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Plunket Shield 1961/62 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

BH Pairaudeau leads the displayed batting table with 380 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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Showing 1961/62 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 79
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1961-12-25 to 1962-02-01. 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 1961/62. 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 1961/62

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 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BH Pairaudeau	5	380
WR Playle	5	369
BW Sinclair	5	343
BE Congdon	5	333
B Sutcliffe	5	325

Recorded innings through 1962-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	5	39
DD Beard	5	37
RS Cunis	5	27
JM McIntyre	5	26
DA Kinsella	5	21

Recorded innings through 1962-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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 · 79 players

Plunket Shield 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	5	10	0	380	102	38.00	—	2	1
WR Playle	Auckland	5	9	3	369	116*	61.50	—	2	1
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	8	1	343	88	49.00	—	3	0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	10	2	333	74	41.63	—	2	0
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	10	0	325	114	32.50	—	1	1
DL Gallop	Canterbury	5	9	0	324	89	36.00	—	4	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	0	265	72	29.44	—	4	0
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	9	1	262	60*	32.75	—	2	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	9	0	261	57	29.00	—	2	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	10	0	254	119	25.40	—	1	1
GE Lowans	Central Districts	5	10	1	253	68	28.11	—	3	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	8	0	252	133	31.50	—	0	1
PPW Morris	Auckland	5	9	0	252	66	28.00	—	2	0
RI Long	Otago	5	10	0	237	65	23.70	—	1	0
LC Butler	Wellington	5	8	1	221	101*	31.57	—	0	1
LR Pearson	Otago	5	10	1	219	88	24.33	—	1	0
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	10	2	215	79	26.88	—	1	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	0	214	59	21.40	—	2	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	0	202	86	22.44	—	2	0
LB Reade	Central Districts	5	10	0	200	46	20.00	—	0	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	5	9	0	199	60	22.11	—	1	0
JEF Beck	Wellington	5	8	1	191	103*	27.29	—	0	1
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	10	2	190	59	23.75	—	1	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	3	5	0	186	90	37.20	—	1	0
D Hill	Canterbury	5	9	0	176	58	19.56	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
PC Semple	Otago	5	10	0	172	41	17.20	—	0	0
R Hendry	Otago	3	6	0	163	59	27.17	—	1	0
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	0	159	62	15.90	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	10	1	152	49	16.89	—	0	0
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	4	7	1	152	69	25.33	—	1	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	1	1	0	149	149	149.00	—	0	1
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	5	10	0	141	45	14.10	—	0	0
K Thomson	Canterbury	4	8	1	135	32	19.29	—	0	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	10	1	134	44*	14.89	—	0	0
RG Anderson	Otago	5	9	0	131	48	14.56	—	0	0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	5	10	1	131	52	14.56	—	1	0
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	1	119	51	17.00	—	1	0
RA Vance	Wellington	5	8	0	118	51	14.75	—	1	0
WB Norman	Auckland	5	9	1	117	58*	14.63	—	1	0
T Flaws	Otago	5	10	2	111	28	13.88	—	0	0
DV Spence	Central Districts	5	10	1	108	31	12.00	—	0	0
RA Kelly	Central Districts	4	8	0	100	46	12.50	—	0	0
JW D'Arcy	Otago	3	6	0	98	44	16.33	—	0	0
DD Beard	Northern Districts	5	10	1	95	34	10.56	—	0	0
GT McConnell	Wellington	5	8	1	93	38	13.29	—	0	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	8	0	89	26	11.13	—	0	0
PB Truscott	Canterbury	3	6	0	88	38	14.67	—	0	0
MB Poore	Canterbury	3	6	0	77	50	12.83	—	1	0
LA Clark	Auckland	5	9	1	74	36	9.25	—	0	0
TG McMahon	Wellington	5	8	1	71	29*	10.14	—	0	0
EL Mummery	Central Districts	5	10	1	69	40*	7.67	—	0	0
BJ Bayley	Northern Districts	4	8	1	65	18	9.29	—	0	0
JE England	Canterbury	5	9	1	61	18	7.63	—	0	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	9	4	59	30*	11.80	—	0	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1	54	23*	6.00	—	0	0
AG Cartwright	Otago	5	10	1	48	15	5.33	—	0	0
MEF Dormer	Auckland	4	7	1	48	22	8.00	—	0	0
RA Holloway	Otago	3	6	1	48	21	9.60	—	0	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	2	47	24*	6.71	—	0	0
GV Giles	Northern Districts	3	6	0	46	26	7.67	—	0	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	8	3	45	27*	9.00	—	0	0
JG Kemp	Auckland	1	2	0	36	27	18.00	—	0	0
JS Parson	Wellington	5	8	1	36	15	5.14	—	0	0
RJ McPherson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	34	19	8.50	—	0	0
GG Coull	Canterbury	2	4	0	32	17	8.00	—	0	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	3	6	2	31	22	7.75	—	0	0
JR Veitch	Otago	1	2	0	26	15	13.00	—	0	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	5	9	1	25	6	3.13	—	0	0
NT Woods	Otago	3	6	4	25	11	12.50	—	0	0
LA Green	Auckland	4	7	1	24	10	4.00	—	0	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	10	5	19	5	3.80	—	0	0
JHM Dawson	Canterbury	4	7	4	18	8*	6.00	—	0	0
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	10	3	14	6*	2.00	—	0	0
IR Hartland	Canterbury	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	—	0	0
PA Maunder	Central Districts	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
ER Tovey	Auckland	1	2	1	5	3	5.00	—	0	0
JW Vernon	Central Districts	2	4	0	2	2	0.50	—	0	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
J Hill	Otago	2	4	3	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 50 players

Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	1,183	86	359	39	9.21	30.33	1.82	4	6/40
DD Beard	Northern Districts	5	10	1,869	130	535	37	14.46	50.51	1.72	3	6/71
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	1,290	78	383	27	14.19	47.78	1.78	1	7/29
JM McIntyre	Auckland	5	9	1,338	83	383	26	14.73	51.46	1.72	2	6/84
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	8	1,302	88	398	21	18.95	62.00	1.83	1	6/25
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	1,309	95	399	20	19.95	65.45	1.83	1	5/41
GT McConnell	Wellington	5	8	750	47	266	20	13.30	37.50	2.13	1	6/41
AM Moir	Otago	5	8	1,205	53	556	18	30.89	66.94	2.77	2	5/62
WB Norman	Auckland	5	10	1,309	97	367	18	20.39	72.72	1.68	1	5/62
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	8	1,073	69	398	17	23.41	63.12	2.23	2	6/73
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	10	786	39	303	17	17.82	46.24	2.31	1	7/33
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	10	1,103	85	303	16	18.94	68.94	1.65	0	4/14
NT Woods	Otago	3	6	926	66	267	15	17.80	61.73	1.73	0	4/64
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1,000	56	329	14	23.50	71.43	1.97	0	3/34
RG Anderson	Otago	5	7	949	36	404	13	31.08	73.00	2.55	0	3/42
EL Mummery	Central Districts	5	7	978	58	355	13	27.31	75.23	2.18	0	4/152
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	5	10	834	39	274	12	22.83	69.50	1.97	0	3/27
JHM Dawson	Canterbury	4	7	691	26	336	12	28.00	57.58	2.92	1	6/72
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	8	838	42	337	11	30.64	76.18	2.41	1	5/60
AG Cartwright	Otago	5	8	1,123	66	368	11	33.45	102.09	1.97	0	3/27
JS Parson	Wellington	5	10	516	26	220	11	20.00	46.91	2.56	0	3/22
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	5	7	494	31	149	9	16.56	54.89	1.81	0	3/42
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	4	8	673	48	236	9	26.22	74.78	2.10	0	2/29
BA Bolton	Canterbury	3	4	341	18	128	8	16.00	42.63	2.25	1	7/23
LC Butler	Wellington	4	7	504	31	164	8	20.50	63.00	1.95	1	5/34

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Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
LA Green	Auckland	4	8	828	44	308	8	38.50	103.50	2.23	2/37
LA Clark	Auckland	5	10	690	40	258	6	43.00	115.00	2.24	2/6
DL Gallop	Canterbury	4	8	744	31	255	6	42.50	124.00	2.06	2/33
PD Stone	Northern Districts	5	6	300	16	94	6	15.67	50.00	1.88	3/28
J Hill	Otago	2	2	180	11	94	5	18.80	36.00	3.13	4/76
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	2	372	33	96	4	24.00	93.00	1.55	2/47
PC Semple	Otago	3	4	246	11	98	4	24.50	61.50	2.39	4/76
MB Poore	Canterbury	3	4	378	27	124	3	41.33	126.00	1.97	3/51
RW Morgan	Auckland	4	6	180	9	65	3	21.67	60.00	2.17	1/0
DV Spence	Central Districts	5	6	421	17	219	2	109.50	210.50	3.12	1/32
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	4	186	8	107	1	107.00	186.00	3.45	1/28
RM Harris	Auckland	3	4	132	6	53	1	53.00	132.00	2.41	1/22
BAG Murray	Wellington	2	2	12	1	10	1	10.00	12.00	5.00	1/0
RI Long	Otago	3	3	90	3	42	1	42.00	90.00	2.80	1/11
AH Preston	Wellington	1	1	66	3	19	1	19.00	66.00	1.73	1/19
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	1	1	3	0	6	0	—	—	12.00	0/6
WR Playle	Auckland	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	4	5	78	2	40	0	—	—	3.08	0/0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	1	1	30	2	28	0	—	—	5.60	0/28
K Thomson	Canterbury	1	2	48	4	19	0	—	—	2.38	0/4
R Hendry	Otago	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0/14
D Hill	Canterbury	2	3	60	4	21	0	—	—	2.10	0/5
RA Kelly	Central Districts	1	1	42	0	30	0	—	—	4.29	0/30
PPW Morris	Auckland	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
LR Pearson	Otago	1	1	4	0	12	0	—	—	18.00	0/12

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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1961/62 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	1	0	1,657	66	25.11	429	1,394	99	14.08
Auckland	5	3	1	1	1,886	76	24.82	355	1,956	91	21.49
Northern Districts	5	3	2	0	1,612	91	17.71	275	1,591	90	17.68
Central Districts	5	2	2	1	1,828	80	22.85	322	1,892	69	27.42
Canterbury	5	1	3	1	1,961	86	22.80	415	1,899	74	25.66
Otago	5	0	4	1	1,858	94	19.77	320	2,070	70	29.57

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-02-01 to 1962-02-03 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 245 & 146
Wellington: 135 & 229

Auckland won by 27 runs

1962-01-27 to 1962-01-29 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 143 & 57
Wellington: 155 & 80

Wellington won by 35 runs

1962-01-18 to 1962-01-20 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 185 & 322/6
Canterbury: 415

Match drawn

1962-01-13 to 1962-01-16 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 229 & 219
Central Districts: 298 & 155/3

Central Districts won by 7 wickets

1962-01-12 to 1962-01-15 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 209 & 180
Northern Districts: 241 & 187/6d

Northern Districts won by 39 runs

1962-01-08 to 1962-01-10 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 103 & 179
Central Districts: 243 & 40/1

Central Districts won by 9 wickets

1962-01-06 to 1962-01-09 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 239 & 287/7d
Otago: 132 & 232

Canterbury won by 162 runs

1962-01-04 to 1962-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 173/9d & 145/5
Central Districts: 169 & 146

Auckland won by 5 wickets

1962-01-03 to 1962-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 320/9d & 105
Northern Districts: 165 & 275

Northern Districts won by 15 runs

1962-01-02 to 1962-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 232 & 61/1
Canterbury: 81/9d & 211

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1962-01-01 to 1962-01-30 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 223 & 157/5
Auckland: 315

Match drawn

1961-12-29 to 1961-12-30 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 82 & 188
Wellington: 429/5d

Wellington won by an innings and 159 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1961/62 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
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 1961/62, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BF Hastings	149	Central Districts	1962-01-18
BAG Murray	133	Central Districts	1961-12-29
MJF Shrimpton	119	Canterbury	1962-01-18
WR Playle	116*	Otago	1962-01-01
B Sutcliffe	114	Auckland	1962-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BA Bolton	7/23	Central Districts	1962-01-18
RS Cunis	7/29	Central Districts	1962-01-04
DC Hoskin	7/33	Wellington	1962-01-27
DA Kinsella	6/25	Northern Districts	1962-01-08
RW Blair	6/40	Canterbury	1962-01-02

* 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.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Player statistics · 1961/62

Batting · 79 players

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Recent recorded matches · 1961/62

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