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Plunket Shield 1968/69 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1968/69; Tests are excluded.

BF Hastings leads the displayed batting table with 432 runs. RS Cunis leads the bowling table with 30 wickets.

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Showing 1968/69 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 82
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1968-12-26 to 1969-01-27. 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 1968/69. 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 1968/69

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 1968/69 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BF Hastings	5	432
RW Morgan	5	385
GM Turner	5	385
BAG Murray	5	382
ML Ryan	5	321

Recorded innings through 1969-01-27. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1968/69 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RS Cunis	5	30
HJ Howarth	5	21
JM McIntyre	5	21
RC Motz	5	20
BR Taylor	5	16

Recorded innings through 1969-01-27. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1968/69

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 · 82 players

Plunket Shield 1968/69 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	8	2	432	113*	72.00	—	1	2
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	1	385	166	48.13	—	1	1
GM Turner	Otago	5	8	1	385	167	55.00	—	2	1
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	10	1	382	213	42.44	—	1	1
ML Ryan	Central Districts	5	7	1	321	110	53.50	—	1	1
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	5	10	1	320	80	35.56	—	4	0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	7	2	300	202*	60.00	—	0	1
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	7	0	292	133	41.71	—	1	1
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	8	1	288	76	41.14	—	3	0
TW Jarvis	Auckland	5	9	2	284	118*	40.57	—	1	1
RJ Kasper	Auckland	5	9	1	281	78	35.13	—	2	0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	5	7	0	274	114	39.14	—	0	2
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	8	2	259	136*	43.17	—	1	1
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	10	2	237	58*	29.63	—	2	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	4	8	1	234	77	33.43	—	2	0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	8	0	230	154	28.75	—	0	1
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	5	10	2	219	103	27.38	—	0	1
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	7	2	211	63*	42.20	—	2	0
BR Taylor	Canterbury	5	8	0	209	71	26.13	—	1	0
MG Burgess	Auckland	5	9	1	207	103	25.88	—	1	1
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	8	0	180	39	22.50	—	0	0
JR Carson	Northern Districts	5	10	0	178	56	17.80	—	1	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	0	176	57	17.60	—	2	0
RW Hutchison	Otago	5	8	0	167	66	20.88	—	1	0
WL Blair	Otago	5	8	1	164	83	23.43	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1968/69 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	10	3	157	60	22.43	—	2
BA Bolton	Wellington	5	10	0	150	45	15.00	—	0
JD Riley	Canterbury	5	8	2	147	37*	24.50	—	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	3	140	85*	23.33	—	1
PB McGregor	Wellington	4	8	1	138	30	19.71	—	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	10	0	129	75	12.90	—	1
KJ Wadsworth	Central Districts	5	7	0	117	68	16.71	—	1
BW Yuile	Central Districts	4	5	1	115	63*	28.75	—	1
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	9	0	113	50	12.56	—	1
BD Smith	Wellington	3	6	1	109	37	21.80	—	0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	4	8	0	101	36	12.63	—	0
WJ Mitchell	Otago	2	3	0	99	52	33.00	—	1
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	1	2	1	96	50	96.00	—	1
AE Dick	Wellington	4	8	1	92	27	13.14	—	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	8	0	88	30	11.00	—	0
SR Speed	Auckland	5	9	1	88	35	11.00	—	0
PG Coman	Canterbury	3	5	0	84	50	16.80	—	1
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	4	8	0	76	27	9.50	—	0
JAJ Cushen	Otago	5	8	1	74	27	10.57	—	0
SN McGregor	Otago	5	8	0	65	21	8.13	—	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	2	4	0	65	32	16.25	—	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	8	1	64	31*	9.14	—	0
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	5	10	1	58	22	6.44	—	0
DO Neely	Auckland	4	7	0	56	22	8.00	—	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	7	0	56	20	8.00	—	0
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	8	5	51	21*	17.00	—	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	8	1	49	15*	7.00	—	0
RD Stewart	Otago	3	5	0	46	21	9.20	—	0
RW Smith	Wellington	3	6	0	44	25	7.33	—	0
NM Parker	Otago	3	5	0	41	19	8.20	—	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	1	2	0	41	30	20.50	—	0
JH Blackmore	Northern Districts	3	6	1	40	18	8.00	—	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	4	8	0	38	20	4.75	—	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	2	4	0	36	35	9.00	—	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	2	4	0	34	21	8.50	—	0
JD Smith	Northern Districts	4	8	2	29	8*	4.83	—	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	3	28	10	4.67	—	0
WJR Haskell	Wellington	2	4	2	28	19*	14.00	—	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	7	0	23	16	3.29	—	0
GW Stewart	Northern Districts	1	2	0	23	12	11.50	—	0
RS Dunne	Otago	5	8	2	22	7	3.67	—	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	10	1	21	10	2.33	—	0
R Hendry	Otago	2	3	0	21	19	7.00	—	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	2	3	2	17	12*	17.00	—	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	4	7	2	15	6*	3.00	—	0
NA Huxford	Canterbury	5	8	2	12	11*	2.00	—	0
HT Schuster	Northern Districts	2	4	1	12	8	4.00	—	0
B Andrews	Central Districts	5	7	0	11	4	1.57	—	0
CJ McDonald	Otago	2	3	0	9	5	3.00	—	0
JP Flaherty	Otago	3	5	2	6	4*	2.00	—	0
RC Hooton	Northern Districts	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	—	0
SW Kohlhase	Auckland	2	4	1	5	4	1.67	—	0
D Beuth	Central Districts	3	4	1	4	4	1.33	—	0
BL Hampton	Central Districts	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	—	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	0	2	2	0.22	—	0
H Unka	Northern Districts	4	8	4	1	1	0.25	—	0
GA Snowden	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 55 players

Plunket Shield 1968/69 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	889	35	378	30	12.60	29.63	2.55	3	6/39
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	803	48	291	21	13.86	38.24	2.17	2	6/29
JM McIntyre	Canterbury	5	8	1,032	67	360	21	17.14	49.14	2.09	0	4/20
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	9	961	39	446	20	22.30	48.05	2.78	1	5/35
BR Taylor	Canterbury	5	9	701	18	435	16	27.19	43.81	3.72	1	5/120
B Andrews	Central Districts	5	10	714	40	280	16	17.50	44.63	2.35	1	6/51
BW Yuile	Central Districts	4	6	759	49	245	15	16.33	50.60	1.94	1	7/102
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	9	654	23	323	15	21.53	43.60	2.96	0	4/102
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	5	7	816	51	288	14	20.57	58.29	2.12	1	5/35
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	6	870	43	423	14	30.21	62.14	2.92	1	7/74
RO Collinge	Wellington	2	3	292	10	160	13	12.31	22.46	3.29	2	6/67
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	9	753	21	408	13	31.38	57.92	3.25	0	4/86
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	900	47	386	11	35.09	81.82	2.57	0	3/54
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	552	34	204	10	20.40	55.20	2.22	0	4/22
BA Bolton	Wellington	5	8	472	23	221	10	22.10	47.20	2.81	1	6/46
GE Vivian	Auckland	4	5	330	19	140	10	14.00	33.00	2.55	0	4/30
WJR Haskell	Wellington	2	4	438	31	137	10	13.70	43.80	1.88	0	4/32
RE Sutton	Auckland	4	8	540	20	238	10	23.80	54.00	2.64	0	3/46
NA Huxford	Canterbury	5	9	717	27	335	8	41.88	89.63	2.80	0	2/40
PB McGregor	Wellington	4	4	349	19	182	8	22.75	43.63	3.13	1	5/85
JD Smith	Northern Districts	4	6	594	20	307	8	38.38	74.25	3.10	0	3/82
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	6	304	19	87	6	14.50	50.67	1.72	0	3/22
RS Dunne	Otago	5	6	564	18	321	6	53.50	94.00	3.41	0	3/47
B Dunning	Northern Districts	4	5	378	12	234	6	39.00	63.00	3.71	0	2/38
JAJ Cushen	Otago	5	8	715	25	429	6	71.50	119.17	3.60	0	3/77

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Plunket Shield 1968/69 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
PD Stone	Northern Districts	4	6	305	10	202	6	33.67	50.83	3.97	2/34
JW Burtt	Canterbury	4	5	284	4	168	5	33.60	56.80	3.55	3/37
CJ McDonald	Otago	2	3	324	11	201	5	40.20	64.80	3.72	2/23
H Unka	Northern Districts	4	5	420	16	213	5	42.60	84.00	3.04	3/69
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	7	141	6	85	4	21.25	35.25	3.62	2/14
V Pollard	Central Districts	5	8	706	46	218	4	54.50	176.50	1.85	2/47
N Puna	Northern Districts	4	5	486	20	241	4	60.25	121.50	2.98	1/24
JR Carson	Northern Districts	5	5	300	10	163	4	40.75	75.00	3.26	2/39
D Beuth	Central Districts	3	5	222	6	129	3	43.00	74.00	3.49	2/45
BL Hampton	Central Districts	1	2	113	4	67	3	22.33	37.67	3.56	2/59
ML Ryan	Central Districts	2	3	98	5	37	2	18.50	49.00	2.27	2/18
AB Jordan	Central Districts	2	2	119	5	64	2	32.00	59.50	3.23	2/29
JP Flaherty	Otago	3	4	264	8	175	2	87.50	132.00	3.98	1/15
SW Kohlhase	Auckland	2	2	72	1	39	2	19.50	36.00	3.25	2/24
GT Dowling	Canterbury	2	3	30	1	19	1	19.00	30.00	3.80	1/4
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	3	3	138	11	53	1	53.00	138.00	2.30	1/41
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	4	208	10	83	1	83.00	208.00	2.39	1/21
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	3	24	3	9	1	9.00	24.00	2.25	1/0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	4	6	294	20	97	1	97.00	294.00	1.98	1/26
SN McGregor	Otago	3	3	54	3	24	0	—	—	2.67	0/0
AE Dick	Wellington	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0/4
JT Ward	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
BE Congdon	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
K Thomson	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
GM Turner	Otago	2	2	78	6	26	0	—	—	2.00	0/11
PG Coman	Canterbury	2	3	78	4	35	0	—	—	2.69	0/2
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
RW Hutchison	Otago	5	5	222	10	131	0	—	—	3.54	0/16
BD Smith	Wellington	1	1	48	1	21	0	—	—	2.63	0/21
GA Snowden	Wellington	1	1	114	8	37	0	—	—	1.95	0/37

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 1968/69. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1968/69 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	5	4	0	1	1,685	45	37.44	362	1,469	90	16.32
Canterbury	5	2	0	3	1,888	63	29.97	360	1,931	74	26.09
Central Districts	5	1	1	3	1,882	52	36.19	450	1,554	69	22.52
Wellington	5	1	3	1	1,854	78	23.77	392	1,834	69	26.58
Northern Districts	5	0	2	3	1,555	81	19.20	270	1,779	50	35.58
Otago	5	0	2	3	1,558	70	22.26	421	1,855	37	50.14

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 · 1968/69

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

1969-01-27 to 1969-01-29 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 270 & 166/6
Canterbury: 309/7d & 180/7d

Match drawn

1969-01-23 to 1969-01-25 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 283 & 67/1
Northern Districts: 153 & 195

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1969-01-23 to 1969-01-25 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 314/8d & 46/0
Canterbury: 227

Match drawn

1969-01-11 to 1969-01-14 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 140 & 220
Auckland: 144 & 217/1

Auckland won by 9 wickets

1969-01-11 to 1969-01-14 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 448/3d
Otago: 280 & 1/0

Match drawn

1969-01-07 to 1969-01-09 · Smallbone Park, Rotorua

Northern Districts: 194 & 81/2
Otago: 173

Match drawn

1969-01-07 to 1969-01-09 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 152 & 118
Auckland: 185 & 88/3

Auckland won by 7 wickets

1969-01-03 to 1969-01-06 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 450/8d
Northern Districts: 149 & 106/3

Match drawn

1969-01-03 to 1969-01-06 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 284/9d & 123/8
Wellington: 252 & 154

Canterbury won by 2 wickets

1969-01-03 to 1969-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 362/6d & 12/0
Otago: 203 & 168

Auckland won by 10 wickets

1969-01-01 to 1969-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 421
Wellington: 392/5d & 51/2

Match drawn

1969-01-01 to 1969-01-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 109 & 132
Auckland: 317/7d

Auckland won by an innings and 76 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1968/69 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
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Smallbone Park, Rotorua	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 1968/69, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1968/69 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BAG Murray	213	Otago	1969-01-01
BE Congdon	202*	Otago	1969-01-11
GM Turner	167	Wellington	1969-01-01
RW Morgan	166	Canterbury	1969-01-23
GT Dowling	154	Central Districts	1969-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1968/69 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
GD Alabaster	7/74	Northern Districts	1969-01-07
BW Yuile	7/102	Otago	1969-01-11
HJ Howarth	6/29	Central Districts	1969-01-07
RS Cunis	6/39	Northern Districts	1969-01-01
BA Bolton	6/46	Canterbury	1969-01-03

* 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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Recorded teams

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Recorded coverage

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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