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Auckland 1959/60 cricket statistics and records

Auckland in Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1959/60; Tests are excluded.

JT Sparling leads the displayed batting table with 389 runs. JT Sparling leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1959/60 · Plunket Shield · Auckland

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1959-12-25 to 1960-01-16. 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 1959/60. 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 1959/60

Figures earned for Auckland only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Auckland Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JT Sparling	5	389
RM Harris	5	233
KW Hough	5	218
WR Playle	5	209
RW Morgan	5	176

Recorded innings through 1960-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Auckland Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JT Sparling	5	29
KW Hough	5	25
RE Sutton	5	11
LA Green	1	4
WB Norman	4	2

Recorded innings through 1960-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

All recorded players for Auckland in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 15 players

Auckland 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	0	389	105	38.90	—	2	1
RM Harris	Auckland	5	10	0	233	75	23.30	—	1	0
KW Hough	Auckland	5	10	0	218	91	21.80	—	1	0
WR Playle	Auckland	5	10	1	209	89*	23.22	—	1	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	10	0	176	45	17.60	—	0	0
DD Taylor	Auckland	5	10	0	164	78	16.40	—	1	0
AW Ritchie	Auckland	5	10	3	148	44	21.14	—	0	0
RN Farman	Auckland	4	8	1	114	30	16.29	—	0	0
WB Norman	Auckland	4	8	2	86	29*	14.33	—	0	0
SG Gedye	Auckland	1	2	0	78	54	39.00	—	1	0
C Renwick	Auckland	2	4	1	43	19*	14.33	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	10	3	36	18*	5.14	—	0	0
JP Marsdon	Auckland	2	4	0	33	24	8.25	—	0	0
LA Green	Auckland	1	2	0	28	18	14.00	—	0	0
JS Waddingham	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Auckland 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	8	1,163	59	461	29	15.90	40.10	2.38	3	7/98
KW Hough	Auckland	5	8	1,498	89	542	25	21.68	59.92	2.17	2	7/43
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	8	714	32	266	11	24.18	64.91	2.24	0	4/43
LA Green	Auckland	1	2	204	8	97	4	24.25	51.00	2.85	0	3/52
WB Norman	Auckland	4	4	366	21	139	2	69.50	183.00	2.28	0	1/18
C Renwick	Auckland	2	3	216	8	98	2	49.00	108.00	2.72	0	2/80
DD Taylor	Auckland	2	2	42	0	39	1	39.00	42.00	5.57	0	1/37
JP Marsdon	Auckland	1	2	48	1	21	1	21.00	48.00	2.63	0	1/16
RM Harris	Auckland	2	3	30	2	12	0	—	—	2.40	0	0/1
RW Morgan	Auckland	1	1	30	0	21	0	—	—	4.20	0	0/21

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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1959/60. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Auckland 1959/60 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	5	1	2	2	0	2,104	96	21.92	329	1,788	77	23.22

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 · 1959/60

Latest 5 of 5 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1960-01-16 to 1960-01-19 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 180 & 204
Central Districts: 176 & 287

Central Districts won by 79 runs

1960-01-12 to 1960-01-14 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 201 & 132
Wellington: 392/9d

Wellington won by an innings and 59 runs

1960-01-04 to 1960-01-06 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 186 & 186
Auckland: 246 & 284/6d

Auckland won by 158 runs

1960-01-01 to 1960-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 357 & 61/8
Auckland: 329 & 219

Match drawn

1959-12-25 to 1959-12-28 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 170 & 139
Northern Districts: 143

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Auckland 1959/60 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park, Auckland	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	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 1959/60 for Auckland, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting innings records for Auckland
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JT Sparling	105	Canterbury	1960-01-01
KW Hough	91	Otago	1960-01-04
WR Playle	89*	Northern Districts	1959-12-25
JT Sparling	89	Otago	1960-01-04
DD Taylor	78	Canterbury	1960-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling innings records for Auckland
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
KW Hough	7/43	Central Districts	1960-01-16
JT Sparling	7/98	Canterbury	1960-01-01
JT Sparling	6/50	Otago	1960-01-04
JT Sparling	6/59	Otago	1960-01-04
KW Hough	5/103	Central Districts	1960-01-16

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

Plunkett Shield · 1907-12-14 to 2026-03-27

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Auckland in 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.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.