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Plunket Shield 1973/74 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1973/74; Tests are excluded.

MG Burgess leads the displayed batting table with 458 runs. MG Webb leads the bowling table with 40 wickets.

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Showing 1973/74 · Plunket Shield

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

Selected season match starts: 1973-12-22 to 1974-01-11. 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 1973/74. 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 1973/74

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 1973/74 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
MG Burgess	5	458
RW Smith	5	386
JW Warrington	5	352
GP Bilby	5	332
DP Lloyd	5	316

Recorded innings through 1974-01-11. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
MG Webb	5	40
HJ Howarth	5	33
EJ Chatfield	5	26
AB Jordan	4	26
GP Howarth	5	24

Recorded innings through 1974-01-11. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1973/74

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 1973/74 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
MG Burgess	Auckland	5	10	3	458	130*	65.43	—	4	1
RW Smith	Wellington	5	10	2	386	87*	48.25	—	3	0
JW Warrington	Northern Districts	5	10	0	352	84	35.20	—	3	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	10	2	332	109	41.50	—	2	1
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	5	10	0	316	70	31.60	—	2	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	5	10	3	311	111*	44.43	—	2	1
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	10	0	309	92	30.90	—	3	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	3	6	1	308	100*	61.60	—	2	1
TW Jarvis	Auckland	5	10	0	305	81	30.50	—	2	0
NM Parker	Canterbury	5	10	1	285	135	31.67	—	0	1
PE Wallace	Canterbury	5	10	1	283	140	31.44	—	0	1
GP Howarth	Auckland	5	10	1	278	55	30.89	—	1	0
JD Riley	Auckland	4	8	0	276	130	34.50	—	1	1
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	10	0	267	85	26.70	—	2	0
WK Lees	Otago	5	10	2	267	73	33.38	—	1	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	1	261	119*	29.00	—	1	1
HC Sampson	Otago	5	10	0	248	76	24.80	—	1	0
GN Edwards	Central Districts	5	10	0	246	71	24.60	—	2	0
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	5	10	0	233	63	23.30	—	1	0
PB McGregor	Wellington	5	10	1	214	81	23.78	—	2	0
WL Blair	Otago	5	10	0	190	44	19.00	—	0	0
AEW Parsons	Auckland	5	10	1	187	57	20.78	—	1	0
IR Snook	Central Districts	5	10	0	179	35	17.90	—	0	0
R Hendry	Otago	5	10	2	176	64	22.00	—	1	0
DW Neal	Central Districts	5	10	0	174	46	17.40	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1973/74 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RH Ellis	Central Districts	5	10	1	170	42	18.89	—	0	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	10	2	170	55*	21.25	—	1	0
JW Burtt	Central Districts	5	10	0	169	41	16.90	—	0	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	4	8	1	166	60*	23.71	—	2	0
DH Payton	Central Districts	2	4	0	144	106	36.00	—	0	1
RN Wylie	Central Districts	5	10	1	142	55*	15.78	—	1	0
DM Morland	Central Districts	5	10	1	137	40*	15.22	—	0	0
RW Anderson	Otago	4	8	0	134	30	16.75	—	0	0
RN Stewart	Otago	4	8	0	126	73	15.75	—	1	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	10	4	125	49*	20.83	—	0	0
RW Fulton	Northern Districts	5	10	0	123	32	12.30	—	0	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	10	5	122	39	24.40	—	0	0
RA Dykes	Auckland	5	10	3	120	60	17.14	—	1	0
RW Newton	Canterbury	5	10	2	118	29	14.75	—	0	0
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	4	0	117	87	29.25	—	1	0
GW Taylor	Northern Districts	3	6	0	115	62	19.17	—	1	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	1	113	45	12.56	—	0	0
BD Milburn	Otago	5	10	2	113	36*	14.13	—	0	0
LS Mountain	Northern Districts	5	10	0	111	37	11.10	—	0	0
RM Harris	Auckland	2	4	0	110	47	27.50	—	0	0
BD Smith	Wellington	4	8	2	106	36	17.67	—	0	0
JR Carson	Auckland	2	4	1	93	32	31.00	—	0	0
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	8	0	90	27	11.25	—	0	0
T Vaikvee	Wellington	4	8	1	84	41*	12.00	—	0	0
PG Coman	Canterbury	1	2	0	83	83	41.50	—	1	0
AT Paterson	Central Districts	1	2	0	79	47	39.50	—	0	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	10	1	78	32	8.67	—	0	0
RM Gearry	Canterbury	2	4	0	77	59	19.25	—	1	0
SL Boock	Otago	5	10	1	74	35*	8.22	—	0	0
BJ Middleton	Wellington	3	6	0	71	24	11.83	—	0	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	0	68	31	17.00	—	0	0
CRW Dickel	Canterbury	5	10	2	66	15	8.25	—	0	0
GA Powell	Otago	5	10	0	63	56	6.30	—	1	0
WT Murdock	Central Districts	1	2	0	61	55	30.50	—	1	0
MG Webb	Otago	5	10	2	59	14	7.38	—	0	0
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	4	8	3	58	24*	11.60	—	0	0
WA Thomson	Canterbury	1	2	0	58	55	29.00	—	1	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	4	8	1	50	13	7.14	—	0	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	2	49	18	6.13	—	0	0
CW Aldridge	Canterbury	4	8	1	45	28	6.43	—	0	0
BW Cederwall	Wellington	3	6	1	44	20	8.80	—	0	0
JSS White	Northern Districts	3	6	0	43	19	7.17	—	0	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	5	10	2	42	22	5.25	—	0	0
BJ McKechnie	Otago	2	4	0	40	29	10.00	—	0	0
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	4	8	2	40	13	6.67	—	0	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	2	38	28*	4.75	—	0	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	1	2	0	33	28	16.50	—	0	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	2	0	31	22	15.50	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	3	5	0	28	23	5.60	—	0	0
MT Brown	Central Districts	4	8	4	25	10	6.25	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	2	4	1	16	16*	5.33	—	0	0
H Unka	Northern Districts	5	10	4	15	8*	2.50	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Auckland	5	10	1	13	9	1.44	—	0	0
GB Thomson	Otago	5	10	4	13	8	2.17	—	0	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	5	10	1	8	5	0.89	—	0	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	1	2	1	5	5*	5.00	—	0	0
KS Chambers	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 55 players

Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MG Webb	Otago	5	10	1,165	34	586	40	14.65	29.13	3.02	5	6/49
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	1,418	62	607	33	18.39	42.97	2.57	3	7/42
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	5	10	791	33	364	26	14.00	30.42	2.76	2	7/34
AB Jordan	Central Districts	4	8	782	20	465	26	17.88	30.08	3.57	2	6/63
GP Howarth	Auckland	5	10	859	35	382	24	15.92	35.79	2.67	1	5/32
KI Ferries	Canterbury	5	10	966	50	418	24	17.42	40.25	2.60	2	5/67
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	949	39	456	22	20.73	43.14	2.88	2	5/37
CRW Dickel	Canterbury	5	10	895	38	503	19	26.47	47.11	3.37	1	6/89
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	9	718	35	406	18	22.56	39.89	3.39	1	6/50
RH Ellis	Central Districts	5	10	570	22	298	17	17.53	33.53	3.14	0	4/19
DM Morland	Central Districts	5	10	1,112	66	432	17	25.41	65.41	2.33	0	4/98
GA Powell	Otago	5	9	707	30	321	17	18.88	41.59	2.72	1	5/45
GB Thomson	Otago	5	10	726	20	336	16	21.00	45.38	2.78	0	3/28
H Unka	Northern Districts	5	10	876	23	497	14	35.50	62.57	3.40	2	6/67
T Vaikvee	Wellington	3	6	387	15	247	11	22.45	35.18	3.83	0	4/41
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	660	22	280	10	28.00	66.00	2.55	0	4/33
RN Wylie	Central Districts	5	10	537	9	382	10	38.20	53.70	4.27	0	3/46
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	8	486	16	234	9	26.00	54.00	2.89	0	4/28
CW Aldridge	Canterbury	4	7	511	17	293	9	32.56	56.78	3.44	0	4/45
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	4	6	690	22	399	9	44.33	76.67	3.47	0	4/88
SL Boock	Otago	5	8	609	22	272	8	34.00	76.13	2.68	0	2/37
BD Smith	Wellington	4	8	558	28	226	8	28.25	69.75	2.43	0	3/65
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	463	13	217	7	31.00	66.14	2.81	0	2/19
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	9	546	16	276	7	39.43	78.00	3.03	0	3/54
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	4	8	780	25	386	6	64.33	130.00	2.97	0	2/95

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Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	378	27	138	5	27.60	75.60	2.19	2/60
AR Hounsell	Auckland	5	8	468	12	288	5	57.60	93.60	3.69	2/17
MJ Coles	Wellington	1	2	156	7	83	4	20.75	39.00	3.19	2/28
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	1	2	132	6	75	3	25.00	44.00	3.41	3/42
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	5	8	342	8	247	3	82.33	114.00	4.33	1/18
JSS White	Northern Districts	3	6	419	11	258	3	86.00	139.67	3.69	2/71
MG Burgess	Auckland	1	1	42	1	26	2	13.00	21.00	3.71	2/26
MT Brown	Central Districts	4	8	270	7	210	2	105.00	135.00	4.67	1/27
JW Burtt	Central Districts	2	3	60	0	52	2	26.00	30.00	5.20	2/21
RW Fulton	Northern Districts	4	4	126	3	86	2	43.00	63.00	4.10	2/34
PB McGregor	Wellington	2	2	108	4	49	2	24.50	54.00	2.72	2/33
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	2	168	14	65	2	32.50	84.00	2.32	1/21
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	1	30	0	19	2	9.50	15.00	3.80	2/19
K Thomson	Canterbury	2	2	54	1	25	1	25.00	54.00	2.78	1/14
BJ McKechnie	Otago	2	3	54	1	27	1	27.00	54.00	3.00	1/3
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	2	2	30	1	10	1	10.00	30.00	2.00	1/6
WK Lees	Otago	1	2	60	1	38	1	38.00	60.00	3.80	1/34
KS Chambers	Canterbury	1	2	102	4	52	1	52.00	102.00	3.06	1/33
AEW Parsons	Auckland	1	2	108	0	80	1	80.00	108.00	4.44	1/41
RM Schofield	Central Districts	1	1	12	0	14	1	14.00	12.00	7.00	1/14
RE Sutton	Auckland	2	4	156	0	96	1	96.00	156.00	3.69	1/53
TW Jarvis	Auckland	2	3	60	1	43	0	—	—	4.30	0/6
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0/6
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	1	1	18	1	5	0	—	—	1.67	0/5
GA Newdick	Wellington	1	1	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0/4
JR Carson	Auckland	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0/7
BW Cederwall	Wellington	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	2	54	1	25	0	—	—	2.78	0/4
WT Murdock	Central Districts	1	1	24	0	14	0	—	—	3.50	0/14
RN Stewart	Otago	1	1	18	0	7	0	—	—	2.33	0/7

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 1973/74. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1973/74 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	0	1	2,038	65	31.35	349	1,943	95	20.45
Canterbury	5	2	2	1	2,003	78	25.68	360	1,990	81	24.57
Otago	5	2	3	0	1,609	82	19.62	261	1,702	85	20.02
Auckland	5	1	1	3	2,174	69	31.51	370	2,183	84	25.99
Central Districts	5	1	1	3	2,207	97	22.75	339	2,002	80	25.03
Northern Districts	5	0	3	2	2,140	91	23.52	377	2,351	57	41.25

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 · 1973/74

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

1974-01-11 to 1974-01-13 · Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton

Central Districts: 196 & 205
Canterbury: 229 & 160/9

Match drawn

1974-01-11 to 1974-01-13 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 271/5d & 370/5d
Northern Districts: 377/8d & 216/7

Match drawn

1974-01-08 to 1974-01-10 · Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Northern Districts: 184 & 223
Wellington: 277/9d & 228/2d

Wellington won by 98 runs

1974-01-07 to 1974-01-09 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 260/7d & 136/3
Canterbury: 263/6d & 132/6d

Otago won by 7 wickets

1974-01-04 to 1974-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 296/7d & 200/8d
Wellington: 349/7d & 54/2

Match drawn

1974-01-03 to 1974-01-05 · Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 161 & 250
Otago: 261 & 134

Central Districts won by 16 runs

1974-01-01 to 1974-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 121 & 227
Otago: 109 & 160

Wellington won by 79 runs

1974-01-01 to 1974-01-31 · Smallbone Park, Rotorua

Northern Districts: 301/9d & 230/7
Central Districts: 254 & 339/7d

Match drawn

1974-01-01 to 1974-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 166 & 360
Auckland: 351/9d & 149

Canterbury won by 26 runs

1973-12-26 to 1973-12-27 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 128 & 121
Auckland: 135 & 115/3

Auckland won by 7 wickets

1973-12-26 to 1973-12-28 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 115 & 275
Wellington: 254/9d & 146/4d

Wellington won by 10 runs

1973-12-26 to 1973-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 300/7d & 12/0
Northern Districts: 82 & 229

Canterbury won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1973/74 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	3
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Cobham Oval, Whangarei	1
Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton	1
Smallbone Park, Rotorua	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 1973/74, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1973/74 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PE Wallace	140	Northern Districts	1973-12-26
NM Parker	135	Wellington	1973-12-22
JD Riley	130	Northern Districts	1974-01-11
MG Burgess	130*	Northern Districts	1974-01-11
B Dunning	119*	Central Districts	1974-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EJ Chatfield	7/34	Otago	1974-01-01
HJ Howarth	7/42	Otago	1973-12-26
HJ Howarth	7/52	Otago	1973-12-26
MG Webb	6/49	Auckland	1973-12-26
CM Kirk	6/50	Auckland	1974-01-01

* 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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