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Auckland 1960/61 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 1960/61; Tests are excluded.

SG Gedye leads the displayed batting table with 269 runs. LA Clark leads the bowling table with 22 wickets.

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Showing 1960/61 · Plunket Shield · Auckland

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 16
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1960-12-29 to 1961-01-13. 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 1960/61. 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 1960/61

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 1960/61 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
SG Gedye	5	269
JT Sparling	5	258
RM Harris	4	250
KR Deas	5	131
WB Norman	5	112

Recorded innings through 1961-01-13. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Auckland Plunket Shield 1960/61 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
LA Clark	5	22
WB Norman	5	16
JT Sparling	5	10
RS Cunis	2	9
KR Deas	5	6

Recorded innings through 1961-01-13. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1960/61

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 · 16 players

Auckland 1960/61 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
SG Gedye	Auckland	5	10	1	269	62	29.89	—	2	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	10	1	258	102	28.67	—	1	1
RM Harris	Auckland	4	8	0	250	93	31.25	—	1	0
KR Deas	Auckland	5	10	1	131	44	14.56	—	0	0
WB Norman	Auckland	5	10	2	112	39*	14.00	—	0	0
WR Playle	Auckland	3	6	0	110	61	18.33	—	1	0
LA Clark	Auckland	5	10	3	85	34*	12.14	—	0	0
PB McGregor	Auckland	4	8	0	84	32	10.50	—	0	0
JG Kemp	Auckland	3	6	0	76	48	12.67	—	0	0
DD Taylor	Auckland	1	2	0	66	41	33.00	—	0	0
ER Tovey	Auckland	5	10	1	46	22	5.11	—	0	0
ED Giles	Auckland	2	4	0	45	23	11.25	—	0	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	3	6	0	34	17	5.67	—	0	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	2	4	1	24	12	8.00	—	0	0
LD Andersen	Auckland	2	4	2	8	6*	4.00	—	0	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Auckland 1960/61 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
LA Clark	Auckland	5	9	1,413	101	363	22	16.50	64.23	1.54	1	6/29
WB Norman	Auckland	5	8	1,042	79	310	16	19.38	65.13	1.79	0	4/82
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	7	1,157	80	375	10	37.50	115.70	1.94	0	3/33
RS Cunis	Auckland	2	4	534	31	185	9	20.56	59.33	2.08	1	6/72
KR Deas	Auckland	5	7	432	14	228	6	38.00	72.00	3.17	0	4/81
LD Andersen	Auckland	2	3	420	19	185	4	46.25	105.00	2.64	0	2/100
RM Harris	Auckland	3	4	77	7	19	2	9.50	38.50	1.48	0	1/4
RE Sutton	Auckland	1	2	242	8	89	2	44.50	121.00	2.21	0	1/17
PB McGregor	Auckland	1	1	54	3	16	1	16.00	54.00	1.78	0	1/16
RW Morgan	Auckland	1	1	36	3	7	0	—	—	1.17	0	0/7

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 1960/61. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Auckland 1960/61 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	1,716	78	22.00	308	1,872	75	24.96

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 · 1960/61

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

1961-01-13 to 1961-01-16 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 133 & 10/0
Canterbury: 315

Match drawn

1961-01-10 to 1961-01-12 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 344 & 25/2
Auckland: 160 & 208

Wellington won by 8 wickets

1961-01-06 to 1961-01-09 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 336 & 108/4
Auckland: 208 & 308/6d

Match drawn

1961-01-02 to 1961-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 147 & 160
Otago: 269/9d & 94

Otago won by 56 runs

1960-12-29 to 1960-12-31 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 224 & 157
Auckland: 263 & 119/2

Auckland won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Auckland 1960/61 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	1
Seddon Park, Hamilton	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 1960/61 for Auckland, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1960/61 batting innings records for Auckland
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JT Sparling	102	Northern Districts	1960-12-29
RM Harris	93	Central Districts	1961-01-06
JT Sparling	84	Central Districts	1961-01-06
SG Gedye	62	Northern Districts	1960-12-29
WR Playle	61	Wellington	1961-01-10

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1960/61 bowling innings records for Auckland
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
LA Clark	6/29	Northern Districts	1960-12-29
RS Cunis	6/72	Northern Districts	1960-12-29
LA Clark	4/10	Otago	1961-01-02
KR Deas	4/81	Wellington	1961-01-10
WB Norman	4/82	Canterbury	1961-01-13

* 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

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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.