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Plunket Shield 1971/72 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1971/72; Tests are excluded.

RW Anderson leads the displayed batting table with 446 runs. HJ Howarth leads the bowling table with 31 wickets.

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Showing 1971/72 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 83
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1971-12-26 to 1972-01-21. 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 1971/72. 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 1971/72

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 1971/72 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RW Anderson	5	446
MG Burgess	5	431
GM Turner	5	424
TW Jarvis	5	305
JG Gibson	5	297

Recorded innings through 1972-01-21. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1971/72 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
HJ Howarth	5	31
EK Gillott	5	26
BR Taylor	5	23
JC Alabaster	5	22
MG Webb	5	21

Recorded innings through 1972-01-21. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1971/72

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 · 83 players

Plunket Shield 1971/72 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RW Anderson	Otago	5	10	1	446	105*	49.56	—	3	1
MG Burgess	Auckland	5	9	0	431	146	47.89	—	3	1
GM Turner	Otago	5	10	3	424	101*	60.57	—	2	1
TW Jarvis	Auckland	5	9	0	305	91	33.89	—	2	0
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	5	9	0	297	68	33.00	—	3	0
WL Blair	Otago	5	10	0	296	56	29.60	—	2	0
BE Congdon	Wellington	5	9	0	272	89	30.22	—	2	0
DH Payton	Central Districts	5	9	0	268	97	29.78	—	1	0
RE Redmond	Auckland	5	9	0	263	82	29.22	—	1	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	9	1	263	72	32.88	—	2	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	8	0	260	72	32.50	—	2	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	10	1	244	66	27.11	—	3	0
RM Harris	Auckland	3	4	0	243	66	60.75	—	4	0
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	9	2	243	84	34.71	—	1	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	9	0	238	85	26.44	—	1	0
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	9	0	236	93	26.22	—	1	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	0	236	87	29.50	—	1	0
KO Campbell	Otago	5	10	2	222	56	27.75	—	2	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	9	0	218	82	24.22	—	2	0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	10	0	216	78	21.60	—	1	0
RA Dykes	Auckland	5	9	1	215	82	26.88	—	1	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	0	206	37	22.89	—	0	0
HC Sampson	Central Districts	5	9	0	202	62	22.44	—	1	0
HT Schuster	Northern Districts	5	9	0	193	48	21.44	—	0	0
BR Taylor	Wellington	5	9	2	190	129*	27.14	—	0	1

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Plunket Shield 1971/72 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KJ Wadsworth	Central Districts	5	9	1	176	59*	22.00	—	2	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	10	0	172	39	17.20	—	0	0
RH Ellis	Central Districts	5	9	0	170	68	18.89	—	2	0
MP Baker	Central Districts	3	5	0	158	142	31.60	—	0	1
BP Isherwood	Canterbury	5	10	2	154	74*	19.25	—	1	0
RW Hutchison	Otago	5	10	2	149	40	18.63	—	0	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	0	148	56	14.80	—	1	0
JD Riley	Wellington	5	9	3	148	41*	24.67	—	0	0
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	5	9	2	139	34	19.86	—	0	0
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	3	6	0	133	55	22.17	—	1	0
RC Hooton	Northern Districts	5	9	0	132	41	14.67	—	0	0
DW Neal	Central Districts	3	6	0	132	41	22.00	—	0	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	5	9	0	129	40	14.33	—	0	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	5	9	0	120	48	13.33	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	1	2	1	115	115*	115.00	—	0	1
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	2	107	39	15.29	—	0	0
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	5	9	1	107	49	13.38	—	0	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	9	0	107	29	11.89	—	0	0
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	10	3	102	41*	14.57	—	0	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1	96	33*	10.67	—	0	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	5	0	95	37	19.00	—	0	0
JV Coney	Wellington	3	5	0	84	29	16.80	—	0	0
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	9	1	81	27*	10.13	—	0	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	4	7	2	81	36*	16.20	—	0	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	1	78	36*	26.00	—	0	0
A Puna	Northern Districts	4	8	1	72	24	10.29	—	0	0
PC Semple	Otago	4	8	3	57	18*	11.40	—	0	0
JR Carson	Auckland	1	2	0	55	54	27.50	—	1	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	1	53	17	17.67	—	0	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	2	53	38*	6.63	—	0	0
BD Coley	Wellington	3	5	1	47	27	11.75	—	0	0
GHR Duncan	Central Districts	1	2	0	47	47	23.50	—	0	0
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	5	9	2	45	21	6.43	—	0	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	9	2	45	16	6.43	—	0	0
DW Stead	Canterbury	2	4	0	44	24	11.00	—	0	0
RA Baddeley	Auckland	4	7	1	43	25	7.17	—	0	0
DU Patel	Northern Districts	2	3	0	41	39	13.67	—	0	0
JD Smith	Northern Districts	2	4	2	37	27*	18.50	—	0	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	9	5	34	17*	8.50	—	0	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	10	2	32	28	4.00	—	0	0
B Andrews	Otago	5	10	0	29	21	2.90	—	0	0
WR Fenton	Auckland	2	4	0	28	18	7.00	—	0	0
GT McConnell	Wellington	5	9	4	25	9*	5.00	—	0	0
JC McLeod	Northern Districts	1	2	1	22	20	22.00	—	0	0
MG Webb	Otago	5	10	2	21	20	2.63	—	0	0
H Unka	Northern Districts	5	9	3	18	13	3.00	—	0	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	4	7	0	17	5	2.43	—	0	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	1	16	11	3.20	—	0	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	1	14	10*	1.56	—	0	0
JC Williams	Auckland	4	7	4	13	9	4.33	—	0	0
BJ McKechnie	Otago	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0
CK Baker	Canterbury	1	2	1	8	7*	8.00	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	5	10	2	8	4*	1.00	—	0	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	1	2	1	3	3*	3.00	—	0	0
RB McCullough	Wellington	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
TG Beatson	Northern Districts	2	3	0	1	1	0.33	—	0	0
R McGill	Northern Districts	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
NGS Smith	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 54 players

Plunket Shield 1971/72 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	1,592	76	663	31	21.39	51.35	2.50	1	5/34
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	5	9	1,059	47	571	26	21.96	40.73	3.24	1	6/79
BR Taylor	Wellington	5	10	1,251	50	500	23	21.74	54.39	2.40	2	5/37
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	9	894	32	329	22	14.95	40.64	2.21	1	5/71
MG Webb	Otago	5	9	786	27	408	21	19.43	37.43	3.11	1	7/49
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	9	858	59	378	19	19.89	45.16	2.64	1	5/48
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	9	716	32	290	18	16.11	39.78	2.43	1	5/64
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	5	10	635	17	376	18	20.89	35.28	3.55	1	5/50
RO Collinge	Wellington	4	7	541	19	221	17	13.00	31.82	2.45	1	7/28
B Andrews	Otago	5	9	853	75	229	15	15.27	56.87	1.61	1	5/19
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	10	942	35	411	15	27.40	62.80	2.62	1	5/34
A Puna	Northern Districts	4	6	513	13	325	14	23.21	36.64	3.80	1	5/77
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	8	528	14	268	13	20.62	40.62	3.05	0	4/32
GT McConnell	Wellington	5	8	763	20	420	13	32.31	58.69	3.30	1	6/87
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	5	669	24	293	12	24.42	55.75	2.63	0	4/60
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	7	659	20	394	12	32.83	54.92	3.59	0	4/126
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	7	714	22	404	11	36.73	64.91	3.40	0	4/58
JC Williams	Auckland	4	8	491	15	251	11	22.82	44.64	3.07	0	4/49
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	330	9	194	10	19.40	33.00	3.53	0	4/42
ML Ryan	Canterbury	4	6	438	20	174	10	17.40	43.80	2.38	0	3/30
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	8	588	22	327	10	32.70	58.80	3.34	0	3/69
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	8	396	8	275	8	34.38	49.50	4.17	0	3/80
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	10	667	25	304	7	43.43	95.29	2.73	0	2/26
JM McIntyre	Auckland	3	5	367	14	196	7	28.00	52.43	3.20	0	2/42
RH Ellis	Central Districts	4	5	270	4	189	6	31.50	45.00	4.20	0	3/28

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Plunket Shield 1971/72 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
NGS Smith	Auckland	1	2	252	7	124	6	20.67	42.00	2.95	4/77
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	504	33	171	5	34.20	100.80	2.04	2/52
H Unka	Northern Districts	5	9	565	19	279	5	55.80	113.00	2.96	3/71
BE Congdon	Wellington	3	3	132	4	66	4	16.50	33.00	3.00	2/44
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	252	4	163	4	40.75	63.00	3.88	2/43
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	3	4	132	4	73	4	18.25	33.00	3.32	2/27
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	6	216	1	179	3	59.67	72.00	4.97	1/12
KO Campbell	Otago	4	5	210	11	105	3	35.00	70.00	3.00	3/41
RS Cunis	Auckland	1	2	192	4	84	2	42.00	96.00	2.63	1/24
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	2	30	0	42	2	21.00	15.00	8.40	2/28
RA Baddeley	Auckland	4	8	336	10	174	2	87.00	168.00	3.11	1/27
TG Beatson	Northern Districts	2	2	108	3	58	2	29.00	54.00	3.22	2/34
JD Smith	Northern Districts	2	4	246	8	105	2	52.50	123.00	2.56	2/36
BAG Murray	Wellington	1	1	48	1	14	1	14.00	48.00	1.75	1/14
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	2	24	0	19	1	19.00	24.00	4.75	1/15
DU Patel	Northern Districts	2	2	144	6	80	1	80.00	144.00	3.33	1/59
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	5	6	495	16	275	1	275.00	495.00	3.33	1/39
RB McCullough	Wellington	1	2	138	5	93	1	93.00	138.00	4.04	1/63
DH Payton	Central Districts	1	1	6	1	0	1	0.00	6.00	0.00	1/0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	2	2	96	2	70	0	—	—	4.38	0/25
JV Coney	Wellington	1	1	12	1	1	0	—	—	0.50	0/1
MP Baker	Central Districts	1	1	18	0	12	0	—	—	4.00	0/12
JR Carson	Auckland	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	1	1	4	0	6	0	—	—	9.00	0/6
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	1	2	36	2	24	0	—	—	4.00	0/0
R McGill	Northern Districts	1	1	96	4	51	0	—	—	3.19	0/51
JC McLeod	Northern Districts	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0/12
DW Neal	Central Districts	1	1	5	0	4	0	—	—	4.80	0/4
JD Riley	Wellington	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0

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 1971/72. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1971/72 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Otago	5	4	0	1	1,907	53	35.98	303	1,451	85	17.07
Auckland	5	3	2	0	2,378	76	31.29	414	2,192	86	25.49
Canterbury	5	2	2	1	1,756	73	24.05	432	1,951	79	24.70
Wellington	5	2	1	2	1,761	77	22.87	310	1,896	79	24.00
Central Districts	5	0	3	2	1,895	86	22.03	360	1,857	48	38.69
Northern Districts	5	0	3	2	1,641	79	20.77	346	1,991	67	29.72

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 · 1971/72

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

1972-01-21 to 1972-01-23 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 308 & 266/5
Northern Districts: 346 & 224/6d

Auckland won by 5 wickets

1972-01-14 to 1972-01-16 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 247 & 189
Canterbury: 432/6d & 5/1

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1972-01-14 to 1972-01-17 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 309/9d & 202/6d
Wellington: 196 & 295

Auckland won by 20 runs

1972-01-11 to 1972-01-13 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 250 & 138
Wellington: 238 & 152/5

Wellington won by 5 wickets

1972-01-11 to 1972-01-13 · Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton

Central Districts: 215 & 260
Otago: 303 & 175/0

Otago won by 10 wickets

1972-01-07 to 1972-01-09 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 103/9d
Otago: 195/6d & 170/2

Match drawn

1972-01-07 to 1972-01-09 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 206/8d & 101/6d
Northern Districts: 106 & 197/8

Match drawn

1972-01-03 to 1972-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 252/9d & 108/4d
Northern Districts: 111 & 64

Otago won by 185 runs

1972-01-03 to 1972-01-05 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 103 & 272/6d
Wellington: 199 & 124/6

Match drawn

1972-01-03 to 1972-01-05 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 266 & 203/6
Auckland: 281 & 186/6d

Canterbury won by 4 wickets

1972-01-01 to 1972-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 144 & 310/7d
Canterbury: 81 & 176

Wellington won by 197 runs

1972-01-01 to 1972-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 244 & 169/4
Auckland: 210 & 202

Otago won by 6 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1971/72 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	3
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton	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 1971/72, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1971/72 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MG Burgess	146	Central Districts	1971-12-26
MP Baker	142	Northern Districts	1972-01-01
BR Taylor	129*	Canterbury	1972-01-01
CL Bull	115*	Central Districts	1972-01-14
RW Anderson	105*	Central Districts	1972-01-11

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1971/72 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RO Collinge	7/28	Canterbury	1972-01-01
MG Webb	7/49	Wellington	1972-01-07
EK Gillott	6/79	Otago	1972-01-03
GT McConnell	6/87	Northern Districts	1972-01-11
B Andrews	5/19	Northern Districts	1972-01-03

* 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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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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