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Canterbury 1963/64 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 1963/64; Tests are excluded.

PB Wight leads the displayed batting table with 312 runs. RC Motz leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1963/64 · Plunket Shield · Canterbury

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

Selected season match starts: 1963-12-26 to 1964-01-18. 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 1963/64. 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 1963/64

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 1963/64 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PB Wight	4	312
GT Dowling	5	223
BG Hadlee	5	215
PGZ Harris	5	153
RC Motz	5	151

Recorded innings through 1964-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1963/64 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RC Motz	5	20
JWF Kiddey	5	18
B Andrews	4	14
BC Irving	5	9
DL Gallop	3	3

Recorded innings through 1964-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1963/64

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 · 15 players

Canterbury 1963/64 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
PB Wight	Canterbury	4	8	1	312	114	44.57	—	2	1
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	10	1	223	61	24.78	—	2	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	1	215	78*	23.89	—	1	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	5	10	0	153	44	15.30	—	0	0
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	10	1	151	46	16.78	—	0	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	10	0	118	35	11.80	—	0	0
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	10	0	96	44	9.60	—	0	0
IR Hartland	Canterbury	2	4	1	69	29	23.00	—	0	0
DL Gallop	Canterbury	3	6	0	48	32	8.00	—	0	0
BC Irving	Canterbury	5	10	2	44	13	5.50	—	0	0
GA Bartlett	Canterbury	1	2	0	36	35	18.00	—	0	0
RG Hortin	Canterbury	2	4	0	30	16	7.50	—	0	0
B Andrews	Canterbury	4	8	5	24	10*	8.00	—	0	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	3	6	0	7	4	1.17	—	0	0
BA Bolton	Canterbury	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 12 players

Canterbury 1963/64 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RC Motz	Canterbury	5	9	1,155	63	411	20	20.55	57.75	2.14	1	6/87
JWF Kiddey	Canterbury	5	9	1,051	90	255	18	14.17	58.39	1.46	1	5/8
B Andrews	Canterbury	4	7	726	41	251	14	17.93	51.86	2.07	0	3/37
BC Irving	Canterbury	5	8	867	68	210	9	23.33	96.33	1.45	0	4/32
DL Gallop	Canterbury	3	4	180	9	91	3	30.33	60.00	3.03	0	2/59
GA Bartlett	Canterbury	1	2	162	10	45	2	22.50	81.00	1.67	0	2/39
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	4	5	198	21	46	1	46.00	198.00	1.39	0	1/5
BA Bolton	Canterbury	1	1	78	1	35	0	—	—	2.69	0	0/35
GT Dowling	Canterbury	1	1	2	0	4	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/4
PB Wight	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
IR Hartland	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	10	0	—	—	10.00	0	0/10
RG Hortin	Canterbury	1	1	30	0	16	0	—	—	3.20	0	0/16

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 1963/64. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1963/64 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	5	1	2	2	0	1,649	85	19.40	254	1,482	75	19.76

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 · 1963/64

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

1964-01-18 to 1964-01-21 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 192
Canterbury: 251 & 25/0

Match drawn

1964-01-09 to 1964-01-11 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 153 & 199/5
Otago: 286 & 64

Canterbury won by 5 wickets

1964-01-03 to 1964-01-04 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 142 & 65/1
Canterbury: 125 & 78

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1964-01-01 to 1964-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 254 & 225
Northern Districts: 311 & 81/5

Match drawn

1963-12-26 to 1963-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 198 & 141
Auckland: 162 & 179/9

Auckland won by 1 wicket

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1963/64 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Trafalgar Park, Nelson	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 1963/64 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1963/64 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PB Wight	114	Central Districts	1964-01-18
PB Wight	81	Northern Districts	1964-01-01
BG Hadlee	78*	Otago	1964-01-09
PB Wight	72*	Northern Districts	1964-01-01
GT Dowling	61	Northern Districts	1964-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1963/64 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RC Motz	6/87	Otago	1964-01-09
JWF Kiddey	5/8	Otago	1964-01-09
BC Irving	4/32	Auckland	1963-12-26
RC Motz	4/45	Auckland	1963-12-26
RC Motz	3/25	Northern Districts	1964-01-01

* 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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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.