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Auckland 1965/66 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 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

NS Harford leads the displayed batting table with 288 runs. RS Cunis leads the bowling table with 22 wickets.

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Showing 1965/66 · Plunket Shield · Auckland

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1965-12-27 to 1966-02-04. 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 1965/66. 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 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
NS Harford	5	288
RM Harris	5	243
TW Jarvis	5	215
RW Morgan	5	186
JT Sparling	5	183

Recorded innings through 1966-02-04. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Auckland Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RS Cunis	5	22
JT Sparling	5	16
RE Sutton	5	14
HJ Howarth	4	12
RW Morgan	5	5

Recorded innings through 1966-02-04. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

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 · 13 players

Auckland 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
NS Harford	Auckland	5	9	2	288	103*	41.14	—	1	1
RM Harris	Auckland	5	9	0	243	75	27.00	—	1	0
TW Jarvis	Auckland	5	9	0	215	78	23.89	—	2	0
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	9	0	186	45	20.67	—	0	0
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	1	183	67	22.88	—	1	0
AR Morrison	Auckland	5	9	0	181	53	20.11	—	1	0
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	9	1	176	68	22.00	—	2	0
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	9	5	69	16	17.25	—	0	0
RI Harford	Auckland	5	9	2	39	11	5.57	—	0	0
JD Behrent	Auckland	2	3	0	30	19	10.00	—	0	0
HJ Howarth	Auckland	4	8	2	20	7	3.33	—	0	0
HAK Smalley	Auckland	1	2	0	13	7	6.50	—	0	0
DJ Millener	Auckland	3	5	1	5	5	1.25	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Auckland 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RS Cunis	Auckland	5	10	1,172	60	384	22	17.45	53.27	1.97	1	5/48
JT Sparling	Auckland	5	9	930	48	402	16	25.13	58.13	2.59	1	6/56
RE Sutton	Auckland	5	10	787	46	283	14	20.21	56.21	2.16	1	5/42
HJ Howarth	Auckland	4	7	746	38	291	12	24.25	62.17	2.34	0	4/34
RW Morgan	Auckland	5	8	454	16	215	5	43.00	90.80	2.84	0	3/32
DJ Millener	Auckland	3	6	408	30	115	5	23.00	81.60	1.69	0	2/19
RM Harris	Auckland	1	1	36	0	49	1	49.00	36.00	8.17	0	1/49
JD Behrent	Auckland	1	2	90	1	44	0	—	—	2.93	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 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Auckland 1965/66 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	1,790	76	23.55	321	1,892	77	24.57

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 · 1965/66

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

1966-02-04 to 1966-02-07 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 225 & 163/8d
Wellington: 160 & 230/7

Wellington won by 3 wickets

1966-01-07 to 1966-01-10 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 213/6d & 165/9
Northern Districts: 210 & 189/5d

Match drawn

1966-01-03 to 1966-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 277/7d & 140/6
Central Districts: 168 & 246/6d

Auckland won by 4 wickets

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 216 & 22/1
Auckland: 157

Match drawn

1965-12-27 to 1965-12-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 287 & 164/8
Auckland: 321 & 129

Canterbury won by 2 wickets

Recorded venues

Auckland 1965/66 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 1965/66 for Auckland, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 batting innings records for Auckland
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
NS Harford	103*	Central Districts	1966-01-03
TW Jarvis	78	Northern Districts	1966-01-07
RM Harris	75	Canterbury	1965-12-27
TW Jarvis	73	Northern Districts	1966-01-07
RS Cunis	68	Central Districts	1966-01-03

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling innings records for Auckland
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JT Sparling	6/56	Canterbury	1965-12-27
RE Sutton	5/42	Canterbury	1965-12-27
RS Cunis	5/48	Otago	1966-01-01
HJ Howarth	4/34	Central Districts	1966-01-03
RS Cunis	4/35	Wellington	1966-02-04

* 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.