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Plunket Shield 1959/60 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1959/60; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 575 runs. JC Alabaster leads the bowling table with 36 wickets.

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Showing 1959/60 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 91
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1959-12-25 to 1960-02-05. 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 1959/60. 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 1959/60

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 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	5	575
JR Reid	5	432
JT Sparling	5	389
ME Chapple	5	380
BH Pairaudeau	5	365

Recorded innings through 1960-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JC Alabaster	5	36
JT Sparling	5	29
N Puna	5	26
KW Hough	5	25
DC Currie	5	24

Recorded innings through 1960-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

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 · 91 players

Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	9	1	575	264	71.88	—	3	1
JR Reid	Wellington	5	9	0	432	165	48.00	—	1	2
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	0	389	105	38.90	—	2	1
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	10	2	380	87	47.50	—	5	0
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	5	9	0	365	80	40.56	—	4	0
DN Macleod	Central Districts	5	10	1	355	102*	39.44	—	2	1
GE Lowans	Central Districts	5	10	0	352	85	35.20	—	3	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	1	345	73	43.13	—	5	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	10	0	337	138	33.70	—	1	1
SN McGregor	Otago	5	9	1	310	114*	38.75	—	2	1
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	10	0	275	115	27.50	—	0	1
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	10	1	260	62	28.89	—	1	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	9	2	253	136	36.14	—	0	1
AH Preston	Wellington	5	9	2	249	51	35.57	—	1	0
SC Guillen	Canterbury	5	10	1	244	57	27.11	—	2	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	10	0	233	75	23.30	—	1	0
LB Reade	Central Districts	5	10	0	230	50	23.00	—	1	0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	10	1	223	107	24.78	—	0	1
RJ McPherson	Northern Districts	4	8	0	222	87	27.75	—	1	0
KW Hough	Auckland	5	10	0	218	91	21.80	—	1	0
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	10	0	215	108	21.50	—	0	1
WR Playle	Auckland	5	10	1	209	89*	23.22	—	1	0
RT Barber	Central Districts	5	10	0	208	78	20.80	—	2	0
LC Butler	Wellington	5	9	4	190	66*	38.00	—	2	0
JW Guy	Otago	4	7	0	180	47	25.71	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	10	0	176	45	17.60	—	0
PT Barton	Wellington	3	5	0	170	47	34.00	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	2	167	57	20.88	—	1
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	5	9	0	167	55	18.56	—	1
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	5	10	1	165	51*	18.33	—	1
DD Taylor	Auckland	5	10	0	164	78	16.40	—	1
AE Dick	Otago	4	7	0	161	48	23.00	—	0
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	3	6	1	153	99*	30.60	—	1
AW Ritchie	Auckland	5	10	3	148	44	21.14	—	0
DJ Gray	Northern Districts	5	9	1	137	33	17.13	—	0
LSM Miller	Wellington	2	3	0	136	82	45.33	—	2
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	1	133	37	19.00	—	0
TG McMahon	Wellington	5	9	0	127	42	14.11	—	0
AM Moir	Otago	5	9	0	123	38	13.67	—	0
RN Farman	Auckland	4	8	1	114	30	16.29	—	0
DL Donald	Northern Districts	5	9	0	111	32	12.33	—	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	10	1	110	39	12.22	—	0
WT Walmsley	Northern Districts	3	5	1	99	37	24.75	—	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	9	0	97	33	10.78	—	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	2	92	26	13.14	—	0
LA Clark	Otago	4	8	1	86	36*	12.29	—	0
WB Norman	Auckland	4	8	2	86	29*	14.33	—	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	9	3	80	23*	13.33	—	0
SG Gedye	Auckland	1	2	0	78	54	39.00	—	1
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	4	7	1	68	25	11.33	—	0
RT Hunt	Canterbury	4	8	0	67	29	8.38	—	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	10	2	58	17*	7.25	—	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	4	8	3	57	32	11.40	—	0
A Roberts	Wellington	4	7	0	56	23	8.00	—	0
GD Alabaster	Canterbury	3	6	0	55	43	9.17	—	0
DC Currie	Central Districts	5	10	4	55	15	9.17	—	0
RE Reid	Wellington	4	7	1	53	30	8.83	—	0
EW Dempster	Wellington	2	4	0	48	27	12.00	—	0
NT Woods	Otago	5	9	3	48	31*	8.00	—	0
EJ Sigley	Wellington	2	4	0	46	44	11.50	—	0
NR Thompson	Otago	3	5	0	46	24	9.20	—	0
C Renwick	Auckland	2	4	1	43	19*	14.33	—	0
EA Watson	Otago	2	4	0	43	20	10.75	—	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	1	2	0	40	40	20.00	—	0
MRH Barbour	Northern Districts	3	5	1	38	14*	9.50	—	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	10	3	36	18*	5.14	—	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	2	35	21*	4.38	—	0
JP Marsdon	Auckland	2	4	0	33	24	8.25	—	0
JA Turnbull	Northern Districts	2	4	0	32	19	8.00	—	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	2	4	0	29	15	7.25	—	0
JH Bray	Wellington	2	3	1	28	13	14.00	—	0
LA Green	Auckland	1	2	0	28	18	14.00	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	3	6	1	26	13*	5.20	—	0
T Flaws	Otago	2	3	0	24	13	8.00	—	0
DJ Vear	Otago	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	4	21	6	4.20	—	0
RA Vance	Wellington	2	3	0	20	10	6.67	—	0
MR Edmunds	Otago	3	6	0	17	7	2.83	—	0
JD Behrent	Wellington	2	4	0	16	14	4.00	—	0
JB Morrison	Wellington	2	4	0	16	7	4.00	—	0
KD Briggs	Otago	2	4	0	14	9	3.50	—	0
CR Nicholson	Canterbury	1	2	2	13	9*	—	—	0
NJ Harwood	Northern Districts	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	—	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	—	0
JW D'Arcy	Wellington	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	1	2	1	5	5*	5.00	—	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
AF Rapley	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
CR Satherley	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
RG Small	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
JS Waddingham	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 59 players

Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1,139	47	507	36	14.08	31.64	2.67	3	6/39
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1,163	59	461	29	15.90	40.10	2.38	3	7/98
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	1,492	85	606	26	23.31	57.38	2.44	3	6/43
KW Hough	Auckland	5	8	1,498	89	542	25	21.68	59.92	2.17	2	7/43
DC Currie	Central Districts	5	9	1,137	50	534	24	22.25	47.38	2.82	2	6/50
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	1,028	36	524	23	22.78	44.70	3.06	2	5/74
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	9	1,652	109	484	23	21.04	71.83	1.76	2	7/45
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	5	10	1,348	69	470	19	24.74	70.95	2.09	1	5/81
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	1,398	101	391	18	21.72	77.67	1.68	2	6/57
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	1,039	46	420	18	23.33	57.72	2.43	0	3/29
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	3	6	668	25	270	17	15.88	39.29	2.43	1	5/72
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	1,231	91	370	16	23.13	76.94	1.80	0	4/44
JR Reid	Wellington	5	8	976	78	245	15	16.33	65.07	1.51	1	5/50
RW Blair	Wellington	3	6	927	66	299	14	21.36	66.21	1.94	1	6/43
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	1,008	60	306	14	21.86	72.00	1.82	0	4/53
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	9	756	40	289	12	24.08	63.00	2.29	0	4/66
WT Walmsley	Northern Districts	3	6	651	16	319	12	26.58	54.25	2.94	0	4/30
RE Reid	Wellington	4	8	834	53	275	12	22.92	69.50	1.98	1	6/57
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	8	714	32	266	11	24.18	64.91	2.24	0	4/43
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	2	4	473	12	207	10	20.70	47.30	2.63	0	4/31
AF Rapley	Canterbury	1	2	469	30	127	9	14.11	52.11	1.62	1	6/73
GD Alabaster	Canterbury	3	6	576	33	175	8	21.88	72.00	1.82	0	2/9
JH Bray	Wellington	2	4	504	34	150	8	18.75	63.00	1.79	0	2/16
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	522	36	198	8	24.75	65.25	2.28	0	3/44
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	4	7	270	12	147	8	18.38	33.75	3.27	0	3/52

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Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	7	498	31	166	7	23.71	71.14	2.00	1	5/47
BD Morrison	Wellington	1	2	366	19	139	7	19.86	52.29	2.28	1	5/85
KFH Smith	Central Districts	4	5	240	20	83	7	11.86	34.29	2.08	0	3/0
NT Woods	Otago	5	10	942	75	283	7	40.43	134.57	1.80	0	2/21
LC Butler	Wellington	4	6	598	33	215	6	35.83	99.67	2.16	0	3/34
EW Dempster	Wellington	2	4	480	33	163	5	32.60	96.00	2.04	0	3/54
LA Green	Auckland	1	2	204	8	97	4	24.25	51.00	2.85	0	3/52
RM Schofield	Central Districts	2	3	186	8	101	4	25.25	46.50	3.26	0	2/42
B Sutcliffe	Otago	3	3	84	1	66	3	22.00	28.00	4.71	0	2/31
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	9	648	37	245	3	81.67	216.00	2.27	0	1/16
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	9	562	25	291	3	97.00	187.33	3.11	0	1/31
LA Clark	Otago	3	4	324	19	97	3	32.33	108.00	1.80	0	2/49
EJ Sigley	Wellington	2	4	302	19	119	3	39.67	100.67	2.36	0	2/63
WB Norman	Auckland	4	4	366	21	139	2	69.50	183.00	2.28	0	1/18
C Renwick	Auckland	2	3	216	8	98	2	49.00	108.00	2.72	0	2/80
DD Taylor	Auckland	2	2	42	0	39	1	39.00	42.00	5.57	0	1/37
SC Guillen	Canterbury	4	6	120	9	49	1	49.00	120.00	2.45	0	1/1
MRH Barbour	Northern Districts	3	6	372	15	193	1	193.00	372.00	3.11	0	1/115
NJ Harwood	Northern Districts	1	2	48	2	35	1	35.00	48.00	4.38	0	1/22
JP Marsdon	Auckland	1	2	48	1	21	1	21.00	48.00	2.63	0	1/16
JA Turnbull	Northern Districts	2	2	192	7	87	1	87.00	192.00	2.72	0	1/68
RA Vance	Wellington	2	2	24	3	1	1	1.00	24.00	0.25	0	1/1
LSM Miller	Wellington	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/6
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/7
RM Harris	Auckland	2	3	30	2	12	0	—	—	2.40	0	0/1
PT Barton	Wellington	1	1	54	3	16	0	—	—	1.78	0	0/16
BW Sinclair	Wellington	2	2	31	3	7	0	—	—	1.35	0	0/0
RW Morgan	Auckland	1	1	30	0	21	0	—	—	4.20	0	0/21
JD Behrent	Wellington	2	4	234	5	118	0	—	—	3.03	0	0/18
RT Hunt	Canterbury	1	1	3	0	3	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/3
DN Macleod	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
CR Nicholson	Canterbury	1	1	72	3	42	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/42
DJ Vear	Otago	1	2	54	1	31	0	—	—	3.44	0	0/11
EA Watson	Otago	1	1	42	2	19	0	—	—	2.71	0	0/19

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 1959/60. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1959/60 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	5	3	1	1	2,185	79	27.66	483	2,277	93	24.48
Otago	5	3	2	0	1,859	82	22.67	435	1,916	90	21.29
Wellington	5	2	1	2	2,070	74	27.97	392	2,105	84	25.06
Auckland	5	1	2	2	2,104	96	21.92	329	1,788	77	23.22
Central Districts	5	1	2	2	2,304	98	23.51	340	2,055	79	26.01
Northern Districts	5	0	2	3	1,783	81	22.01	384	2,164	87	24.87

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 · 1959/60

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

1960-02-05 to 1960-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 435/9d
Central Districts: 147 & 261

Otago won by an innings and 27 runs

1960-01-21 to 1960-01-23 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 211 & 219/8
Central Districts: 215 & 232

Match drawn

1960-01-16 to 1960-01-19 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 384 & 48/3
Wellington: 230 & 325

Match drawn

1960-01-16 to 1960-01-19 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 180 & 204
Central Districts: 176 & 287

Central Districts won by 79 runs

1960-01-12 to 1960-01-14 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 483/6d & 42/1
Northern Districts: 268 & 254

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1960-01-12 to 1960-01-14 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 201 & 132
Wellington: 392/9d

Wellington won by an innings and 59 runs

1960-01-08 to 1960-01-09 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 144 & 184
Northern Districts: 121 & 135

Otago won by 72 runs

1960-01-07 to 1960-01-09 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 257 & 157
Canterbury: 251 & 198

Canterbury won by 35 runs

1960-01-04 to 1960-01-06 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 186 & 186
Auckland: 246 & 284/6d

Auckland won by 158 runs

1960-01-02 to 1960-01-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 367 & 52/3
Canterbury: 161 & 257

Wellington won by 7 wickets

1960-01-01 to 1960-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 357 & 61/8
Auckland: 329 & 219

Match drawn

1959-12-29 to 1959-12-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 161 & 186
Otago: 137 & 213/3

Otago won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1959/60 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
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	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 1959/60, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
B Sutcliffe	264	Central Districts	1960-02-05
JR Reid	165	Auckland	1960-01-12
JR Reid	143	Canterbury	1960-01-02
BA Bolton	138	Northern Districts	1960-01-12
EC Petrie	136	Wellington	1960-01-16

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
KW Hough	7/43	Central Districts	1960-01-16
AF Lissette	7/45	Otago	1960-01-08
JT Sparling	7/98	Canterbury	1960-01-01
JC Alabaster	6/39	Northern Districts	1960-01-08
N Puna	6/43	Auckland	1959-12-25

* 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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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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