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Plunket Shield 1958/59 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1958/59; Tests are excluded.

JR Reid leads the displayed batting table with 474 runs. KW Hough leads the bowling table with 36 wickets.

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Showing 1958/59 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 84
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1958-12-25 to 1959-01-24. 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 1958/59. 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 1958/59

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 1958/59 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JR Reid	5	474
BH Pairaudeau	5	412
DL Donald	5	382
B Sutcliffe	5	343
RM Harris	5	329

Recorded innings through 1959-01-24. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1958/59 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
KW Hough	5	36
AM Moir	5	34
RW Blair	5	29
FJ Cameron	5	25
JWF Kiddey	5	24

Recorded innings through 1959-01-24. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1958/59

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 · 84 players

Plunket Shield 1958/59 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JR Reid	Wellington	5	10	2	474	191*	59.25	—	2	1
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	5	10	1	412	80	45.78	—	6	0
DL Donald	Northern Districts	5	10	0	382	106	38.20	—	2	1
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	10	1	343	96	38.11	—	3	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	10	1	329	82	36.56	—	3	0
JW D'Arcy	Canterbury	5	10	0	327	74	32.70	—	2	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	10	0	326	79	32.60	—	2	0
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	1	280	66*	31.11	—	3	0
JW Guy	Canterbury	5	10	1	268	62	29.78	—	2	0
AH Preston	Wellington	5	10	0	260	71	26.00	—	2	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	10	1	257	60	28.56	—	2	0
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	5	10	0	255	72	25.50	—	3	0
NR Thompson	Otago	5	10	3	254	100*	36.29	—	0	1
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	10	1	240	44	26.67	—	0	0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	10	1	225	103*	25.00	—	0	1
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	10	1	225	52	25.00	—	2	0
SN McGregor	Otago	5	10	0	222	70	22.20	—	2	0
SC Guillen	Canterbury	4	8	0	221	76	27.63	—	2	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	3	6	0	204	75	34.00	—	2	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	2	202	69	25.25	—	1	0
RN Farman	Auckland	5	10	2	175	96*	21.88	—	1	0
WR Playle	Auckland	5	10	1	168	94	18.67	—	1	0
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	10	1	164	59	18.22	—	1	0
JP Marsdon	Auckland	4	8	1	164	72	23.43	—	2	0
RA Vance	Wellington	4	8	0	162	64	20.25	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1958/59 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
AF Nightingale	Wellington	5	10	0	149	61	14.90	—	1
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	5	10	1	147	44	16.33	—	0
HB Cave	Central Districts	5	10	3	146	41*	20.86	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	3	145	37*	20.71	—	0
DJ Gray	Northern Districts	4	8	1	143	74*	20.43	—	1
NS Harford	Central Districts	4	7	1	135	58	22.50	—	1
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	0	129	35	12.90	—	0
RE Reid	Wellington	5	10	3	126	33*	18.00	—	0
RT Barber	Wellington	4	8	1	125	45	17.86	—	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	10	1	116	29	12.89	—	0
GA Rose	Central Districts	5	10	0	116	33	11.60	—	0
AE Dick	Otago	4	8	0	113	59	14.13	—	1
JR Veitch	Otago	4	8	0	113	43	14.13	—	0
GO Rabone	Auckland	3	6	0	112	57	18.67	—	1
RG Small	Central Districts	4	8	0	111	46	13.88	—	0
TS Hambrook	Auckland	5	10	0	104	34	10.40	—	0
IN Brennan	Wellington	3	6	0	102	40	17.00	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	1	96	29	10.67	—	0
PAT Small	Canterbury	4	8	0	95	26	11.88	—	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	0	92	31	9.20	—	0
SG McKnight	Otago	4	8	1	86	23	12.29	—	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	0	84	43	8.40	—	0
AF Rapley	Canterbury	5	10	6	78	40	19.50	—	0
EL Child	Northern Districts	3	6	0	75	41	12.50	—	0
LA Clark	Otago	5	10	1	75	38*	8.33	—	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	5	10	3	69	35	9.86	—	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	10	3	66	27*	9.43	—	0
KW Hough	Auckland	5	10	2	66	22*	8.25	—	0
LB Reade	Central Districts	2	4	0	62	30	15.50	—	0
DS Clarke	Northern Districts	4	8	3	61	28	12.20	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	5	59	26*	11.80	—	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	3	6	0	54	22	9.00	—	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	1	2	0	53	48	26.50	—	0
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	4	8	0	51	21	6.38	—	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	4	8	1	51	30	7.29	—	0
WM Curtis	Wellington	5	10	0	46	13	4.60	—	0
BA Haworth	Canterbury	3	6	0	46	26	7.67	—	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	2	44	24	5.50	—	0
SE Belsham	Auckland	3	6	0	43	41	7.17	—	0
DN Macleod	Wellington	2	4	0	33	32	8.25	—	0
GM Tarr	Northern Districts	3	6	0	30	23	5.00	—	0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	3	6	0	29	13	4.83	—	0
DL Perry	Auckland	2	4	0	29	24	7.25	—	0
PA Newman	Central Districts	2	4	0	28	16	7.00	—	0
AW Ritchie	Auckland	2	4	1	24	13	8.00	—	0
MR Edmunds	Otago	5	10	2	23	11	2.88	—	0
JE England	Canterbury	1	2	0	18	16	9.00	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	3	6	3	16	6*	5.33	—	0
JEF Beck	Wellington	1	2	0	13	11	6.50	—	0
W Bell	Canterbury	3	6	1	13	11	2.60	—	0
DW Armstrong	Central Districts	2	4	1	9	8*	3.00	—	0
PJ Bloomfield	Central Districts	3	6	1	9	5	1.80	—	0
JH Bray	Wellington	2	4	0	9	7	2.25	—	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	2	4	0	7	5	1.75	—	0
JL Wright	Northern Districts	3	6	0	7	6	1.17	—	0
NT Woods	Otago	3	6	1	4	4	0.80	—	0
BE Bodle	Auckland	1	2	1	3	3	3.00	—	0
JA Hayes	Auckland	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	—	0
GD Harper	Northern Districts	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 55 players

Plunket Shield 1958/59 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
KW Hough	Auckland	5	10	1,717	114	437	36	12.14	47.69	1.53	4	6/53
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	1,207	52	495	34	14.56	35.50	2.46	2	8/37
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	1,656	79	566	29	19.52	57.10	2.05	2	7/55
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	1,317	85	423	25	16.92	52.68	1.93	0	4/36
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	1,181	96	315	24	13.13	49.21	1.60	1	6/51
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	9	1,523	89	525	22	23.86	69.23	2.07	2	6/37
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	1,464	82	491	21	23.38	69.71	2.01	1	5/33
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	10	1,298	83	455	20	22.75	64.90	2.10	1	5/40
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	983	49	355	20	17.75	49.15	2.17	0	4/42
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	1,093	58	351	19	18.47	57.53	1.93	0	4/11
JR Reid	Wellington	5	9	765	43	289	18	16.06	42.50	2.27	1	7/38
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	8	837	64	197	16	12.31	52.31	1.41	0	4/36
RE Sutton	Auckland	4	8	834	47	283	15	18.87	55.60	2.04	0	3/23
LA Clark	Otago	5	10	927	54	275	13	21.15	71.31	1.78	0	3/71
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	954	37	390	11	35.45	86.73	2.45	0	3/25
RE Reid	Wellington	5	9	1,122	68	358	11	32.55	102.00	1.91	0	4/43
HB Cave	Central Districts	5	9	1,049	69	291	10	29.10	104.90	1.66	0	3/17
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	4	8	786	39	302	10	30.20	78.60	2.31	0	3/51
NT Woods	Otago	3	6	492	36	146	10	14.60	49.20	1.78	1	6/56
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	8	1,073	60	368	9	40.89	119.22	2.06	0	4/55
TS Hambrook	Auckland	5	8	437	37	83	9	9.22	48.56	1.14	0	3/9
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	5	8	695	35	251	9	27.89	77.22	2.17	0	3/58
IB Leggat	Central Districts	3	4	585	28	194	8	24.25	73.13	1.99	0	4/38
AF Rapley	Canterbury	5	9	688	33	258	8	32.25	86.00	2.25	0	3/50
JL Wright	Northern Districts	3	6	582	19	288	8	36.00	72.75	2.97	0	4/52

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Plunket Shield 1958/59 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
BA Bolton	Canterbury	4	7	255	8	98	7	14.00	36.43	2.31	3/1
KFH Smith	Central Districts	4	6	316	19	95	7	13.57	45.14	1.80	3/36
W Bell	Canterbury	3	5	582	29	241	6	40.17	97.00	2.48	2/37
GO Rabone	Auckland	3	6	324	21	100	5	20.00	64.80	1.85	3/5
PAT Small	Canterbury	4	8	614	41	240	5	48.00	122.80	2.35	2/55
BD Morrison	Wellington	3	6	822	44	270	4	67.50	205.50	1.97	2/76
JA Hayes	Auckland	1	2	186	9	63	3	21.00	62.00	2.03	2/56
NS Harford	Central Districts	2	2	48	2	39	3	13.00	16.00	4.88	2/18
PJ Bloomfield	Central Districts	3	5	483	23	180	3	60.00	161.00	2.24	1/14
EL Child	Northern Districts	3	5	402	27	117	3	39.00	134.00	1.75	2/23
JP Marsdon	Auckland	3	4	84	2	45	2	22.50	42.00	3.21	2/21
AH Preston	Wellington	3	5	102	2	47	2	23.50	51.00	2.76	2/19
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	5	8	336	19	158	2	79.00	168.00	2.82	1/2
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	6	251	14	97	1	97.00	251.00	2.32	1/23
DW Armstrong	Central Districts	2	3	234	6	123	1	123.00	234.00	3.15	1/47
BA Haworth	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	3	1	3.00	12.00	1.50	1/3
GM Tarr	Northern Districts	2	3	42	3	10	1	10.00	42.00	1.43	1/0
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	1	1	4	0	2	0	—	—	3.00	0/2
EM Meuli	Central Districts	2	2	18	0	7	0	—	—	2.33	0/2
JW Guy	Canterbury	2	2	10	0	16	0	—	—	9.60	0/6
RT Barber	Wellington	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
JW D'Arcy	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0/5
GT Dowling	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0/5
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	1	1	24	1	4	0	—	—	1.00	0/4
RN Farman	Auckland	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
BE Bodle	Auckland	1	1	84	6	22	0	—	—	1.57	0/22
JH Bray	Wellington	1	1	42	0	26	0	—	—	3.71	0/26
IN Brennan	Wellington	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
GD Harper	Northern Districts	1	1	84	4	23	0	—	—	1.64	0/23
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1

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 1958/59. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1958/59 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	5	3	0	2	1,819	76	23.93	332	1,502	93	16.15
Otago	5	3	1	1	1,808	74	24.43	373	1,964	98	20.04
Wellington	5	3	2	0	1,953	90	21.70	334	2,008	89	22.56
Canterbury	5	1	2	2	2,047	90	22.74	436	1,908	80	23.85
Central Districts	5	0	3	2	1,662	93	17.87	333	1,815	72	25.21
Northern Districts	5	0	2	3	1,881	78	24.12	283	1,973	69	28.59

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 · 1958/59

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

1959-01-24 to 1959-01-27 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 256 & 42/3
Auckland: 332 & 141/4d

Match drawn

1959-01-16 to 1959-01-19 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 219 & 130/3
Wellington: 76 & 272

Otago won by 7 wickets

1959-01-09 to 1959-01-12 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 328 & 74/3
Central Districts: 239 & 161

Wellington won by 7 wickets

1959-01-09 to 1959-01-12 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 237 & 67/2
Canterbury: 244 & 159

Match drawn

1959-01-06 to 1959-01-08 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 280 & 90/3
Canterbury: 244 & 187/7d

Match drawn

1959-01-05 to 1959-01-07 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 209 & 202
Otago: 241 & 168/8

Match drawn

1959-01-01 to 1959-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 149 & 334/7
Northern Districts: 283 & 198/6d

Wellington won by 3 wickets

1959-01-01 to 1959-01-03 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 436 & 34/3
Central Districts: 136 & 333

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1959-01-01 to 1959-01-03 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 229 & 222/8d
Otago: 171 & 116

Auckland won by 164 runs

1958-12-29 to 1958-12-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 149 & 264
Otago: 373/7d & 45/1

Otago won by 9 wickets

1958-12-29 to 1958-12-30 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 59 & 155
Auckland: 163 & 52/2

Auckland won by 8 wickets

1958-12-29 to 1958-12-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 305 & 97
Wellington: 148 & 272

Wellington won by 18 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1958/59 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
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
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 1958/59, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1958/59 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	191*	Northern Districts	1959-01-01
DL Donald	106	Canterbury	1959-01-06
GT Dowling	103*	Central Districts	1959-01-01
NR Thompson	100*	Northern Districts	1958-12-29
B Sutcliffe	96	Canterbury	1958-12-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1958/59 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AM Moir	8/37	Northern Districts	1958-12-29
AM Moir	7/33	Canterbury	1958-12-25
JR Reid	7/38	Canterbury	1958-12-29
RW Blair	7/55	Auckland	1958-12-25
AF Lissette	6/37	Central Districts	1958-12-25

* 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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