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Plunket Shield 1979/80 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1979/80; Tests are excluded.

PE McEwan leads the displayed batting table with 551 runs. JG Bracewell leads the bowling table with 37 wickets.

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Showing 1979/80 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 21
Recorded players: 83
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 14

Selected season match starts: 1979-12-27 to 1980-01-26. 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 1979/80. 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 1979/80

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 1979/80 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PE McEwan	7	551
JG Wright	7	542
BA Edgar	7	529
GN Edwards	7	513
JM Parker	7	503

Recorded innings through 1980-01-26. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1979/80 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JG Bracewell	7	37
EJ Chatfield	7	36
SL Boock	7	36
DR O'Sullivan	7	34
CW Dickeson	7	33

Recorded innings through 1980-01-26. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1979/80

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 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
PE McEwan	Canterbury	7	13	1	551	113	45.92	—	2	2
JG Wright	Northern Districts	7	14	0	542	97	38.71	—	5	0
BA Edgar	Wellington	7	12	2	529	152*	52.90	—	1	2
GN Edwards	Central Districts	7	14	0	513	131	36.64	—	1	2
JM Parker	Northern Districts	7	14	3	503	100	45.73	—	2	1
JF Reid	Auckland	7	14	1	475	77	36.54	—	4	0
WL Blair	Otago	7	13	2	466	82*	42.36	—	4	0
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	7	14	1	458	151	35.23	—	1	1
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	7	14	3	414	128*	37.64	—	2	1
BR Blair	Otago	7	13	1	377	93	31.42	—	3	0
JR Wiltshire	Auckland	7	14	0	368	69	26.29	—	2	0
PN Webb	Auckland	7	14	0	357	68	25.50	—	2	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	7	14	1	356	94	27.38	—	2	0
GA Newdick	Wellington	7	12	0	340	65	28.33	—	1	0
IA Rutherford	Otago	7	13	0	339	57	26.08	—	1	0
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	7	14	0	338	88	24.14	—	2	0
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	7	14	4	338	78	33.80	—	2	0
GM Turner	Otago	7	13	0	327	136	25.15	—	1	1
DW Stead	Canterbury	7	13	1	317	59	26.42	—	2	0
AH Jones	Central Districts	7	14	0	309	47	22.07	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	7	13	0	288	76	22.15	—	2	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	7	12	2	283	71*	28.30	—	1	0
GJ Langridge	Central Districts	7	14	1	280	62	21.54	—	2	0
MJE Wright	Northern Districts	7	14	1	278	96*	21.38	—	2	0
AEW Parsons	Auckland	6	12	1	274	116*	24.91	—	0	1

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Plunket Shield 1979/80 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
RH Vance	Wellington	7	12	0	252	96	21.00	—	1	0	0	0
DA Dempsey	Canterbury	4	8	0	221	106	27.63	—	0	1	0	0
JG Bracewell	Otago	7	13	1	215	37	17.92	—	0	0	0	0
BL Cairns	Otago	7	13	0	213	110	16.38	417.65	0	1	11	9
BD Ritchie	Canterbury	7	13	4	211	45*	23.44	—	0	0	0	0
VR Brown	Canterbury	7	13	1	196	75	16.33	—	1	0	0	0
EJ Gray	Wellington	7	12	3	193	63*	21.44	—	2	0	0	0
RB Reid	Wellington	5	10	3	186	88	26.57	—	1	0	0	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	7	14	3	186	47	16.91	—	0	0	0	0
DS Rathie	Canterbury	6	11	2	183	55	20.33	—	1	0	0	0
RC Hooton	Auckland	5	9	1	179	51	22.38	—	1	0	0	0
JV Coney	Wellington	7	12	2	175	74*	17.50	—	1	0	0	0
WK Lees	Otago	7	13	3	171	39*	17.10	—	0	0	0	0
LJ Rewcastle	Auckland	5	10	1	167	40	18.56	—	0	0	0	0
LDA Thorn	Canterbury	6	11	0	165	41	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
RW Anderson	Central Districts	2	4	1	163	91	54.33	—	2	0	0	0
BR Taylor	Wellington	7	12	2	153	63	15.30	—	1	0	0	0
SJ McCullum	Otago	6	11	0	150	38	13.64	—	0	0	0	0
LW Stott	Auckland	7	14	3	146	35	13.27	—	0	0	0	0
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	7	14	3	146	33*	13.27	—	0	0	0	0
IDS Smith	Central Districts	7	14	1	136	26	10.46	—	0	0	0	0
TE Jesty	Canterbury	6	11	0	126	32	11.45	—	0	0	0	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	6	12	1	123	24	11.18	—	0	0	0	0
WP Fowler	Northern Districts	3	6	2	118	48	29.50	—	0	0	0	0
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	7	14	3	116	34	10.55	—	0	0	0	0
IJ Gould	Auckland	3	6	0	101	54	16.83	—	1	0	0	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	7	14	2	99	36	8.25	—	0	0	0	0
WG Hodgson	Central Districts	2	4	0	96	50	24.00	—	1	0	0	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	7	13	4	92	26	10.22	—	0	0	0	0
RG Arblaster	Auckland	3	6	0	91	28	15.17	—	0	0	0	0
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	3	6	0	86	39	14.33	—	0	0	0	0
GB Troup	Auckland	7	14	2	85	19	7.08	—	0	0	0	0
PA Horne	Auckland	2	4	0	74	48	18.50	—	0	0	0	0
MD Crowe	Auckland	2	4	1	68	51	22.67	—	1	0	0	0
TD Sutherland	Otago	5	9	1	68	28*	8.50	—	0	0	0	0
SR Gillespie	Northern Districts	7	14	1	64	44	4.92	—	0	0	0	0
GC Bateman	Canterbury	7	13	3	58	30	5.80	—	0	0	0	0
SL Boock	Otago	7	13	4	53	18*	5.89	—	0	0	0	0
AM Wilson	Wellington	4	6	0	49	28	8.17	—	0	0	0	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	7	12	2	45	24	4.50	—	0	0	0	0
ID Wilson	Canterbury	6	11	0	42	17	3.82	—	0	0	0	0
JAJ Cushen	Auckland	4	8	4	39	17*	9.75	—	0	0	0	0
DW Bracewell	Central Districts	2	4	2	32	12*	16.00	—	0	0	0	0
MC Snedden	Auckland	5	10	2	29	13	3.63	—	0	0	0	0
DJ White	Northern Districts	4	8	1	28	13	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
SB Cater	Wellington	7	12	0	28	13	2.33	—	0	0	0	0
AW Short	Central Districts	1	2	0	28	15	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
PW Hills	Otago	3	6	2	25	10*	6.25	—	0	0	0	0
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	5	10	2	25	10	3.13	—	0	0	0	0
GB Thomson	Otago	5	9	3	20	9	3.33	—	0	0	0	0
GK Robertson	Central Districts	4	8	3	18	12*	3.60	—	0	0	0	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	3	6	1	15	8	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Petherick	Wellington	3	4	1	12	12	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
K Treiber	Northern Districts	3	6	3	10	4*	3.33	—	0	0	0	0
RJ Griffiths	Northern Districts	3	6	2	8	8*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
RJ Hill	Otago	2	4	0	6	6	1.50	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Holland	Wellington	2	4	1	5	5*	1.67	—	0	0	0	0
BP Bracewell	Central Districts	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 55 players

Plunket Shield 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JG Bracewell	Otago	7	13	2,207	114	801	37	21.65	59.65	2.18	4	7/78
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	7	13	1,572	117	444	36	12.33	43.67	1.69	1	8/24
SL Boock	Otago	7	14	2,548	175	725	36	20.14	70.78	1.71	3	6/81
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	7	13	2,291	118	895	34	26.32	67.38	2.34	3	6/40
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	7	13	2,132	140	600	33	18.18	64.61	1.69	2	7/91
SR Gillespie	Northern Districts	7	14	1,578	72	610	30	20.33	52.60	2.32	2	5/30
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	7	13	1,383	65	567	27	21.00	51.22	2.46	0	4/28
LW Stott	Auckland	7	13	1,494	73	606	24	25.25	62.25	2.43	1	6/68
EJ Gray	Wellington	7	13	1,530	103	610	23	26.52	66.52	2.39	0	4/70
JM McIntyre	Auckland	6	11	1,614	95	560	21	26.67	76.86	2.08	0	4/20
DW Stead	Canterbury	6	12	1,105	44	508	20	25.40	55.25	2.76	1	5/65
BR Taylor	Wellington	7	13	1,068	64	429	18	23.83	59.33	2.41	1	5/61
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	7	13	1,135	55	453	18	25.17	63.06	2.39	1	5/48
BL Cairns	Otago	7	14	1,437	76	539	17	31.71	84.53	2.25	0	4/68
GB Troup	Auckland	7	13	928	37	408	17	24.00	54.59	2.64	1	6/48
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	7	12	904	38	403	17	23.71	53.18	2.67	0	4/48
GC Bateman	Canterbury	7	13	1,071	43	473	16	29.56	66.94	2.65	0	3/29
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	5	9	715	34	252	16	15.75	44.69	2.11	2	5/21
JV Coney	Wellington	6	11	715	40	251	15	16.73	47.67	2.11	1	6/17
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	9	834	34	367	12	30.58	69.50	2.64	0	3/85
MC Snedden	Auckland	5	9	810	39	323	12	26.92	67.50	2.39	0	3/25
TE Jesty	Canterbury	4	8	739	41	265	12	22.08	61.58	2.15	0	4/42
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	7	12	924	58	280	11	25.45	84.00	1.82	0	2/17
VR Brown	Canterbury	6	10	864	53	325	11	29.55	78.55	2.26	0	4/60
ID Wilson	Canterbury	6	11	801	26	363	11	33.00	72.82	2.72	0	2/18

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Plunket Shield 1979/80 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JFM Morrison	Wellington	6	9	506	31	153	9	17.00	56.22	1.81	3/2
GB Thomson	Otago	5	9	588	34	213	9	23.67	65.33	2.17	4/39
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	7	13	702	34	316	8	39.50	87.75	2.70	2/11
SB Cater	Wellington	7	11	417	22	168	8	21.00	52.13	2.42	2/13
JAJ Cushen	Auckland	4	7	486	26	184	8	23.00	60.75	2.27	3/44
LJ Rewcastle	Auckland	4	6	566	29	220	7	31.43	80.86	2.33	3/69
RJ Griffiths	Northern Districts	3	6	549	28	234	6	39.00	91.50	2.56	2/53
GK Robertson	Central Districts	4	8	528	18	310	5	62.00	105.60	3.52	2/58
DJ White	Northern Districts	4	7	510	28	218	5	43.60	102.00	2.56	2/18
K Treiber	Northern Districts	3	6	582	29	237	4	59.25	145.50	2.44	2/28
BP Bracewell	Central Districts	1	2	145	6	79	3	26.33	48.33	3.27	3/67
PE McEwan	Canterbury	5	7	300	11	123	3	41.00	100.00	2.46	1/14
AB Jordan	Central Districts	3	5	330	15	164	3	54.67	110.00	2.98	1/29
PW Hills	Otago	3	5	264	8	164	3	54.67	88.00	3.73	2/62
PJ Petherick	Wellington	3	3	174	6	63	2	31.50	87.00	2.17	2/18
WP Fowler	Northern Districts	2	4	450	22	188	2	94.00	225.00	2.51	2/44
DW Bracewell	Central Districts	2	3	324	13	151	2	75.50	162.00	2.80	1/34
JM Parker	Northern Districts	1	2	41	1	28	1	28.00	41.00	4.10	1/3
RC Hooton	Auckland	1	1	24	1	6	1	6.00	24.00	1.50	1/6
WK Lees	Otago	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0/6
JG Wright	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
PN Webb	Auckland	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
MD Crowe	Auckland	1	1	30	1	10	0	—	—	2.00	0/10
BR Blair	Otago	3	3	48	2	24	0	—	—	3.00	0/0
GA Newdick	Wellington	2	2	36	3	8	0	—	—	1.33	0/0
WL Blair	Otago	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0/4
RJ Hill	Otago	2	4	180	6	54	0	—	—	1.80	0/4
AEW Parsons	Auckland	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	1	1	0	2	0	—	—	12.00	0/2
MJE Wright	Northern Districts	1	1	24	0	19	0	—	—	4.75	0/19

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 1979/80. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1979/80 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Districts	7	3	0	4	3,183	103	30.90	317	3,156	118	26.75
Wellington	7	3	1	3	2,429	84	28.92	284	2,267	113	20.06
Canterbury	7	2	2	3	2,589	109	23.75	319	2,794	106	26.36
Otago	7	2	4	1	2,577	112	23.01	325	2,719	109	24.94
Auckland	7	1	0	6	2,808	117	24.00	294	2,476	94	26.34
Central Districts	7	1	5	1	2,807	114	24.62	350	2,981	99	30.11

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 · 1979/80

Latest 12 of 21 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1980-01-26 to 1980-01-28 · Logan Park, Dunedin

Otago: 127 & 178
Canterbury: 244/8d & 105

Canterbury won by 44 runs

1980-01-26 to 1980-01-28 · Tauranga Domain Outer Ground, Tauranga

Northern Districts: 257/8d & 252/6d
Auckland: 205 & 185/8

Match drawn

1980-01-26 to 1980-01-28 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 300/7 & 255/9d
Wellington: 273/6 & 284/3

Wellington won by 7 wickets

1980-01-19 to 1980-01-21 · Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt

Wellington: 167/4d & 154
Northern Districts: 95 & 100/6

Match drawn

1980-01-19 to 1980-01-21 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 166/7d & 164/5
Central Districts: 172/6d & 157

Otago won by 5 wickets

1980-01-19 to 1980-01-21 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 252 & 207/4d
Canterbury: 118 & 47/1

Match drawn

1980-01-12 to 1980-01-14 · Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne

Northern Districts: 311/6 & 317/9
Central Districts: 350/6d & 274

Northern Districts won by 1 wicket

1980-01-12 to 1980-01-14 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 303/5 & 253/9d
Otago: 266 & 294/8

Otago won by 2 wickets

1980-01-12 to 1980-01-14 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 198 & 219
Wellington: 200/7d & 174/7

Match drawn

1980-01-08 to 1980-01-10 · Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt

Wellington: 209 & 266
Otago: 173 & 178

Wellington won by 124 runs

1980-01-08 to 1980-01-10 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 341/7 & 210
Canterbury: 252 & 302

Canterbury won by 3 runs

1980-01-08 to 1980-01-10 · Eden Park No 2, Auckland

Auckland: 206 & 294
Northern Districts: 306/9 & 175/4

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1979/80 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt	3
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park No 2, Auckland	1
Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North	1
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne	1
Logan Park, Dunedin	1
Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt	1
McLean Park, Napier	1
Molyneux Park, Alexandra	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Seddon Park, Hamilton	1
Tauranga Domain Outer Ground, Tauranga	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 1979/80, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1979/80 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BA Edgar	152*	Central Districts	1980-01-26
GP Howarth	151	Wellington	1980-01-04
GM Turner	136	Auckland	1980-01-01
GN Edwards	131	Northern Districts	1980-01-12
ADG Roberts	128*	Central Districts	1980-01-12

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1979/80 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EJ Chatfield	8/24	Northern Districts	1980-01-19
JG Bracewell	7/78	Central Districts	1980-01-19
CW Dickeson	7/91	Wellington	1980-01-04
JV Coney	6/17	Central Districts	1980-01-01
DR O'Sullivan	6/40	Otago	1980-01-04

* 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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