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Plunket Shield 1974/75 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1974/75; Tests are excluded.

GM Turner leads the displayed batting table with 703 runs. HJ Howarth leads the bowling table with 31 wickets.

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Showing 1974/75 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 15
Recorded players: 83
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1974-12-26 to 1975-01-18. 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 1974/75. 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 1974/75

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 1974/75 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GM Turner	5	703
GP Howarth	5	498
DH Payton	5	402
JM Parker	5	380
HC Sampson	5	379

Recorded innings through 1975-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1974/75 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
HJ Howarth	5	31
GD Alabaster	5	30
DR Hadlee	5	25
BJ McKechnie	5	21
MJ Coles	5	21

Recorded innings through 1975-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1974/75

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 1974/75 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GM Turner	Otago	5	10	1	703	186*	78.11	—	1	4
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	5	10	0	498	137	49.80	—	1	2
DH Payton	Central Districts	5	9	0	402	145	44.67	—	2	1
JM Parker	Northern Districts	5	10	0	380	87	38.00	—	4	0
HC Sampson	Otago	5	10	2	379	73	47.38	—	4	0
RE Redmond	Auckland	5	10	0	372	78	37.20	—	3	0
RW Smith	Wellington	5	9	0	366	96	40.67	—	4	0
JD Riley	Auckland	5	10	0	363	108	36.30	—	2	1
RW Anderson	Otago	5	10	0	335	89	33.50	—	3	0
KO Campbell	Otago	5	10	2	320	84	40.00	—	2	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	4	8	1	315	118	45.00	—	2	1
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	4	8	1	305	94	43.57	—	3	0
RW Fulton	Northern Districts	5	10	0	296	106	29.60	—	1	1
PG Coman	Canterbury	5	10	0	280	92	28.00	—	1	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	10	0	275	75	27.50	—	2	0
BE Congdon	Canterbury	5	10	0	271	77	27.10	—	2	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	5	10	2	267	64*	33.38	—	2	0
MJF Shrimpton	Northern Districts	5	10	3	254	76*	36.29	—	1	0
MG Burgess	Auckland	5	10	0	245	100	24.50	—	1	1
NM Parker	Canterbury	5	10	1	245	66	27.22	—	2	0
WK Lees	Otago	5	10	1	240	77	26.67	—	1	0
GE Vivian	Auckland	5	10	1	235	65	26.11	—	2	0
GN Edwards	Central Districts	4	7	0	231	84	33.00	—	2	0
DW Neal	Central Districts	5	9	1	227	53	28.38	—	1	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	9	0	216	60	24.00	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1974/75 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
IA Rutherford	Otago	5	10	0	215	58	21.50	—	1
JV Coney	Wellington	5	9	2	206	58	29.43	—	1
IR Snook	Central Districts	5	9	0	202	64	22.44	—	2
RA Pierce	Central Districts	5	9	0	195	51	21.67	—	1
JW Burtt	Central Districts	5	9	1	194	77	24.25	—	2
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	2	193	67	24.13	—	1
BW Cederwall	Wellington	5	9	3	172	61*	28.67	—	2
AEW Parsons	Auckland	4	8	0	167	78	20.88	—	1
KJ Wadsworth	Canterbury	5	10	0	164	53	16.40	—	1
BD Smith	Wellington	5	9	1	152	41	19.00	—	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	5	8	1	149	62	21.29	—	1
RJ Kasper	Auckland	5	10	1	149	39	16.56	—	0
GW Taylor	Northern Districts	4	8	0	145	45	18.13	—	0
GB Troup	Auckland	5	10	3	144	58*	20.57	—	1
BJ McKechnie	Otago	5	10	3	140	37	20.00	—	0
BL Cairns	Central Districts	4	7	1	121	56	20.17	—	1
GH Murdoch	Otago	5	10	4	116	34*	19.33	—	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	3	102	63*	14.57	—	1
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	10	2	102	47	12.75	—	0
RD Stewart	Central Districts	3	5	0	102	63	20.40	—	1
JR Wiltshire	Auckland	2	4	1	96	42*	32.00	—	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	3	6	1	88	56	17.60	—	1
RW Newton	Wellington	5	9	0	74	38	8.22	—	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	6	2	69	30*	17.25	—	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	5	10	3	65	44	9.29	—	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	2	4	0	61	22	15.25	—	0
RA Dykes	Auckland	5	10	2	61	16*	7.63	—	0
WT Murdock	Central Districts	1	2	0	61	42	30.50	—	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	9	2	60	31	8.57	—	0
RC Merrin	Canterbury	4	8	4	59	23*	14.75	—	0
MP Baker	Northern Districts	1	2	2	49	31*	—	—	0
PB McGregor	Wellington	4	8	2	49	22	8.17	—	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	10	4	48	27*	8.00	—	0
HKC Steele	Auckland	5	10	1	48	24*	5.33	—	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	1	47	33	47.00	—	0
RH Ellis	Central Districts	3	5	1	43	26*	10.75	—	0
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	5	10	1	39	21*	4.33	—	0
CRW Dickel	Canterbury	2	4	1	36	31*	12.00	—	0
AR Hounsell	Northern Districts	5	10	2	36	26	4.50	—	0
PH Barton	Northern Districts	2	4	1	35	20	11.67	—	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	9	1	33	12*	4.13	—	0
SB Cater	Wellington	4	7	1	26	19	4.33	—	0
GA Newdick	Wellington	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	—	0
T Vaikvee	Wellington	2	3	1	21	13*	10.50	—	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	—	0
RC Matthews	Auckland	4	8	4	17	7*	4.25	—	0
GA Powell	Otago	4	8	0	17	17	2.13	—	0
AJP Stimpson	Northern Districts	4	8	1	14	8	2.00	—	0
DJ Kay	Central Districts	2	4	3	13	5*	13.00	—	0
MT Brown	Central Districts	1	2	0	11	9	5.50	—	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	4	8	2	10	5*	1.67	—	0
GB Thomson	Otago	4	8	0	8	6	1.00	—	0
H Unka	Northern Districts	3	6	1	4	4*	0.80	—	0
SL Boock	Otago	2	4	0	3	3	0.75	—	0
MF Gill	Central Districts	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
DW Bracewell	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 60 players

Plunket Shield 1974/75 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
HJ Howarth	Auckland	5	9	1,233	54	619	31	19.97	39.77	3.01	1	5/77
GD Alabaster	Otago	5	9	943	26	608	30	20.27	31.43	3.87	4	5/74
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	1,044	35	544	25	21.76	41.76	3.13	1	5/59
BJ McKechnie	Otago	5	10	858	22	491	21	23.38	40.86	3.43	0	4/54
MJ Coles	Wellington	5	10	836	30	454	21	21.62	39.81	3.26	2	5/22
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	4	8	833	40	321	19	16.89	43.84	2.31	1	5/30
BD Smith	Wellington	5	9	692	30	308	18	17.11	38.44	2.67	1	6/57
BL Cairns	Central Districts	4	7	784	24	471	17	27.71	46.12	3.60	1	5/109
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	5	8	988	30	509	16	31.81	61.75	3.09	1	5/72
KI Ferries	Canterbury	5	9	609	24	283	16	17.69	38.06	2.79	0	4/13
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	5	9	1,079	30	557	14	39.79	77.07	3.10	0	4/64
HKC Steele	Auckland	5	10	595	18	374	14	26.71	42.50	3.77	0	4/71
GB Troup	Auckland	5	10	828	31	526	13	40.46	63.69	3.81	0	3/59
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	8	708	10	507	13	39.00	54.46	4.30	0	4/78
BE Congdon	Canterbury	5	9	594	24	262	11	23.82	54.00	2.65	1	5/46
RC Matthews	Auckland	4	7	449	12	274	11	24.91	40.82	3.66	0	4/54
GB Thomson	Otago	4	8	622	13	410	11	37.27	56.55	3.96	0	4/41
MJF Shrimpton	Northern Districts	4	6	318	8	209	10	20.90	31.80	3.94	1	5/32
RC Merrin	Canterbury	4	8	704	26	302	10	30.20	70.40	2.57	0	3/31
RJ Kasper	Auckland	5	9	434	16	226	8	28.25	54.25	3.12	0	2/7
SB Cater	Wellington	4	8	423	18	191	8	23.88	52.88	2.71	0	3/40
AR Hounsell	Northern Districts	5	8	516	9	331	8	41.38	64.50	3.85	0	3/32
SL Boock	Otago	2	3	270	8	180	6	30.00	45.00	4.00	1	5/67
BW Cederwall	Wellington	4	6	206	2	123	6	20.50	34.33	3.58	0	3/8
DJ Kay	Central Districts	2	3	180	3	134	6	22.33	30.00	4.47	1	5/61

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Plunket Shield 1974/75 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	4	7	468	8	310	5	62.00	93.60	3.97	1/23
KO Campbell	Otago	3	5	134	3	67	5	13.40	26.80	3.00	4/26
RH Ellis	Central Districts	3	5	402	15	238	5	47.60	80.40	3.55	3/61
PB McGregor	Wellington	3	5	270	16	120	5	24.00	54.00	2.67	2/19
GH Murdoch	Otago	4	6	354	7	253	5	50.60	70.80	4.29	2/58
AJP Stimpson	Northern Districts	4	7	396	9	320	5	64.00	79.20	4.85	3/90
H Unka	Northern Districts	3	5	301	8	168	5	33.60	60.20	3.35	3/65
PH Barton	Northern Districts	2	4	167	1	128	4	32.00	41.75	4.60	2/31
DW Bracewell	Canterbury	1	2	198	4	133	4	33.25	49.50	4.03	2/57
GA Powell	Otago	4	8	515	11	362	4	90.50	128.75	4.22	1/26
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	162	6	82	3	27.33	54.00	3.04	2/32
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	2	96	1	59	3	19.67	32.00	3.69	2/32
V Pollard	Canterbury	3	5	413	22	141	2	70.50	206.50	2.05	1/52
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	3	3	54	4	24	2	12.00	27.00	2.67	1/1
CRW Dickel	Canterbury	2	3	288	7	169	2	84.50	144.00	3.52	1/32
RA Pierce	Central Districts	3	4	96	2	50	2	25.00	48.00	3.13	1/2
T Vaikvee	Wellington	2	3	174	3	85	2	42.50	87.00	2.93	1/23
JFM Morrison	Wellington	1	1	66	0	36	1	36.00	66.00	3.27	1/36
JV Coney	Wellington	2	3	150	7	59	1	59.00	150.00	2.36	1/37
MP Baker	Northern Districts	1	2	60	1	40	1	40.00	60.00	4.00	1/23
KD Kennedy	Northern Districts	1	2	210	5	94	1	94.00	210.00	2.69	1/37
GE Vivian	Auckland	2	3	48	0	40	0	—	—	5.00	0/3
MG Burgess	Auckland	1	1	30	3	9	0	—	—	1.80	0/9
RE Redmond	Auckland	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
PG Coman	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0/13
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	36	1	27	0	—	—	4.50	0/4
RW Anderson	Otago	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
GN Edwards	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
MT Brown	Central Districts	1	1	18	0	26	0	—	—	8.67	0/26
JW Burtt	Central Districts	2	2	36	0	30	0	—	—	5.00	0/13
RW Fulton	Northern Districts	1	1	12	0	14	0	—	—	7.00	0/14
MF Gill	Central Districts	1	1	24	0	29	0	—	—	7.25	0/29
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	3	180	4	102	0	—	—	3.40	0/25
DW Neal	Central Districts	1	1	7	0	1	0	—	—	0.86	0/1
IR Snook	Central Districts	3	3	54	1	43	0	—	—	4.78	0/3

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 1974/75. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1974/75 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Otago	5	3	0	2	2,655	68	39.04	328	2,473	85	29.09
Canterbury	5	2	1	2	2,177	75	29.03	338	2,207	80	27.59
Wellington	5	2	1	2	1,754	66	26.58	314	1,864	87	21.43
Auckland	5	1	2	2	2,145	84	25.54	303	2,152	82	26.24
Central Districts	5	0	3	2	2,142	83	25.81	350	2,181	62	35.18
Northern Districts	5	0	1	4	2,313	76	30.43	320	2,309	56	41.23

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 · 1974/75

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

1975-01-18 to 1975-01-20 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 214
Central Districts: 264 & 135/3

Match drawn

1975-01-10 to 1975-01-12 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 295/5d & 326/2d
Central Districts: 313 & 241

Otago won by 67 runs

1975-01-10 to 1975-01-12 · Smallbone Park, Rotorua

Northern Districts: 157/7d & 194/8
Auckland: 225/9d & 147/4d

Match drawn

1975-01-10 to 1975-01-12 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 87/9d & 262/8
Wellington: 177/9d & 261/7d

Match drawn

1975-01-07 to 1975-01-09 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 236/7d & 153
Wellington: 148 & 222

Otago won by 19 runs

1975-01-06 to 1975-01-08 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 350
Northern Districts: 207 & 268/6

Match drawn

1975-01-06 to 1975-01-08 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 204 & 269/5d
Canterbury: 231/8d & 243/9

Canterbury won by 1 wicket

1975-01-03 to 1975-01-05 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 310/6d & 158/7
Canterbury: 286/9d & 240/6d

Match drawn

1975-01-03 to 1975-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 303/9d & 195/8
Otago: 260 & 295/8d

Match drawn

1975-01-01 to 1975-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 232 & 43/2
Auckland: 97 & 177

Wellington won by 8 wickets

1975-01-01 to 1975-01-31 · Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne

Northern Districts: 320/5d & 246/7
Otago: 312/4d & 292/6d

Match drawn

1975-01-01 to 1975-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 338 & 5/0
Central Districts: 180 & 162

Canterbury won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1974/75 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	1
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne	1
Seddon Park, Hamilton	1
Smallbone Park, Rotorua	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 1974/75, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1974/75 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GM Turner	186*	Central Districts	1975-01-10
DH Payton	145	Otago	1975-01-10
GP Howarth	137	Otago	1975-01-01
GM Turner	135	Northern Districts	1975-01-01
JFM Morrison	118	Northern Districts	1974-12-26

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1974/75 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BD Smith	6/57	Otago	1975-01-07
MJ Coles	5/22	Auckland	1975-01-01
EJ Chatfield	5/30	Canterbury	1975-01-10
MJF Shrimpton	5/32	Canterbury	1975-01-03
BE Congdon	5/46	Central Districts	1975-01-01

* 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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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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