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Plunket Shield 1962/63 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1962/63; Tests are excluded.

GT Dowling leads the displayed batting table with 422 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 27 wickets.

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Showing 1962/63 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 79
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1962-12-25 to 1963-01-26. 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 1962/63. 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 1962/63

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 1962/63 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GT Dowling	5	422
JR Reid	5	413
SG Gedye	5	287
B Sutcliffe	5	285
LR Pearson	5	283

Recorded innings through 1963-01-26. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1962/63 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	5	27
BD Morrison	5	25
N Puna	5	24
JC Alabaster	5	20
RC Motz	5	20

Recorded innings through 1963-01-26. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1962/63

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 1962/63 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	9	0	422	206	46.89	—	1	1	0	0
JR Reid	Wellington	5	9	0	413	296	45.89	—	0	1	35	15
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	8	0	287	88	35.88	—	2	0	0	0
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	5	9	2	285	77*	40.71	—	4	0	0	0
LR Pearson	Otago	5	10	0	283	86	28.30	—	2	0	0	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	0	262	57	29.11	—	1	0	0	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	9	1	260	132	32.50	—	0	1	0	0
JG Kemp	Auckland	5	8	0	254	106	31.75	—	1	1	0	0
PB McGregor	Northern Districts	5	9	0	253	118	28.11	—	1	1	0	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	9	0	225	70	25.00	—	2	0	0	0
DL Gallop	Canterbury	5	9	2	221	86*	31.57	—	1	0	0	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	9	0	220	78	24.44	—	2	0	0	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	9	1	212	57	26.50	—	2	0	0	0
ME Chapple	Central Districts	5	8	0	196	65	24.50	—	2	0	0	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	0	196	50	21.78	—	1	0	0	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	9	0	192	62	21.33	—	1	0	0	0
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	5	9	1	191	68*	23.88	—	1	0	0	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1	190	74*	27.14	—	2	0	0	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	3	5	0	174	150	34.80	—	0	1	0	0
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	4	8	1	173	58	24.71	—	1	0	0	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	9	1	171	58*	21.38	—	1	0	0	0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	8	1	164	67	23.43	—	1	0	0	0
LB Reade	Central Districts	5	8	0	164	52	20.50	—	1	0	0	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	9	0	160	63	17.78	—	1	0	0	0
RA Holloway	Otago	5	10	1	160	61*	17.78	—	1	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1962/63 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
PPW Morris	Auckland	5	8	2	155	59	25.83	—	1
WR Playle	Auckland	5	8	0	153	31	19.13	—	0
R Hendry	Otago	5	10	1	148	66*	16.44	—	1
WB Norman	Auckland	5	8	0	140	51	17.50	—	1
L Watt	Otago	5	10	0	135	31	13.50	—	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	5	8	3	127	44	25.40	—	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	9	1	121	35	15.13	—	0
SN McGregor	Otago	5	10	0	120	44	12.00	—	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	4	6	0	120	45	20.00	—	0
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	3	6	0	110	59	18.33	—	1
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	8	1	108	32	15.43	—	0
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	5	8	0	104	55	13.00	—	1
AE Dick	Wellington	5	9	2	102	28*	14.57	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	9	2	102	29*	14.57	—	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	5	8	1	102	54*	14.57	—	1
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	8	0	94	29	11.75	—	0
PC Semple	Otago	3	6	0	91	28	15.17	—	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	9	1	88	39	11.00	—	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	0	86	28	8.60	—	0
GE Lowans	Central Districts	4	6	0	83	35	13.83	—	0
RG Anderson	Otago	5	10	2	81	27*	10.13	—	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	9	2	78	42	11.14	—	0
JHM Dawson	Canterbury	5	9	4	76	41*	15.20	—	0
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	4	7	0	66	47	9.43	—	0
PH Barton	Northern Districts	3	6	2	63	29*	15.75	—	0
T Flaws	Otago	4	8	0	53	26	6.63	—	0
SR Speed	Auckland	5	8	2	53	31*	8.83	—	0
K Thomson	Canterbury	2	4	0	52	29	13.00	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	9	0	51	27	5.67	—	0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	2	3	0	48	22	16.00	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	1	46	25*	5.11	—	0
WJR Haskell	Wellington	5	9	2	46	21*	6.57	—	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	8	0	42	18	5.25	—	0
GT McConnell	Wellington	4	8	2	34	15*	5.67	—	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	3	0	30	20	10.00	—	0
JM Ruston	Canterbury	2	4	0	29	16	7.25	—	0
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	2	27	10*	5.40	—	0
AH Preston	Wellington	4	7	1	27	24*	4.50	—	0
JW Guy	Central Districts	4	6	1	26	10*	5.20	—	0
J Hill	Otago	5	10	5	25	10	5.00	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	9	4	24	16	4.80	—	0
WT Murdock	Central Districts	1	2	1	22	17	22.00	—	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	2	21	10	3.00	—	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	8	5	14	7*	4.67	—	0
DC Currie	Central Districts	3	5	0	13	6	2.60	—	0
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	8	2	7	4	1.17	—	0
NR Thompson	Otago	2	4	0	7	4	1.75	—	0
LC Butler	Wellington	1	2	0	6	4	3.00	—	0
GM Aim	Wellington	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	—	0
RI Long	Otago	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	—	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	2	3	1	2	2*	1.00	—	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	—	0
DD Beard	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
JA Turnbull	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 56 players

Plunket Shield 1962/63 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	5	8	1,051	51	405	27	15.00	38.93	2.31	3	7/84
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	8	1,230	77	426	25	17.04	49.20	2.08	2	5/41
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	1,144	68	467	24	19.46	47.67	2.45	1	6/86
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	8	1,189	49	499	20	24.95	59.45	2.52	1	6/85
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	1,257	68	469	20	23.45	62.85	2.24	0	4/14
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	1,246	71	430	19	22.63	65.58	2.07	0	4/51
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	7	806	45	288	18	16.00	44.78	2.14	3	5/54
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	4	7	839	47	325	18	18.06	46.61	2.32	1	8/37
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	9	1,060	56	360	18	20.00	58.89	2.04	0	4/50
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	8	859	44	323	18	17.94	47.72	2.26	1	6/54
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	7	910	48	294	17	17.29	53.53	1.94	1	6/40
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	7	898	59	236	17	13.88	52.82	1.58	1	6/14
JHM Dawson	Canterbury	5	10	842	46	327	16	20.44	52.63	2.33	0	3/36
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	1,188	90	306	16	19.13	74.25	1.55	0	4/38
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	8	787	54	245	15	16.33	52.47	1.87	1	7/36
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	4	7	654	38	241	14	17.21	46.71	2.21	0	4/44
RG Anderson	Otago	5	9	692	29	310	14	22.14	49.43	2.69	0	3/51
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	8	686	39	245	14	17.50	49.00	2.14	0	4/34
BA Bolton	Canterbury	5	10	481	17	214	11	19.45	43.73	2.67	0	3/16
J Hill	Otago	5	7	936	62	328	10	32.80	93.60	2.10	0	3/42
JM McIntyre	Auckland	5	7	939	59	228	10	22.80	93.90	1.46	0	3/45
JR Reid	Wellington	3	4	474	40	114	9	12.67	52.67	1.44	1	7/29
WJR Haskell	Wellington	5	8	654	45	176	9	19.56	72.67	1.61	0	4/22
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	2	4	389	26	126	8	15.75	48.63	1.94	1	5/71
PH Barton	Northern Districts	3	5	492	25	208	7	29.71	70.29	2.54	0	4/48

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Plunket Shield 1962/63 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
DL Gallop	Canterbury	5	8	388	19	158	7	22.57	55.43	2.44	3/27
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	5	8	510	31	141	6	23.50	85.00	1.66	2/12
ME Chapple	Central Districts	5	7	345	15	151	5	30.20	69.00	2.63	2/10
PB McGregor	Northern Districts	4	5	255	9	124	5	24.80	51.00	2.92	3/74
DC Currie	Central Districts	3	4	312	15	152	4	38.00	78.00	2.92	3/53
RI Long	Otago	1	2	186	11	66	3	22.00	62.00	2.13	2/28
DD Beard	Northern Districts	1	2	277	17	85	2	42.50	138.50	1.84	2/65
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	2	288	14	79	2	39.50	144.00	1.65	2/33
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	5	90	5	34	2	17.00	45.00	2.27	2/15
GT McConnell	Wellington	4	6	279	14	117	2	58.50	139.50	2.52	1/0
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	3	4	114	8	65	2	32.50	57.00	3.42	2/7
WB Norman	Auckland	5	5	282	26	66	1	66.00	282.00	1.40	1/11
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	1	1	30	0	27	0	—	—	5.40	0/27
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	2	2	8	0	9	0	—	—	6.75	0/4
L Watt	Otago	1	1	2	0	4	0	—	—	12.00	0/4
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
BW Sinclair	Wellington	1	1	18	0	14	0	—	—	4.67	0/14
BE Congdon	Central Districts	1	1	30	3	4	0	—	—	0.80	0/4
RW Morgan	Auckland	1	2	24	2	9	0	—	—	2.25	0/0
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	0/5
K Thomson	Canterbury	2	2	48	2	24	0	—	—	3.00	0/8
BF Hastings	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	1	1	9	0	7	0	—	—	4.67	0/7
GM Aim	Wellington	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
LC Butler	Wellington	1	1	138	9	38	0	—	—	1.65	0/38
LR Pearson	Otago	2	2	48	2	28	0	—	—	3.50	0/13
AH Preston	Wellington	2	3	144	6	45	0	—	—	1.88	0/1
PC Semple	Otago	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0/11
PD Stone	Northern Districts	1	2	96	4	28	0	—	—	1.75	0/2
JA Turnbull	Auckland	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 1962/63. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1962/63 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Districts	5	3	1	1	1,754	76	23.08	287	1,850	83	22.29
Canterbury	5	2	1	2	1,932	81	23.85	331	1,866	89	20.97
Wellington	5	2	1	2	1,642	62	26.48	422	1,465	78	18.78
Auckland	5	1	0	4	1,618	68	23.79	258	1,192	67	17.79
Central Districts	5	1	1	3	1,380	69	20.00	320	1,503	68	22.10
Otago	5	0	5	0	1,339	100	13.39	206	1,789	71	25.20

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 · 1962/63

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

1963-01-26 to 1963-01-29 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 218 & 167/7
Canterbury: 170 & 231/9d

Match drawn

1963-01-23 to 1963-01-25 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 191 & 184/3
Canterbury: 170 & 202

Northern Districts won by 7 wickets

1963-01-18 to 1963-01-21 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 126 & 82
Wellington: 251 & 196/8d

Wellington won by 239 runs

1963-01-14 to 1963-01-16 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 422 & 4/0
Northern Districts: 226 & 197

Wellington won by 10 wickets

1963-01-10 to 1963-01-12 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 159/8d
Auckland: 142 & 223/8

Match drawn

1963-01-10 to 1963-01-12 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 214 & 71
Northern Districts: 172 & 114/5

Northern Districts won by 5 wickets

1963-01-07 to 1963-01-09 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 161 & 222/8d
Otago: 108 & 206

Northern Districts won by 69 runs

1963-01-07 to 1963-01-09 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 115
Auckland: 157

Match drawn

1963-01-03 to 1963-01-05 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 234 & 214/7
Central Districts: 320 & 201/9d

Match drawn

1963-01-03 to 1963-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 258
Otago: 59 & 171

Auckland won by an innings and 28 runs

1963-01-01 to 1963-01-31 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 292 & 29/0
Otago: 122 & 198

Central Districts won by 10 wickets

1963-01-01 to 1963-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 331
Wellington: 159 & 159

Canterbury won by an innings and 13 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1962/63 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
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 1962/63, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1962/63 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	296	Northern Districts	1963-01-14
GT Dowling	206	Wellington	1963-01-01
MJF Shrimpton	150	Canterbury	1963-01-03
GP Bilby	132	Central Districts	1962-12-25
PB McGregor	118	Auckland	1962-12-26

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1962/63 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DB Clarke	8/37	Central Districts	1963-01-10
JR Reid	7/29	Auckland	1963-01-10
BW Yuile	7/36	Otago	1963-01-01
RW Blair	7/84	Northern Districts	1963-01-14
RE Sutton	6/14	Otago	1963-01-03

* 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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