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Canterbury 1972/73 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 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

PG Coman leads the displayed batting table with 311 runs. DR Hadlee leads the bowling table with 32 wickets.

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Showing 1972/73 · Plunket Shield · Canterbury

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1972-12-23 to 1973-01-09. 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 1972/73. 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 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PG Coman	4	311
JW Burtt	5	273
ML Ryan	5	223
BF Hastings	5	221
CL Bull	5	193

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DR Hadlee	5	32
RJ Hadlee	5	28
BC Irving	4	11
DJ Gatenby	4	8
V Pollard	3	6

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
PG Coman	Canterbury	4	7	1	311	83	51.83	—	3	0
JW Burtt	Canterbury	5	9	0	273	82	30.33	—	3	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	5	9	1	223	89	27.88	—	2	0
BF Hastings	Canterbury	5	9	0	221	114	24.56	—	0	1
CL Bull	Canterbury	5	9	1	193	50	24.13	—	1	0
KJ Wadsworth	Canterbury	5	9	1	189	48	23.63	—	0	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	3	6	1	168	107	33.60	—	0	1
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	1	125	31	15.63	—	0	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	5	9	1	80	50	10.00	—	1	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	5	1	44	18	11.00	—	0	0
DJ Gatenby	Canterbury	4	7	3	25	12	6.25	—	0	0
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	7	3	24	17	6.00	—	0	0
RW Fulton	Canterbury	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
RC Merrin	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Canterbury 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	837	29	432	32	13.50	26.16	3.10	3	7/88
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	5	10	714	18	438	28	15.64	25.50	3.68	0	4/25
BC Irving	Canterbury	4	8	543	20	283	11	25.73	49.36	3.13	0	4/56
DJ Gatenby	Canterbury	4	8	487	13	297	8	37.13	60.88	3.66	0	3/23
V Pollard	Canterbury	3	6	606	40	212	6	35.33	101.00	2.10	1	5/27
CM Kirk	Canterbury	3	6	468	13	225	4	56.25	117.00	2.88	0	3/31
RC Merrin	Canterbury	1	2	113	4	47	3	15.67	37.67	2.50	0	2/21
ML Ryan	Canterbury	3	5	102	4	43	1	43.00	102.00	2.53	0	1/2

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1972/73 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	1,966	69	28.49	402	2,073	96	21.59

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 · 1972/73

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

1973-01-09 to 1973-01-11 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 273 & 25/0
Central Districts: 218 & 235

Match drawn

1973-01-05 to 1973-01-07 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 250/9d & 218
Wellington: 349 & 137

Wellington won by 18 runs

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-03 · Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Northern Districts: 139 & 335
Canterbury: 179 & 299/5

Canterbury won by 5 wickets

1972-12-28 to 1972-12-30 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 163 & 191/6d
Canterbury: 133/9d & 187

Auckland won by 34 runs

1972-12-23 to 1972-12-26 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 402/6d
Otago: 142 & 164

Canterbury won by an innings and 96 runs

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1972/73 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	3
Cobham Oval, Whangarei	1
Eden Park, Auckland	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 1972/73 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BF Hastings	114	Otago	1972-12-23
V Pollard	107	Central Districts	1973-01-09
ML Ryan	89	Northern Districts	1973-01-01
PG Coman	83	Wellington	1973-01-05
JW Burtt	82	Otago	1972-12-23

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DR Hadlee	7/88	Northern Districts	1973-01-01
DR Hadlee	6/42	Otago	1972-12-23
V Pollard	5/27	Auckland	1972-12-28
DR Hadlee	5/70	Central Districts	1973-01-09
DR Hadlee	4/22	Wellington	1973-01-05

* 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.