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Plunket Shield 1970/71 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

RE Redmond leads the displayed batting table with 443 runs. GD Alabaster leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1970/71 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 75
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1970-12-26 to 1971-01-15. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-06-15.

Plunket Shield standings

League table for 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RE Redmond	5	443
GT Dowling	5	441
RW Morgan	5	404
GA Newdick	5	404
BAG Murray	5	402

Recorded innings through 1971-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
GD Alabaster	5	25
B Andrews	5	24
RS Cunis	5	20
RO Collinge	5	20
RA Baddeley	5	20

Recorded innings through 1971-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 75 players

Plunket Shield 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RE Redmond	Auckland	5	10	2	443	141*	55.38	—	2	1
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	9	0	441	102	49.00	—	2	1
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	10	0	404	106	40.40	—	2	2
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	9	1	404	143	50.50	—	1	1
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	9	1	402	99	50.25	—	5	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	9	0	397	129	44.11	—	2	2
TW Jarvis	Canterbury	5	9	2	374	107	53.43	—	1	2
RM Harris	Auckland	5	10	2	359	60	44.88	—	4	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	9	1	312	108	39.00	—	1	1
GM Turner	Otago	5	10	0	293	55	29.30	—	2	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	1	286	67*	35.75	—	2	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	2	286	70*	40.86	—	2	0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	8	0	280	120	35.00	—	2	1
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1	269	103*	29.89	—	1	1
KO Campbell	Otago	5	10	0	266	97	26.60	—	2	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	4	8	0	264	93	33.00	—	1	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	4	8	0	263	120	32.88	—	1	1
HC Sampson	Central Districts	4	8	0	261	119	32.63	—	0	1
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	4	8	0	252	108	31.50	—	0	1
PC Semple	Otago	5	10	1	240	78*	26.67	—	1	0
GV Giles	Northern Districts	4	8	0	218	78	27.25	—	1	0
LR Pearson	Otago	5	10	0	214	44	21.40	—	0	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	9	0	211	99	23.44	—	1	0
DH Payton	Central Districts	4	8	1	196	68	28.00	—	2	0
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	10	2	188	87	23.50	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	4	8	0	164	48	20.50	—	0
MG Burgess	Auckland	5	10	1	164	72	18.22	—	1
KJ Wadsworth	Central Districts	4	8	1	162	79	23.14	—	1
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	4	8	0	144	64	18.00	—	1
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	6	0	138	68	23.00	—	1
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	4	8	1	136	51	19.43	—	1
RW Hutchison	Otago	5	10	1	135	33	15.00	—	0
SR Speed	Auckland	5	10	3	132	34*	18.86	—	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	9	2	130	52	18.57	—	1
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	2	123	51*	15.38	—	1
JD Riley	Wellington	5	9	0	121	38	13.44	—	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	0	115	50	12.78	—	1
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	9	2	114	40*	16.29	—	0
KJ O'Connor	Otago	3	6	0	97	28	16.17	—	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	3	83	36	11.86	—	0
R McGill	Northern Districts	2	4	0	81	58	20.25	—	1
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	7	1	77	34	12.83	—	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	4	8	1	75	32	10.71	—	0
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	4	8	1	73	38	10.43	—	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	9	2	72	20	10.29	—	0
JD Smith	Northern Districts	4	8	1	66	26	9.43	—	0
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	9	0	65	40	7.22	—	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	1	63	27*	7.00	—	0
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	9	3	61	19*	10.17	—	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	3	6	1	61	29	12.20	—	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	3	56	25*	8.00	—	0
B Andrews	Otago	5	10	1	56	19	6.22	—	0
JC McLeod	Northern Districts	3	6	1	56	22	11.20	—	0
RA Roy	Otago	3	6	0	54	30	9.00	—	0
RM Gearry	Central Districts	3	6	3	53	21*	17.67	—	0
RJ McPherson	Northern Districts	3	6	1	52	26	10.40	—	0
BD Smith	Wellington	2	4	1	50	37	16.67	—	0
DO Neely	Auckland	4	8	0	48	21	6.00	—	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	4	8	3	47	20*	9.40	—	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	9	0	44	19	4.89	—	0
BA Bolton	Wellington	4	7	0	37	14	5.29	—	0
MG Webb	Otago	5	10	4	33	20*	5.50	—	0
BG Foulds	Northern Districts	4	8	3	29	16*	5.80	—	0
BT Freeman	Otago	2	4	0	26	12	6.50	—	0
LC Sparks	Central Districts	3	6	0	25	13	4.17	—	0
RA Baddeley	Auckland	5	10	2	19	7*	2.38	—	0
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	3	16	8*	4.00	—	0
WL Blair	Otago	1	2	0	14	11	7.00	—	0
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	1	2	2	14	9*	—	—	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	9	2	13	11*	1.86	—	0
RC Merrin	Canterbury	2	3	0	11	6	3.67	—	0
CRW Dickel	Otago	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	3	6	0	2	2	0.33	—	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	4	8	2	2	2	0.33	—	0

Bowling · 54 players

Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1,044	39	471	25	18.84	41.76	2.71	1	5/70
B Andrews	Otago	5	10	993	42	521	24	21.71	41.38	3.15	2	5/45
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	887	32	373	20	18.65	44.35	2.52	2	6/37
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	9	780	25	367	20	18.35	39.00	2.82	2	6/40
RA Baddeley	Auckland	5	9	567	18	385	20	19.25	28.35	4.07	1	6/79
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	6	849	51	365	19	19.21	44.68	2.58	1	5/86
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	8	996	48	514	19	27.05	52.42	3.10	1	7/77
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	9	696	28	385	18	21.39	38.67	3.32	1	5/31
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	1,107	42	546	16	34.13	69.19	2.96	0	4/106
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	4	8	689	29	357	16	22.31	43.06	3.11	1	5/74
JH Howell	Central Districts	4	8	616	20	333	16	20.81	38.50	3.24	0	4/58
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	652	14	382	13	29.38	50.15	3.52	0	3/21
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	6	575	15	268	13	20.62	44.23	2.80	1	5/45
MG Webb	Otago	5	10	755	17	498	13	38.31	58.08	3.96	0	3/61
KO Campbell	Otago	5	8	498	32	189	12	15.75	41.50	2.28	1	5/27
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	4	6	595	28	254	11	23.09	54.09	2.56	0	4/27
AB Jordan	Central Districts	4	8	474	18	301	10	30.10	47.40	3.81	0	3/38
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	642	26	396	8	49.50	80.25	3.70	0	2/65
R McGill	Northern Districts	2	3	216	2	118	8	14.75	27.00	3.28	1	6/51
JD Smith	Northern Districts	4	8	636	14	416	8	52.00	79.50	3.92	0	3/99
BA Bolton	Wellington	4	6	233	6	153	7	21.86	33.29	3.94	0	4/22
RW Morgan	Auckland	4	7	276	5	173	7	24.71	39.43	3.76	0	4/22
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	4	7	471	5	301	7	43.00	67.29	3.83	0	4/69
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	588	32	266	7	38.00	84.00	2.71	0	2/7
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	6	312	6	197	6	32.83	52.00	3.79	0	3/37

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Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
KI Ferries	Canterbury	3	6	522	24	279	6	46.50	87.00	3.21	2/38
B Dunning	Northern Districts	4	6	306	11	199	5	39.80	61.20	3.90	3/72
BG Foulds	Northern Districts	4	8	419	8	271	5	54.20	83.80	3.88	2/47
BD Smith	Wellington	2	4	215	11	100	5	20.00	43.00	2.79	3/26
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	3	4	165	7	111	4	27.75	41.25	4.04	3/17
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	6	234	10	134	4	33.50	58.50	3.44	3/44
RA Roy	Otago	3	4	180	12	58	4	14.50	45.00	1.93	3/10
MJ Horton	Northern Districts	4	7	474	14	285	3	95.00	158.00	3.61	1/27
JFM Morrison	Wellington	4	6	288	15	125	3	41.67	96.00	2.60	2/23
RC Merrin	Canterbury	2	3	156	4	91	3	30.33	52.00	3.50	3/39
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	4	114	5	54	2	27.00	57.00	2.84	1/5
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	1	1	66	0	76	2	38.00	33.00	6.91	2/76
JC McLeod	Northern Districts	3	4	108	0	104	2	52.00	54.00	5.78	1/21
GT Dowling	Canterbury	4	5	83	3	43	1	43.00	83.00	3.11	1/13
GE Vivian	Auckland	4	5	174	4	135	1	135.00	174.00	4.66	1/28
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	2	48	1	36	1	36.00	48.00	4.50	1/11
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	2	72	1	88	1	88.00	72.00	7.33	1/66
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	1	0.00	6.00	0.00	1/0
LC Sparks	Central Districts	3	3	144	3	78	1	78.00	144.00	3.25	1/37
RM Harris	Auckland	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
BW Sinclair	Wellington	1	1	12	2	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
MG Burgess	Auckland	3	3	54	2	30	0	—	—	3.33	0/6
GA Newdick	Wellington	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
JW Burtt	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	7	0	—	—	3.50	0/7
CRW Dickel	Otago	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0/14
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	1	1	5	0	4	0	—	—	4.80	0/4
GV Giles	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
RW Hutchison	Otago	2	2	125	2	76	0	—	—	3.65	0/10
JM McIntyre	Auckland	1	2	66	6	8	0	—	—	0.73	0/1

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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	5	3	0	1	1	1,577	62	25.44	420	1,718	72	23.86
Auckland	5	2	1	2	0	2,111	58	36.40	397	2,119	80	26.49
Wellington	5	2	1	2	0	2,059	67	30.73	353	1,776	76	23.37
Canterbury	5	1	2	2	0	2,170	70	31.00	371	2,152	70	30.74
Northern Districts	5	1	3	0	1	1,692	73	23.18	311	1,751	40	43.78
Otago	5	1	3	1	0	1,846	90	20.51	287	1,939	82	23.65

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-01-15 to 1971-01-18 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 272 & 173/1
Northern Districts: 309 & 133

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1971-01-15 to 1971-01-17 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 282/6d & 225
Canterbury: 345 & 173/9d

Canterbury won by 11 runs

1971-01-12 to 1971-01-14 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 311/7d & 264/7
Canterbury: 352/7d & 219/2d

Northern Districts won by 3 wickets

1971-01-12 to 1971-01-14 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 184 & 204
Otago: 255 & 130

Central Districts won by 3 runs

1971-01-11 to 1971-01-13 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 353/9d & 172/3d
Auckland: 281/4d & 96/4

Match drawn

1971-01-08 to 1971-01-10 · Smallbone Park, Rotorua

Northern Districts: 89/9d & 149
Otago: 216/8d & 80/3d

Otago won by 58 runs

1971-01-08 to 1971-01-10 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 113/7d & 19/2
Auckland: 193 & 87/3d

Match drawn

1971-01-04 to 1971-01-06 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: Score unavailable
Northern Districts: Score unavailable

Result unavailable

1971-01-04 to 1971-01-06 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 149
Wellington: 163/6

Match drawn

1971-01-04 to 1971-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 324/9d & 184/3
Otago: 220 & 287

Auckland won by 7 wickets

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 133 & 125
Wellington: 176/9d & 203

Wellington won by 121 runs

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 238 & 199
Auckland: 397/9d & 42/0

Auckland won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1970/71 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
McLean Park, Napier	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Smallbone Park, Rotorua	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 1970/71, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GA Newdick	143	Auckland	1971-01-11
RE Redmond	141*	Wellington	1971-01-11
ML Ryan	129	Auckland	1971-01-15
BE Congdon	120	Canterbury	1971-01-01
ADG Roberts	120	Wellington	1971-01-15

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CM Kirk	7/77	Auckland	1971-01-15
RS Cunis	6/37	Canterbury	1971-01-15
RO Collinge	6/40	Otago	1971-01-01
R McGill	6/51	Wellington	1971-01-15
RA Baddeley	6/79	Otago	1971-01-04

* 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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