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Plunket Shield 1985/86 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1985/86; Tests are excluded.

KR Rutherford leads the displayed batting table with 638 runs. EJ Gray leads the bowling table with 34 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 24
Recorded players: 95
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 15

Selected season match starts: 1986-01-06 to 1986-02-06. 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 1985/86. 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 1985/86

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 1985/86 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KR Rutherford	8	638
CJP Smith	8	623
TJ Franklin	8	592
SJ McCullum	8	585
EJ Gray	8	545

Recorded innings through 1986-02-06. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1985/86 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
EJ Gray	8	34
JAJ Cushen	8	31
PJW Allott	7	30
DN Patel	8	29
GB Troup	8	27

Recorded innings through 1986-02-06. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1985/86

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 · 95 players

Plunket Shield 1985/86 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
KR Rutherford	Otago	8	13	1	638	126	53.17	62.73	2	3	75	2
CJP Smith	Central Districts	8	15	0	623	103	41.53	37.69	3	2	61	2
TJ Franklin	Auckland	8	15	1	592	176	42.29	39.95	5	1	53	5
SJ McCullum	Otago	8	13	1	585	134	48.75	49.74	3	1	67	0
EJ Gray	Wellington	8	13	2	545	128*	49.55	47.81	3	2	50	2
DJ White	Northern Districts	8	16	2	517	209	36.93	45.79	1	1	61	3
PS Briasco	Central Districts	8	15	1	505	109	36.07	41.36	3	1	53	2
RH Vance	Wellington	8	13	0	488	114	37.54	49.49	3	1	64	2
DN Patel	Auckland	8	15	1	469	174	33.50	63.46	1	1	61	1
LM Crocker	Northern Districts	8	16	2	446	105	31.86	44.78	1	1	54	1
REW Mawhinney	Northern Districts	8	16	0	443	110	27.69	35.58	1	1	46	0
PN Webb	Auckland	8	15	5	441	115	44.10	40.31	2	1	56	0
RT Latham	Canterbury	8	15	1	423	81	30.21	51.65	3	0	56	6
TD Ritchie	Wellington	8	13	3	420	60	42.00	50.72	2	0	37	7
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	8	16	2	419	74	29.93	35.39	3	0	42	5
PE McEwan	Canterbury	8	15	0	418	118	27.87	55.66	2	1	63	1
A Nathu	Canterbury	8	15	1	417	153	29.79	38.01	0	1	59	2
RN Hoskin	Otago	8	13	2	401	111	36.45	47.07	2	1	34	4
RT Hart	Central Districts	6	11	0	380	207	34.55	38.19	1	1	35	0
TE Blain	Central Districts	6	12	2	353	77*	35.30	47.32	3	0	28	2
RE Hayward	Central Districts	8	15	1	342	69*	24.43	41.86	2	0	49	0
DJ Walker	Otago	8	13	2	341	106	31.00	41.64	2	1	32	1
MJ Greatbatch	Auckland	7	13	4	316	119*	35.11	41.85	1	1	35	3
DW Stead	Canterbury	8	15	2	313	52	24.08	37.76	1	0	35	0
DG Scott	Auckland	6	11	1	307	79	30.70	48.58	3	0	37	2

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Plunket Shield 1985/86 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
KJ Burns	Otago	8	13	1	297	93	24.75	41.83	1	0	44	0
PJ Kelly	Auckland	8	15	1	292	93	20.86	65.32	2	0	34	3
DA Stirling	Central Districts	8	15	4	290	51*	26.36	59.30	1	0	39	3
JK Lindsay	Otago	8	13	2	289	65*	26.27	48.17	2	0	34	0
AH Jones	Wellington	7	11	3	286	99	35.75	40.17	2	0	25	0
PA Horne	Auckland	6	11	1	279	116	27.90	56.82	1	1	31	1
VR Brown	Canterbury	8	15	0	269	134	17.93	45.36	0	1	32	1
DJ Boyle	Canterbury	3	6	1	267	149	53.40	30.73	1	1	26	0
PG Kennedy	Canterbury	7	13	0	260	81	20.00	33.99	2	0	21	0
GK Robertson	Central Districts	8	15	3	258	99*	21.50	65.98	3	0	35	3
RW Ormiston	Wellington	8	13	0	257	52	19.77	45.57	1	0	19	0
JG Boyle	Wellington	8	13	0	252	70	19.38	45.16	2	0	26	0
IDS Smith	Central Districts	6	11	1	250	84	25.00	77.64	2	0	33	0
BG Cooper	Northern Districts	6	12	0	245	83	20.42	56.71	1	0	37	2
GR Larsen	Wellington	8	13	4	229	92	25.44	34.96	1	0	28	2
DJ Hartshorn	Canterbury	5	9	1	204	47*	25.50	39.46	0	0	20	0
AJ Hunt	Auckland	6	11	2	186	79*	20.67	49.87	1	0	30	0
GW McKenzie	Northern Districts	4	8	1	169	49	24.14	27.52	0	0	16	1
SW Duff	Central Districts	6	12	3	163	51	18.11	47.11	1	0	19	0
GP Howarth	Northern Districts	5	10	0	162	79	16.20	38.57	1	0	19	0
MJ Child	Northern Districts	5	10	1	154	66*	17.11	36.75	1	0	14	4
WK Lees	Otago	8	13	3	151	62*	15.10	47.78	1	0	15	3
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	8	16	0	151	32	9.44	58.30	0	0	16	2
NA Mallender	Otago	8	13	2	149	52*	13.55	66.22	1	0	19	3
BA Young	Northern Districts	8	16	5	139	30*	12.64	32.78	0	0	15	0
PJW Allott	Wellington	7	11	2	135	66*	15.00	94.41	1	0	22	1
AW Hart	Canterbury	8	15	3	123	44	10.25	36.94	0	0	15	1
SR McNally	Canterbury	7	13	0	123	29	9.46	43.01	0	0	17	1
SJ Maguiness	Wellington	5	9	1	122	54	15.25	99.19	1	0	14	5
TJ Wilson	Otago	6	11	1	107	31	10.70	68.15	0	0	14	1
GB Troup	Auckland	8	15	3	97	29*	8.08	42.54	0	0	8	1
JD Milne	Wellington	7	11	0	92	36	8.36	31.40	0	0	8	0
SM Carrington	Northern Districts	8	16	1	90	53	6.00	82.57	1	0	12	2
BJ McKechnie	Otago	8	13	0	84	35	6.46	44.68	0	0	9	0
RB Reid	Auckland	2	4	1	70	25	23.33	42.94	0	0	9	0
CH Thiele	Canterbury	6	11	5	69	17	11.50	44.81	0	0	9	1
SP Robertson	Central Districts	3	6	1	67	35	13.40	16.50	0	0	5	0
GW Walton	Central Districts	4	7	1	64	36	10.67	41.29	0	0	3	0
GE Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	10	1	62	19	6.89	32.63	0	0	9	0
DJ Guthardt	Central Districts	3	5	0	58	17	11.60	29.59	0	0	3	0
JG Bracewell	Auckland	1	2	0	54	54	27.00	72.97	1	0	6	0
JF Reid	Auckland	1	2	0	52	26	26.00	43.33	0	0	6	0
EB McSweeney	Wellington	1	2	1	52	32	52.00	82.54	0	0	7	0
F Beyeler	Wellington	3	5	1	44	30	11.00	88.00	0	0	5	3
JAJ Cushen	Otago	8	13	5	37	12	4.63	26.62	0	0	4	0
DM Molony	Wellington	4	6	1	35	14*	7.00	36.08	0	0	6	1
RA Verry	Wellington	1	2	0	32	16	16.00	28.57	0	0	3	0
WM Aberhart	Wellington	2	3	1	28	24	14.00	34.15	0	0	2	2
DK Morrison	Auckland	5	10	2	27	17	3.38	18.75	0	0	3	0
SR Tracy	Canterbury	6	11	1	27	7	2.70	40.30	0	0	3	0
GK MacDonald	Canterbury	3	6	1	25	14	5.00	20.83	0	0	2	0
K Treiber	Northern Districts	3	6	1	21	21	4.20	28.38	0	0	3	0
MC Snedden	Auckland	1	2	0	20	20	10.00	34.48	0	0	3	0
MJ Bradley	Auckland	3	6	0	16	10	2.67	43.24	0	0	2	1
KW Martin	Central Districts	2	4	0	14	14	3.50	22.22	0	0	1	0
BR Blair	Northern Districts	1	2	0	12	9	6.00	40.00	0	0	1	0
KB Hancock	Northern Districts	3	6	4	10	10*	5.00	37.04	0	0	1	0
RL Glover	Central Districts	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	44.44	0	0	2	0
KBK Ibadulla	Otago	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	29.41	0	0	1	0
SR Gillespie	Auckland	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	23.53	0	0	0	0
W Watson	Auckland	6	11	2	4	4*	0.44	11.43	0	0	1	0
GN Cederwall	Wellington	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	18.75	0	0	0	0
SJ Roberts	Canterbury	2	4	1	1	1*	0.33	3.57	0	0	0	0
AJ Murphy	Central Districts	3	5	1	1	1	0.25	1.61	0	0	0	0
AJ Hintz	Canterbury	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	33.33	0	0	0	0
PJ Visser	Central Districts	8	15	3	1	1	0.08	2.08	0	0	0	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
SL Boock	Otago	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
BJ Barrett	Auckland	3	5	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
AA Griffiths	Wellington	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 74 players

Plunket Shield 1985/86 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
EJ Gray	Wellington	8	13	1,981	119	748	34	22.00	58.26	2.27	2	8/37
JAJ Cushen	Otago	8	15	2,100	133	711	31	22.94	67.74	2.03	2	6/34
PJW Allott	Wellington	7	11	1,324	80	460	30	15.33	44.13	2.08	3	5/40
DN Patel	Auckland	8	14	2,131	105	756	29	26.07	73.48	2.13	1	5/41
GB Troup	Auckland	8	14	1,257	70	455	27	16.85	46.56	2.17	2	5/43
GK Robertson	Central Districts	8	14	1,252	31	740	27	27.41	46.37	3.55	1	5/47
NA Mallender	Otago	8	14	1,362	48	597	24	24.88	56.75	2.63	0	4/31
SM Carrington	Northern Districts	8	15	1,469	44	749	24	31.21	61.21	3.06	0	4/38
PJ Visser	Central Districts	8	15	1,640	69	768	24	32.00	68.33	2.81	1	6/29
SJ Scott	Northern Districts	8	15	1,536	64	652	23	28.35	66.78	2.55	0	4/42
DA Stirling	Central Districts	8	15	1,139	29	716	20	35.80	56.95	3.77	1	5/82
VR Brown	Canterbury	8	12	1,259	70	487	20	24.35	62.95	2.32	1	6/53
JK Lindsay	Otago	7	12	1,124	46	647	20	32.35	56.20	3.45	0	3/38
CH Thiele	Canterbury	6	10	1,108	38	562	19	29.58	58.32	3.04	0	4/74
BJ McKechnie	Otago	8	14	1,290	76	458	17	26.94	75.88	2.13	0	4/38
GE Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	9	982	42	425	17	25.00	57.76	2.60	0	4/40
MJ Child	Northern Districts	5	9	870	34	390	17	22.94	51.18	2.69	0	4/26
SR McNally	Canterbury	7	11	1,170	54	592	17	34.82	68.82	3.04	0	4/39
SW Duff	Central Districts	6	10	977	40	449	16	28.06	61.06	2.76	1	6/36
SJ Maguiness	Wellington	5	9	1,125	64	371	14	26.50	80.36	1.98	0	4/32
SR Tracy	Canterbury	6	11	725	17	466	13	35.85	55.77	3.86	1	5/19
GR Larsen	Wellington	7	10	1,204	56	437	11	39.73	109.45	2.18	0	2/34
K Treiber	Northern Districts	3	6	487	22	223	11	20.27	44.27	2.75	1	7/42
BJ Barrett	Auckland	3	5	386	12	210	10	21.00	38.60	3.26	0	4/51
DM Molony	Wellington	4	6	607	15	326	10	32.60	60.70	3.22	0	3/62

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Plunket Shield 1985/86 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MJ Bradley	Auckland	3	5	420	15	170	10	17.00	42.00	2.43	0	3/37
W Watson	Auckland	6	10	672	16	353	8	44.13	84.00	3.15	0	3/44
DK Morrison	Auckland	5	9	629	23	296	8	37.00	78.63	2.82	0	3/68
SJ Roberts	Canterbury	2	3	339	9	204	8	25.50	42.38	3.61	1	5/77
TJ Wilson	Otago	6	8	433	15	217	8	27.13	54.13	3.01	0	3/42
JG Bracewell	Auckland	1	2	318	15	129	7	18.43	45.43	2.43	0	4/43
KB Hancock	Northern Districts	3	4	354	7	274	7	39.14	50.57	4.64	0	3/37
AJ Murphy	Central Districts	3	5	390	17	190	6	31.67	65.00	2.92	0	2/31
DW Stead	Canterbury	7	10	702	33	348	6	58.00	117.00	2.97	0	2/35
CM Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	8	11	619	26	265	5	53.00	123.80	2.57	0	2/62
AJ Hunt	Auckland	5	8	426	16	214	5	42.80	85.20	3.01	0	2/45
F Beyeler	Wellington	3	5	540	23	219	5	43.80	108.00	2.43	0	2/45
SR Gillespie	Auckland	1	2	168	10	48	4	12.00	42.00	1.71	0	3/15
GN Cederwall	Wellington	1	2	171	1	110	4	27.50	42.75	3.86	0	3/58
KW Martin	Central Districts	2	4	390	15	235	4	58.75	97.50	3.62	0	2/37
PE McEwan	Canterbury	5	6	342	17	179	3	59.67	114.00	3.14	0	2/70
MC Snedden	Auckland	1	2	204	5	87	3	29.00	68.00	2.56	0	3/47
AH Jones	Wellington	5	6	270	15	109	3	36.33	90.00	2.42	0	2/26
DJ Hartshorn	Canterbury	4	4	348	14	175	3	58.33	116.00	3.02	0	2/70
DG Scott	Auckland	3	4	288	10	131	3	43.67	96.00	2.73	0	2/44
DJ Walker	Otago	3	3	126	4	77	3	25.67	42.00	3.67	0	3/42
GW Walton	Central Districts	4	6	762	25	418	3	139.33	254.00	3.29	0	1/57
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	1	2	317	22	69	2	34.50	158.50	1.31	0	2/36
PN Webb	Auckland	1	1	48	1	34	2	17.00	24.00	4.25	0	2/34
AJ Hintz	Canterbury	1	1	126	3	75	2	37.50	63.00	3.57	0	2/75
SL Boock	Otago	1	1	216	14	57	1	57.00	216.00	1.58	0	1/57
TJ Franklin	Auckland	1	1	36	1	21	1	21.00	36.00	3.50	0	1/21
RH Vance	Wellington	3	3	66	4	29	1	29.00	66.00	2.64	0	1/11
KBK Ibadulla	Otago	1	1	144	5	64	1	64.00	144.00	2.67	0	1/64
PS Briasco	Central Districts	6	8	186	9	98	1	98.00	186.00	3.16	0	1/11
A Nathu	Canterbury	2	2	96	3	37	1	37.00	96.00	2.31	0	1/28
WM Aberhart	Wellington	2	4	234	9	119	1	119.00	234.00	3.05	0	1/50
GK MacDonald	Canterbury	3	5	366	13	187	1	187.00	366.00	3.07	0	1/21
BR Blair	Northern Districts	1	1	48	1	36	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/36
KR Rutherford	Otago	2	2	80	4	42	0	—	—	3.15	0	0/17
MJ Greatbatch	Auckland	1	1	3	0	2	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/2
RB Reid	Auckland	1	1	18	0	9	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/9
DJ White	Northern Districts	3	4	78	0	61	0	—	—	4.69	0	0/4
RT Latham	Canterbury	2	2	60	2	53	0	—	—	5.30	0	0/13
RE Hayward	Central Districts	4	4	66	8	8	0	—	—	0.73	0	0/0
BG Cooper	Northern Districts	1	1	35	0	34	0	—	—	5.83	0	0/34
RN Hoskin	Otago	1	1	24	2	3	0	—	—	0.75	0	0/3
REW Mawhinney	Northern Districts	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
RA Verry	Wellington	1	1	30	1	14	0	—	—	2.80	0	0/14
AA Griffiths	Wellington	1	1	114	3	57	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/57
AW Hart	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
GW McKenzie	Northern Districts	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/10
RW Ormiston	Wellington	1	1	18	0	10	0	—	—	3.33	0	0/10
TD Ritchie	Wellington	1	1	12	1	2	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/2

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 1985/86. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1985/86 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	8	4	2	2	3,362	98	34.31	454	3,032	121	25.06
Otago	8	4	1	3	3,241	95	34.12	403	2,956	112	26.39
Northern Districts	8	3	3	2	3,211	124	25.90	431	3,244	118	27.49
Wellington	8	3	0	5	3,203	106	30.22	383	3,238	121	26.76
Central Districts	8	1	4	3	3,526	116	30.40	433	3,728	108	34.52
Canterbury	8	0	5	3	3,162	136	23.25	401	3,507	95	36.92

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 · 1985/86

Latest 12 of 24 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1986-02-06 to 1986-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 403/5d
Canterbury: 401/8d & 28/0

Match drawn

1986-02-06 to 1986-02-08 · Nelson Park, Napier

Central Districts: 153 & 233/8
Wellington: 179 & 249/6d

Match drawn

1986-02-06 to 1986-02-08 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 258 & 283/6d
Northern Districts: 199 & 204

Auckland won by 138 runs

1986-02-02 to 1986-02-04 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 103 & 182/2
Otago: 102 & 180

Northern Districts won by 8 wickets

1986-02-02 to 1986-02-04 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 254/3d & 285/4
Auckland: 228 & 310/7d

Central Districts won by 6 wickets

1986-02-02 to 1986-02-04 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 133 & 302
Wellington: 242 & 262/9d

Wellington won by 69 runs

1986-01-29 to 1986-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 182 & 250/6
Northern Districts: 212 & 268/8d

Match drawn

1986-01-29 to 1986-01-31 · Centennial Park, Oamaru

Otago: 303 & 342/6
Central Districts: 344/5d & 300

Otago won by 4 wickets

1986-01-29 to 1986-01-31 · Eden Park No 2, Auckland

Auckland: 292/7d & 146/4d
Canterbury: 109 & 134

Auckland won by 195 runs

1986-01-25 to 1986-01-27 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 268/5
Otago: 320/9d

Match drawn

1986-01-25 to 1986-01-27 · Tauranga Domain Outer Ground, Tauranga

Northern Districts: 153 & 143/6
Auckland: 173/8d & 120

Northern Districts won by 4 wickets

1986-01-25 to 1986-01-27 · Weraroa Domain, Levin

Central Districts: 282/6d & 51/6
Canterbury: 68 & 317

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1985/86 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	4
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Eden Park No 2, Auckland	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Centennial Park, Oamaru	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North	1
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne	1
Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt	1
Molyneux Park, Alexandra	1
Nelson Park, Napier	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Tauranga Domain Outer Ground, Tauranga	1
Weraroa Domain, Levin	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 1985/86, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1985/86 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
DJ White	209	Central Districts	1986-01-18
RT Hart	207	Wellington	1986-01-10
TJ Franklin	176	Canterbury	1986-01-06
DN Patel	174	Canterbury	1986-01-06
A Nathu	153	Central Districts	1986-01-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1985/86 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EJ Gray	8/37	Canterbury	1986-01-14
K Treiber	7/42	Otago	1986-02-02
PJ Visser	6/29	Canterbury	1986-01-25
JAJ Cushen	6/34	Central Districts	1986-01-06
SW Duff	6/36	Otago	1986-01-29

* 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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