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Plunket Shield 1966/67 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1966/67; Tests are excluded.

GT Dowling leads the displayed batting table with 520 runs. BW Yuile leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1966/67 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 81
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1966-12-24 to 1967-01-30. 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 1966/67. 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 1966/67

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 1966/67 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GT Dowling	5	520
K Thomson	5	348
SN McGregor	5	295
RS Cunis	5	293
BAG Murray	5	288

Recorded innings through 1967-01-30. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1966/67 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
BW Yuile	5	29
RC Motz	5	27
FJ Cameron	5	22
HJ Howarth	5	22
RE Sutton	5	21

Recorded innings through 1967-01-30. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1966/67

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 · 81 players

Plunket Shield 1966/67 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	9	1	520	102*	65.00	—	2	1
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	9	2	348	102*	49.71	—	1	2
SN McGregor	Otago	5	10	0	295	85	29.50	—	3	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	8	0	293	111	36.63	—	2	1
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	9	1	288	91	36.00	—	3	0
GV Giles	Northern Districts	5	10	0	280	70	28.00	—	2	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	2	242	66	34.57	—	3	0
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	8	1	238	69	34.00	—	3	0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	4	7	1	237	152	39.50	—	0	1
PD Stone	Northern Districts	5	10	1	227	67*	25.22	—	2	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1	225	71	25.00	—	1	0
HT Schuster	Northern Districts	5	10	0	225	95	22.50	—	2	0
MG Burgess	Auckland	5	8	1	224	55*	32.00	—	2	0
GM Turner	Otago	5	10	1	223	64	24.78	—	1	0
Khalid Ibadulla	Otago	5	10	1	217	59	24.11	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	10	0	216	46	21.60	—	0	0
DO Neely	Wellington	5	9	0	216	62	24.00	—	3	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	8	0	212	48	26.50	—	0	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	9	0	206	52	22.89	—	1	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	9	1	206	83	25.75	—	2	0
GD Beer	Otago	5	10	1	198	57	22.00	—	1	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	8	0	196	59	24.50	—	1	0
BR Taylor	Canterbury	5	9	2	174	51*	24.86	—	1	0
GE Vivian	Auckland	4	7	0	167	58	23.86	—	1	0
BA Bolton	Wellington	4	8	0	165	46	20.63	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1966/67 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
R Hendry	Otago	5	10	1	162	59	18.00	—	1
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	9	0	161	51	17.89	—	1
TW Jarvis	Auckland	4	6	0	160	68	26.67	—	1
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	9	2	156	37*	22.29	—	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	9	3	156	71	26.00	—	1
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	8	0	144	62	18.00	—	1
WJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	4	8	0	143	73	17.88	—	1
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	8	0	142	49	17.75	—	0
AR Morrison	Auckland	5	8	0	141	31	17.63	—	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1	133	61	19.00	—	1
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	8	1	133	41	19.00	—	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	9	0	128	46	14.22	—	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	3	6	0	125	30	20.83	—	0
GW Douglas	Central Districts	5	8	1	120	63	17.14	—	1
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	9	3	116	32	19.33	—	0
DN Macleod	Central Districts	5	8	0	114	54	14.25	—	1
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1	110	38	12.22	—	0
MP Baker	Central Districts	5	8	1	102	40	14.57	—	0
CL Broad	Canterbury	3	5	0	102	43	20.40	—	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	8	4	98	36*	24.50	—	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	4	7	2	98	39*	19.60	—	0
AM Matatumua	Otago	3	6	0	78	36	13.00	—	0
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	9	0	78	34	8.67	—	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	2	4	0	77	56	19.25	—	1
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	8	1	77	39	11.00	—	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	3	5	0	67	26	13.40	—	0
BD Smith	Wellington	3	5	0	66	24	13.20	—	0
RW Hutchison	Otago	3	6	0	60	32	10.00	—	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	5	10	1	57	33	6.33	—	0
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	2	4	0	47	32	11.75	—	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	2	4	0	42	34	10.50	—	0
JFM Morrison	Central Districts	2	3	0	42	24	14.00	—	0
RI Harford	Auckland	5	8	3	41	23	8.20	—	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	10	0	40	15	4.00	—	0
BH Hopkins	Wellington	3	5	1	40	21	10.00	—	0
CW Garrod	Central Districts	4	6	1	38	16	7.60	—	0
NS Harford	Auckland	2	3	0	34	25	11.33	—	0
RV Webster	Otago	4	8	1	33	11	4.71	—	0
SG McKnight	Otago	2	4	0	32	23	8.00	—	0
RO Collinge	Central Districts	5	8	3	31	16	6.20	—	0
G Solomon	Wellington	2	4	0	29	21	7.25	—	0
ERC Hipkiss	Northern Districts	5	10	4	22	7*	3.67	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	4	21	15*	3.50	—	0
SJ Edward	Otago	1	2	0	20	10	10.00	—	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	8	1	20	10	2.86	—	0
RE Redmond	Wellington	2	3	0	19	10	6.33	—	0
SW Veitch	Northern Districts	2	4	0	19	11	4.75	—	0
NA Huxford	Wellington	5	9	2	14	8	2.00	—	0
CJ Stevens	Canterbury	2	4	0	14	13	3.50	—	0
B Andrews	Canterbury	3	6	1	13	11	2.60	—	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	3	12	8	1.71	—	0
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	2	4	1	8	4	2.67	—	0
DB Crene	Northern Districts	2	4	3	7	5*	7.00	—	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	2	3	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
DL Paetz	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 52 players

Plunket Shield 1966/67 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	9	1,469	127	362	29	12.48	50.66	1.48	1	6/42
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	9	1,165	59	412	27	15.26	43.15	2.12	3	8/61
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	10	1,323	87	365	22	16.59	60.14	1.66	0	4/29
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	1,147	66	346	22	15.73	52.14	1.81	0	4/31
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	10	990	49	406	21	19.33	47.14	2.46	2	6/40
BR Taylor	Canterbury	5	9	909	47	335	20	16.75	45.45	2.21	1	5/83
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	1,205	67	384	19	20.21	63.42	1.91	2	7/30
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	7	1,404	83	451	19	23.74	73.89	1.93	1	6/25
RO Collinge	Central Districts	5	9	927	68	295	14	21.07	66.21	1.91	0	3/27
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	637	42	212	14	15.14	45.50	2.00	1	6/60
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	8	771	61	211	14	15.07	55.07	1.64	0	3/39
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	9	1,221	76	425	14	30.36	87.21	2.09	1	5/74
RV Webster	Otago	4	8	849	31	344	14	24.57	60.64	2.43	0	3/34
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	9	632	27	276	14	19.71	45.14	2.62	1	5/56
NA Huxford	Wellington	5	7	1,139	64	410	13	31.54	87.62	2.16	1	6/40
HA Morgan	Wellington	4	5	784	56	273	13	21.00	60.31	2.09	1	5/42
BA Bolton	Wellington	4	7	636	33	207	11	18.82	57.82	1.95	1	6/67
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	8	1,015	71	329	11	29.91	92.27	1.94	0	3/43
PD Stone	Northern Districts	5	5	408	15	197	11	17.91	37.09	2.90	0	4/45
KI Ferries	Canterbury	2	4	342	24	113	10	11.30	34.20	1.98	0	3/14
AM Matatumua	Otago	3	6	736	41	216	10	21.60	73.60	1.76	0	2/24
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	811	59	279	9	31.00	90.11	2.06	0	3/35
GW Douglas	Central Districts	5	7	410	28	149	9	16.56	45.56	2.18	0	4/30
CL Broad	Canterbury	3	4	361	16	147	8	18.38	45.13	2.44	1	5/61
ERC Hipkiss	Northern Districts	5	7	600	30	248	8	31.00	75.00	2.48	0	4/39

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Plunket Shield 1966/67 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JC Alabaster	Otago	2	4	630	25	257	7	36.71	90.00	2.45	3/75
MP Baker	Central Districts	4	5	219	10	99	7	14.14	31.29	2.71	4/62
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	5	7	904	54	294	7	42.00	129.14	1.95	3/86
BH Hopkins	Wellington	3	4	558	42	177	6	29.50	93.00	1.90	2/20
PT Barton	Wellington	2	2	258	11	88	5	17.60	51.60	2.05	3/33
G Solomon	Wellington	2	3	396	19	157	5	31.40	79.20	2.38	3/102
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	5	378	25	115	4	28.75	94.50	1.83	2/13
Khalid Ibadulla	Otago	5	9	564	30	207	3	69.00	188.00	2.20	1/15
B Andrews	Canterbury	3	5	480	28	177	3	59.00	160.00	2.21	3/95
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	6	336	22	100	2	50.00	168.00	1.79	1/17
RE Redmond	Wellington	2	3	330	31	59	2	29.50	165.00	1.07	2/16
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	6	540	19	262	2	131.00	270.00	2.91	1/22
MJ Coles	Wellington	1	2	174	9	99	2	49.50	87.00	3.41	1/45
SJ Edward	Otago	1	2	258	23	68	2	34.00	129.00	1.58	2/49
GE Vivian	Auckland	2	4	162	4	87	1	87.00	162.00	3.22	1/14
B Dunning	Northern Districts	1	1	30	1	16	1	16.00	30.00	3.20	1/16
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	2	2	166	7	73	1	73.00	166.00	2.64	1/37
DB Crene	Northern Districts	2	4	168	7	68	1	68.00	168.00	2.43	1/16
GV Giles	Northern Districts	1	1	66	3	25	1	25.00	66.00	2.27	1/25
RW Hutchison	Otago	3	4	180	9	58	1	58.00	180.00	1.93	1/27
DL Paetz	Wellington	1	2	168	11	60	1	60.00	168.00	2.14	1/20
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	1	2	15	0	9	0	—	—	3.60	0/4
SN McGregor	Otago	3	3	24	1	9	0	—	—	2.25	0/2
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0/10
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	42	2	11	0	—	—	1.57	0/11
JFM Morrison	Central Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
DO Neely	Wellington	1	1	30	3	3	0	—	—	0.60	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 1966/67. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1966/67 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	5	3	0	2	1,448	64	22.63	410	1,473	89	16.55
Auckland	5	2	1	2	1,880	73	25.75	416	1,856	94	19.74
Canterbury	5	2	1	2	2,164	73	29.64	325	1,894	84	22.55
Northern Districts	5	1	4	0	1,611	95	16.96	231	1,534	56	27.39
Wellington	5	1	2	2	1,767	77	22.95	261	1,729	65	26.60
Otago	5	0	1	4	1,700	83	20.48	264	2,084	77	27.06

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 · 1966/67

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

1967-01-30 to 1967-01-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 52 & 161
Canterbury: 263/9d

Canterbury won by an innings and 50 runs

1967-01-26 to 1967-01-28 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 262 & 197/9
Canterbury: 286 & 206/5d

Match drawn

1967-01-25 to 1967-01-27 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 261/5d & 109/2
Northern Districts: 159 & 210

Wellington won by 8 wickets

1967-01-12 to 1967-01-14 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 219 & 185
Auckland: 416/9d

Auckland won by an innings and 12 runs

1967-01-12 to 1967-01-14 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 148 & 143/4
Otago: 136 & 232/9d

Match drawn

1967-01-07 to 1967-01-10 · Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton

Central Districts: 227 & 86
Auckland: 111 & 160

Central Districts won by 42 runs

1967-01-05 to 1967-01-07 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 231 & 202/5d
Otago: 94 & 168

Northern Districts won by 171 runs

1967-01-02 to 1967-01-03 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 304 & 15/0
Northern Districts: 126 & 192

Central Districts won by 10 wickets

1967-01-02 to 1967-01-04 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 207 & 325/6d
Wellington: 175 & 233

Canterbury won by 124 runs

1967-01-02 to 1967-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 300 & 114/5d
Otago: 218 & 151/9

Match drawn

1966-12-29 to 1966-12-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 264 & 33/0
Wellington: 235 & 227

Match drawn

1966-12-29 to 1966-12-31 · Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Northern Districts: 127 & 151
Auckland: 320

Auckland won by an innings and 42 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1966/67 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Cobham Oval, Whangarei	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton	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 1966/67, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1966/67 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PJC Coutts	152	Canterbury	1966-12-29
RS Cunis	111	Otago	1967-01-02
K Thomson	102	Otago	1966-12-24
GT Dowling	102*	Otago	1966-12-24
K Thomson	102*	Otago	1966-12-24

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1966/67 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RC Motz	8/61	Wellington	1967-01-02
RS Cunis	7/30	Northern Districts	1966-12-29
N Puna	6/25	Otago	1967-01-05
RE Sutton	6/40	Central Districts	1967-01-07
NA Huxford	6/40	Northern Districts	1967-01-25

* 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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