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Plunket Shield 1956/57 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1956/57; Tests are excluded.

MB Poore leads the displayed batting table with 377 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 46 wickets.

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Showing 1956/57 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 82
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1956-12-25 to 1957-01-25. 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 1956/57. 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 1956/57

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 1956/57 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
MB Poore	5	377
JK Everest	5	376
LSM Miller	5	366
JW D'Arcy	5	363
ME Chapple	5	343

Recorded innings through 1957-01-25. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	5	46
JC Alabaster	5	28
DD Beard	5	27
HB Cave	5	23
GO Rabone	5	18

Recorded innings through 1957-01-25. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1956/57

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 · 82 players

Plunket Shield 1956/57 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
MB Poore	Canterbury	5	9	0	377	103	41.89	—	2	1
JK Everest	Northern Districts	5	10	1	376	104	41.78	—	3	1
LSM Miller	Wellington	5	8	3	366	83	73.20	—	4	0
JW D'Arcy	Canterbury	5	9	1	363	85	45.38	—	3	0
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	9	0	343	146	38.11	—	1	1
DL Perry	Auckland	5	8	0	333	104	41.63	—	1	1
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	8	1	301	152*	43.00	—	1	1
JR Reid	Otago	5	7	0	257	97	36.71	—	2	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	4	7	2	254	83	50.80	—	2	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	5	8	1	250	100	35.71	—	0	1
JW Guy	Central Districts	5	8	0	246	89	30.75	—	2	0
GO Rabone	Auckland	5	8	1	243	80	34.71	—	3	0
SC Guillen	Canterbury	5	9	0	243	96	27.00	—	2	0
DN Macleod	Central Districts	5	8	0	235	117	29.38	—	0	1
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	0	230	62	23.00	—	1	0
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	8	1	220	58	31.43	—	1	0
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	2	214	122	35.67	—	0	1
RT Barber	Wellington	5	8	0	195	70	24.38	—	2	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	8	2	192	44	32.00	—	0	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	8	0	191	79	23.88	—	1	0
EA Watson	Otago	5	8	0	190	76	23.75	—	1	0
WS Haig	Otago	5	8	0	185	64	23.13	—	1	0
RA Vance	Wellington	5	8	0	174	109	21.75	—	0	1
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	8	1	173	68	24.71	—	2	0
EW Dempster	Wellington	5	8	0	169	105	21.13	—	1	1

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Plunket Shield 1956/57 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
DD Taylor	Auckland	5	8	0	164	58	20.50	—	1
JL Wyatt	Northern Districts	4	8	0	163	54	20.38	—	1
GT Buist	Central Districts	5	8	0	159	51	19.88	—	1
BJ Postles	Auckland	4	7	1	154	55	25.67	—	2
HB Cave	Central Districts	5	8	3	145	65	29.00	—	1
SN McGregor	Otago	5	8	0	142	50	17.75	—	1
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	5	8	2	141	44*	23.50	—	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	10	0	131	55	13.10	—	1
DJ Gray	Northern Districts	5	10	2	123	58	15.38	—	1
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	8	1	119	32	17.00	—	0
JEF Beck	Wellington	5	8	0	116	56	14.50	—	1
RT Dowker	Canterbury	5	9	1	113	33*	14.13	—	0
DW Bowden	Central Districts	3	5	0	106	49	21.20	—	0
BN Graham	Northern Districts	4	8	1	106	56	15.14	—	1
AE Dick	Otago	5	8	0	99	41	12.38	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	8	1	92	39	13.14	—	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	10	2	92	26	11.50	—	0
NS Harford	Central Districts	3	4	1	88	53	29.33	—	1
PH Smith	Northern Districts	4	8	0	84	18	10.50	—	0
EF Dunn	Auckland	5	8	0	81	49	10.13	—	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	3	5	0	78	51	15.60	—	1
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	7	0	77	30	11.00	—	0
WR Playle	Auckland	4	6	0	76	35	12.67	—	0
LA Clark	Wellington	4	6	1	74	68*	14.80	—	1
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	3	6	0	73	37	12.17	—	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	10	4	69	23	11.50	—	0
NR Thompson	Otago	4	7	1	65	19*	10.83	—	0
BA Haworth	Canterbury	4	7	2	63	20*	12.60	—	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	1	2	0	61	42	30.50	—	0
BMJ Dineen	Canterbury	4	7	1	59	27*	9.83	—	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	8	0	56	24	7.00	—	0
RE Brown	Central Districts	4	6	2	53	39	13.25	—	0
BJ Sorenson	Auckland	5	8	3	53	19*	10.60	—	0
KW Hough	Northern Districts	5	10	0	42	11	4.20	—	0
GN Gearry	Canterbury	4	7	0	40	17	5.71	—	0
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	1	2	1	35	34*	35.00	—	0
IM Sinclair	Canterbury	3	5	2	34	24*	11.33	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	8	6	33	18*	16.50	—	0
BC Allan	Otago	3	4	0	33	15	8.25	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	4	6	2	30	21	7.50	—	0
T Flaws	Otago	4	6	0	30	13	5.00	—	0
DL Gallop	Canterbury	5	9	0	29	20	3.22	—	0
JA Hayes	Auckland	1	2	0	24	23	12.00	—	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	1	2	0	24	24	12.00	—	0
WM Curtis	Wellington	5	8	0	22	13	2.75	—	0
H Moyle	Auckland	3	5	3	17	10*	8.50	—	0
DJ Reid	Canterbury	3	6	2	17	16	4.25	—	0
DJ Ferrow	Northern Districts	2	4	0	14	14	3.50	—	0
BB Higgins	Northern Districts	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	1	2	0	11	7	5.50	—	0
JA Gill	Otago	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	—	0
JB Morris	Auckland	2	3	0	8	4	2.67	—	0
DR Tarrant	Central Districts	3	6	2	8	5	2.00	—	0
AJ Cook	Wellington	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
WJR Haskell	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
JF Jones	Central Districts	2	3	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 55 players

Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	5	9	1,334	83	436	46	9.48	29.00	1.96	6	9/72
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1,543	109	496	28	17.71	55.11	1.93	2	5/35
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	8	1,419	95	448	27	16.59	52.56	1.89	1	7/56
HB Cave	Central Districts	5	8	1,167	74	331	23	14.39	50.74	1.70	2	7/33
GO Rabone	Auckland	5	8	1,226	87	345	18	19.17	68.11	1.69	1	7/79
JR Reid	Otago	5	9	779	48	228	18	12.67	43.28	1.76	1	7/20
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	996	61	282	18	15.67	55.33	1.70	0	4/43
BD Morrison	Wellington	4	7	1,005	70	314	15	20.93	67.00	1.87	1	5/58
KW Hough	Northern Districts	5	7	1,278	46	446	12	37.17	106.50	2.09	0	4/101
LA Clark	Wellington	4	6	906	50	344	11	31.27	82.36	2.28	1	5/60
EF Dunn	Auckland	5	8	937	53	337	11	30.64	85.18	2.16	0	4/41
DL Gallop	Canterbury	5	9	661	22	327	11	29.73	60.09	2.97	0	3/30
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	7	1,009	80	264	10	26.40	100.90	1.57	0	2/14
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	7	1,014	65	368	10	36.80	101.40	2.18	0	4/35
RE Brown	Central Districts	4	7	612	34	239	10	23.90	61.20	2.34	1	5/29
DJ Ferrow	Northern Districts	3	3	564	36	183	9	20.33	62.67	1.95	0	4/50
H Moyle	Auckland	4	5	723	36	301	9	33.44	80.33	2.50	0	4/110
DJ Reid	Canterbury	3	5	600	38	204	9	22.67	66.67	2.04	0	3/26
DR Tarrant	Central Districts	3	5	649	29	270	9	30.00	72.11	2.50	0	4/40
MB Poore	Canterbury	5	8	913	75	236	8	29.50	114.13	1.55	0	4/72
JA Hayes	Auckland	1	2	246	12	80	7	11.43	35.14	1.95	0	4/23
RM Harris	Auckland	5	6	660	32	284	7	40.57	94.29	2.58	0	4/105
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	6	787	26	320	7	45.71	112.43	2.44	0	2/90
GN Gearry	Canterbury	4	5	576	31	239	6	39.83	96.00	2.49	0	4/57
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	1	2	273	20	89	6	14.83	45.50	1.96	0	3/32

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Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
B Sutcliffe	Otago	1	1	204	7	102	5	20.40	40.80	3.00	1	5/102
EW Dempster	Wellington	5	8	1,032	64	287	5	57.40	206.40	1.67	0	2/20
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	3	5	426	25	164	5	32.80	85.20	2.31	0	3/58
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	1	2	219	3	125	5	25.00	43.80	3.42	0	4/108
WS Haig	Otago	5	6	324	33	69	5	13.80	64.80	1.28	0	4/12
DD Taylor	Auckland	5	8	450	16	220	4	55.00	112.50	2.93	0	2/68
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	1	2	372	22	118	4	29.50	93.00	1.90	0	3/81
IM Sinclair	Canterbury	3	5	348	21	113	4	28.25	87.00	1.95	0	1/4
JT Sparling	Auckland	1	2	249	9	109	4	27.25	62.25	2.63	0	3/57
N Puna	Northern Districts	4	5	246	9	125	4	31.25	61.50	3.05	0	3/34
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	379	17	166	4	41.50	94.75	2.63	0	2/32
NS Harford	Central Districts	3	4	180	9	85	3	28.33	60.00	2.83	0	3/19
BC Allan	Otago	3	5	310	22	89	3	29.67	103.33	1.72	0	1/5
RT Dowker	Canterbury	2	3	54	0	43	3	14.33	18.00	4.78	0	2/25
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	6	474	24	161	3	53.67	158.00	2.04	0	2/26
JF Jones	Central Districts	2	2	312	10	132	3	44.00	104.00	2.54	0	2/55
BMJ Dineen	Canterbury	3	4	198	7	117	1	117.00	198.00	3.55	0	1/17
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	1	2	90	7	37	1	37.00	90.00	2.47	0	1/25
KFH Smith	Central Districts	4	5	186	9	107	1	107.00	186.00	3.45	0	1/14
EM Meuli	Central Districts	3	3	90	2	49	0	—	—	3.27	0	0/7
JEF Beck	Wellington	2	2	24	1	10	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/4
SG Gedye	Auckland	1	1	12	1	5	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/5
GT Buist	Central Districts	3	3	60	2	30	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/8
AJ Cook	Wellington	1	1	18	0	9	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/9
JK Everest	Northern Districts	2	2	21	0	14	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/5
WJR Haskell	Wellington	1	2	72	5	28	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/14
BA Haworth	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	11	0	—	—	11.00	0	0/11
BB Higgins	Northern Districts	1	2	76	2	44	0	—	—	3.47	0	0/18
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	1	1	36	0	21	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/21
EA Watson	Otago	3	4	210	14	72	0	—	—	2.06	0	0/11

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 1956/57. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1956/57 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	0	1	1,728	51	33.88	380	1,701	86	19.78
Otago	5	3	1	1	1,648	79	20.86	377	1,469	82	17.91
Canterbury	5	1	1	3	2,125	73	29.11	440	2,061	70	29.44
Central Districts	5	1	1	3	1,829	66	27.71	351	1,796	78	23.03
Auckland	5	0	2	3	1,700	72	23.61	443	1,955	64	30.55
Northern Districts	5	0	4	1	1,669	90	18.54	305	1,717	51	33.67

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 · 1956/57

Latest 12 of 15 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1957-01-25 to 1957-01-26 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 34 & 144
Wellington: 154 & 25/0

Wellington won by 10 wickets

1957-01-25 to 1957-01-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 234 & 247/8d
Central Districts: 239 & 182/8

Match drawn

1957-01-18 to 1957-01-19 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 332
Auckland: 163 & 121

Wellington won by an innings and 48 runs

1957-01-18 to 1957-01-21 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 264 & 176
Central Districts: 186 & 81

Otago won by 173 runs

1957-01-12 to 1957-01-15 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 379 & 97/1
Northern Districts: 195 & 280

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1957-01-11 to 1957-01-14 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 351 & 164/4
Auckland: 393

Match drawn

1957-01-07 to 1957-01-09 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 102 & 305
Canterbury: 313 & 95/3

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1957-01-03 to 1957-01-05 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 98 & 217
Otago: 377/9d

Otago won by an innings and 62 runs

1957-01-03 to 1957-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 443 & 74/2
Canterbury: 440

Match drawn

1957-01-01 to 1957-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 380/9d & 71/1
Canterbury: 228 & 222

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1957-01-01 to 1957-01-31 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 135 & 227
Otago: 251 & 137

Otago won by 26 runs

1956-12-29 to 1956-12-31 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 312/8d
Northern Districts: 106 & 86

Central Districts won by an innings and 120 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1956/57 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Seddon Park, Hamilton	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	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 1956/57, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1956/57 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
B Sutcliffe	152*	Northern Districts	1957-01-03
ME Chapple	146	Auckland	1957-01-03
AH Preston	122	Northern Districts	1957-01-12
DN Macleod	117	Wellington	1956-12-25
RA Vance	109	Central Districts	1956-12-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RW Blair	9/72	Auckland	1957-01-18
RW Blair	9/75	Canterbury	1957-01-01
JR Reid	7/20	Central Districts	1957-01-18
HB Cave	7/33	Northern Districts	1956-12-29
DD Beard	7/56	Otago	1957-01-18

* 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.

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