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Plunket Shield 1995/96 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1995/96; Tests are excluded.

MJ Greatbatch leads the displayed batting table with 623 runs. DR Brown leads the bowling table with 28 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 16
Recorded players: 83
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 10

Selected season match starts: 1996-01-17 to 1996-03-01. 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 1995/96. 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 1995/96

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 1995/96 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
MJ Greatbatch	5	623
MH Richardson	5	615
JTC Vaughan	6	453
LG Howell	5	439
JM Aiken	6	423

Recorded innings through 1996-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1995/96 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DR Brown	6	28
C Pringle	6	25
MJ Haslam	6	25
PJ Wiseman	5	23
GR Jonas	6	23

Recorded innings through 1996-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1995/96

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 · 82 players

Plunket Shield 1995/96 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
MJ Greatbatch	Central Districts	5	6	2	623	202	155.75	68.39	0	4	77	6
MH Richardson	Otago	5	10	1	615	146	68.33	59.94	1	3	78	4
JTC Vaughan	Auckland	6	12	1	453	127	41.18	35.78	2	1	50	1
LG Howell	Central Districts	5	6	0	439	181	73.17	52.14	1	2	42	7
JM Aiken	Wellington	6	12	2	423	170*	42.30	39.94	2	1	43	0
BA Young	Northern Districts	5	9	1	410	133	51.25	49.70	1	2	61	0
AT Reinholds	Auckland	6	12	2	345	52*	34.50	56.01	2	0	52	5
GP Sulzberger	Central Districts	5	6	0	328	142	54.67	40.44	0	2	38	1
MD Bailey	Northern Districts	5	9	0	322	98	35.78	45.48	3	0	31	1
BR Hartland	Canterbury	5	10	0	319	95	31.90	41.54	3	0	39	1
JW Wilson	Otago	5	10	1	312	59	34.67	92.86	2	0	46	3
MJ Horne	Auckland	2	4	0	308	190	77.00	80.21	0	2	41	7
RA Lawson	Otago	4	8	0	301	200	37.63	52.53	0	1	34	0
RT King	Otago	5	10	1	275	117*	30.56	37.72	1	1	23	0
MJ Lamont	Otago	5	10	0	275	92	27.50	39.86	3	0	31	1
SA Robinson	Otago	5	10	1	274	93	30.44	40.90	2	0	22	0
JD Wells	Wellington	6	12	0	273	73	22.75	37.09	2	0	28	0
RA Jones	Auckland	6	12	1	272	75	24.73	36.61	2	0	30	0
RM Frew	Canterbury	5	10	1	266	125	29.56	44.48	1	1	40	0
CJ Nevin	Wellington	6	12	2	263	86	26.30	41.61	1	0	34	0
SM Lynch	Auckland	5	10	0	261	65	26.10	43.36	2	0	36	0
ME Parlane	Northern Districts	5	9	2	261	132*	37.29	39.79	1	1	30	2
DR Brown	Wellington	6	12	0	257	47	21.42	54.91	0	0	31	6
MD Bell	Northern Districts	5	9	2	256	74	36.57	29.70	1	0	28	0
RG Petrie	Wellington	6	12	0	227	65	18.92	52.79	1	0	28	6

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Plunket Shield 1995/96 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
JM Mills	Auckland	6	12	1	226	73*	20.55	44.75	1	0	28	0
IS Billcliff	Wellington	5	10	0	224	86	22.40	35.50	2	0	34	1
CD Cumming	Canterbury	5	10	0	220	43	22.00	29.77	0	0	21	0
CD McMillan	Canterbury	5	10	1	219	51*	24.33	47.82	1	0	23	0
MN Hart	Northern Districts	5	9	1	206	87*	25.75	52.96	1	0	21	1
SJ Peterson	Auckland	5	10	0	200	53	20.00	40.90	1	0	30	2
PJB Chandler	Wellington	6	12	1	200	45	18.18	42.83	0	0	23	1
MH Austen	Wellington	6	12	1	194	68*	17.64	49.74	1	0	26	2
AC Barnes	Auckland	5	10	1	193	100*	21.44	45.95	0	1	22	1
MW Priest	Canterbury	5	10	1	186	53	20.67	57.23	1	0	27	0
RG Hart	Northern Districts	5	9	0	184	58	20.44	38.25	2	0	19	0
BA Pocock	Northern Districts	5	9	0	180	53	20.00	44.34	2	0	19	0
HT Davis	Wellington	5	10	5	143	38*	28.60	30.43	0	0	14	0
MEL Lane	Canterbury	5	10	0	139	52	13.90	41.00	1	0	16	0
SJ Roberts	Canterbury	5	10	0	138	34	13.80	78.41	0	0	10	5
C Pringle	Auckland	6	12	0	137	47	11.42	50.18	0	0	17	1
MG Croy	Otago	3	6	0	136	104	22.67	33.58	0	1	14	0
AJ Penn	Central Districts	5	6	2	134	90	33.50	32.21	1	0	12	1
WA Wisneski	Central Districts	5	6	0	134	73	22.33	54.25	1	0	16	2
GR Stead	Canterbury	5	10	0	133	66	13.30	34.46	1	0	9	0
CO Findlay	Central Districts	5	6	3	133	52	44.33	52.99	1	0	17	3
SR Mather	Wellington	5	10	1	128	25	14.22	31.60	0	0	14	1
JI Pamment	Auckland	5	10	1	126	30	14.00	31.58	0	0	15	2
PJ Wiseman	Otago	5	10	0	124	77	12.40	43.66	1	0	14	0
CB Gaffaney	Otago	4	8	0	119	56	14.88	34.39	1	0	9	0
AH Jones	Central Districts	5	6	0	117	55	19.50	34.21	1	0	17	1
SW Duff	Central Districts	4	5	0	116	57	23.20	40.85	1	0	13	0
BJK Doody	Canterbury	2	4	0	110	61	27.50	48.67	1	0	14	0
HD Barton	Auckland	2	4	2	88	60*	44.00	41.31	1	0	13	1
MDJ Walker	Central Districts	5	6	0	87	63	14.50	27.62	1	0	10	0
SB Doull	Northern Districts	1	2	1	85	67*	85.00	86.73	1	0	9	1
SJ Pawson	Canterbury	4	8	0	71	48	8.88	28.74	0	0	8	0
GE Bradburn	Northern Districts	3	5	0	69	44	13.80	26.74	0	0	7	0
SA Thomson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	64	35	16.00	52.89	0	0	11	0
AR Tait	Northern Districts	2	3	0	64	64	21.33	56.14	1	0	9	0
SB O'Connor	Otago	5	10	6	56	25*	14.00	23.73	0	0	6	0
DK Morrison	Auckland	2	4	2	55	40*	27.50	41.35	0	0	5	1
DJ Nash	Northern Districts	2	4	0	55	20	13.75	44.72	0	0	6	0
CJM Furlong	Central Districts	3	3	0	52	25	17.33	26.26	0	0	7	0
GA Muir	Canterbury	2	4	1	49	26*	16.33	46.23	0	0	6	1
MB Owens	Canterbury	2	4	2	47	18*	23.50	43.93	0	0	8	0
MJ Haslam	Auckland	6	12	5	45	30*	6.43	24.59	0	0	7	1
MF Sharpe	Canterbury	2	4	2	45	20*	22.50	38.46	0	0	5	0
SW Weenink	Wellington	3	6	0	43	17	7.17	28.10	0	0	7	0
MS Sinclair	Central Districts	3	4	0	39	27	9.75	43.82	0	0	6	0
AJ Gale	Otago	4	8	2	37	11	6.17	13.65	0	0	0	0
GR Jonas	Wellington	6	12	3	36	14	4.00	27.91	0	0	2	1
GI Allott	Canterbury	3	6	3	32	11*	10.67	23.70	0	0	0	0
MA Sigley	Central Districts	5	6	0	32	27	5.33	23.36	0	0	2	0
SB Styris	Northern Districts	2	4	0	30	22	7.50	25.64	0	0	2	0
RA Smith	Otago	2	4	0	26	25	6.50	46.43	0	0	3	1
RP de Groen	Northern Districts	4	7	3	18	5*	4.50	34.62	0	0	2	0
KP Walmsley	Auckland	1	2	0	18	12	9.00	27.27	0	0	3	0
CM Brown	Auckland	3	6	1	17	6	3.40	29.31	0	0	2	0
RL Hayes	Northern Districts	4	7	2	10	6	2.00	13.33	0	0	1	1
CJW Finch	Otago	1	2	0	8	6	4.00	13.79	0	0	0	0
DG Sewell	Otago	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	18.75	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 56 players

Plunket Shield 1995/96 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DR Brown	Wellington	6	12	996	50	440	28	15.71	35.57	2.65	2	5/39
C Pringle	Auckland	6	11	1,336	59	606	25	24.24	53.44	2.72	1	5/198
MJ Haslam	Auckland	6	11	1,472	91	640	25	25.60	58.88	2.61	0	4/60
PJ Wiseman	Otago	5	8	1,612	78	587	23	25.52	70.09	2.18	2	7/50
GR Jonas	Wellington	6	12	1,199	56	510	23	22.17	52.13	2.55	0	4/39
RP de Groen	Northern Districts	4	8	1,178	64	453	22	20.59	53.55	2.31	1	7/58
WA Wisneski	Central Districts	5	10	1,114	43	545	21	25.95	53.05	2.94	1	5/88
JTC Vaughan	Auckland	6	11	1,259	77	510	19	26.84	66.26	2.43	0	4/44
RG Petrie	Wellington	6	10	808	53	294	18	16.33	44.89	2.18	1	5/23
SJ Roberts	Canterbury	5	9	1,020	41	523	16	32.69	63.75	3.08	0	4/113
HT Davis	Wellington	5	10	762	26	482	16	30.13	47.63	3.80	1	5/32
AJ Penn	Central Districts	5	10	1,026	31	570	16	35.63	64.13	3.33	0	4/53
JW Wilson	Otago	5	8	1,162	49	529	15	35.27	77.47	2.73	1	5/71
GI Allott	Canterbury	3	6	731	19	316	15	21.07	48.73	2.59	1	6/93
SB O'Connor	Otago	5	8	1,099	47	529	15	35.27	73.27	2.89	0	4/62
DK Morrison	Auckland	2	4	448	22	220	14	15.71	32.00	2.95	1	5/43
RL Hayes	Northern Districts	4	7	957	39	396	13	30.46	73.62	2.48	0	3/24
CO Findlay	Central Districts	5	9	663	34	301	12	25.08	55.25	2.72	0	2/19
CM Brown	Auckland	3	6	558	24	236	12	19.67	46.50	2.54	0	4/80
SW Duff	Central Districts	4	7	1,137	68	340	12	28.33	94.75	1.79	0	4/41
MN Hart	Northern Districts	5	8	1,134	50	466	11	42.36	103.09	2.47	0	3/15
SB Styris	Northern Districts	2	3	327	19	132	10	13.20	32.70	2.42	1	5/52
AJ Gale	Otago	4	7	726	36	313	10	31.30	72.60	2.59	0	3/58
GE Bradburn	Northern Districts	3	6	819	38	305	9	33.89	91.00	2.23	0	3/63
JD Wells	Wellington	6	9	661	25	359	9	39.89	73.44	3.26	0	4/38

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Plunket Shield 1995/96 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MW Priest	Canterbury	5	9	1,430	71	546	8	68.25	178.75	2.29	0	2/11
CJM Furlong	Central Districts	3	6	799	29	397	8	49.63	99.88	2.98	0	3/50
AR Tait	Northern Districts	2	3	416	20	187	7	26.71	59.43	2.70	1	5/109
GP Sulzberger	Central Districts	5	7	483	30	220	7	31.43	69.00	2.73	0	4/19
SJ Pawson	Canterbury	4	5	516	20	305	7	43.57	73.71	3.55	0	2/40
SB Doull	Northern Districts	1	2	288	16	115	6	19.17	48.00	2.40	0	3/55
MB Owens	Canterbury	2	3	234	9	114	5	22.80	46.80	2.92	0	2/46
HD Barton	Auckland	2	3	252	10	126	4	31.50	63.00	3.00	0	2/37
SW Weenink	Wellington	3	5	228	4	119	4	29.75	57.00	3.13	0	4/69
MH Austen	Wellington	4	4	270	10	113	4	28.25	67.50	2.51	0	4/43
SA Thomson	Northern Districts	2	3	480	31	131	3	43.67	160.00	1.64	0	3/65
DJ Nash	Northern Districts	2	3	480	21	230	3	76.67	160.00	2.88	0	2/93
DG Sewell	Otago	1	1	198	5	93	3	31.00	66.00	2.82	0	3/93
AC Barnes	Auckland	4	7	468	20	264	3	88.00	156.00	3.38	0	2/61
GA Muir	Canterbury	2	3	178	7	94	3	31.33	59.33	3.17	0	2/54
MF Sharpe	Canterbury	2	3	354	14	167	3	55.67	118.00	2.83	0	3/75
MH Richardson	Otago	5	6	403	14	199	2	99.50	201.50	2.96	0	2/98
KP Walmsley	Auckland	1	1	138	6	78	1	78.00	138.00	3.39	0	1/78
CD McMillan	Canterbury	2	3	96	7	38	1	38.00	96.00	2.38	0	1/0
SR Mather	Wellington	4	5	84	1	62	1	62.00	84.00	4.43	0	1/7
RA Smith	Otago	2	3	216	4	139	1	139.00	216.00	3.86	0	1/91
MJ Greatbatch	Central Districts	1	1	42	0	30	0	—	—	4.29	0	0/30
MD Bailey	Northern Districts	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
MJ Horne	Auckland	1	1	30	3	8	0	—	—	1.60	0	0/8
GR Stead	Canterbury	3	3	174	6	77	0	—	—	2.66	0	0/23
BJK Doody	Canterbury	1	1	9	1	6	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/6
MJ Lamont	Otago	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/6
MDJ Walker	Central Districts	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/15
CJW Finch	Otago	1	2	36	1	29	0	—	—	4.83	0	0/13
EJ Marshall	Otago	1	1	54	5	13	0	—	—	1.44	0	0/13
JI Pamment	Auckland	3	3	72	0	53	0	—	—	4.42	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 1995/96. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1995/96 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	6	5	1	0	2,954	91	32.46	517	2,822	108	26.13
Wellington	6	3	3	0	2,550	100	25.50	370	2,483	104	23.88
Central Districts	5	2	1	2	2,363	57	41.46	594	2,505	79	31.71
Northern Districts	5	2	1	2	2,359	70	33.70	472	2,512	84	29.90
Canterbury	5	1	4	0	2,116	95	22.27	345	2,270	61	37.21
Otago	5	0	3	2	2,786	94	29.64	571	2,536	71	35.72

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 · 1995/96

Latest 12 of 16 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1996-03-01 to 1996-03-29 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 416 & 93/1
Wellington: 261 & 247

Auckland won by 9 wickets

1996-02-15 to 1996-02-18 · Trust Bank Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 323 & 109/1
Canterbury: 98 & 331

Northern Districts won by 9 wickets

1996-02-15 to 1996-02-18 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 526
Otago: 280 & 571/8

Match drawn

1996-02-15 to 1996-02-17 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 143 & 245/5
Wellington: 157 & 230

Auckland won by 5 wickets

1996-02-09 to 1996-02-11 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 65 & 247
Wellington: 282 & 31/0

Wellington won by 10 wickets

1996-02-09 to 1996-02-12 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 176 & 335/5
Otago: 175 & 334

Canterbury won by 5 wickets

1996-02-09 to 1996-02-11 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 189 & 173
Northern Districts: 150 & 142

Auckland won by 70 runs

1996-02-04 to 1996-02-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 190 & 101/2
Canterbury: 147 & 141

Wellington won by 8 wickets

1996-02-04 to 1996-02-07 · Trust Bank Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 472
Otago: 255 & 358/6

Match drawn

1996-02-04 to 1996-02-07 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 161 & 343
Central Districts: 594/8d

Central Districts won by an innings and 90 runs

1996-01-22 to 1996-01-24 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 169 & 164
Wellington: 187 & 212

Wellington won by 66 runs

1996-01-22 to 1996-01-25 · Smallbone Park, Rotorua

Northern Districts: 382 & 128/1
Central Districts: 456

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1995/96 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	4
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Trust Bank Park, Hamilton	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Dudley Park, Rangiora	1
McLean Park, Napier	1
Molyneux Park, Alexandra	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 1995/96, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1995/96 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MJ Greatbatch	202	Northern Districts	1996-01-22
RA Lawson	200	Central Districts	1996-02-15
MJ Horne	190	Wellington	1996-03-01
LG Howell	181	Canterbury	1996-01-17
JM Aiken	170*	Northern Districts	1996-01-17

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1995/96 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PJ Wiseman	7/50	Wellington	1996-01-22
RP de Groen	7/58	Canterbury	1996-02-15
GI Allott	6/93	Otago	1996-02-09
RG Petrie	5/23	Canterbury	1996-02-04
PJ Wiseman	5/27	Canterbury	1996-02-09

* 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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