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Plunket Shield 1978/79 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

IA Rutherford leads the displayed batting table with 381 runs. DR O'Sullivan leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1978/79 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 7
Recorded players: 76
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1979-01-16 to 1979-03-09. 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 1978/79. 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 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
IA Rutherford	3	381
KO Campbell	3	259
RW Anderson	3	220
JM Parker	2	210
BR Blair	3	200

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DR O'Sullivan	3	20
SL Boock	3	17
BL Cairns	3	15
JG Bracewell	3	12
CW Dickeson	2	12

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

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 · 76 players

Plunket Shield 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
IA Rutherford	Otago	3	5	0	381	222	76.20	—	1	1
KO Campbell	Otago	3	5	1	259	74	64.75	—	4	0
RW Anderson	Central Districts	3	6	1	220	94	44.00	—	2	0
JM Parker	Northern Districts	2	4	0	210	106	52.50	—	1	1
BR Blair	Otago	3	5	0	200	70	40.00	—	2	0
IDS Smith	Central Districts	3	6	0	177	77	29.50	—	2	0
PN Webb	Auckland	2	4	0	171	83	42.75	—	1	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	2	4	1	150	81*	50.00	—	1	0
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	3	6	0	150	67	25.00	—	1	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	2	4	1	147	72*	49.00	—	2	0
BA Edgar	Wellington	2	4	0	147	60	36.75	—	1	0
WL Blair	Otago	2	4	1	145	85*	48.33	—	1	0
RH Vance	Wellington	2	4	0	141	60	35.25	—	2	0
RJ Kasper	Auckland	2	4	1	141	100*	47.00	—	0	1
JG Wright	Northern Districts	2	4	0	134	82	33.50	—	1	0
JF Reid	Auckland	2	4	0	132	54	33.00	—	1	0
RW Fulton	Canterbury	2	4	1	123	41	41.00	—	0	0
JR Wiltshire	Auckland	2	4	0	122	69	30.50	—	1	0
TB Horne	Central Districts	3	6	0	118	52	19.67	—	1	0
JV Coney	Wellington	2	4	0	113	43	28.25	—	0	0
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	2	4	0	112	90	28.00	—	1	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	2	4	1	111	80	37.00	—	1	0
PE McEwan	Canterbury	2	4	0	104	73	26.00	—	1	0
GN Edwards	Central Districts	3	6	0	103	43	17.17	—	0	0
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	1	2	0	97	81	48.50	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
WK Lees	Otago	3	5	0	92	43	18.40	—	0
BR Taylor	Wellington	2	4	1	88	57	29.33	—	1
MG Burgess	Auckland	2	4	0	83	42	20.75	—	0
JG Bracewell	Otago	3	5	1	82	40	20.50	—	0
VR Brown	Canterbury	2	4	0	82	55	20.50	—	1
DW Stead	Canterbury	2	4	1	81	51	27.00	—	1
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	78	27	19.50	—	0
MJE Wright	Northern Districts	2	4	1	78	43*	26.00	—	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	2	4	0	77	25	19.25	—	0
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	71	27	17.75	—	0
GA Newdick	Wellington	2	4	0	69	28	17.25	—	0
BW Cederwall	Wellington	2	4	1	67	39	22.33	—	0
NM Parker	Canterbury	2	4	1	57	25*	19.00	—	0
AJP Stimpson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	56	31	14.00	—	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	3	55	26*	55.00	—	0
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	3	6	3	54	34	18.00	—	0
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	1	2	2	51	33*	—	—	0
SJ McCullum	Otago	3	5	0	51	31	10.20	—	0
LDA Thorn	Canterbury	1	2	0	51	31	25.50	—	0
BL Cairns	Otago	3	5	0	47	27	9.40	—	0
EJ Gray	Wellington	2	4	0	47	38	11.75	—	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	2	4	0	46	35	11.50	—	0
LW Stott	Auckland	2	4	0	40	30	10.00	—	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	38	32	9.50	—	0
RJ Hill	Otago	2	3	0	36	36	12.00	—	0
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	4	1	35	22*	11.67	—	0
GB Troup	Auckland	2	4	1	34	30*	11.33	—	0
PJ Holland	Northern Districts	2	4	0	33	14	8.25	—	0
AW Short	Central Districts	1	2	0	33	33	16.50	—	0
AEW Parsons	Auckland	2	4	0	27	19	6.75	—	0
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	23	16	5.75	—	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	3	6	2	21	8*	5.25	—	0
AR Hewson	Wellington	2	4	0	20	16	5.00	—	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	3	6	1	17	17*	3.40	—	0
GB Smith	Canterbury	1	2	0	17	15	8.50	—	0
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	2	4	1	14	14	4.67	—	0
BJ McKechnie	Otago	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	—	0
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	1	2	2	12	12*	—	—	0
SL Boock	Otago	3	5	2	11	7*	3.67	—	0
RS Wilson	Otago	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	—	0
PJ Verhoek	Central Districts	1	2	0	9	6	4.50	—	0
PW Hills	Otago	2	4	1	7	3	2.33	—	0
SR McNally	Canterbury	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
AM Astle	Central Districts	2	4	1	4	4*	1.33	—	0
PR Facoory	Otago	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	—	0
PJ Petherick	Wellington	2	4	1	3	2	1.00	—	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	2	4	2	1	1*	0.50	—	0
BP Bracewell	Central Districts	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0
SN Bateman	Canterbury	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0
PS Anderson	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
JAJ Cushen	Auckland	2	4	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 42 players

Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	3	5	949	38	408	20	20.40	47.45	2.58	1	5/82
SL Boock	Otago	3	5	891	49	383	17	22.53	52.41	2.58	1	6/67
BL Cairns	Otago	3	6	642	21	339	15	22.60	42.80	3.17	1	5/89
JG Bracewell	Otago	3	4	359	11	224	12	18.67	29.92	3.74	1	5/33
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	2	4	570	26	251	12	20.92	47.50	2.64	0	4/48
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	3	4	521	13	325	11	29.55	47.36	3.74	0	4/82
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	2	3	306	18	111	10	11.10	30.60	2.18	1	5/50
JAJ Cushen	Auckland	2	4	342	8	171	8	21.38	42.75	3.00	0	4/47
PJ Petherick	Wellington	2	4	420	16	185	7	26.43	60.00	2.64	0	4/41
LW Stott	Auckland	2	4	280	10	113	7	16.14	40.00	2.42	0	3/40
BR Taylor	Wellington	2	4	240	11	132	6	22.00	40.00	3.30	0	3/66
GB Troup	Auckland	2	4	234	7	141	6	23.50	39.00	3.62	0	3/36
VR Brown	Canterbury	2	4	354	19	149	5	29.80	70.80	2.53	0	2/45
AB Jordan	Central Districts	3	5	324	6	210	5	42.00	64.80	3.89	0	2/42
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	3	5	384	11	210	5	42.00	76.80	3.28	0	2/65
JM McIntyre	Auckland	2	4	441	25	180	5	36.00	88.20	2.45	0	3/27
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	2	4	300	7	167	5	33.40	60.00	3.34	0	2/38
DW Stead	Canterbury	2	4	516	18	272	5	54.40	103.20	3.16	0	3/97
AJP Stimpson	Northern Districts	2	4	204	5	136	5	27.20	40.80	4.00	0	2/38
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	2	4	348	12	153	4	38.25	87.00	2.64	0	2/45
EK Gillott	Northern Districts	1	2	119	5	64	4	16.00	29.75	3.23	0	2/23
JFM Morrison	Wellington	2	2	84	2	48	3	16.00	28.00	3.43	0	3/41
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	1	2	78	3	56	3	18.67	26.00	4.31	0	2/15
BP Bracewell	Central Districts	1	2	118	4	53	3	17.67	39.33	2.69	0	2/26
PE McEwan	Canterbury	2	3	163	3	88	3	29.33	54.33	3.24	0	2/45

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Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
BW Cederwall	Wellington	2	4	133	4	82	3	27.33	44.33	3.70	2/37
HJ Howarth	Auckland	2	4	294	12	147	2	73.50	147.00	3.00	1/30
JV Coney	Wellington	2	3	246	11	130	2	65.00	123.00	3.17	1/34
EJ Gray	Wellington	2	4	252	14	124	2	62.00	126.00	2.95	1/10
PW Hills	Otago	2	4	114	3	94	2	47.00	57.00	4.95	2/41
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	1	2	60	2	40	1	40.00	60.00	4.00	1/38
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	1	2	78	1	55	1	55.00	78.00	4.23	1/31
RJ Kasper	Auckland	1	1	12	0	9	1	9.00	12.00	4.50	1/9
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	4	366	22	145	1	145.00	366.00	2.38	1/42
RJ Hill	Otago	2	2	30	0	21	1	21.00	30.00	4.20	1/18
SR McNally	Canterbury	1	2	144	5	94	1	94.00	144.00	3.92	1/38
JM Parker	Northern Districts	2	3	54	1	30	0	—	—	3.33	0/5
BJ McKechnie	Otago	1	1	84	2	50	0	—	—	3.57	0/50
PS Anderson	Northern Districts	1	2	114	5	91	0	—	—	4.79	0/26
AM Astle	Central Districts	2	2	90	3	75	0	—	—	5.00	0/9
SN Bateman	Canterbury	1	2	126	3	67	0	—	—	3.19	0/30
AW Short	Central Districts	1	1	30	1	18	0	—	—	3.60	0/18

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 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	3	1	0	2	1,227	40	30.68	308	1,449	47	30.83
Northern Districts	2	1	0	1	940	34	27.65	261	900	33	27.27
Otago	3	1	1	1	1,442	41	35.17	543	1,182	50	23.64
Auckland	2	0	0	2	945	33	28.64	268	809	29	27.90
Canterbury	2	0	1	1	778	32	24.31	246	957	27	35.44
Wellington	2	0	1	1	906	33	27.45	278	941	27	34.85

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 · 1978/79

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

1979-03-09 to 1979-03-12 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 275 & 3/0
Otago: 543/8d

Match drawn

1979-02-10 to 1979-02-12 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 246/7d & 227/6d
Canterbury: 199 & 246

Central Districts won by 28 runs

1979-01-27 to 1979-01-29 · Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt

Wellington: 259 & 193
Otago: 277 & 176/3

Otago won by 7 wickets

1979-01-20 to 1979-01-22 · Logan Park, Dunedin

Otago: 247 & 199
Northern Districts: 226 & 226

Northern Districts won by 6 runs

1979-01-20 to 1979-01-22 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 221 & 240/9
Central Districts: 168 & 308/7d

Match drawn

1979-01-16 to 1979-01-18 · Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne

Northern Districts: 227/6d & 261/8d
Wellington: 278/5d & 176/8

Match drawn

1979-01-16 to 1979-01-18 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 226 & 107/2
Auckland: 216/8 & 268/6d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne	1
Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt	1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1
Logan Park, Dunedin	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	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 1978/79, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1978/79 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
IA Rutherford	222	Central Districts	1979-03-09
JM Parker	106	Otago	1979-01-20
RJ Kasper	100*	Canterbury	1979-01-16
RW Anderson	94	Auckland	1979-01-20
CM Kuggeleijn	90	Wellington	1979-01-16

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SL Boock	6/67	Central Districts	1979-03-09
JG Bracewell	5/33	Wellington	1979-01-27
RJ Hadlee	5/50	Auckland	1979-01-16
DR O'Sullivan	5/82	Canterbury	1979-02-10
BL Cairns	5/89	Wellington	1979-01-27

* 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 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.

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