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Auckland 1987/88 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 1987/88; Tests are excluded.

TJ Franklin leads the displayed batting table with 539 runs. W Watson leads the bowling table with 22 wickets.

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Showing 1987/88 · Plunket Shield · Auckland

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 25
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1988-01-05 to 1988-02-10. 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 1987/88. 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 1987/88

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 1987/88 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
TJ Franklin	7	539
WP Fowler	8	285
MR Pringle	6	271
PA Horne	4	245
SW Brown	7	233

Recorded innings through 1988-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Auckland Plunket Shield 1987/88 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
W Watson	5	22
WP Fowler	6	16
RP de Groen	5	14
MC Snedden	3	12
ID Fisher	3	11

Recorded innings through 1988-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1987/88

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 · 25 players

Auckland 1987/88 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
TJ Franklin	Auckland	7	12	0	539	120	44.92	40.13	1	4	66	4
WP Fowler	Auckland	8	13	1	285	56	23.75	51.08	2	0	37	3
MR Pringle	Auckland	6	9	1	271	77	33.88	32.11	3	0	28	2
PA Horne	Auckland	4	6	0	245	66	40.83	40.23	2	0	21	0
SW Brown	Auckland	7	12	1	233	69	21.18	31.92	2	0	30	0
JG Bracewell	Auckland	2	3	0	163	104	54.33	92.09	1	1	29	1
DN Patel	Auckland	3	3	0	137	93	45.67	45.21	1	0	13	0
JJ Crowe	Auckland	3	4	1	125	125	41.67	56.82	0	1	16	0
VR Brown	Auckland	3	5	0	123	60	24.60	41.14	1	0	19	0
RB Reid	Auckland	2	4	0	119	87	29.75	85.00	1	0	5	0
JF Reid	Auckland	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	24.83	0	1	6	0
PJ Kelly	Auckland	7	12	2	109	32*	10.90	45.04	0	0	13	1
ATR Hellaby	Auckland	2	4	1	79	36*	26.33	61.72	0	0	12	1
MJ Bradley	Auckland	3	5	4	54	37*	54.00	54.00	0	0	6	3
RP de Groen	Auckland	5	9	3	45	25*	7.50	46.39	0	0	6	0
W Watson	Auckland	5	9	1	35	13*	4.38	26.32	0	0	2	0
AJ Hunt	Auckland	3	6	0	28	6	4.67	26.92	0	0	2	0
ID Fisher	Auckland	3	5	0	23	14	4.60	14.74	0	0	1	0
MJ Bradley	Auckland	3	6	0	21	13	3.50	14.29	0	0	1	0
MC Snedden	Auckland	3	4	1	20	16*	6.67	66.67	0	0	2	1
DK Morrison	Auckland	4	6	1	20	18	4.00	38.46	0	0	2	1
IDS Smith	Auckland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
SR Gillespie	Auckland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Hounsell	Auckland	2	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
PS Neutze	Auckland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 15 players

Auckland 1987/88 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
W Watson	Auckland	5	10	1,045	47	453	22	20.59	47.50	2.60	1	6/55
WP Fowler	Auckland	6	9	792	36	364	16	22.75	49.50	2.76	1	6/41
RP de Groen	Auckland	5	9	836	27	469	14	33.50	59.71	3.37	0	4/71
MC Snedden	Auckland	3	5	606	32	202	12	16.83	50.50	2.00	1	5/31
ID Fisher	Auckland	3	5	553	18	258	11	23.45	50.27	2.80	0	4/37
JG Bracewell	Auckland	2	3	450	24	189	8	23.63	56.25	2.52	0	3/64
DK Morrison	Auckland	4	7	484	19	251	7	35.86	69.14	3.11	0	3/84
SW Brown	Auckland	5	7	498	24	247	5	49.40	99.60	2.98	0	2/56
DN Patel	Auckland	2	2	219	7	93	3	31.00	73.00	2.55	0	2/59
MJ Bradley	Auckland	3	4	234	5	139	3	46.33	78.00	3.56	0	2/40
VR Brown	Auckland	2	3	222	8	76	2	38.00	111.00	2.05	0	1/20
SR Gillespie	Auckland	1	1	144	6	81	1	81.00	144.00	3.38	0	1/81
ATR Hellaby	Auckland	2	2	114	4	61	1	61.00	114.00	3.21	0	1/33
AJ Hunt	Auckland	1	1	24	0	16	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/16
PS Neutze	Auckland	1	2	168	3	95	0	—	—	3.39	0	0/20

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 1987/88. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Auckland 1987/88 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	8	3	2	3	0	2,984	101	29.54	400	3,108	107	29.05

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 · 1987/88

Latest 8 of 8 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1988-02-10 to 1988-02-12 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 432/6d
Auckland: 313/4

Match drawn

1988-02-06 to 1988-02-08 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 181/1
Auckland: Score unavailable

Match drawn

1988-02-02 to 1988-02-03 · Eden Park No 2, Auckland

Auckland: 322
Northern Districts: 64 & 233

Auckland won by an innings and 25 runs

1988-01-29 to 1988-01-31 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 400/7d & 174/3d
Central Districts: 269 & 247

Auckland won by 58 runs

1988-01-25 to 1988-01-27 · Eden Park No 2, Auckland

Auckland: 204 & 329/9d
Canterbury: 336 & 137

Auckland won by 60 runs

1988-01-13 to 1988-01-15 · Eden Park No 2, Auckland

Auckland: 253/8d & 224
Wellington: 225 & 217/8

Match drawn

1988-01-09 to 1988-01-11 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 288/7d & 136/6
Auckland: 286 & 137

Otago won by 4 wickets

1988-01-05 to 1988-01-07 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 309/8d & 34/1
Auckland: 102 & 240

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Auckland 1987/88 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park No 2, Auckland	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	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 1987/88 for Auckland, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1987/88 batting innings records for Auckland
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JJ Crowe	125	Central Districts	1988-01-29
TJ Franklin	120	Otago	1988-01-09
TJ Franklin	116	Canterbury	1988-01-25
JF Reid	112	Northern Districts	1988-02-10
TJ Franklin	106	Canterbury	1988-01-05

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1987/88 bowling innings records for Auckland
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WP Fowler	6/41	Canterbury	1988-01-25
W Watson	6/55	Central Districts	1988-01-29
MC Snedden	5/31	Northern Districts	1988-02-02
W Watson	4/14	Northern Districts	1988-02-02
ID Fisher	4/37	Wellington	1988-01-13

* 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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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.

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Season overview

Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1987/88

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1987/88

Batting · 25 players

Bowling · 15 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1987/88

Northern Districts v Auckland

Wellington v Auckland

Auckland v Northern Districts

Auckland v Central Districts

Auckland v Canterbury

Auckland v Wellington

Otago v Auckland

Canterbury v Auckland

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Season innings records

Highest innings

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