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Canterbury 1970/71 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 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

GT Dowling leads the displayed batting table with 441 runs. CM Kirk leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1970-12-26 to 1971-01-15. 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 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GT Dowling	5	441
ML Ryan	5	397
TW Jarvis	5	374
BG Hadlee	5	286
JW Burtt	5	211

Recorded innings through 1971-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CM Kirk	5	19
DG Trist	5	18
BC Irving	4	8
KI Ferries	3	6
ML Ryan	5	4

Recorded innings through 1971-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 13 players

Canterbury 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	9	0	441	102	49.00	—	2	1
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	9	0	397	129	44.11	—	2	2
TW Jarvis	Canterbury	5	9	2	374	107	53.43	—	1	2
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	2	286	70*	40.86	—	2	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	9	0	211	99	23.44	—	1	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	9	2	130	52	18.57	—	1	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	9	2	72	20	10.29	—	0	0
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	9	0	65	40	7.22	—	0	0
JT Ward	Canterbury	5	9	0	44	19	4.89	—	0	0
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	3	16	8*	4.00	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	1	2	2	14	9*	—	—	0	0
RC Merrin	Canterbury	2	3	0	11	6	3.67	—	0	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	3	6	0	2	2	0.33	—	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Canterbury 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	8	996	48	514	19	27.05	52.42	3.10	1	7/77
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	9	696	28	385	18	21.39	38.67	3.32	1	5/31
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	642	26	396	8	49.50	80.25	3.70	0	2/65
KI Ferries	Canterbury	3	6	522	24	279	6	46.50	87.00	3.21	0	2/38
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	6	234	10	134	4	33.50	58.50	3.44	0	3/44
RC Merrin	Canterbury	2	3	156	4	91	3	30.33	52.00	3.50	0	3/39
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	1	1	66	0	76	2	38.00	33.00	6.91	0	2/76
GT Dowling	Canterbury	4	5	83	3	43	1	43.00	83.00	3.11	0	1/13
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	2	48	1	36	1	36.00	48.00	4.50	0	1/11
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	2	72	1	88	1	88.00	72.00	7.33	0	1/66
JW Burtt	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	7	0	—	—	3.50	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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1970/71 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	2,170	70	31.00	371	2,152	70	30.74

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-01-15 to 1971-01-17 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 282/6d & 225
Canterbury: 345 & 173/9d

Canterbury won by 11 runs

1971-01-12 to 1971-01-14 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 311/7d & 264/7
Canterbury: 352/7d & 219/2d

Northern Districts won by 3 wickets

1971-01-04 to 1971-01-06 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 149
Wellington: 163/6

Match drawn

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 135 & 371
Central Districts: 420 & 87/5

Central Districts won by 5 wickets

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-28 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 159 & 241/9
Canterbury: 294 & 132/2d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1970/71 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Eden Park, Auckland	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 1970/71 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
ML Ryan	129	Auckland	1971-01-15
ML Ryan	110	Northern Districts	1971-01-12
TW Jarvis	107	Otago	1970-12-26
GT Dowling	102	Central Districts	1971-01-01
TW Jarvis	101*	Northern Districts	1971-01-12

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CM Kirk	7/77	Auckland	1971-01-15
DG Trist	5/31	Otago	1970-12-26
CM Kirk	4/49	Otago	1970-12-26
RC Merrin	3/39	Wellington	1971-01-04
DG Trist	3/42	Central Districts	1971-01-01

* 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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Competitions and other teams

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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.