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Plunket Shield 1965/66 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

BW Sinclair leads the displayed batting table with 395 runs. N Puna leads the bowling table with 34 wickets.

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Showing 1965/66 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 80
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1965-12-25 to 1966-02-10. 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 1965/66. 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 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BW Sinclair	5	395
Khalid Ibadulla	5	344
GP Bilby	5	333
GM Turner	5	325
NS Harford	5	288

Recorded innings through 1966-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
N Puna	5	34
BW Yuile	5	26
RC Motz	5	24
AR Taylor	5	23
RS Cunis	5	22

Recorded innings through 1966-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

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 · 80 players

Plunket Shield 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	2	395	80	56.43	—	4	0
Khalid Ibadulla	Otago	5	10	1	344	111	38.22	—	1	1
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	9	1	333	161	41.63	—	1	1
GM Turner	Otago	5	10	3	325	95	46.43	—	3	0
NS Harford	Auckland	5	9	2	288	103*	41.14	—	1	1
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	10	1	278	96	30.89	—	2	0
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	10	0	278	68	27.80	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	9	0	253	107	28.11	—	1	1
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	10	1	253	88*	28.11	—	1	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	9	0	243	75	27.00	—	1	0
GV Giles	Northern Districts	5	9	0	232	81	25.78	—	2	0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	10	0	231	53	23.10	—	1	0
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	10	0	229	62	22.90	—	2	0
GA Bartlett	Canterbury	5	10	3	228	72	32.57	—	2	0
SN McGregor	Otago	4	8	1	217	81	31.00	—	1	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	10	0	217	70	21.70	—	1	0
TW Jarvis	Auckland	5	9	0	215	78	23.89	—	2	0
BR Taylor	Canterbury	4	8	2	213	82*	35.50	—	1	0
PB Truscott	Wellington	5	9	0	201	77	22.33	—	1	0
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	10	0	201	64	20.10	—	1	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	0	186	45	20.67	—	0	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	1	183	67	22.88	—	1	0
AR Morrison	Auckland	5	9	0	181	53	20.11	—	1	0
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	5	9	1	177	56	22.13	—	1	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	1	176	68	22.00	—	2	0

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Plunket Shield 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
DH Payton	Central Districts	5	10	1	171	40*	19.00	—	0	0
AE Dick	Wellington	5	9	0	167	60	18.56	—	1	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	9	0	163	53	18.11	—	1	0
ME Chapple	Central Districts	5	10	1	156	42	17.33	—	0	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	9	3	149	48	24.83	—	0	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	0	139	57	13.90	—	1	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	4	8	1	136	52*	19.43	—	1	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	0	133	38	13.30	—	0	0
DL Gallop	Canterbury	3	6	0	132	124	22.00	—	0	1
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	9	0	129	43	14.33	—	0	0
DO Neely	Wellington	5	9	1	128	74	16.00	—	1	0
IR Hartland	Canterbury	4	8	0	118	38	14.75	—	0	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	10	4	116	47*	19.33	—	0	0
GD Beer	Otago	4	8	0	114	24	14.25	—	0	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	9	2	110	37*	15.71	—	0	0
HT Schuster	Northern Districts	5	9	1	103	30	12.88	—	0	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	1	102	33	12.75	—	0	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	2	4	0	92	53	23.00	—	1	0
JF Bailey	Northern Districts	4	7	1	90	30*	15.00	—	0	0
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	10	3	81	34	11.57	—	0	0
LC Butler	Wellington	5	9	3	79	29	13.17	—	0	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	1	74	29	9.25	—	0	0
RW Hutchison	Otago	1	2	0	73	46	36.50	—	0	0
WJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	3	6	0	71	38	11.83	—	0	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1	70	35	7.78	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	9	5	69	16	17.25	—	0	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	10	1	67	22	7.44	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	1	2	0	66	51	33.00	—	1	0
JFM Morrison	Central Districts	2	4	0	63	24	15.75	—	0	0
R Hendry	Otago	4	8	1	60	15	8.57	—	0	0
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	10	1	54	25	6.00	—	0	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	2	51	18	6.38	—	0	0
RO Collinge	Central Districts	5	10	4	51	22	8.50	—	0	0
NT Woods	Otago	2	4	0	51	19	12.75	—	0	0
RI Harford	Auckland	5	9	2	39	11	5.57	—	0	0
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	4	7	1	38	36	6.33	—	0	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	4	36	12*	6.00	—	0	0
IR Hampton	Central Districts	2	4	0	35	18	8.75	—	0	0
GW Douglas	Central Districts	1	2	0	33	19	16.50	—	0	0
JD Behrent	Auckland	2	3	0	30	19	10.00	—	0	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	5	9	1	28	16*	3.50	—	0	0
PC Semple	Otago	2	4	0	27	16	6.75	—	0	0
RG Jefferson	Otago	2	4	0	23	11	5.75	—	0	0
RD Stewart	Otago	2	4	0	23	21	5.75	—	0	0
AR Taylor	Wellington	5	9	0	22	10	2.44	—	0	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	4	8	2	20	7	3.33	—	0	0
MG Pocock	Northern Districts	4	7	2	20	6*	4.00	—	0	0
KO Campbell	Otago	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	—	0	0
HAK Smalley	Auckland	1	2	0	13	7	6.50	—	0	0
NA Huxford	Wellington	5	9	3	9	7*	1.50	—	0	0
GW Henry	Canterbury	5	10	2	8	3*	1.00	—	0	0
RM Gearry	Canterbury	1	2	1	7	4	7.00	—	0	0
JP Flaherty	Otago	3	6	0	6	6	1.00	—	0	0
PA Sharp	Canterbury	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
DJ Millener	Auckland	3	5	1	5	5	1.25	—	0	0

Bowling · 54 players

Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1,548	106	466	34	13.71	45.53	1.81	2	6/53
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	10	1,727	126	482	26	18.54	66.42	1.67	2	9/100
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	1,159	67	350	24	14.58	48.29	1.81	1	5/31
AR Taylor	Wellington	5	10	1,251	73	386	23	16.78	54.39	1.85	1	6/47
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	1,172	60	384	22	17.45	53.27	1.97	1	5/48
GA Bartlett	Canterbury	5	10	963	41	393	20	19.65	48.15	2.45	0	4/39
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	1,793	138	389	19	20.47	94.37	1.30	0	3/28
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	10	1,089	70	322	18	17.89	60.50	1.77	0	3/19
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	9	990	78	283	17	16.65	58.24	1.72	1	5/49
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	930	48	402	16	25.13	58.13	2.59	1	6/56
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	7	878	54	247	16	15.44	54.88	1.69	0	4/35
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	7	776	39	308	16	19.25	48.50	2.38	2	6/45
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	5	10	1,266	82	445	15	29.67	84.40	2.11	0	4/45
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	4	8	630	30	246	14	17.57	45.00	2.34	1	5/35
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	10	787	46	283	14	20.21	56.21	2.16	1	5/42
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	7	1,023	48	409	12	34.08	85.25	2.40	0	4/67
RO Collinge	Central Districts	5	10	825	43	304	12	25.33	68.75	2.21	1	6/69
HJ Howarth	Auckland	4	7	746	38	291	12	24.25	62.17	2.34	0	4/34
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	8	972	66	298	11	27.09	88.36	1.84	0	4/13
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	6	371	14	123	11	11.18	33.73	1.99	0	4/43
NA Huxford	Wellington	5	10	1,240	84	322	11	29.27	112.73	1.56	0	3/24
BR Taylor	Canterbury	4	7	559	23	244	10	24.40	55.90	2.62	0	4/28
ME Chapple	Central Districts	4	8	835	49	262	9	29.11	92.78	1.88	0	2/26
Khalid Ibadulla	Otago	5	7	594	43	178	8	22.25	74.25	1.80	0	3/22
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	9	690	39	230	8	28.75	86.25	2.00	0	3/22

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Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JW Burtt	Canterbury	2	3	378	26	128	7	18.29	54.00	2.03	4/49
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	8	454	16	215	5	43.00	90.80	2.84	3/32
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	9	786	48	249	5	49.80	157.20	1.90	1/20
DJ Millener	Auckland	3	6	408	30	115	5	23.00	81.60	1.69	2/19
MG Pocock	Northern Districts	4	8	474	13	248	5	49.60	94.80	3.14	2/49
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	6	150	7	52	3	17.33	50.00	2.08	2/13
JF Bailey	Northern Districts	4	8	510	33	209	3	69.67	170.00	2.46	2/46
JP Flaherty	Otago	3	5	300	15	99	3	33.00	100.00	1.98	1/7
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	6	204	14	77	2	38.50	102.00	2.26	1/4
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	5	7	81	6	28	1	28.00	81.00	2.07	1/8
RM Harris	Auckland	1	1	36	0	49	1	49.00	36.00	8.17	1/49
PT Barton	Wellington	3	3	132	8	45	1	45.00	132.00	2.05	1/3
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	12	1	2	1	2.00	12.00	1.00	1/2
PA Sharp	Canterbury	1	2	222	17	58	1	58.00	222.00	1.57	1/26
NT Woods	Otago	2	2	204	8	93	1	93.00	204.00	2.74	1/34
BW Sinclair	Wellington	2	2	42	3	10	0	—	—	1.43	0/0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	1	1	18	2	1	0	—	—	0.33	0/1
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	4	42	0	42	0	—	—	6.00	0/5
PB Truscott	Wellington	2	2	36	1	24	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
K Thomson	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0/8
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	2	18	1	9	0	—	—	3.00	0/0
GM Turner	Otago	1	1	24	0	18	0	—	—	4.50	0/18
JFM Morrison	Central Districts	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0/9
B Dunning	Northern Districts	2	3	48	3	16	0	—	—	2.00	0/4
JD Behrent	Auckland	1	2	90	1	44	0	—	—	2.93	0/7
DL Gallop	Canterbury	3	4	66	1	42	0	—	—	3.82	0/2
RM Gearry	Canterbury	1	1	12	2	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
RG Jefferson	Otago	1	1	12	0	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
DO Neely	Wellington	1	1	12	1	3	0	—	—	1.50	0/3

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 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1965/66 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	3	0	2	1,806	63	28.67	385	1,733	87	19.92
Canterbury	5	2	0	3	2,094	88	23.80	311	1,845	84	21.96
Auckland	5	1	2	2	1,790	76	23.55	321	1,892	77	24.57
Otago	5	1	1	3	1,668	76	21.95	247	1,456	61	23.87
Central Districts	5	0	2	3	1,824	86	21.21	246	1,985	76	26.12
Northern Districts	5	0	2	3	1,503	76	19.78	244	1,774	80	22.18

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 · 1965/66

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

1966-02-10 to 1966-02-12 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 291 & 181/7d
Otago: 211 & 172/3

Match drawn

1966-02-05 to 1966-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 247 & 144/7d
Central Districts: 172 & 121

Otago won by 98 runs

1966-02-04 to 1966-02-07 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 225 & 163/8d
Wellington: 160 & 230/7

Wellington won by 3 wickets

1966-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 176 & 174/6d
Wellington: 181/7d & 170/8

Wellington won by 2 wickets

1966-01-07 to 1966-01-10 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 178 & 238/9
Canterbury: 311 & 177/6d

Match drawn

1966-01-07 to 1966-01-10 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 213/6d & 165/9
Northern Districts: 210 & 189/5d

Match drawn

1966-01-03 to 1966-01-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 163 & 74/2
Canterbury: 122 & 201

Match drawn

1966-01-03 to 1966-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 171 & 118/5
Northern Districts: 149

Match drawn

1966-01-03 to 1966-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 277/7d & 140/6
Central Districts: 168 & 246/6d

Auckland won by 4 wickets

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 216 & 22/1
Auckland: 157

Match drawn

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 216 & 89/3
Wellington: 352 & 91/5d

Match drawn

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 172 & 188/7
Northern Districts: 244 & 115

Canterbury won by 3 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1965/66 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	3
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
McLean Park, Napier	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Seddon Park, Hamilton	1
Tauranga Domain Inner Ground, Tauranga	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 1965/66, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GP Bilby	161	Otago	1965-12-25
DL Gallop	124	Auckland	1965-12-27
Khalid Ibadulla	111	Auckland	1966-01-01
WP Bradburn	107	Auckland	1966-01-07
NS Harford	103*	Central Districts	1966-01-03

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BW Yuile	9/100	Canterbury	1966-01-07
GD Alabaster	6/45	Central Districts	1966-02-05
AR Taylor	6/47	Northern Districts	1966-02-01
N Puna	6/53	Otago	1966-01-03
JT Sparling	6/56	Canterbury	1965-12-27

* 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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