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Plunket Shield 1960/61 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1960/61; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 531 runs. AM Moir leads the bowling table with 32 wickets.

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Showing 1960/61 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 87
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1960-12-24 to 1961-02-11. 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 1960/61. 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 1960/61

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 1960/61 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	5	531
LB Reade	5	365
JR Reid	5	348
PGZ Harris	4	346
JW Guy	5	290

Recorded innings through 1961-02-11. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1960/61 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AM Moir	5	32
DD Beard	5	29
RW Blair	5	28
JR Reid	5	25
JC Alabaster	5	25

Recorded innings through 1961-02-11. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1960/61

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 · 87 players

Plunket Shield 1960/61 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	9	1	531	201	66.38	—	3	1
LB Reade	Central Districts	5	9	0	365	163	40.56	—	0	1
JR Reid	Wellington	5	9	0	348	103	38.67	—	1	1
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	4	7	2	346	107*	69.20	—	2	1
JW Guy	Wellington	5	9	0	290	66	32.22	—	2	0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	4	7	1	280	73	46.67	—	3	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	9	0	276	118	30.67	—	1	1
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	10	1	269	62	29.89	—	2	0
DN Macleod	Central Districts	5	9	0	265	84	29.44	—	2	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	1	258	102	28.67	—	1	1
GE Lowans	Central Districts	5	9	0	256	100	28.44	—	2	1
RM Harris	Auckland	4	8	0	250	93	31.25	—	1	0
SN McGregor	Otago	5	9	0	247	79	27.44	—	2	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	4	8	1	221	49	31.57	—	0	0
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	5	10	0	211	55	21.10	—	1	0
RI Long	Otago	5	9	0	209	79	23.22	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	4	8	1	198	71	28.29	—	1	0
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	4	8	0	187	75	23.38	—	1	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	3	5	0	160	74	32.00	—	1	0
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	9	1	154	56	19.25	—	1	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	0	149	90	16.56	—	1	0
SW Veitch	Northern Districts	3	6	1	147	49*	29.40	—	0	0
DL Donald	Northern Districts	4	8	0	146	65	18.25	—	2	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	1	145	45	20.71	—	0	0
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	9	0	144	43	16.00	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1960/61 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
BF Hastings	Central Districts	4	8	0	144	60	18.00	—	1
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	9	2	142	45*	20.29	—	0
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	3	6	0	140	88	23.33	—	1
BW Yuile	Central Districts	4	8	0	139	54	17.38	—	1
LC Butler	Wellington	5	9	0	136	51	15.11	—	1
KR Deas	Auckland	5	10	1	131	44	14.56	—	0
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	5	9	1	129	38	16.13	—	0
T Flaws	Otago	5	9	1	129	35	16.13	—	0
AH Preston	Wellington	3	5	1	122	62	30.50	—	1
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	9	0	119	62	13.22	—	1
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	6	0	114	53	19.00	—	1
SC Guillen	Canterbury	5	9	0	113	25	12.56	—	0
WB Norman	Auckland	5	10	2	112	39*	14.00	—	0
RJ McPherson	Northern Districts	4	8	0	111	35	13.88	—	0
WR Playle	Auckland	3	6	0	110	61	18.33	—	1
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	5	10	0	107	22	10.70	—	0
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	5	9	1	105	42	13.13	—	0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	7	1	104	40	17.33	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	4	7	0	92	48	13.14	—	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	4	8	0	90	26	11.25	—	0
JW D'Arcy	Otago	4	7	0	87	41	12.43	—	0
AE Dick	Otago	1	2	0	87	86	43.50	—	1
LA Clark	Auckland	5	10	3	85	34*	12.14	—	0
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	9	0	85	23	9.44	—	0
TG McMahon	Wellington	5	9	3	84	25	14.00	—	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	0	84	40	8.40	—	0
PB McGregor	Auckland	4	8	0	84	32	10.50	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	5	77	21*	19.25	—	0
JG Kemp	Auckland	3	6	0	76	48	12.67	—	0
AM Moir	Otago	5	9	0	75	33	8.33	—	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	5	9	5	72	25*	18.00	—	0
IR Hartland	Canterbury	2	3	0	71	47	23.67	—	0
RA Procter	Otago	5	9	0	71	15	7.89	—	0
GM Aim	Wellington	3	5	1	70	26	17.50	—	0
DD Taylor	Auckland	1	2	0	66	41	33.00	—	0
IR Mason	Wellington	2	4	0	59	39	14.75	—	0
EJ Sigley	Wellington	2	4	0	59	21	14.75	—	0
NR Wilson	Northern Districts	3	6	0	57	29	9.50	—	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	9	0	54	14	6.00	—	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	10	3	48	14	6.86	—	0
ER Tovey	Auckland	5	10	1	46	22	5.11	—	0
ED Giles	Auckland	2	4	0	45	23	11.25	—	0
WA Robertson	Otago	4	7	0	43	22	6.14	—	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	6	0	34	17	5.67	—	0
GT McConnell	Wellington	2	3	0	33	28	11.00	—	0
RG Small	Central Districts	2	3	0	30	25	10.00	—	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	9	4	28	11*	5.60	—	0
DC Currie	Canterbury	2	3	1	28	28	14.00	—	0
DS Clarke	Northern Districts	1	2	0	27	27	13.50	—	0
DJ Vear	Otago	2	3	1	27	14	13.50	—	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	2	4	1	24	12	8.00	—	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	10	5	22	9*	4.40	—	0
RE Reid	Wellington	2	4	1	22	8*	7.33	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	9	2	20	6	2.86	—	0
JD Henderson	Central Districts	2	4	1	13	13	4.33	—	0
JR Veitch	Otago	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—	0
NT Woods	Otago	3	6	2	12	5	3.00	—	0
LD Andersen	Auckland	2	4	2	8	6*	4.00	—	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
JS Parson	Canterbury	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0
DV Spence	Central Districts	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	3	5	2	0	0*	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 54 players

Plunket Shield 1960/61 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	1,350	76	509	32	15.91	42.19	2.26	3	6/53
DD Beard	Central Districts	5	10	1,949	120	626	29	21.59	67.21	1.93	1	5/81
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	1,251	86	365	28	13.04	44.68	1.75	2	7/30
JR Reid	Wellington	5	10	1,124	83	336	25	13.44	44.96	1.79	2	6/63
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1,527	88	521	25	20.84	61.08	2.05	1	5/47
LA Clark	Auckland	5	9	1,413	101	363	22	16.50	64.23	1.54	1	6/29
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	1,173	67	352	20	17.60	58.65	1.80	1	5/25
RC Motz	Canterbury	4	8	1,009	66	260	20	13.00	50.45	1.55	1	7/48
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	1,179	102	302	19	15.89	62.05	1.54	2	7/24
WB Norman	Auckland	5	8	1,042	79	310	16	19.38	65.13	1.79	0	4/82
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	7	984	39	388	15	25.87	65.60	2.37	1	5/54
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	5	8	905	62	270	15	18.00	60.33	1.79	1	5/29
LC Butler	Wellington	5	8	1,008	77	277	13	21.31	77.54	1.65	0	4/41
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	5	7	841	27	330	13	25.38	64.69	2.35	1	5/48
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	5	9	1,070	34	466	12	38.83	89.17	2.61	0	3/47
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	7	786	24	394	12	32.83	65.50	3.01	0	4/102
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	10	857	64	263	12	21.92	71.42	1.84	0	3/37
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	924	70	253	11	23.00	84.00	1.64	0	3/18
BD Morrison	Wellington	3	6	714	59	196	11	17.82	64.91	1.65	0	3/32
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	7	1,157	80	375	10	37.50	115.70	1.94	0	3/33
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	5	6	773	39	298	10	29.80	77.30	2.31	1	7/59
BW Yuile	Central Districts	4	8	688	35	287	9	31.89	76.44	2.50	0	4/26
RS Cunis	Auckland	2	4	534	31	185	9	20.56	59.33	2.08	1	6/72
GT McConnell	Wellington	2	3	368	29	96	8	12.00	46.00	1.57	1	5/53
NT Woods	Otago	3	6	642	48	172	8	21.50	80.25	1.61	0	3/51

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Plunket Shield 1960/61 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
B Sutcliffe	Otago	3	5	166	2	102	7	14.57	23.71	3.69	4/41
KR Deas	Auckland	5	7	432	14	228	6	38.00	72.00	3.17	4/81
ME Chapple	Canterbury	5	8	390	23	115	5	23.00	78.00	1.77	4/25
BA Bolton	Canterbury	4	6	321	13	135	5	27.00	64.20	2.52	2/18
IB Leggat	Central Districts	3	6	503	31	199	4	49.75	125.75	2.37	4/64
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	5	6	473	22	177	4	44.25	118.25	2.25	2/3
LD Andersen	Auckland	2	3	420	19	185	4	46.25	105.00	2.64	2/100
RE Reid	Wellington	2	4	384	32	122	4	30.50	96.00	1.91	2/47
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	3	68	6	21	3	7.00	22.67	1.85	3/8
DC Currie	Canterbury	2	2	366	32	88	3	29.33	122.00	1.44	2/42
JD Henderson	Central Districts	2	4	228	7	123	3	41.00	76.00	3.24	2/41
DV Spence	Central Districts	1	2	228	9	129	3	43.00	76.00	3.39	2/52
NR Wilson	Northern Districts	3	4	301	2	184	3	61.33	100.33	3.67	2/49
RM Harris	Auckland	3	4	77	7	19	2	9.50	38.50	1.48	1/4
JS Parson	Canterbury	1	2	144	12	37	2	18.50	72.00	1.54	1/7
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	4	4	102	3	58	2	29.00	51.00	3.41	2/17
RE Sutton	Auckland	1	2	242	8	89	2	44.50	121.00	2.21	1/17
BE Congdon	Central Districts	3	3	48	5	14	1	14.00	48.00	1.75	1/0
RI Long	Otago	4	5	125	7	33	1	33.00	125.00	1.58	1/8
PB McGregor	Auckland	1	1	54	3	16	1	16.00	54.00	1.78	1/16
DJ Vear	Otago	2	4	282	22	63	1	63.00	282.00	1.34	1/19
JW Guy	Wellington	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0/4
RW Morgan	Auckland	1	1	36	3	7	0	—	—	1.17	0/7
IR Hartland	Canterbury	1	1	18	2	3	0	—	—	1.00	0/3
GE Lowans	Central Districts	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0/5
DN Macleod	Central Districts	1	1	12	0	2	0	—	—	1.00	0/2
AH Preston	Wellington	2	2	42	3	12	0	—	—	1.71	0/0
LB Reade	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
EJ Sigley	Wellington	2	3	48	4	10	0	—	—	1.25	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 1960/61. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1960/61 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	1	0	1,862	81	22.99	359	1,539	95	16.20
Canterbury	5	3	1	1	1,797	76	23.64	330	1,600	90	17.78
Otago	5	2	3	0	1,849	89	20.78	431	1,874	97	19.32
Auckland	5	1	2	2	1,716	78	22.00	308	1,872	75	24.96
Central Districts	5	1	2	2	2,039	81	25.17	431	2,335	82	28.48
Northern Districts	5	1	3	1	1,837	95	19.34	316	1,880	61	30.82

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 · 1960/61

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

1961-02-11 to 1961-02-14 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 200 & 78
Wellington: 184 & 181

Wellington won by 87 runs

1961-01-18 to 1961-01-20 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 59 & 228
Canterbury: 96 & 181

Northern Districts won by 10 runs

1961-01-13 to 1961-01-14 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 359/9d
Northern Districts: 87 & 140

Wellington won by an innings and 132 runs

1961-01-13 to 1961-01-16 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 133 & 10/0
Canterbury: 315

Match drawn

1961-01-10 to 1961-01-12 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 344 & 25/2
Auckland: 160 & 208

Wellington won by 8 wickets

1961-01-10 to 1961-01-12 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 431
Northern Districts: 316 & 236/5

Match drawn

1961-01-06 to 1961-01-09 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 336 & 108/4
Auckland: 208 & 308/6d

Match drawn

1961-01-05 to 1961-01-07 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 188 & 202
Otago: 431

Otago won by an innings and 41 runs

1961-01-02 to 1961-01-04 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 330 & 116/1
Central Districts: 288 & 157

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1961-01-02 to 1961-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 147 & 160
Otago: 269/9d & 94

Otago won by 56 runs

1960-12-29 to 1960-12-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 224 & 157
Auckland: 263 & 119/2

Auckland won by 8 wickets

1960-12-29 to 1960-12-31 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 222 & 196/7
Otago: 162 & 251

Central Districts won by 3 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1960/61 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
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 1960/61, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1960/61 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
B Sutcliffe	201	Northern Districts	1961-01-05
LB Reade	163	Northern Districts	1961-01-10
PT Barton	118	Auckland	1961-01-10
PGZ Harris	107*	Otago	1960-12-24
JR Reid	103	Otago	1961-02-11

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1960/61 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JWF Kiddey	7/24	Northern Districts	1961-01-18
RW Blair	7/30	Northern Districts	1961-01-13
RC Motz	7/48	Wellington	1960-12-28
GD Alabaster	7/59	Canterbury	1961-01-18
LA Clark	6/29	Northern Districts	1960-12-29

* 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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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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