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Plunket Shield 1967/68 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1967/68; Tests are excluded.

GT Dowling leads the displayed batting table with 467 runs. RC Motz leads the bowling table with 30 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 87
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1967-12-23 to 1968-01-29. 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 1967/68. 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 1967/68

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 1967/68 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GT Dowling	5	467
V Pollard	5	375
BAG Murray	5	341
SN McGregor	5	326
MJ Horton	4	322

Recorded innings through 1968-01-29. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1967/68 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RC Motz	5	30
BW Yuile	5	29
JC Alabaster	5	27
V Pollard	5	25
RO Collinge	5	19

Recorded innings through 1968-01-29. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1967/68

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 · 87 players

Plunket Shield 1967/68 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	8	1	467	145	66.71	—	2	2
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	8	3	375	146	75.00	—	2	1
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	10	0	341	79	34.10	—	3	0
SN McGregor	Otago	5	10	1	326	113*	36.22	—	0	2
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	4	8	0	322	84	40.25	—	2	0
DO Neely	Wellington	5	10	2	317	132*	39.63	—	0	1
JG Kemp	Auckland	5	10	0	298	103	29.80	—	1	1
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	2	273	80*	34.13	—	2	0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	5	8	0	270	58	33.75	—	1	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	8	2	268	130*	44.67	—	0	1
ML Ryan	Central Districts	5	8	0	252	63	31.50	—	2	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	10	0	236	48	23.60	—	0	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	10	2	235	86	29.38	—	2	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	8	0	234	146	29.25	—	1	1
PC Semple	Otago	5	10	1	230	68	25.56	—	2	0
JR Carson	Northern Districts	5	10	0	228	77	22.80	—	2	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	2	4	1	220	94*	73.33	—	2	0
RE Redmond	Wellington	5	10	0	185	37	18.50	—	0	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	8	1	184	73	26.29	—	1	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	8	1	181	63	25.86	—	1	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	8	1	179	103*	25.57	284.13	0	1
KO Campbell	Otago	5	10	0	176	69	17.60	—	1	0
LC Butler	Wellington	3	6	0	176	65	29.33	—	2	0
RW Hutchison	Otago	5	10	0	174	64	17.40	—	1	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	10	2	171	48	21.38	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1967/68 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	6	0	167	76	27.83	—	1	0
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	8	0	166	107	20.75	—	0	1
WL Blair	Otago	5	10	0	164	39	16.40	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	4	6	0	159	96	26.50	—	1	0
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	10	0	151	75	15.10	—	1	0
AM Matatumua	Otago	5	10	1	150	69	16.67	—	1	0
RJ Kasper	Auckland	3	6	0	138	58	23.00	—	1	0
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	8	2	134	79	22.33	—	1	0
GV Giles	Northern Districts	5	10	0	130	45	13.00	—	0	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	4	114	33	22.80	—	0	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	10	0	114	39	11.40	—	0	0
RA Dykes	Auckland	4	8	1	109	46	15.57	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	10	3	108	30	15.43	—	0	0
RV Webster	Otago	3	6	3	102	42*	34.00	—	0	0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	4	8	0	99	33	12.38	—	0	0
HT Schuster	Northern Districts	5	10	0	98	46	9.80	—	0	0
MG Burgess	Auckland	3	6	0	96	74	16.00	—	1	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	2	94	37*	11.75	—	0	0
D Hill	Auckland	2	4	0	94	66	23.50	—	1	0
JW Guy	Northern Districts	3	6	0	89	32	14.83	—	0	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	4	8	1	89	28*	12.71	—	0	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	2	89	61*	11.13	—	1	0
GD Beer	Otago	3	6	0	85	35	14.17	—	0	0
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	5	10	0	81	26	8.10	—	0	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	2	4	0	79	48	19.75	—	0	0
JD Smith	Northern Districts	5	10	4	79	26	13.17	—	0	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	3	77	35	11.00	—	0	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	0	76	24	7.60	—	0	0
WJR Haskell	Wellington	5	10	3	76	35	10.86	—	0	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	8	1	74	49	10.57	—	0	0
MP Baker	Central Districts	5	8	1	73	44	10.43	—	0	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	0	68	23	6.80	—	0	0
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	8	0	65	19	8.13	—	0	0
BA Bolton	Wellington	2	4	1	62	29	20.67	—	0	0
TW Jarvis	Auckland	3	6	0	61	27	10.17	—	0	0
GA Rose	Northern Districts	4	8	0	58	18	7.25	—	0	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	2	4	0	56	43	14.00	—	0	0
RC Merrin	Canterbury	2	3	1	49	25	24.50	—	0	0
BR Taylor	Canterbury	2	3	0	46	38	15.33	—	0	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	8	1	45	24	6.43	—	0	0
B Andrews	Central Districts	5	8	3	41	19*	8.20	—	0	0
NA Huxford	Canterbury	5	8	2	37	19	6.17	—	0	0
RW Anderson	Canterbury	4	6	0	35	24	5.83	—	0	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	2	4	1	31	26	10.33	—	0	0
SJ Edward	Otago	1	2	0	22	13	11.00	—	0	0
DN Macleod	Canterbury	1	2	0	18	10	9.00	—	0	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	4	6	2	17	8*	4.25	—	0	0
DJ Millener	Auckland	4	8	4	15	7*	3.75	—	0	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	0	14	12	7.00	—	0	0
JD Behrent	Auckland	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	10	2	13	7	1.63	—	0	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	—	0	0
LD Andersen	Northern Districts	2	4	0	8	5	2.00	—	0	0
GW Douglas	Central Districts	2	4	0	8	5	2.00	—	0	0
GW McLellan	Wellington	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	—	0	0
NM Parker	Otago	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	—	0	0
JAJ Cushen	Otago	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
GW Henry	Otago	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
RI Harford	Auckland	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0	0
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	2	4	2	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0
DR Hosking	Wellington	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 57 players

Plunket Shield 1967/68 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	9	1,245	70	448	30	14.93	41.50	2.16	4	6/57
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	10	1,594	137	374	29	12.90	54.97	1.41	3	7/28
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	9	1,553	82	582	27	21.56	57.52	2.25	2	5/43
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	9	1,377	105	343	25	13.72	55.08	1.49	2	6/37
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	1,191	74	389	19	20.47	62.68	1.96	1	8/64
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	9	1,416	79	526	19	27.68	74.53	2.23	1	5/52
B Andrews	Central Districts	5	10	1,189	70	424	18	23.56	66.06	2.14	2	6/80
WJR Haskell	Wellington	5	10	1,077	78	303	18	16.83	59.83	1.69	1	6/6
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	6	726	40	248	17	14.59	42.71	2.05	2	5/29
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	7	1,211	76	424	17	24.94	71.24	2.10	1	6/74
NA Huxford	Canterbury	5	9	1,086	65	395	17	23.24	63.88	2.18	1	5/25
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	9	1,227	98	303	16	18.94	76.69	1.48	0	3/16
JD Smith	Northern Districts	5	9	960	44	438	15	29.20	64.00	2.74	1	5/80
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	1,047	75	223	14	15.93	74.79	1.28	1	6/23
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	8	630	44	194	13	14.92	48.46	1.85	0	4/33
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	9	846	45	398	12	33.17	70.50	2.82	0	3/34
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	8	554	21	201	10	20.10	55.40	2.18	1	5/59
RV Webster	Otago	3	6	552	25	208	9	23.11	61.33	2.26	0	3/36
LC Butler	Wellington	3	6	552	25	273	9	30.33	61.33	2.97	0	4/60
AM Matatumua	Otago	5	8	660	36	278	8	34.75	82.50	2.53	0	3/38
RS Cunis	Auckland	4	7	654	33	192	7	27.43	93.43	1.76	0	3/60
BR Taylor	Canterbury	2	3	372	22	133	7	19.00	53.14	2.15	0	4/79
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	2	4	399	15	146	7	20.86	57.00	2.20	0	4/52
DJ Millener	Auckland	4	7	586	42	175	7	25.00	83.71	1.79	0	3/29
PD Stone	Northern Districts	4	5	330	15	118	7	16.86	47.14	2.15	0	4/42

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Plunket Shield 1967/68 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Morgan	Auckland	4	5	354	18	100	5	20.00	70.80	1.69	1	5/51
JFM Morrison	Wellington	3	5	415	36	88	5	17.60	83.00	1.27	0	3/34
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	7	400	19	224	5	44.80	80.00	3.36	0	1/6
RC Merrin	Canterbury	2	4	163	5	111	5	22.20	32.60	4.09	0	3/10
BA Bolton	Wellington	1	2	162	7	62	4	15.50	40.50	2.30	0	2/28
KO Campbell	Otago	5	8	606	33	209	4	52.25	151.50	2.07	0	2/40
JH Howell	Central Districts	4	8	678	41	179	4	44.75	169.50	1.58	0	2/12
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	3	4	210	9	79	3	26.33	70.00	2.26	0	2/33
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	2	4	300	11	128	3	42.67	100.00	2.56	0	1/17
RE Redmond	Wellington	5	8	408	16	171	3	57.00	136.00	2.51	0	2/50
KI Ferries	Canterbury	1	2	162	4	112	3	37.33	54.00	4.15	0	2/64
LD Andersen	Northern Districts	2	3	297	13	172	3	57.33	99.00	3.47	0	2/81
GV Giles	Northern Districts	4	4	132	8	51	3	17.00	44.00	2.32	0	1/9
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	8	540	35	158	3	52.67	180.00	1.76	0	2/37
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	2	4	336	13	142	3	47.33	112.00	2.54	0	3/49
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	1	150	9	47	3	15.67	50.00	1.88	0	3/47
MP Baker	Central Districts	5	7	246	4	133	2	66.50	123.00	3.24	0	2/48
PT Barton	Wellington	2	2	48	0	25	1	25.00	48.00	3.13	0	1/13
GT Dowling	Canterbury	1	1	114	2	44	1	44.00	114.00	2.32	0	1/44
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	2	2	36	0	21	1	21.00	36.00	3.50	0	1/16
JAJ Cushen	Otago	1	1	144	6	62	1	62.00	144.00	2.58	0	1/62
DO Neely	Wellington	1	1	18	0	4	1	4.00	18.00	1.33	0	1/4
BE Congdon	Central Districts	2	2	48	5	5	0	—	—	0.63	0	0/0
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	4	204	7	84	0	—	—	2.47	0	0/14
BF Hastings	Canterbury	1	1	24	2	14	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/14
ML Ryan	Central Districts	1	1	12	2	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
JR Carson	Northern Districts	5	6	192	11	90	0	—	—	2.81	0	0/0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	2	2	42	4	5	0	—	—	0.71	0	0/1
GW Douglas	Central Districts	2	3	150	9	64	0	—	—	2.56	0	0/12
SJ Edward	Otago	1	2	90	2	54	0	—	—	3.60	0	0/15
DR Hosking	Wellington	1	2	258	11	107	0	—	—	2.49	0	0/37
RM Schofield	Central Districts	1	1	24	2	6	0	—	—	1.50	0	0/6

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 1967/68. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1967/68 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	5	3	0	2	1,818	59	30.81	417	1,889	87	21.71
Central Districts	5	3	0	2	1,968	59	33.36	469	1,825	86	21.22
Auckland	5	2	1	2	1,834	81	22.64	333	1,427	78	18.29
Otago	5	1	4	0	1,758	94	18.70	294	1,987	74	26.85
Wellington	5	1	1	3	2,131	81	26.31	350	2,083	77	27.05
Northern Districts	5	0	4	1	1,560	98	15.92	287	1,858	70	26.54

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 · 1967/68

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

1968-01-29 to 1968-01-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 185 & 180/8
Wellington: 258 & 152/6d

Match drawn

1968-01-25 to 1968-01-27 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 333 & 161/3d
Wellington: 230/9d & 151/6

Match drawn

1968-01-13 to 1968-01-16 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 469/9d
Canterbury: 226 & 74/5

Match drawn

1968-01-09 to 1968-01-11 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 417/8d
Otago: 189 & 184

Canterbury won by an innings and 44 runs

1968-01-05 to 1968-01-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 294 & 174
Central Districts: 347 & 122/4

Central Districts won by 6 wickets

1968-01-05 to 1968-01-08 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 220 & 228/7d
Northern Districts: 104 & 118

Auckland won by 226 runs

1968-01-01 to 1968-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 272 & 189/8
Canterbury: 193 & 297/3d

Match drawn

1968-01-01 to 1968-01-03 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 186 & 120/4
Northern Districts: 137 & 168

Otago won by 6 wickets

1968-01-01 to 1968-01-03 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 254 & 59/1
Central Districts: 280

Match drawn

1967-12-28 to 1967-12-30 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 92 & 148
Auckland: 144 & 132

Auckland won by 36 runs

1967-12-28 to 1967-12-30 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 255 & 108/3
Wellington: 184 & 175

Central Districts won by 7 wickets

1967-12-28 to 1967-12-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 307
Northern Districts: 88 & 195

Canterbury won by an innings and 24 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1967/68 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
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	1
McLean Park, Napier	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 1967/68, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1967/68 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
V Pollard	146	Otago	1968-01-05
BW Yuile	146	Canterbury	1968-01-13
GT Dowling	145	Northern Districts	1967-12-28
DO Neely	132*	Otago	1967-12-23
JW Burtt	130*	Wellington	1968-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1967/68 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RO Collinge	8/64	Auckland	1968-01-25
BW Yuile	7/28	Northern Districts	1967-12-23
WJR Haskell	6/6	Otago	1967-12-23
HJ Howarth	6/23	Otago	1967-12-28
V Pollard	6/37	Wellington	1967-12-28

* 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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