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Plunket Shield 1980/81 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1980/81; Tests are excluded.

JFM Morrison leads the displayed batting table with 599 runs. SL Boock leads the bowling table with 38 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 21
Recorded players: 86
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 12

Selected season match starts: 1980-12-27 to 1981-02-07. 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 1980/81. 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 1980/81

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 1980/81 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JFM Morrison	7	599
GN Edwards	7	576
JF Reid	7	567
ADG Roberts	7	541
WL Blair	7	540

Recorded innings through 1981-02-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1980/81 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
SL Boock	5	38
GK Robertson	7	37
DR O'Sullivan	7	35
CW Dickeson	7	34
DW Stead	7	32

Recorded innings through 1981-02-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1980/81

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 · 86 players

Plunket Shield 1980/81 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JFM Morrison	Wellington	7	14	3	599	138*	54.45	—	3	1
GN Edwards	Central Districts	7	13	2	576	177*	52.36	—	3	1
JF Reid	Auckland	7	13	3	567	173	56.70	—	2	2
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	7	13	2	541	100	49.18	—	3	1
WL Blair	Otago	7	14	0	540	140	38.57	—	3	1
BG Cooper	Northern Districts	7	13	0	520	105	40.00	—	2	1
VR Brown	Canterbury	6	12	2	513	104	51.30	—	2	1
DW Stead	Canterbury	7	14	3	478	193*	43.45	—	3	1
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	6	12	1	476	163*	43.27	—	1	2
EJ Gray	Wellington	7	14	2	473	88*	39.42	—	5	0
DA Dempsey	Canterbury	7	14	1	471	131	36.23	—	0	2
PN Webb	Auckland	7	13	2	431	136	39.18	—	1	2
AEW Parsons	Auckland	7	13	1	393	132	32.75	—	1	1
RH Vance	Wellington	7	14	0	389	65	27.79	—	5	0
RT Latham	Canterbury	7	14	1	381	67	29.31	—	2	0
JR Wiltshire	Auckland	7	13	2	368	77*	33.45	—	2	0
RN Hoskin	Otago	7	14	0	359	117	25.64	—	2	1
JG Gibson	Northern Districts	7	13	0	349	119	26.85	—	0	1
MJE Wright	Northern Districts	7	13	0	341	55	26.23	—	1	0
BW Cederwall	Wellington	7	14	2	320	94	26.67	—	3	0
AH Jones	Central Districts	6	11	0	310	77	28.18	—	3	0
MD Crowe	Auckland	7	13	3	303	81	30.30	—	3	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	4	8	0	291	84	36.38	—	3	0
PJ Holland	Wellington	6	12	0	290	55	24.17	—	2	0
BD Ritchie	Canterbury	7	14	4	287	75*	28.70	—	2	0

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Plunket Shield 1980/81 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GJ Langridge	Central Districts	7	13	2	284	62	25.82	—	3	0
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	7	13	0	272	116	20.92	—	0	1
TJ Franklin	Auckland	7	13	0	265	42	20.38	—	0	0
WG Hodgson	Central Districts	6	11	1	256	51	25.60	—	1	0
GAW Blakely	Otago	7	14	0	254	74	18.14	—	1	0
GJ Dawson	Otago	5	10	2	254	61	31.75	—	2	0
GA Newdick	Wellington	7	14	0	253	42	18.07	—	0	0
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	7	13	0	247	61	19.00	—	2	0
RW Ormiston	Wellington	5	10	0	242	85	24.20	—	1	0
BR Blair	Otago	6	12	0	239	57	19.92	—	2	0
IA Rutherford	Otago	7	14	0	234	45	16.71	—	0	0
GK Robertson	Central Districts	7	13	2	223	65	20.27	—	2	0
EB McSweeney	Central Districts	7	13	3	222	56*	22.20	—	2	0
BD Milburn	Otago	7	14	0	207	103	14.79	—	0	1
RI Leggat	Canterbury	5	10	1	182	44	20.22	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	7	14	1	175	31	13.46	—	0	0
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	7	13	3	174	58	17.40	—	1	0
DW Henry	Wellington	6	12	3	153	40*	17.00	—	0	0
RD Broughton	Northern Districts	3	5	0	149	70	29.80	—	1	0
SB Cater	Wellington	7	14	0	147	36	10.50	—	0	0
RW Anderson	Central Districts	4	7	1	121	39	20.17	—	0	0
SR Gillespie	Northern Districts	6	11	2	120	32	13.33	—	0	0
DJ Walker	Otago	4	8	0	116	58	14.50	—	1	0
JM McIntyre	Auckland	7	13	4	100	31	11.11	—	0	0
DJ White	Northern Districts	4	7	0	95	64	13.57	—	1	0
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	6	11	1	87	37	8.70	—	0	0
LW Stott	Auckland	7	13	2	83	30	7.55	—	0	0
JK Lindsay	Otago	3	6	1	82	24	16.40	—	0	0
DF Oakley	Wellington	3	6	1	79	38*	15.80	—	0	0
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	6	11	2	77	24	8.56	—	0	0
SR McNally	Canterbury	5	10	0	70	36	7.00	—	0	0
TG Vogel	Wellington	3	6	1	67	41	13.40	—	0	0
P Curtin	Northern Districts	4	8	3	66	17	13.20	—	0	0
WP Fowler	Northern Districts	4	7	1	58	34	9.67	—	0	0
GB Thomson	Otago	6	12	5	53	13	7.57	—	0	0
RB Reid	Wellington	4	8	0	51	28	6.38	—	0	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	7	13	4	49	14	5.44	—	0	0
BJ McKechnie	Otago	1	2	0	49	27	24.50	—	0	0
JM Mackle	Canterbury	6	12	1	48	14	4.36	—	0	0
PJ Petherick	Wellington	6	12	4	44	17	5.50	—	0	0
PJ Verhoek	Central Districts	2	4	1	44	14	14.67	—	0	0
GC Bateman	Canterbury	6	12	0	39	15	3.25	—	0	0
WS Linn	Auckland	2	3	1	38	23	19.00	—	0	0
SL Boock	Otago	5	10	5	37	12*	7.40	—	0	0
NA Scott	Auckland	7	13	3	37	17*	3.70	—	0	0
RJ Webb	Otago	6	12	4	26	14*	3.25	—	0	0
PJ Rattray	Canterbury	1	2	0	25	25	12.50	—	0	0
JAJ Cushen	Auckland	7	13	2	24	14*	2.18	—	0	0
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	2	4	0	20	11	5.00	—	0	0
DEC McKechnie	Otago	2	4	1	19	7	6.33	—	0	0
PW Hills	Otago	1	2	0	17	10	8.50	—	0	0
CH Thiele	Canterbury	6	12	5	16	6*	2.29	—	0	0
K Treiber	Northern Districts	4	8	4	15	6*	3.75	—	0	0
MD Jamieson	Central Districts	1	2	1	14	14*	14.00	—	0	0
RJ Griffiths	Northern Districts	2	4	2	13	12*	6.50	—	0	0
SJ McCullum	Otago	1	2	0	13	8	6.50	—	0	0
MF Gill	Central Districts	6	11	3	9	6	1.13	—	0	0
NAP Meadows	Wellington	2	4	2	5	5*	2.50	—	0	0
KJ Burns	Otago	2	4	0	4	2	1.00	—	0	0
GB Troup	Auckland	2	4	1	1	1	0.33	—	0	0
RJ Ackland	Auckland	3	6	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 59 players

Plunket Shield 1980/81 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
SL Boock	Otago	5	10	1,708	103	667	38	17.55	44.95	2.34	4	7/82
GK Robertson	Central Districts	7	14	1,506	67	658	37	17.78	40.70	2.62	3	6/47
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	7	12	2,390	155	730	35	20.86	68.29	1.83	1	6/71
CW Dickeson	Northern Districts	7	14	2,279	134	845	34	24.85	67.03	2.22	1	7/79
DW Stead	Canterbury	7	13	1,726	53	885	32	27.66	53.94	3.08	2	6/79
JM McIntyre	Auckland	7	11	1,677	120	484	31	15.61	54.10	1.73	2	5/39
EJ Gray	Wellington	7	11	1,629	84	742	27	27.48	60.33	2.73	1	5/65
LW Stott	Auckland	7	12	1,500	72	544	26	20.92	57.69	2.18	2	5/41
PJ Petherick	Wellington	6	10	1,241	54	537	24	22.38	51.71	2.60	1	5/48
JAJ Cushen	Auckland	7	12	1,089	41	444	23	19.30	47.35	2.45	0	4/33
SB Cater	Wellington	7	12	1,183	43	601	21	28.62	56.33	3.05	1	5/71
SR Gillespie	Northern Districts	6	12	1,218	33	533	18	29.61	67.67	2.63	0	3/57
MF Gill	Central Districts	6	12	1,075	46	467	18	25.94	59.72	2.61	1	6/53
GC Bateman	Canterbury	6	11	1,001	47	455	17	26.76	58.88	2.73	0	4/41
RI Leggat	Canterbury	5	9	661	20	393	17	23.12	38.88	3.57	1	5/37
CH Thiele	Canterbury	6	11	996	37	507	17	29.82	58.59	3.05	0	3/45
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	6	11	1,129	73	342	16	21.38	70.56	1.82	0	4/35
GB Thomson	Otago	6	12	998	50	382	16	23.88	62.38	2.30	1	6/41
RJ Webb	Otago	6	12	1,062	41	547	13	42.08	81.69	3.09	0	4/24
BR Blair	Otago	6	10	873	39	395	12	32.92	72.75	2.71	0	3/36
BW Cederwall	Wellington	7	13	1,063	66	438	12	36.50	88.58	2.47	1	6/42
SR McNally	Canterbury	5	9	906	35	453	12	37.75	75.50	3.00	0	4/73
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	7	12	882	49	328	11	29.82	80.18	2.23	0	3/60
K Treiber	Northern Districts	4	7	614	27	276	10	27.60	61.40	2.70	0	3/21
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	6	11	990	30	555	9	61.67	110.00	3.36	0	3/46

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Plunket Shield 1980/81 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DJ Walker	Otago	4	7	546	25	268	9	29.78	60.67	2.95	0	4/53
GB Troup	Auckland	2	4	413	22	107	8	13.38	51.63	1.55	0	4/21
VR Brown	Canterbury	7	11	763	42	307	8	38.38	95.38	2.41	0	2/22
DJ White	Northern Districts	4	6	480	11	292	8	36.50	60.00	3.65	0	3/49
BJ McKechnie	Otago	1	2	282	19	68	6	11.33	47.00	1.45	0	3/31
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	5	7	345	22	115	6	19.17	57.50	2.00	0	3/46
JF Reid	Auckland	4	6	221	8	88	5	17.60	44.20	2.39	0	2/5
P Curtin	Northern Districts	4	7	552	22	251	5	50.20	110.40	2.73	0	2/36
RJ Ackland	Auckland	2	3	277	13	119	5	23.80	55.40	2.58	1	5/44
DW Henry	Wellington	6	10	588	26	304	5	60.80	117.60	3.10	0	2/16
BG Cooper	Northern Districts	2	2	150	4	95	4	23.75	37.50	3.80	0	4/82
DEC McKechnie	Otago	2	3	228	11	78	4	19.50	57.00	2.05	0	3/35
RT Latham	Canterbury	7	10	342	13	166	3	55.33	114.00	2.91	0	2/21
JK Lindsay	Otago	3	4	278	7	132	3	44.00	92.67	2.85	0	1/19
RJ Griffiths	Northern Districts	2	4	288	12	135	3	45.00	96.00	2.81	0	2/20
TG Vogel	Wellington	3	6	354	12	225	3	75.00	118.00	3.81	0	1/7
MD Crowe	Auckland	3	3	96	5	48	2	24.00	48.00	3.00	0	2/8
WS Linn	Auckland	2	4	210	7	85	2	42.50	105.00	2.43	0	1/23
NAP Meadows	Wellington	2	4	276	16	109	2	54.50	138.00	2.37	0	1/38
ADG Roberts	Northern Districts	4	4	204	5	80	1	80.00	204.00	2.35	0	1/24
WP Fowler	Northern Districts	4	5	119	6	72	1	72.00	119.00	3.63	0	1/42
PW Hills	Otago	1	2	162	1	107	1	107.00	162.00	3.96	0	1/74
WG Hodgson	Central Districts	5	5	174	9	110	1	110.00	174.00	3.79	0	1/29
PJ Holland	Wellington	4	4	120	5	58	1	58.00	120.00	2.90	0	1/15
MD Jamieson	Central Districts	1	2	186	9	86	1	86.00	186.00	2.77	0	1/70
JFM Morrison	Wellington	3	3	54	0	43	0	—	—	4.78	0	0/9
KJ Burns	Otago	1	1	48	2	21	0	—	—	2.63	0	0/21
WL Blair	Otago	3	4	24	0	27	0	—	—	6.75	0	0/2
CL Bull	Canterbury	1	1	18	1	28	0	—	—	9.33	0	0/28
GJ Dawson	Otago	1	1	54	4	20	0	—	—	2.22	0	0/20
DA Dempsey	Canterbury	3	3	60	2	35	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/6
DP Lloyd	Northern Districts	1	1	18	0	16	0	—	—	5.33	0	0/16
AEW Parsons	Auckland	1	1	6	0	12	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/12
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	1	48	4	14	0	—	—	1.75	0	0/14

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 1980/81. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1980/81 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	7	4	0	3	2,763	82	33.70	360	2,032	108	18.81
Canterbury	7	4	3	0	3,317	105	31.59	409	3,408	113	30.16
Central Districts	7	4	0	3	2,846	95	29.96	445	2,919	122	23.93
Otago	7	1	4	2	2,699	134	20.14	271	2,841	106	26.80
Wellington	7	1	3	3	3,299	122	27.04	360	3,310	105	31.52
Northern Districts	7	0	4	3	3,018	119	25.36	353	3,432	103	33.32

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 · 1980/81

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

1981-02-07 to 1981-02-09 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 311/8 & 257/5d
Northern Districts: 270 & 203

Canterbury won by 95 runs

1981-02-06 to 1981-02-08 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 219 & 231/9
Otago: 271 & 185

Match drawn

1981-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 98 & 189
Auckland: 219 & 69/7

Auckland won by 3 wickets

1981-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 296 & 227/7
Canterbury: 146 & 376/8d

Central Districts won by 3 wickets

1981-01-24 to 1981-01-26 · Smallbone Park, Rotorua

Northern Districts: 235 & 174/7
Central Districts: 157 & 349/8d

Match drawn

1981-01-24 to 1981-01-26 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 304 & 196/5d
Wellington: 156 & 174

Auckland won by 170 runs

1981-01-18 to 1981-01-20 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 292/7
Auckland: 360/7 & 81/3

Match drawn

1981-01-18 to 1981-01-20 · Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 445/6 & 18/1
Wellington: 250/8 & 360

Match drawn

1981-01-18 to 1981-01-20 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 409/5 & 83/1
Otago: 224 & 266

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1981-01-12 to 1981-01-14 · Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Northern Districts: 200 & 225/8d
Otago: 193 & 196/8

Match drawn

1981-01-12 to 1981-01-14 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 89/6d
Auckland: 204/8d & 38/2

Match drawn

1981-01-12 to 1981-01-14 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 253 & 276/2
Wellington: 262 & 263/6d

Canterbury won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1980/81 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	4
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Cobham Oval, Whangarei	1
Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North	1
McLean Park, Napier	1
Molyneux Park, Alexandra	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	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 1980/81, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1980/81 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
DW Stead	193*	Central Districts	1981-02-01
GN Edwards	177*	Wellington	1981-01-18
JF Reid	173	Northern Districts	1981-01-18
BG Hadlee	163*	Otago	1981-01-18
WL Blair	140	Canterbury	1981-01-18

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1980/81 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CW Dickeson	7/79	Central Districts	1980-12-27
SL Boock	7/82	Northern Districts	1981-01-12
SL Boock	6/22	Auckland	1981-02-01
GB Thomson	6/41	Wellington	1980-12-27
BW Cederwall	6/42	Northern Districts	1981-01-07

* 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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