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Canterbury 1971/72 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 1971/72; Tests are excluded.

BF Hastings leads the displayed batting table with 244 runs. CM Kirk leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1971-12-26 to 1972-01-14. 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 1971/72. 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 1971/72

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 1971/72 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BF Hastings	5	244
JW Burtt	4	236
GT Dowling	5	216
ML Ryan	5	172
BP Isherwood	5	154

Recorded innings through 1972-01-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1971/72 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CM Kirk	5	19
AR Hounsell	5	18
RJ Hadlee	3	10
ML Ryan	4	10
DG Trist	5	7

Recorded innings through 1972-01-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1971/72

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 1971/72 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	10	1	244	66	27.11	—	3	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	0	236	87	29.50	—	1	0
GT Dowling	Canterbury	5	10	0	216	78	21.60	—	1	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	10	0	172	39	17.20	—	0	0
BP Isherwood	Canterbury	5	10	2	154	74*	19.25	—	1	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	0	148	56	14.80	—	1	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	1	2	1	115	115*	115.00	—	0	1
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	10	3	102	41*	14.57	—	0	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	1	78	36*	26.00	—	0	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	1	53	17	17.67	—	0	0
DW Stead	Canterbury	2	4	0	44	24	11.00	—	0	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	10	2	32	28	4.00	—	0	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	1	16	11	3.20	—	0	0
CK Baker	Canterbury	1	2	1	8	7*	8.00	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	5	10	2	8	4*	1.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Canterbury 1971/72 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	9	858	59	378	19	19.89	45.16	2.64	1	5/48
AR Hounsell	Canterbury	5	10	635	17	376	18	20.89	35.28	3.55	1	5/50
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	330	9	194	10	19.40	33.00	3.53	0	4/42
ML Ryan	Canterbury	4	6	438	20	174	10	17.40	43.80	2.38	0	3/30
DG Trist	Canterbury	5	10	667	25	304	7	43.43	95.29	2.73	0	2/26
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	504	33	171	5	34.20	100.80	2.04	0	2/52
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	252	4	163	4	40.75	63.00	3.88	0	2/43
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	2	30	0	42	2	21.00	15.00	8.40	0	2/28
BF Hastings	Canterbury	2	2	24	0	19	1	19.00	24.00	4.75	0	1/15

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 1971/72. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1971/72 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	5	2	2	1	0	1,756	73	24.05	432	1,951	79	24.70

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 · 1971/72

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

1972-01-14 to 1972-01-16 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 247 & 189
Canterbury: 432/6d & 5/1

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1972-01-07 to 1972-01-09 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 206/8d & 101/6d
Northern Districts: 106 & 197/8

Match drawn

1972-01-03 to 1972-01-05 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 266 & 203/6
Auckland: 281 & 186/6d

Canterbury won by 4 wickets

1972-01-01 to 1972-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 144 & 310/7d
Canterbury: 81 & 176

Wellington won by 197 runs

1971-12-26 to 1971-12-28 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 161/4d & 130/4
Canterbury: 163/8d & 123/8d

Otago won by 6 wickets

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1971/72 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Carisbrook, Dunedin	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 1971/72 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1971/72 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CL Bull	115*	Central Districts	1972-01-14
JW Burtt	87	Auckland	1972-01-03
GT Dowling	78	Auckland	1972-01-03
BP Isherwood	74*	Central Districts	1972-01-14
BF Hastings	66	Northern Districts	1972-01-07

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1971/72 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CM Kirk	5/48	Central Districts	1972-01-14
AR Hounsell	5/50	Wellington	1972-01-01
CM Kirk	4/33	Northern Districts	1972-01-07
RJ Hadlee	4/42	Central Districts	1972-01-14
ML Ryan	3/30	Central Districts	1972-01-14

* 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.