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Plunket Shield 1972/73 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

BE Congdon leads the displayed batting table with 501 runs. HJ Howarth leads the bowling table with 37 wickets.

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Showing 1972/73 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 79
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 8

Selected season match starts: 1972-12-23 to 1973-01-09. 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 1972/73. 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 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BE Congdon	5	501
JM Parker	5	452
GM Turner	5	409
BR Taylor	5	380
B Dunning	5	362

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
HJ Howarth	5	37
DR Hadlee	5	32
RJ Hadlee	5	28
RO Collinge	5	23
DR O'Sullivan	5	19

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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 · 79 players

Plunket Shield 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BE Congdon	Otago	5	9	1	501	173*	62.63	—	3	2
JM Parker	Northern Districts	5	10	0	452	195	45.20	—	1	1
GM Turner	Otago	5	9	0	409	132	45.44	—	0	2
BR Taylor	Wellington	5	10	0	380	173	38.00	—	2	1
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	1	362	142	40.22	—	1	1
JV Coney	Wellington	5	10	3	353	94	50.43	—	4	0
DW Neal	Central Districts	5	10	1	352	90	39.11	—	3	0
RM Harris	Auckland	5	9	0	349	115	38.78	—	1	1
KO Campbell	Otago	5	9	1	324	111	40.50	—	2	1
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	10	2	315	180*	39.38	—	1	1
PG Coman	Canterbury	4	7	1	311	83	51.83	—	3	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	5	10	0	302	83	30.20	—	2	0
RE Redmond	Auckland	5	9	1	274	131	34.25	—	0	1
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	9	0	273	82	30.33	—	3	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	10	1	241	140	26.78	—	1	1
DH Payton	Central Districts	5	10	0	239	93	23.90	—	1	0
RW Anderson	Otago	5	9	0	230	95	25.56	—	2	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	9	1	223	89	27.88	—	2	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	9	0	221	114	24.56	—	0	1
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	9	2	214	104	30.57	—	1	1
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	10	2	212	101	26.50	—	0	1
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	5	10	0	207	33	20.70	—	0	0
BD Smith	Wellington	5	10	2	196	70	24.50	—	2	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	5	9	1	193	50	24.13	—	1	0
TW Jarvis	Auckland	4	7	0	192	79	27.43	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KJ Wadsworth	Canterbury	5	9	1	189	48	23.63	—	0	0
HC Sampson	Central Districts	5	10	0	185	38	18.50	—	0	0
WL Blair	Otago	5	9	0	183	75	20.33	—	2	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	3	6	1	168	107	33.60	—	0	1
IR Snook	Central Districts	4	8	2	153	72*	25.50	—	1	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	10	2	150	48*	18.75	—	0	0
JG Gibson	Auckland	3	6	1	136	48*	27.20	—	0	0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	4	8	2	131	46	21.83	—	0	0
RA Dykes	Auckland	5	9	3	126	34*	21.00	—	0	0
RW Smith	Wellington	5	10	1	126	48	14.00	—	0	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	1	125	31	15.63	—	0	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	5	10	0	125	52	12.50	—	1	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	6	1	121	46	24.20	—	0	0
GP Howarth	Auckland	5	9	0	117	38	13.00	—	0	0
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	5	10	0	110	38	11.00	—	0	0
A Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	0	110	19	11.00	—	0	0
JH Blackmore	Northern Districts	5	10	1	108	29	12.00	—	0	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	6	0	103	42	17.17	—	0	0
JR Carson	Auckland	2	3	0	102	62	34.00	—	1	0
WK Lees	Otago	5	9	3	101	30	16.83	—	0	0
JW Guy	Northern Districts	4	8	0	95	42	11.88	—	0	0
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	10	2	88	33	11.00	—	0	0
BL Cairns	Central Districts	4	8	0	85	33	10.63	—	0	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	1	80	50	10.00	—	1	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	10	3	78	41	11.14	—	0	0
CRW Dickel	Otago	5	9	1	77	31*	9.63	—	0	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	10	0	75	43	7.50	—	0	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	10	1	74	29	8.22	—	0	0
NW McKenzie	Otago	2	3	1	63	63*	31.50	—	1	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	3	1	60	30*	30.00	—	0	0
JSS White	Northern Districts	4	8	3	57	34	11.40	—	0	0
J Freeman	Northern Districts	2	4	0	56	18	14.00	—	0	0
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	5	10	2	54	22	6.75	—	0	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	9	2	51	24*	7.29	—	0	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	2	45	10	6.43	—	0	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	5	1	44	18	11.00	—	0	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	0	43	18	4.30	—	0	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	0	41	15	4.56	—	0	0
T Selwood	Central Districts	1	2	0	41	30	20.50	—	0	0
MG Burgess	Auckland	1	1	0	39	39	39.00	—	0	0
H Unka	Northern Districts	4	8	4	39	16*	9.75	—	0	0
MJE Wright	Northern Districts	1	2	0	33	22	16.50	—	0	0
GA Powell	Otago	5	9	1	26	8*	3.25	—	0	0
B Andrews	Otago	5	9	2	25	18	3.57	—	0	0
DJ Gatenby	Canterbury	4	7	3	25	12	6.25	—	0	0
JAJ Cushen	Otago	3	6	0	25	10	4.17	—	0	0
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	3	24	17	6.00	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Wellington	5	10	0	18	9	1.80	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	9	3	13	5*	2.17	—	0	0
PJ Malcon	Wellington	2	4	1	9	6*	3.00	—	0	0
BA Stewart	Central Districts	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
RW Fulton	Canterbury	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0
RC Merrin	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 48 players

Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	1,211	45	598	37	16.16	32.73	2.96	4	7/48
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	837	29	432	32	13.50	26.16	3.10	3	7/88
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	714	18	438	28	15.64	25.50	3.68	0	4/25
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	9	750	26	390	23	16.96	32.61	3.12	1	5/37
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	5	9	960	50	432	19	22.74	50.53	2.70	1	5/79
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	10	791	12	510	19	26.84	41.63	3.87	1	7/82
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	5	8	920	25	556	19	29.26	48.42	3.63	1	6/105
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	8	696	22	370	17	21.76	40.94	3.19	1	6/37
AR Hounsell	Wellington	5	9	578	14	336	16	21.00	36.13	3.49	0	4/35
B Andrews	Otago	5	9	930	25	572	15	38.13	62.00	3.69	0	3/53
GA Powell	Otago	5	9	695	33	378	15	25.20	46.33	3.26	0	3/27
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	7	755	27	372	14	26.57	53.93	2.96	0	4/48
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	9	715	32	428	14	30.57	51.07	3.59	0	3/44
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	7	467	13	233	13	17.92	35.92	2.99	0	4/12
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	9	779	27	434	13	33.38	59.92	3.34	0	3/43
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	713	18	350	11	31.82	64.82	2.95	0	3/41
BL Cairns	Central Districts	4	7	624	25	308	11	28.00	56.73	2.96	0	3/51
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	8	543	20	283	11	25.73	49.36	3.13	0	4/56
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	6	373	17	191	10	19.10	37.30	3.07	1	5/37
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	216	11	90	10	9.00	21.60	2.50	1	5/19
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	9	492	17	338	10	33.80	49.20	4.12	0	4/41
JSS White	Northern Districts	4	6	473	12	291	10	29.10	47.30	3.69	1	5/29
DJ Gatenby	Canterbury	4	8	487	13	297	8	37.13	60.88	3.66	0	3/23
H Unka	Northern Districts	4	6	510	12	302	8	37.75	63.75	3.55	1	5/90
CRW Dickel	Otago	5	7	504	18	283	7	40.43	72.00	3.37	0	3/54

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Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
V Pollard	Canterbury	3	6	606	40	212	6	35.33	101.00	2.10	1	5/27
A Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	437	10	373	6	62.17	72.83	5.12	0	2/87
BE Congdon	Otago	5	6	402	13	180	5	36.00	80.40	2.69	0	1/5
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	3	108	1	87	5	17.40	21.60	4.83	0	4/47
GP Howarth	Auckland	3	5	306	12	148	5	29.60	61.20	2.90	0	3/70
BD Smith	Wellington	4	6	268	14	168	5	33.60	53.60	3.76	0	2/13
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	6	468	13	225	4	56.25	117.00	2.88	0	3/31
JFM Morrison	Wellington	3	4	108	6	71	3	23.67	36.00	3.94	0	2/36
JAJ Cushen	Otago	3	5	342	8	237	3	79.00	114.00	4.16	0	2/79
J Freeman	Northern Districts	2	3	179	2	144	3	48.00	59.67	4.83	0	2/54
RC Merrin	Canterbury	1	2	113	4	47	3	15.67	37.67	2.50	0	2/21
RM Harris	Auckland	3	4	54	2	35	1	35.00	54.00	3.89	0	1/4
JM Parker	Northern Districts	3	3	36	1	32	1	32.00	36.00	5.33	0	1/15
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	3	3	42	1	26	1	26.00	42.00	3.71	0	1/10
ML Ryan	Canterbury	3	5	102	4	43	1	43.00	102.00	2.53	0	1/2
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	1	2	36	3	19	1	19.00	36.00	3.17	0	1/4
BA Stewart	Central Districts	1	2	66	1	51	1	51.00	66.00	4.64	0	1/47
JW Guy	Northern Districts	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0	0/4
TW Jarvis	Auckland	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
GE Vivian	Auckland	2	2	24	1	22	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/1
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	3	168	6	101	0	—	—	3.61	0	0/25
JV Coney	Wellington	1	1	36	0	39	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/39
NW McKenzie	Otago	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1972/73 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	5	3	1	1	1,903	75	25.37	387	1,766	83	21.28
Wellington	5	3	0	2	2,022	64	31.59	410	1,986	81	24.52
Canterbury	5	2	2	1	1,966	69	28.49	402	2,073	96	21.59
Otago	5	2	2	1	2,086	73	28.58	368	2,091	63	33.19
Central Districts	5	1	2	2	1,960	87	22.53	302	2,075	79	26.27
Northern Districts	5	0	4	1	2,063	95	21.72	335	2,009	61	32.93

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 · 1972/73

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

1973-01-09 to 1973-01-11 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 338/5d
Wellington: 322/6d & 2/0

Match drawn

1973-01-09 to 1973-01-11 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 157 & 173/5
Auckland: 267

Match drawn

1973-01-09 to 1973-01-11 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 273 & 25/0
Central Districts: 218 & 235

Match drawn

1973-01-05 to 1973-01-07 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 188 & 197
Otago: 368 & 19/2

Otago won by 8 wickets

1973-01-05 to 1973-01-07 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 168 & 110
Auckland: 250 & 196/8d

Auckland won by 168 runs

1973-01-05 to 1973-01-07 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 250/9d & 218
Wellington: 349 & 137

Wellington won by 18 runs

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 256 & 247/5d
Central Districts: 196 & 280/7

Match drawn

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-03 · Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Northern Districts: 139 & 335
Canterbury: 179 & 299/5

Canterbury won by 5 wickets

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-03 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 387/8d & 230/3
Otago: 276 & 340

Auckland won by 7 wickets

1972-12-28 to 1972-12-30 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 410 & 77/4
Northern Districts: 252 & 233

Wellington won by 6 wickets

1972-12-28 to 1972-12-30 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 250 & 189/6d
Central Districts: 203 & 160

Otago won by 76 runs

1972-12-28 to 1972-12-30 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 163 & 191/6d
Canterbury: 133/9d & 187

Auckland won by 34 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1972/73 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Cobham Oval, Whangarei	1
Horton Park, Blenheim	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 1972/73, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JM Parker	195	Canterbury	1973-01-01
JFM Morrison	180*	Northern Districts	1972-12-28
BE Congdon	173*	Wellington	1973-01-09
BR Taylor	173	Otago	1973-01-09
B Dunning	142	Central Districts	1972-12-24

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
HJ Howarth	7/48	Northern Districts	1973-01-09
AB Jordan	7/82	Otago	1972-12-28
DR Hadlee	7/88	Northern Districts	1973-01-01
BR Taylor	6/37	Auckland	1972-12-23
DR Hadlee	6/42	Otago	1972-12-23

* 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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