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Canterbury 1973/74 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 1973/74; Tests are excluded.

NM Parker leads the displayed batting table with 285 runs. KI Ferries leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Showing 1973/74 · Plunket Shield · Canterbury

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 16
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1973-12-22 to 1974-01-11. 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 1973/74. 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 1973/74

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 1973/74 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
NM Parker	5	285
PE Wallace	5	283
K Thomson	5	267
BG Hadlee	4	166
CM Kirk	5	122

Recorded innings through 1974-01-11. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
KI Ferries	5	24
CRW Dickel	5	19
CM Kirk	5	18
CW Aldridge	4	9
V Pollard	2	5

Recorded innings through 1974-01-11. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1973/74

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 · 16 players

Canterbury 1973/74 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
NM Parker	Canterbury	5	10	1	285	135	31.67	—	0	1
PE Wallace	Canterbury	5	10	1	283	140	31.44	—	0	1
K Thomson	Canterbury	5	10	0	267	85	26.70	—	2	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	4	8	1	166	60*	23.71	—	2	0
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	10	5	122	39	24.40	—	0	0
RW Newton	Canterbury	5	10	2	118	29	14.75	—	0	0
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	4	0	117	87	29.25	—	1	0
PG Coman	Canterbury	1	2	0	83	83	41.50	—	1	0
RM Gearry	Canterbury	2	4	0	77	59	19.25	—	1	0
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	0	68	31	17.00	—	0	0
CRW Dickel	Canterbury	5	10	2	66	15	8.25	—	0	0
WA Thomson	Canterbury	1	2	0	58	55	29.00	—	1	0
CW Aldridge	Canterbury	4	8	1	45	28	6.43	—	0	0
KI Ferries	Canterbury	5	10	2	42	22	5.25	—	0	0
CL Bull	Canterbury	3	5	0	28	23	5.60	—	0	0
KS Chambers	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Canterbury 1973/74 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
KI Ferries	Canterbury	5	10	966	50	418	24	17.42	40.25	2.60	2	5/67
CRW Dickel	Canterbury	5	10	895	38	503	19	26.47	47.11	3.37	1	6/89
CM Kirk	Canterbury	5	9	718	35	406	18	22.56	39.89	3.39	1	6/50
CW Aldridge	Canterbury	4	7	511	17	293	9	32.56	56.78	3.44	0	4/45
V Pollard	Canterbury	2	4	378	27	138	5	27.60	75.60	2.19	0	2/60
K Thomson	Canterbury	2	2	54	1	25	1	25.00	54.00	2.78	0	1/14
KS Chambers	Canterbury	1	2	102	4	52	1	52.00	102.00	3.06	0	1/33
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	1	1	18	1	5	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/5
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	2	54	1	25	0	—	—	2.78	0	0/4

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 1973/74. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1973/74 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	2,003	78	25.68	360	1,990	81	24.57

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 · 1973/74

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

1974-01-11 to 1974-01-13 · Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton

Central Districts: 196 & 205
Canterbury: 229 & 160/9

Match drawn

1974-01-07 to 1974-01-09 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 260/7d & 136/3
Canterbury: 263/6d & 132/6d

Otago won by 7 wickets

1974-01-01 to 1974-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 166 & 360
Auckland: 351/9d & 149

Canterbury won by 26 runs

1973-12-26 to 1973-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 300/7d & 12/0
Northern Districts: 82 & 229

Canterbury won by 10 wickets

1973-12-22 to 1973-12-24 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 225/9d & 157/3
Canterbury: 156 & 225

Wellington won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1973/74 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton	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 1973/74 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1973/74 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PE Wallace	140	Northern Districts	1973-12-26
NM Parker	135	Wellington	1973-12-22
PG d'Auvergne	87	Central Districts	1974-01-11
K Thomson	85	Otago	1974-01-07
PG Coman	83	Wellington	1973-12-22

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CM Kirk	6/50	Auckland	1974-01-01
CRW Dickel	6/89	Wellington	1973-12-22
KI Ferries	5/67	Central Districts	1974-01-11
KI Ferries	5/79	Auckland	1974-01-01
KI Ferries	4/18	Northern Districts	1973-12-26

* 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.