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Plunket Shield 1975/76 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1975/76; Tests are excluded.

IA Rutherford leads the displayed batting table with 193 runs. RJ Hadlee leads the bowling table with 16 wickets.

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Showing 1975/76 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 7
Recorded players: 78
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1976-02-01 to 1976-03-12. 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 1975/76. 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 1975/76

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 1975/76 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
IA Rutherford	3	193
JFM Morrison	2	192
JG Wright	2	187
KJ Wadsworth	3	182
NM Parker	3	173

Recorded innings through 1976-03-12. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1975/76 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RJ Hadlee	3	16
DR O'Sullivan	2	15
EJ Chatfield	2	14
PJ Petherick	3	13
SL Boock	3	13

Recorded innings through 1976-03-12. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1975/76

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 · 78 players

Plunket Shield 1975/76 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
IA Rutherford	Otago	3	6	0	193	80	32.17	—	1	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	2	4	0	192	87	48.00	—	2	0
JG Wright	Northern Districts	2	4	0	187	68	46.75	—	2	0
KJ Wadsworth	Canterbury	3	6	1	182	117	36.40	—	0	1
NM Parker	Canterbury	3	6	1	173	75	34.60	—	2	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	0	167	107	27.83	—	0	1
BE Congdon	Canterbury	3	6	2	164	110*	41.00	—	0	1
MG Burgess	Auckland	2	4	2	158	103*	79.00	—	0	1
KO Campbell	Otago	3	6	1	158	57*	31.60	—	1	0
HC Sampson	Otago	3	6	0	152	72	25.33	—	1	0
MJ Harris	Wellington	2	4	0	146	48	36.50	—	0	0
BJ McKechnie	Otago	3	6	0	134	51	22.33	—	1	0
BL Cairns	Central Districts	2	4	0	130	92	32.50	—	1	0
RE Redmond	Auckland	1	2	0	125	103	62.50	—	0	1
GM Turner	Otago	2	4	1	118	47	39.33	—	0	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	3	6	0	117	42	19.50	—	0	0
JF Reid	Auckland	2	4	2	116	57*	58.00	—	1	0
DW Stead	Canterbury	3	6	1	115	65	23.00	—	1	0
TW Jarvis	Auckland	2	4	0	104	59	26.00	—	1	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	2	4	0	100	37	25.00	—	0	0
PG Coman	Canterbury	3	6	0	98	38	16.33	—	0	0
RW Anderson	Otago	3	6	0	98	49	16.33	—	0	0
WK Lees	Otago	3	6	0	98	60	16.33	—	1	0
GA Newdick	Wellington	2	4	0	98	84	24.50	—	1	0
JD Riley	Auckland	2	4	0	95	40	23.75	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1975/76 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	2	4	0	92	48	23.00	—	0
BD Smith	Wellington	2	4	0	85	39	21.25	—	0
MJE Wright	Northern Districts	2	4	1	85	39	28.33	—	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	2	4	3	83	39*	83.00	—	0
JM Parker	Northern Districts	2	4	0	79	34	19.75	—	0
KN Puna	Northern Districts	2	4	2	74	39	37.00	—	0
RW Fulton	Northern Districts	2	4	1	69	45	23.00	—	0
DW Neal	Central Districts	2	4	0	67	27	16.75	—	0
GD Alabaster	Otago	2	4	1	58	20	19.33	—	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	1	57	53*	11.40	—	1
AEW Parsons	Auckland	2	4	0	55	43	13.75	—	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	53	34	13.25	—	0
DH Payton	Central Districts	1	2	0	49	31	24.50	—	0
LG McAlevey	Otago	1	2	0	48	48	24.00	—	0
GN Edwards	Central Districts	2	4	0	47	25	11.75	—	0
BA Edgar	Wellington	2	4	1	46	16	15.33	—	0
RW Hutchison	Central Districts	1	2	0	45	43	22.50	—	0
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	2	4	1	41	34*	13.67	—	0
RW Smith	Wellington	2	4	0	41	20	10.25	—	0
GB Thomson	Otago	3	6	0	40	19	6.67	—	0
RO Collinge	Northern Districts	1	2	0	39	39	19.50	—	0
CMH Atkinson	Central Districts	1	2	0	39	29	19.50	—	0
LW Downes	Central Districts	2	4	1	34	11*	11.33	—	0
RW Ormiston	Central Districts	1	2	0	31	31	15.50	—	0
SL Boock	Canterbury	3	6	1	30	21	6.00	—	0
DEC McKechnie	Otago	2	4	0	30	21	7.50	—	0
EJ Gray	Wellington	1	2	0	28	16	14.00	—	0
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	3	6	1	28	27*	5.60	—	0
JV Coney	Wellington	2	4	0	23	10	5.75	—	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	2	4	2	22	15	11.00	—	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	1	22	14*	7.33	—	0
AJ Hill	Central Districts	1	2	0	21	13	10.50	—	0
B Dunning	Northern Districts	1	2	0	20	19	10.00	—	0
RI Thomas	Central Districts	2	4	1	19	13	6.33	—	0
AJP Stimpson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	18	17	4.50	—	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	2	4	1	16	9	5.33	—	0
JR Wiltshire	Auckland	1	2	0	16	12	8.00	—	0
T Vaikvee	Wellington	1	2	0	14	12	7.00	—	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	2	4	1	11	4*	3.67	—	0
CJ Ross	Wellington	2	4	1	10	7*	3.33	—	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	2	4	0	9	9	2.25	—	0
RA Penhearow	Northern Districts	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
GB Troup	Auckland	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	—	0
RC Matthews	Auckland	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
PJ Petherick	Otago	3	6	3	4	3	1.33	—	0
DW Bracewell	Canterbury	1	2	1	3	3*	3.00	—	0
SB Cater	Wellington	2	4	0	3	2	0.75	—	0
PR Morris	Otago	2	4	2	2	2*	1.00	—	0
RJ Griffiths	Northern Districts	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0
RS Cunis	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
LW Stott	Auckland	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
J Freeman	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 45 players

Plunket Shield 1975/76 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	516	14	250	16	15.63	32.25	2.91	1	5/53
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	2	4	504	22	173	15	11.53	33.60	2.06	1	6/52
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	2	4	426	17	237	14	16.93	30.43	3.34	1	6/69
PJ Petherick	Otago	3	5	573	17	278	13	21.38	44.08	2.91	0	4/30
SL Boock	Canterbury	3	5	432	20	223	13	17.15	33.23	3.10	1	5/74
SB Cater	Wellington	2	4	341	9	228	11	20.73	31.00	4.01	1	6/32
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	268	10	136	11	12.36	24.36	3.04	1	5/54
AJP Stimpson	Northern Districts	2	4	287	8	200	11	18.18	26.09	4.18	1	6/46
HJ Howarth	Auckland	2	4	392	18	198	10	19.80	39.20	3.03	1	6/94
BL Cairns	Central Districts	2	4	390	17	172	9	19.11	43.33	2.65	0	3/47
RO Collinge	Northern Districts	1	2	193	5	85	7	12.14	27.57	2.64	1	6/32
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	337	10	193	7	27.57	48.14	3.44	1	5/62
GD Alabaster	Otago	2	3	354	13	177	7	25.29	50.57	3.00	0	4/60
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	2	4	312	9	175	7	25.00	44.57	3.37	0	4/64
DEC McKechnie	Otago	2	3	306	9	135	7	19.29	43.71	2.65	0	3/49
JV Coney	Wellington	1	2	109	6	42	6	7.00	18.17	2.31	0	3/16
DW Stead	Canterbury	3	5	216	6	144	6	24.00	36.00	4.00	0	3/53
LW Stott	Auckland	2	4	261	11	148	5	29.60	52.20	3.40	0	3/60
AB Jordan	Central Districts	2	4	219	5	121	5	24.20	43.80	3.32	1	5/44
GB Thomson	Otago	3	5	309	3	197	5	39.40	61.80	3.83	0	2/26
BE Congdon	Canterbury	3	5	319	10	166	4	41.50	79.75	3.12	0	3/60
BJ McKechnie	Otago	3	5	384	8	233	4	58.25	96.00	3.64	0	2/107
GB Troup	Auckland	1	2	186	6	109	4	27.25	46.50	3.52	0	2/50
RJ Griffiths	Northern Districts	1	2	102	1	82	4	20.50	25.50	4.82	0	2/33
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	3	5	234	3	136	3	45.33	78.00	3.49	0	3/51

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Plunket Shield 1975/76 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RC Matthews	Auckland	1	2	156	4	78	3	26.00	52.00	3.00	2/28
CJ Ross	Wellington	2	3	166	6	98	3	32.67	55.33	3.54	2/29
MG Burgess	Auckland	2	2	108	1	70	2	35.00	54.00	3.89	1/18
PR Morris	Otago	2	3	144	1	130	2	65.00	72.00	5.42	2/97
RI Thomas	Central Districts	2	3	84	1	61	2	30.50	42.00	4.36	1/17
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	2	4	190	6	66	1	66.00	190.00	2.08	1/11
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	1	0.00	6.00	0.00	1/0
RA Penhearow	Northern Districts	1	2	138	0	116	1	116.00	138.00	5.04	1/88
IA Rutherford	Otago	1	1	6	0	8	1	8.00	6.00	8.00	1/8
RS Cunis	Northern Districts	1	2	114	1	74	0	—	—	3.89	0/32
RW Morgan	Auckland	2	2	78	2	50	0	—	—	3.85	0/20
GM Turner	Otago	1	1	12	1	1	0	—	—	0.50	0/1
JFM Morrison	Wellington	1	1	24	1	18	0	—	—	4.50	0/18
EJ Gray	Wellington	1	1	36	0	23	0	—	—	3.83	0/23
KO Campbell	Otago	1	1	5	0	3	0	—	—	3.60	0/3
DW Bracewell	Canterbury	1	2	87	0	72	0	—	—	4.97	0/33
RW Hutchison	Central Districts	1	1	12	1	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
BD Smith	Wellington	1	1	48	3	21	0	—	—	2.63	0/21
T Vaikvee	Wellington	1	1	30	1	7	0	—	—	1.40	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 1975/76. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1975/76 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	2	1	0	1,241	42	29.55	452	1,268	53	23.92
Auckland	2	1	0	1	766	26	29.46	362	839	36	23.31
Northern Districts	2	1	1	0	748	29	25.79	258	797	31	25.71
Otago	3	1	2	0	1,217	55	22.13	262	1,219	41	29.73
Wellington	2	1	1	0	788	40	19.70	272	711	35	20.31
Central Districts	2	0	1	1	727	36	20.19	205	653	32	20.41

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 · 1975/76

Latest 7 of 7 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1976-03-12 to 1976-03-15 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 452 & 14/1
Otago: 262 & 203/9d

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1976-03-05 to 1976-03-07 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 156 & 210
Northern Districts: 258 & 109/5

Northern Districts won by 5 wickets

1976-03-05 to 1976-03-07 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 362/6d & 72/4
Otago: 215 & 216

Auckland won by 6 wickets

1976-02-27 to 1976-02-29 · Queen's Park, Invercargill

Otago: 147 & 174/6
Central Districts: 170 & 149

Otago won by 4 wickets

1976-02-27 to 1976-02-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 82 & 262
Wellington: 150 & 272

Wellington won by 78 runs

1976-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne

Northern Districts: 184/4d & 197
Canterbury: 263/4d & 168/7d

Canterbury won by 50 runs

1976-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 205/7d & 203/9d
Auckland: 164 & 168/6

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1975/76 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North	1
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne	1
Queen's Park, Invercargill	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 1975/76, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1975/76 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KJ Wadsworth	117	Otago	1976-03-12
BE Congdon	110*	Northern Districts	1976-02-01
BG Hadlee	107	Otago	1976-03-12
MG Burgess	103*	Otago	1976-03-05
RE Redmond	103	Otago	1976-03-05

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1975/76 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SB Cater	6/32	Canterbury	1976-02-27
RO Collinge	6/32	Wellington	1976-03-05
AJP Stimpson	6/46	Wellington	1976-03-05
DR O'Sullivan	6/52	Auckland	1976-02-01
EJ Chatfield	6/69	Canterbury	1976-02-27

* 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 teams

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Recorded coverage

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.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1975/76

Leading run scorers

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Player statistics · 1975/76

Batting · 78 players

Bowling · 45 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1975/76

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