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Plunket Shield 1957/58 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1957/58; Tests are excluded.

LSM Miller leads the displayed batting table with 423 runs. JA Hayes leads the bowling table with 42 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 90
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1957-12-25 to 1958-01-24. 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 1957/58. 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 1957/58

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 1957/58 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
LSM Miller	5	423
JR Reid	5	393
NS Harford	5	383
DN Macleod	5	319
B Sutcliffe	5	301

Recorded innings through 1958-01-24. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1957/58 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JA Hayes	5	42
RW Blair	5	34
JC Alabaster	5	28
AM Moir	5	25
DB Clarke	5	24

Recorded innings through 1958-01-24. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1957/58

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 · 90 players

Plunket Shield 1957/58 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
LSM Miller	Wellington	5	10	1	423	95	47.00	—	4	0
JR Reid	Otago	5	10	0	393	201	39.30	—	1	1
NS Harford	Central Districts	5	10	1	383	91	42.56	—	4	0
DN Macleod	Central Districts	5	10	2	319	135	39.88	—	1	1
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	10	2	301	104*	37.63	—	2	1
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	5	10	0	283	78	28.30	—	1	0
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	8	1	261	110	37.29	—	0	1
DD Coleman	Auckland	5	8	0	257	87	32.13	—	2	0
JW D'Arcy	Canterbury	5	7	0	248	60	35.43	—	1	0
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	10	0	233	85	23.30	—	1	0
SC Guillen	Canterbury	5	8	0	232	62	29.00	—	2	0
EA Watson	Otago	5	10	1	223	57	24.78	—	1	0
JW Guy	Canterbury	5	8	0	218	60	27.25	—	2	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	8	0	215	112	26.88	—	0	1
TS Hambrook	Auckland	5	8	2	203	102	33.83	—	1	1
DL Donald	Northern Districts	5	10	0	188	57	18.80	—	1	0
DD Taylor	Auckland	5	8	0	187	65	23.38	—	2	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	5	10	0	184	57	18.40	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	10	0	171	41	17.10	—	0	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1	169	60	24.14	—	1	0
AF Nightingale	Wellington	5	10	0	168	44	16.80	—	0	0
SN McGregor	Otago	5	10	2	165	44	20.63	—	0	0
JR Veitch	Otago	5	10	0	165	40	16.50	—	0	0
GH Mills	Otago	5	10	2	159	45	19.88	—	0	0
WR Playle	Auckland	5	8	1	157	102*	22.43	—	0	1

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Plunket Shield 1957/58 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
RT Barber	Wellington	5	10	0	151	44	15.10	—	0
AH Preston	Wellington	5	10	3	151	75*	21.57	—	1
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	5	10	1	148	70*	16.44	—	1
N Puna	Northern Districts	3	6	0	124	46	20.67	—	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	4	8	1	115	34*	16.43	—	0
KW Hough	Auckland	5	8	1	108	38	15.43	—	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	10	1	107	50	11.89	—	1
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	10	0	107	32	10.70	—	0
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	5	10	2	102	29*	12.75	—	0
PH Standidge	Wellington	4	8	0	95	38	11.88	—	0
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	0	94	30	9.40	—	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	10	1	93	21	10.33	—	0
MB Poore	Canterbury	5	8	0	90	42	11.25	—	0
BJ Bayley	Canterbury	4	6	0	88	46	14.67	—	0
LA Clark	Wellington	5	10	3	86	34*	12.29	—	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	3	82	36	11.71	—	0
AJ McGuire	Central Districts	4	8	0	82	43	10.25	—	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	3	5	1	81	36	20.25	—	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	4	0	81	49	20.25	—	0
HB Cave	Central Districts	5	10	1	80	26*	8.89	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	4	6	2	80	36	20.00	—	0
GM Tarr	Northern Districts	4	8	1	79	38	11.29	—	0
DL Perry	Auckland	3	5	0	76	34	15.20	—	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	8	1	72	23*	10.29	—	0
GO Rabone	Auckland	1	1	0	70	70	70.00	—	1
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	3	5	2	66	37*	22.00	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	0	65	32	6.50	—	0
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	1	61	23	6.78	—	0
JA Hayes	Auckland	5	8	3	53	22*	10.60	—	0
SE Belsham	Auckland	2	4	0	53	24	13.25	—	0
BF Hastings	Wellington	1	2	0	49	27	24.50	—	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	5	10	4	47	17*	7.83	—	0
WM Curtis	Wellington	5	10	2	44	15	5.50	—	0
NR Thompson	Otago	2	4	1	38	21*	12.67	—	0
WS Haig	Otago	2	4	0	37	18	9.25	—	0
DW Crowe	Canterbury	2	3	0	35	19	11.67	—	0
R Simpson	Central Districts	2	4	1	33	24*	11.00	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	10	3	28	11*	4.00	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	2	25	15*	3.13	—	0
NR Wilson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	24	20	6.00	—	0
WD Frame	Otago	4	8	2	23	16	3.83	—	0
WM Duncan	Northern Districts	5	10	3	21	6	3.00	—	0
RN Farman	Auckland	2	4	0	20	19	5.00	—	0
GD Alabaster	Canterbury	2	3	0	20	15	6.67	—	0
DS Clarke	Northern Districts	1	2	0	19	16	9.50	—	0
AW Ritchie	Auckland	2	3	2	19	18*	19.00	—	0
D Park	Central Districts	3	6	1	17	17	3.40	—	0
PJ Skelton	Northern Districts	1	2	0	17	11	8.50	—	0
RH Barton	Northern Districts	2	4	2	15	9*	7.50	—	0
W Bell	Canterbury	2	3	2	14	11*	14.00	—	0
JHM Dawson	Canterbury	2	3	0	13	6	4.33	—	0
VAC McArley	Otago	1	2	1	11	11*	11.00	—	0
DL Gallop	Canterbury	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—	0
AF Rapley	Canterbury	1	2	0	10	8	5.00	—	0
ML McEwan	Otago	1	2	0	9	6	4.50	—	0
RD Carswell	Northern Districts	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0
DW Bowden	Central Districts	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
RE Brown	Central Districts	3	6	0	5	2	0.83	—	0
JW McDonald	Auckland	1	2	1	3	3	3.00	—	0
GT Buist	Central Districts	2	4	0	2	2	0.50	—	0
DJ Ferrow	Northern Districts	1	2	0	2	1	1.00	—	0
PJ Bloomfield	Central Districts	3	6	1	1	1	0.20	—	0
BJ Sorenson	Auckland	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	—	0
DR Tarrant	Central Districts	2	4	1	1	1	0.33	—	0
MW Jack	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 60 players

Plunket Shield 1957/58 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JA Hayes	Auckland	5	10	1,206	45	478	42	11.38	28.71	2.38	6	7/28
RW Blair	Wellington	5	9	1,215	72	381	34	11.21	35.74	1.88	5	6/29
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	9	1,256	70	457	28	16.32	44.86	2.18	2	6/40
AM Moir	Otago	5	9	1,091	59	416	25	16.64	43.64	2.29	0	4/14
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	5	8	1,100	54	442	24	18.42	45.83	2.41	1	5/82
KW Hough	Auckland	5	10	1,167	61	393	22	17.86	53.05	2.02	0	4/44
HB Cave	Central Districts	5	10	1,492	115	349	20	17.45	74.60	1.40	0	4/58
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	10	1,506	103	414	18	23.00	83.67	1.65	1	6/33
MB Poore	Canterbury	5	9	923	68	280	16	17.50	57.69	1.82	0	4/38
LA Clark	Wellington	5	8	738	46	217	16	13.56	46.13	1.76	0	4/18
RC Motz	Canterbury	4	8	787	41	296	14	21.14	56.21	2.26	0	4/40
PJ Bloomfield	Central Districts	3	6	613	23	287	14	20.50	43.79	2.81	0	4/30
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	3	6	821	49	267	13	20.54	63.15	1.95	1	5/50
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	5	7	672	33	243	13	18.69	51.69	2.17	0	3/23
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	8	444	12	232	12	19.33	37.00	3.14	0	4/38
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	771	36	293	11	26.64	70.09	2.28	0	4/41
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	8	927	65	301	11	27.36	84.27	1.95	0	4/44
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	983	70	258	10	25.80	98.30	1.57	0	3/50
WD Frame	Otago	4	8	468	22	179	10	17.90	46.80	2.29	0	3/39
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	7	900	47	330	9	36.67	100.00	2.20	0	3/50
AH Preston	Wellington	5	6	462	23	188	8	23.50	57.75	2.44	0	3/32
RE Brown	Central Districts	3	5	455	28	175	7	25.00	65.00	2.31	0	3/63
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	5	211	10	92	6	15.33	35.17	2.62	1	5/19
W Bell	Canterbury	2	3	366	14	186	6	31.00	61.00	3.05	0	3/61
LC Butler	Wellington	4	6	516	29	164	6	27.33	86.00	1.91	0	3/38

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Plunket Shield 1957/58 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
WM Duncan	Northern Districts	5	6	444	18	186	6	31.00	74.00	2.51	3/70
D Park	Central Districts	3	4	300	7	176	6	29.33	50.00	3.52	2/9
N Puna	Northern Districts	3	3	106	5	46	4	11.50	26.50	2.60	4/2
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	7	516	26	173	4	43.25	129.00	2.01	1/7
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	3	6	648	54	160	4	40.00	162.00	1.48	2/26
AF Rapley	Canterbury	1	2	210	15	60	4	15.00	52.50	1.71	4/40
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	6	216	14	78	4	19.50	54.00	2.17	2/23
JR Reid	Otago	1	1	114	15	15	3	5.00	38.00	0.79	3/15
JHM Dawson	Canterbury	2	4	249	12	106	3	35.33	83.00	2.55	3/19
VAC McArley	Otago	1	1	186	11	41	3	13.67	62.00	1.32	3/41
DR Tarrant	Central Districts	2	4	306	6	138	3	46.00	102.00	2.71	1/31
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	9	630	48	166	2	83.00	315.00	1.58	1/9
NS Harford	Central Districts	4	4	186	7	105	2	52.50	93.00	3.39	1/31
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	4	4	72	6	31	2	15.50	36.00	2.58	1/0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	3	3	72	4	26	1	26.00	72.00	2.17	1/19
JW Guy	Canterbury	1	1	12	2	0	1	0.00	12.00	0.00	1/0
JW D'Arcy	Canterbury	1	1	6	1	0	1	0.00	6.00	0.00	1/0
BJ Bayley	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	6	1	6.00	6.00	6.00	1/6
WS Haig	Otago	2	2	90	7	23	1	23.00	90.00	1.53	1/21
MW Jack	Canterbury	1	2	108	6	64	1	64.00	108.00	3.56	1/42
JW McDonald	Auckland	1	1	72	2	44	1	44.00	72.00	3.67	1/44
DD Taylor	Auckland	1	1	30	2	15	0	—	—	3.00	0/15
GO Rabone	Auckland	1	1	18	1	7	0	—	—	2.33	0/7
LSM Miller	Wellington	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0/13
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	2	3	78	3	48	0	—	—	3.69	0/11
RW Morgan	Auckland	2	3	78	4	34	0	—	—	2.62	0/6
DW Crowe	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
GD Alabaster	Canterbury	2	2	66	2	30	0	—	—	2.73	0/6
RH Barton	Northern Districts	2	3	84	6	43	0	—	—	3.07	0/0
DL Donald	Northern Districts	1	1	2	0	4	0	—	—	12.00	0/4
DJ Ferrow	Northern Districts	1	1	114	6	37	0	—	—	1.95	0/37
DL Gallop	Canterbury	1	2	90	3	64	0	—	—	4.27	0/24
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
R Simpson	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
EA Watson	Otago	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	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 1957/58. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1957/58 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	5	3	1	1	1,758	72	24.42	330	1,568	86	18.23
Otago	5	3	0	2	1,782	74	24.08	365	1,571	88	17.85
Wellington	5	2	1	2	1,539	82	18.77	322	1,357	78	17.40
Central Districts	5	1	2	2	1,589	79	20.11	307	1,838	78	23.56
Northern Districts	5	1	3	1	1,538	93	16.54	271	1,493	61	24.48
Canterbury	5	0	3	2	1,648	74	22.27	339	2,027	83	24.42

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 · 1957/58

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

1958-01-24 to 1958-01-27 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 219 & 70
Wellington: 214 & 180

Wellington won by 105 runs

1958-01-17 to 1958-01-20 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 365/9d & 26/3
Canterbury: 242

Match drawn

1958-01-16 to 1958-01-18 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 271 & 116/8d
Central Districts: 113 & 51

Northern Districts won by 223 runs

1958-01-16 to 1958-01-18 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 330/9d
Wellington: 76 & 54

Auckland won by an innings and 200 runs

1958-01-11 to 1958-01-14 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 187 & 141
Wellington: 322/9d & 8/0

Wellington won by 10 wickets

1958-01-11 to 1958-01-14 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 308/8d & 74/6
Central Districts: 307/5d & 193/6d

Match drawn

1958-01-07 to 1958-01-09 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 143 & 175
Otago: 155 & 167/7

Otago won by 3 wickets

1958-01-03 to 1958-01-06 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 280 & 141/8d
Otago: 140 & 147/7

Match drawn

1958-01-03 to 1958-01-06 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 200 & 284/6
Canterbury: 339 & 144/4d

Central Districts won by 4 wickets

1958-01-03 to 1958-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 293/9d
Northern Districts: 111 & 117

Auckland won by an innings and 65 runs

1958-01-01 to 1958-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 194
Northern Districts: 177 & 97/5

Match drawn

1957-12-30 to 1957-12-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 143 & 127/5
Auckland: 181 & 88

Otago won by 5 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1957/58 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	3
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
McLean Park, Napier	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 1957/58, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1957/58 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	201	Canterbury	1958-01-17
DN Macleod	135	Auckland	1958-01-11
RM Harris	112	Canterbury	1957-12-25
ME Chapple	110	Auckland	1957-12-25
B Sutcliffe	104*	Northern Districts	1957-12-26

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1957/58 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JA Hayes	7/28	Wellington	1958-01-16
JA Hayes	7/37	Wellington	1958-01-16
RW Blair	6/29	Canterbury	1958-01-24
DD Beard	6/33	Wellington	1957-12-25
JA Hayes	6/38	Northern Districts	1958-01-03

* 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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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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