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Canterbury 1951/52 cricket statistics and records

Canterbury in Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1951/52; Tests are excluded.

RWG Emery leads the displayed batting table with 433 runs. TB Burtt leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1951/52 · Plunket Shield · Canterbury

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Recorded matches: 4
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1951-12-22 to 1952-01-11. 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 1951/52. 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 1951/52

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

Leading run scorers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1951/52 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RWG Emery	4	433
JG Leggat	4	346
FB Smith	4	291
WA Hadlee	2	145
AR MacGibbon	4	112

Recorded innings through 1952-01-11. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1951/52 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
TB Burtt	4	29
JA Hayes	4	14
AR MacGibbon	4	13
AG Duckmanton	3	6
PGZ Harris	2	3

Recorded innings through 1952-01-11. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1951/52

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

Batting · 14 players

Canterbury 1951/52 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
RWG Emery	Canterbury	4	8	2	433	92	72.17	—	4	0	0
JG Leggat	Canterbury	4	8	2	346	113	57.67	—	1	1	4
FB Smith	Canterbury	4	8	1	291	70	41.57	—	3	0	0
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	145	55	36.25	—	1	0	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	0	112	48	14.00	—	0	0	0
AEL Britton	Canterbury	4	8	2	96	35*	16.00	—	0	0	0
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	4	8	0	86	27	10.75	—	0	0	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	4	0	55	38	13.75	—	0	0	0
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	0	44	21	5.50	—	0	0	0
RT Dowker	Canterbury	2	4	1	41	24*	13.67	—	0	0	0
WCN Bennett	Canterbury	3	6	0	36	25	6.00	—	0	0	0
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	4	15	8*	3.75	—	0	0	0
AT Burgess	Canterbury	2	4	0	9	3	2.25	—	0	0	0
JA Harliwich	Canterbury	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Canterbury 1951/52 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	1,412	106	417	29	14.38	48.69	1.77	1	5/54
JA Hayes	Canterbury	4	8	925	20	391	14	27.93	66.07	2.54	0	3/69
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	750	24	287	13	22.08	57.69	2.30	0	4/35
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	3	5	237	12	107	6	17.83	39.50	2.71	0	4/17
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	2	4	264	18	72	3	24.00	88.00	1.64	0	2/16
WCN Bennett	Canterbury	3	5	282	27	60	3	20.00	94.00	1.28	0	1/8
RWG Emery	Canterbury	4	6	210	11	86	1	86.00	210.00	2.46	0	1/28
JA Harliwich	Canterbury	1	2	150	5	59	1	59.00	150.00	2.36	0	1/30

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 1951/52. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1951/52 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	4	3	0	1	0	1,853	60	30.88	330	1,648	77	21.40

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 · 1951/52

Latest 4 of 4 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1952-01-11 to 1952-01-15 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 330 & 174/3
Wellington: 262 & 238

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1952-01-04 to 1952-01-08 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 263 & 130/0
Auckland: 170 & 222

Canterbury won by 10 wickets

1952-01-01 to 1952-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 275 & 321/9d
Central Districts: 174 & 120

Canterbury won by 302 runs

1951-12-22 to 1951-12-26 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 239 & 223/7d
Canterbury: 154 & 206/8

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1951/52 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	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 1951/52 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1951/52 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JG Leggat	113	Wellington	1952-01-11
JG Leggat	99	Auckland	1952-01-04
RWG Emery	92	Wellington	1952-01-11
RWG Emery	80*	Auckland	1952-01-04
RWG Emery	75	Central Districts	1952-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1951/52 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
TB Burtt	5/54	Otago	1951-12-22
AG Duckmanton	4/17	Central Districts	1952-01-01
AR MacGibbon	4/35	Central Districts	1952-01-01
TB Burtt	4/49	Wellington	1952-01-11
TB Burtt	4/64	Auckland	1952-01-04

* 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 Canterbury 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.