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Plunket Shield 1969/70 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1969/70; Tests are excluded.

BAG Murray leads the displayed batting table with 430 runs. B Andrews leads the bowling table with 28 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 86
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1969-12-25 to 1970-01-16. 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 1969/70. 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 1969/70

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 1969/70 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BAG Murray	4	430
DH Payton	5	340
MJF Shrimpton	5	336
RM Harris	5	316
GP Bilby	5	311

Recorded innings through 1970-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1969/70 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
B Andrews	5	28
MG Webb	4	25
JT Sparling	5	22
JC Alabaster	4	20
JM McIntyre	5	20

Recorded innings through 1970-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1969/70

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 · 86 players

Plunket Shield 1969/70 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	8	1	430	78	61.43	—	5	0
DH Payton	Central Districts	5	9	1	340	107	42.50	—	2	1
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	9	1	336	102	42.00	—	2	1
RM Harris	Auckland	5	8	0	316	157	39.50	—	0	1
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	10	2	311	96	38.88	—	2	0
TW Jarvis	Canterbury	5	10	0	295	106	29.50	—	1	1
PJC Coutts	Wellington	5	10	0	287	102	28.70	—	1	1
PG Coman	Canterbury	5	9	1	283	61	35.38	—	2	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	8	1	283	131*	40.43	—	1	1
DO Neely	Auckland	5	8	3	276	66*	55.20	—	2	0
PC Semple	Otago	4	7	0	274	107	39.14	—	2	1
LR Pearson	Otago	4	7	0	271	140	38.71	—	1	1
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	10	0	267	100	26.70	—	1	1
KO Campbell	Otago	5	9	2	245	108*	35.00	—	2	1
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	10	0	242	72	24.20	—	1	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	9	1	239	103*	29.88	—	1	1
JG Kemp	Auckland	5	8	0	236	108	29.50	—	0	1
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	5	8	0	225	64	28.13	—	2	0
ML Ryan	Central Districts	5	9	0	211	78	23.44	—	1	0
SR Speed	Auckland	5	8	0	198	76	24.75	—	2	0
RW Anderson	Northern Districts	5	8	1	193	37	27.57	—	0	0
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	5	8	0	191	109	23.88	—	0	1
RC Hooton	Northern Districts	5	8	0	182	54	22.75	—	1	0
BA Bolton	Wellington	5	10	1	181	74*	20.11	—	1	0
RW Hutchison	Otago	5	9	2	178	65*	25.43	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1969/70 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	10	1	177	59	19.67	—	1	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	5	0	176	113	35.20	—	0	1
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	5	8	1	164	56*	23.43	—	1	0
LD Hollands	Otago	4	7	2	164	66*	32.80	—	1	0
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	5	8	3	164	32*	32.80	—	0	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	5	10	2	163	39*	20.38	—	0	0
BT Freeman	Otago	5	9	0	155	57	17.22	—	1	0
KJ O'Connor	Otago	3	6	0	155	71	25.83	—	1	0
JH Blackmore	Northern Districts	3	5	1	141	54	35.25	—	2	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	4	8	1	135	56	19.29	—	1	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	10	3	127	54*	18.14	—	1	0
GP Haddon	Central Districts	4	7	1	125	33*	20.83	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	5	10	0	121	53	12.10	—	1	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	5	8	3	117	87*	23.40	—	1	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1	110	36	15.71	—	0	0
PB McGregor	Central Districts	5	9	0	104	38	11.56	—	0	0
RE Redmond	Auckland	1	2	0	103	75	51.50	—	1	0
JR Carson	Auckland	5	8	0	96	29	12.00	—	0	0
JWJ Schofer	Wellington	2	4	0	96	43	24.00	—	0	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	9	2	92	29*	13.14	—	0	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	4	7	1	84	67*	14.00	—	1	0
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	10	2	84	26*	10.50	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	3	6	0	73	25	12.17	—	0	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	5	0	72	38	14.40	—	0	0
RG Jefferson	Wellington	3	6	1	71	26*	14.20	—	0	0
B Andrews	Central Districts	5	9	3	58	19*	9.67	—	0	0
LC Sparks	Central Districts	4	7	2	53	19*	10.60	—	0	0
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	3	6	1	50	31*	10.00	—	0	0
DW Stead	Canterbury	1	2	0	49	31	24.50	—	0	0
PJ Havill	Northern Districts	2	4	2	46	34*	23.00	—	0	0
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	10	1	44	24*	4.89	—	0	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	10	2	43	31	5.38	—	0	0
BD Milburn	Otago	4	7	2	42	15*	8.40	—	0	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	5	8	2	42	18*	7.00	—	0	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	6	0	42	27	7.00	—	0	0
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	4	6	0	42	32	7.00	—	0	0
BV Sampson	Canterbury	2	4	2	40	24*	20.00	—	0	0
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	4	7	1	34	24*	5.67	—	0	0
RA Dykes	Auckland	3	5	2	31	18*	10.33	—	0	0
SW Kohlhase	Auckland	3	5	1	31	17	7.75	—	0	0
GA Powell	Otago	1	2	1	30	30	30.00	—	0	0
NM Parker	Otago	2	3	0	29	16	9.67	—	0	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	2	4	1	29	17*	9.67	—	0	0
MA Beban	Wellington	4	8	0	28	17	3.50	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	3	5	0	26	18	5.20	—	0	0
DJ Calkin	Central Districts	4	7	0	24	15	3.43	—	0	0
WL Blair	Otago	1	2	0	18	12	9.00	—	0	0
MG Webb	Otago	4	7	0	17	11	2.43	—	0	0
BD Smith	Wellington	3	6	0	16	16	2.67	—	0	0
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	3	4	0	13	11	3.25	—	0	0
RH Prouting	Otago	3	6	1	13	8*	2.60	—	0	0
NA Huxford	Canterbury	3	6	2	9	8*	2.25	—	0	0
LW Stott	Auckland	2	3	1	7	7*	3.50	—	0	0
JR Moss	Wellington	5	10	2	7	5	0.88	—	0	0
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	1	2	1	6	5*	6.00	—	0	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	1	2	1	5	5	5.00	—	0	0
RA Baddeley	Auckland	4	6	1	4	2	0.80	—	0	0
TC Masters	Northern Districts	3	5	1	3	3	0.75	—	0	0
NGS Smith	Otago	1	2	1	3	2*	3.00	—	0	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
RC Matthews	Auckland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 64 players

Plunket Shield 1969/70 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
B Andrews	Central Districts	5	9	955	40	447	28	15.96	34.11	2.81	1	7/37
MG Webb	Otago	4	7	565	24	341	25	13.64	22.60	3.62	2	5/34
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	1,209	63	549	22	24.95	54.95	2.72	2	5/38
JC Alabaster	Otago	4	7	880	27	404	20	20.20	44.00	2.75	1	5/62
JM McIntyre	Auckland	5	10	1,350	61	553	20	27.65	67.50	2.46	0	4/32
GD Alabaster	Otago	4	7	923	43	341	18	18.94	51.28	2.22	0	4/32
V Pollard	Canterbury	5	9	1,056	73	350	17	20.59	62.12	1.99	1	7/76
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	9	655	28	300	15	20.00	43.67	2.75	0	4/23
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	7	768	49	298	15	19.87	51.20	2.33	1	5/56
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	5	7	1,039	51	415	15	27.67	69.27	2.40	1	8/49
JR Moss	Wellington	5	9	652	15	399	15	26.60	43.47	3.67	1	5/57
ML Ryan	Central Districts	4	6	528	34	164	13	12.62	40.62	1.86	0	4/34
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	9	769	27	415	13	31.92	59.15	3.24	0	4/97
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	6	779	37	335	13	25.77	59.92	2.58	1	5/62
LC Sparks	Central Districts	4	8	525	22	269	12	22.42	43.75	3.07	1	6/46
NA Huxford	Canterbury	3	5	522	25	220	11	20.00	47.45	2.53	0	4/50
KI Ferries	Canterbury	2	4	528	29	212	10	21.20	52.80	2.41	0	4/34
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	5	6	908	42	363	9	40.33	100.89	2.40	0	4/109
RA Baddeley	Auckland	4	7	450	17	211	8	26.38	56.25	2.81	0	3/37
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	5	540	43	159	7	22.71	77.14	1.77	0	2/7
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	3	4	276	16	103	7	14.71	39.43	2.24	1	6/40
MA Beban	Wellington	4	6	564	21	261	7	37.29	80.57	2.78	0	3/96
BA Bolton	Wellington	5	8	468	16	215	6	35.83	78.00	2.76	0	2/20
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	4	7	258	7	144	6	24.00	43.00	3.35	0	2/21
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	7	420	19	209	6	34.83	70.00	2.99	0	4/67

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Plunket Shield 1969/70 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	3	5	324	7	225	5	45.00	64.80	4.17	3/84
RE Sutton	Auckland	3	6	378	14	192	5	38.40	75.60	3.05	2/44
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	5	5	215	8	100	4	25.00	53.75	2.79	2/16
KO Campbell	Otago	4	5	360	24	149	4	37.25	90.00	2.48	2/38
JW Burtt	Canterbury	4	6	276	4	197	4	49.25	69.00	4.28	2/73
RC Hooton	Northern Districts	2	2	144	7	57	4	14.25	36.00	2.38	4/38
SW Kohlhase	Auckland	3	6	348	9	164	4	41.00	87.00	2.83	3/50
AJ Beuth	Northern Districts	3	5	342	14	191	3	63.67	114.00	3.35	3/72
JR Carson	Auckland	5	7	222	5	139	3	46.33	74.00	3.76	1/15
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	3	4	384	17	133	3	44.33	128.00	2.08	2/35
TC Masters	Northern Districts	3	6	234	4	143	3	47.67	78.00	3.67	2/42
RM Harris	Auckland	3	3	126	8	37	2	18.50	63.00	1.76	2/28
JFM Morrison	Wellington	3	4	336	26	74	2	37.00	168.00	1.32	1/11
LW Stott	Auckland	2	4	300	13	136	2	68.00	150.00	2.72	1/25
PJ Havill	Northern Districts	2	3	240	9	127	2	63.50	120.00	3.18	1/19
JH Howell	Central Districts	2	3	168	6	85	2	42.50	84.00	3.04	1/35
RW Hutchison	Otago	4	4	162	7	48	2	24.00	81.00	1.78	2/12
RH Prouting	Otago	3	6	240	10	107	2	53.50	120.00	2.68	1/12
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	5	287	9	143	1	143.00	287.00	2.99	1/17
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	3	79	4	32	1	32.00	79.00	2.43	1/10
PG Coman	Canterbury	3	3	66	4	19	1	19.00	66.00	1.73	1/3
RC Matthews	Auckland	1	1	42	2	17	1	17.00	42.00	2.43	1/17
PB McGregor	Central Districts	2	2	48	3	20	1	20.00	48.00	2.50	1/3
LR Pearson	Otago	1	1	12	0	6	1	6.00	12.00	3.00	1/6
GA Powell	Otago	1	2	66	4	36	1	36.00	66.00	3.27	1/26
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	36	2	10	0	—	—	1.67	0/10
K Thomson	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0/4
AB Jordan	Central Districts	1	2	114	4	65	0	—	—	3.42	0/28
JH Blackmore	Northern Districts	2	2	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0/3
CL Bull	Canterbury	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
PJC Coutts	Wellington	1	1	24	1	14	0	—	—	3.50	0/14
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	1	2	54	1	49	0	—	—	5.44	0/20
JG Kemp	Auckland	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0/5
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	1	1	18	0	6	0	—	—	2.00	0/6
DO Neely	Auckland	2	2	30	0	18	0	—	—	3.60	0/8
BV Sampson	Canterbury	1	1	24	0	15	0	—	—	3.75	0/15
BD Smith	Wellington	1	1	18	2	9	0	—	—	3.00	0/9
NGS Smith	Otago	1	2	36	1	19	0	—	—	3.17	0/2
DW Stead	Canterbury	1	1	18	0	12	0	—	—	4.00	0/12

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 1969/70. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1969/70 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Otago	5	2	0	3	2,058	70	29.40	347	1,535	77	19.94
Central Districts	5	1	0	4	1,583	69	22.94	340	1,719	81	21.22
Auckland	5	0	1	4	1,801	66	27.29	307	2,298	74	31.05
Canterbury	5	0	1	4	1,909	81	23.57	315	2,039	81	25.17
Northern Districts	5	0	0	5	1,792	64	28.00	332	1,693	48	35.27
Wellington	5	0	1	4	1,944	74	26.27	378	1,803	63	28.62

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 · 1969/70

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

1970-01-16 to 1970-01-18 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 234/6d & 126/4
Wellington: 378 & 105/2d

Match drawn

1970-01-15 to 1970-01-17 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 183 & 109
Otago: 221 & 234

Otago won by 163 runs

1970-01-12 to 1970-01-14 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 232/8d & 64/4
Wellington: 337 & 84/1d

Match drawn

1970-01-10 to 1970-01-12 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 206 & 204/7d
Central Districts: 129 & 136/8

Match drawn

1970-01-08 to 1970-01-10 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 307/8d
Northern Districts: 186 & 332/9

Match drawn

1970-01-06 to 1970-01-08 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 144 & 140/6
Canterbury: 201 & 234/6d

Match drawn

1970-01-02 to 1970-01-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 246 & 234/8d
Canterbury: 182 & 227/8

Match drawn

1970-01-02 to 1970-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 329/7d
Northern Districts: 244/6

Match drawn

1970-01-02 to 1970-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 120 & 251/8
Central Districts: 226 & 217/5d

Match drawn

1969-12-29 to 1969-12-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 347 & 119/3
Auckland: 162 & 303

Otago won by 7 wickets

1969-12-29 to 1969-12-31 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 340
Wellington: 140 & 151

Central Districts won by an innings and 49 runs

1969-12-29 to 1969-12-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 315 & 70/2
Northern Districts: 237 & 285/7d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1969/70 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
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 1969/70, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1969/70 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RM Harris	157	Northern Districts	1970-01-08
LR Pearson	140	Auckland	1969-12-29
B Dunning	131*	Canterbury	1969-12-29
RW Morgan	113	Canterbury	1969-12-25
MJ Horton	109	Wellington	1970-01-12

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1969/70 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
KD Kennedy	8/49	Central Districts	1969-12-25
B Andrews	7/37	Otago	1970-01-10
V Pollard	7/76	Otago	1970-01-15
MJF Shrimpton	6/40	Otago	1970-01-10
LC Sparks	6/46	Canterbury	1970-01-06

* 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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