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Plunket Shield 1964/65 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1964/65; Tests are excluded.

BF Hastings leads the displayed batting table with 396 runs. BW Yuile leads the bowling table with 32 wickets.

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Showing 1964/65 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 88
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1964-12-25 to 1965-02-08. 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 1964/65. 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 1964/65

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 1964/65 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BF Hastings	5	396
SN McGregor	5	373
GD Alabaster	5	367
MJF Shrimpton	5	364
JR Reid	4	361

Recorded innings through 1965-02-08. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1964/65 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
BW Yuile	5	32
JT Sparling	5	31
FJ Cameron	5	28
NA Huxford	3	19
RO Collinge	5	18

Recorded innings through 1965-02-08. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1964/65

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 · 88 players

Plunket Shield 1964/65 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	7	0	396	136	56.57	—	2	1
SN McGregor	Otago	5	10	2	373	96	46.63	—	3	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	0	367	108	36.70	—	1	1
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	8	1	364	92	52.00	—	3	0
JR Reid	Wellington	4	7	0	361	147	51.57	—	1	2
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	7	0	347	97	49.57	—	4	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	8	1	343	112*	49.00	—	2	1
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	8	1	329	112	47.00	—	2	1
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	8	0	292	71	36.50	—	3	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	7	0	282	107	40.29	—	2	1
TW Jarvis	Auckland	5	8	0	279	88	34.88	—	3	0
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	8	2	278	80*	46.33	—	2	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	10	0	276	87	27.60	—	2	0
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	7	2	274	72	54.80	—	3	0
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	5	10	1	271	61	30.11	—	2	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	9	0	256	94	28.44	—	2	0
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	8	0	243	102	30.38	—	0	1
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	9	1	243	84*	30.38	—	1	0
Khalid Ibadulla	Otago	5	10	0	233	71	23.30	—	2	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	0	222	40	22.20	—	0	0
ME Chapple	Central Districts	5	8	0	218	92	27.25	—	2	0
PB Truscott	Wellington	4	8	0	202	54	25.25	—	2	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	0	201	80	25.13	—	2	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	4	7	0	200	79	28.57	—	1	0
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	8	1	197	85	28.14	—	2	0

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Plunket Shield 1964/65 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
HT Schuster	Auckland	5	8	2	195	85*	32.50	—	2
IR Hartland	Canterbury	4	5	0	183	60	36.60	—	2
RL Murdoch	Otago	5	10	0	179	50	17.90	—	1
PB McGregor	Auckland	5	8	2	162	51*	27.00	—	1
LR Pearson	Otago	5	10	0	162	81	16.20	—	1
SR Speed	Auckland	5	8	1	160	88	22.86	—	1
R Hendry	Otago	3	6	1	140	87*	28.00	—	1
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	4	8	1	139	93	19.86	—	1
DO Neely	Wellington	3	5	0	139	76	27.80	—	1
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	10	1	135	53*	15.00	—	1
JC Alabaster	Otago	4	8	0	131	45	16.38	—	0
IR Hampton	Central Districts	4	6	0	126	62	21.00	—	1
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	4	8	0	122	31	15.25	—	0
GD Beer	Central Districts	3	5	0	116	35	23.20	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	4	6	1	112	36	22.40	—	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	8	2	111	53*	18.50	—	1
GM Turner	Otago	5	10	1	110	28	12.22	—	0
BJ Bayley	Northern Districts	3	6	0	103	30	17.17	—	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	8	1	102	60*	14.57	—	1
JR Veitch	Canterbury	3	4	0	99	44	24.75	—	0
JW Guy	Northern Districts	4	8	1	95	29	13.57	—	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	3	5	0	91	31	18.20	—	0
JG Kemp	Auckland	3	5	0	87	37	17.40	—	0
BR Taylor	Canterbury	2	2	0	80	49	40.00	—	0
AE Dick	Wellington	3	5	0	76	47	15.20	—	0
LC Butler	Wellington	4	7	0	76	25	10.86	—	0
WT Murdock	Central Districts	3	5	0	75	45	15.00	—	0
RM Gearry	Canterbury	4	6	0	72	39	12.00	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	4	7	0	71	22	10.14	—	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1	71	24*	7.89	—	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	7	2	67	42*	13.40	—	0
WJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	1	2	0	67	56	33.50	—	1
RO Collinge	Central Districts	5	8	1	64	57	9.14	—	1
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	7	1	58	26*	9.67	—	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	3	4	2	57	24*	28.50	—	0
B Andrews	Canterbury	5	7	2	57	18	11.40	—	0
RM James	Wellington	3	6	1	55	20	11.00	—	0
PH Barton	Otago	3	6	0	54	20	9.00	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	3	40	12*	5.71	—	0
JD Behrent	Auckland	2	3	1	36	17*	18.00	—	0
WR Holt	Northern Districts	1	2	0	32	32	16.00	—	0
DD Beard	Northern Districts	2	4	0	30	18	7.50	—	0
AR Taylor	Wellington	3	5	1	28	16	7.00	—	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	4	8	1	27	11*	3.86	—	0
JH McFarlane	Northern Districts	1	2	1	23	23*	23.00	—	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	2	1	20	14*	20.00	—	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	4	18	8*	3.00	—	0
TG McMahon	Wellington	2	4	1	17	6	5.67	—	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	1	16	12	5.33	—	0
JP Flaherty	Otago	2	4	1	13	12	4.33	—	0
RA Holloway	Otago	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	3	5	4	13	8*	13.00	—	0
PA Sharp	Canterbury	5	7	2	13	7*	2.60	—	0
RA Penhearow	Northern Districts	1	2	1	8	8	8.00	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	2	4	4	6	3*	—	—	0
RG Anderson	Otago	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	—	0
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	8	3	5	5	1.00	—	0
PC Semple	Otago	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
DJ Millener	Auckland	5	8	2	3	3*	0.50	—	0
TA Burns	Northern Districts	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
TW Blake	Northern Districts	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0
NA Huxford	Wellington	3	5	2	0	0*	0.00	—	0
GT McConnell	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 62 players

Plunket Shield 1964/65 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	9	1,851	166	435	32	13.59	57.84	1.41	2	7/54
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1,465	90	491	31	15.84	47.26	2.01	4	7/49
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	1,384	59	609	28	21.75	49.43	2.64	2	5/69
NA Huxford	Wellington	3	6	825	63	259	19	13.63	43.42	1.88	1	6/38
RO Collinge	Central Districts	5	9	924	56	329	18	18.28	51.33	2.14	1	7/56
ME Chapple	Central Districts	5	9	1,313	102	351	17	20.65	77.24	1.60	1	5/34
RC Motz	Canterbury	4	7	1,080	77	319	17	18.76	63.53	1.77	0	4/38
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	1,365	74	460	16	28.75	85.31	2.02	0	3/32
B Andrews	Canterbury	5	9	1,068	62	417	16	26.06	66.75	2.34	1	6/51
LC Butler	Wellington	4	7	1,089	70	363	16	22.69	68.06	2.00	0	4/35
PA Sharp	Canterbury	5	9	1,293	82	379	14	27.07	92.36	1.76	0	4/55
AR Taylor	Wellington	3	6	666	32	279	14	19.93	47.57	2.51	1	6/66
Khalid Ibadulla	Otago	5	8	828	38	319	12	26.58	69.00	2.31	0	3/73
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	7	459	22	182	11	16.55	41.73	2.38	1	6/40
RW Blair	Wellington	4	7	922	56	306	10	30.60	92.20	1.99	0	4/102
BR Taylor	Canterbury	2	3	337	16	144	10	14.40	33.70	2.56	1	5/49
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	6	1,321	57	498	10	49.80	132.10	2.26	0	4/131
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	4	5	1,063	54	353	10	35.30	106.30	1.99	1	5/108
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	8	760	48	266	9	29.56	84.44	2.10	1	5/49
PH Barton	Otago	3	5	510	22	237	9	26.33	56.67	2.79	0	3/55
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	8	1,152	87	305	9	33.89	128.00	1.59	0	2/24
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	9	695	41	232	7	33.14	99.29	2.00	0	3/53
HJ Howarth	Auckland	3	4	485	21	211	7	30.14	69.29	2.61	0	3/51
DJ Millener	Auckland	5	9	903	46	356	7	50.86	129.00	2.37	0	2/38
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	3	4	576	27	230	6	38.33	96.00	2.40	0	2/51

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Plunket Shield 1964/65 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	9	810	51	253	6	42.17	135.00	1.87	2/25
JP Flaherty	Otago	2	4	291	11	124	5	24.80	58.20	2.56	4/52
BL Hampton	Central Districts	4	7	498	39	122	5	24.40	99.60	1.47	3/21
MC Langdon	Northern Districts	4	5	547	30	180	5	36.00	109.40	1.97	2/20
JR Reid	Wellington	2	3	450	28	174	4	43.50	112.50	2.32	3/88
RG Anderson	Otago	1	2	156	4	84	4	21.00	39.00	3.23	3/29
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	450	35	133	4	33.25	112.50	1.77	2/13
DD Beard	Northern Districts	2	2	390	16	172	3	57.33	130.00	2.65	3/93
JC Alabaster	Otago	4	7	516	21	248	3	82.67	172.00	2.88	2/32
BD Morrison	Wellington	2	3	474	20	221	3	73.67	158.00	2.80	2/70
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	6	558	24	215	3	71.67	186.00	2.31	1/39
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	6	198	9	100	3	33.33	66.00	3.03	1/16
PB McGregor	Auckland	3	4	168	5	90	3	30.00	56.00	3.21	2/49
PB Truscott	Wellington	2	2	132	4	61	2	30.50	66.00	2.77	2/60
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	5	234	10	98	2	49.00	117.00	2.51	1/26
RM James	Wellington	3	5	354	24	113	2	56.50	177.00	1.92	1/8
TA Burns	Northern Districts	1	1	173	6	98	2	49.00	86.50	3.40	2/98
WR Holt	Northern Districts	1	1	126	5	77	2	38.50	63.00	3.67	2/77
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	3	3	216	7	103	1	103.00	216.00	2.86	1/46
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	2	78	4	35	1	35.00	78.00	2.69	1/24
GT McConnell	Wellington	1	2	186	11	69	1	69.00	186.00	2.23	1/50
JH McFarlane	Northern Districts	1	1	120	8	43	1	43.00	120.00	2.15	1/43
SN McGregor	Otago	1	2	66	5	23	0	—	—	2.09	0/2
PT Barton	Wellington	1	1	42	2	13	0	—	—	1.86	0/13
GT Dowling	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	3	0	—	—	1.50	0/3
JT Ward	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	2	0	—	—	1.00	0/2
BE Congdon	Central Districts	1	1	30	3	8	0	—	—	1.60	0/8
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	2	36	2	10	0	—	—	1.67	0/2
B Dunning	Northern Districts	3	4	78	2	48	0	—	—	3.69	0/4
JD Behrent	Auckland	2	3	120	7	37	0	—	—	1.85	0/5
RM Gearry	Canterbury	3	6	156	11	48	0	—	—	1.85	0/1
IR Hampton	Central Districts	1	1	30	4	4	0	—	—	0.80	0/4
IR Hartland	Canterbury	1	1	18	2	3	0	—	—	1.00	0/3
DO Neely	Wellington	2	2	15	2	1	0	—	—	0.40	0/0
RA Penhearow	Northern Districts	1	1	144	7	46	0	—	—	1.92	0/46
HT Schuster	Auckland	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
JR Veitch	Canterbury	2	2	54	3	31	0	—	—	3.44	0/13

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 1964/65. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1964/65 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	5	3	0	2	2,015	61	33.03	388	2,101	82	25.62
Central Districts	5	3	1	1	2,329	66	35.29	485	1,893	87	21.76
Canterbury	5	2	0	3	1,950	57	34.21	413	1,904	73	26.08
Wellington	5	1	2	2	2,124	76	27.95	431	2,131	75	28.41
Northern Districts	5	0	3	2	1,776	89	19.96	254	2,160	47	45.96
Otago	5	0	3	2	2,005	88	22.78	300	2,010	73	27.53

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 · 1964/65

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

1965-02-08 to 1965-02-10 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 226 & 160/5
Canterbury: 413

Match drawn

1965-02-05 to 1965-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 149 & 213/7
Wellington: 233 & 188/6d

Match drawn

1965-02-04 to 1965-02-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 258
Canterbury: 349

Match drawn

1965-01-18 to 1965-01-20 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 431/9d
Northern Districts: 145 & 254

Wellington won by an innings and 32 runs

1965-01-14 to 1965-01-16 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 289 & 176/2d
Auckland: 202 & 202/6

Match drawn

1965-01-14 to 1965-01-16 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 452
Northern Districts: 153 & 189

Central Districts won by an innings and 110 runs

1965-01-09 to 1965-01-12 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 236 & 214
Auckland: 222 & 232/7

Auckland won by 3 wickets

1965-01-08 to 1965-01-11 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 205 & 99/4
Otago: 271 & 205/1d

Match drawn

1965-01-04 to 1965-01-06 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 400
Central Districts: 386/7d & 89/2

Match drawn

1965-01-04 to 1965-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 358/6d & 153/5d
Otago: 300 & 192

Auckland won by 19 runs

1965-01-01 to 1965-01-31 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 277 & 190
Otago: 233 & 137

Central Districts won by 97 runs

1965-01-01 to 1965-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 296 & 185/5
Wellington: 303/9d & 177

Canterbury won by 5 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1964/65 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 1964/65, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1964/65 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	147	Auckland	1965-01-14
BF Hastings	136	Auckland	1965-02-04
JR Reid	126	Northern Districts	1965-01-18
BE Congdon	112	Wellington	1964-12-26
RW Morgan	112*	Wellington	1965-01-14

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1964/65 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JT Sparling	7/49	Otago	1965-01-04
BW Yuile	7/54	Northern Districts	1965-01-14
RO Collinge	7/56	Otago	1965-01-01
NA Huxford	6/38	Auckland	1965-01-14
RW Morgan	6/40	Central Districts	1965-01-09

* 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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