

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