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Canterbury 1977/78 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 1977/78; Tests are excluded.

BE Congdon leads the displayed batting table with 257 runs. SL Boock leads the bowling table with 21 wickets.

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Showing 1977/78 · Plunket Shield · Canterbury

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 16
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1978-01-13 to 1978-03-17. 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 1977/78. 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 1977/78

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 1977/78 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BE Congdon	3	257
NM Parker	3	173
BG Hadlee	3	171
PE McEwan	3	164
PG Coman	3	141

Recorded innings through 1978-03-17. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1977/78 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
SL Boock	3	21
RJ Hadlee	2	9
DR Hadlee	1	6
DW Stead	3	5
BE Congdon	3	2

Recorded innings through 1978-03-17. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1977/78

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 1977/78 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
BE Congdon	Canterbury	3	6	0	257	88	42.83	—	2
NM Parker	Canterbury	3	6	0	173	49	28.83	—	0
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	0	171	72	28.50	—	1
PE McEwan	Canterbury	3	6	1	164	63	32.80	—	2
PG Coman	Canterbury	3	6	0	141	58	23.50	—	1
ML Ryan	Canterbury	3	6	3	98	36*	32.67	—	0
DW Stead	Canterbury	3	6	0	74	29	12.33	—	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	1	40	19	13.33	—	0
WL Eddington	Canterbury	1	2	1	27	16	27.00	—	0
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	1	23	22*	23.00	—	0
JG Phillips	Canterbury	1	2	1	21	21*	21.00	—	0
SL Boock	Canterbury	3	6	1	11	4*	2.20	—	0
SN Bateman	Canterbury	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0
DG Trist	Canterbury	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
RH King	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
ID Wilson	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 10 players

Canterbury 1977/78 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
SL Boock	Canterbury	3	6	936	57	365	21	17.38	44.57	2.34	2	7/57
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	306	13	161	9	17.89	34.00	3.16	1	5/28
DR Hadlee	Canterbury	1	2	228	7	98	6	16.33	38.00	2.58	1	5/38
DW Stead	Canterbury	3	6	409	19	181	5	36.20	81.80	2.66	0	2/26
BE Congdon	Canterbury	3	5	375	10	140	2	70.00	187.50	2.24	0	1/3
WL Eddington	Canterbury	1	2	72	1	43	1	43.00	72.00	3.58	0	1/22
DG Trist	Canterbury	1	1	72	1	59	0	—	—	4.92	0	0/59
SN Bateman	Canterbury	1	2	42	0	35	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/16
RH King	Canterbury	1	1	36	1	21	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/21
ID Wilson	Canterbury	1	2	54	1	35	0	—	—	3.89	0	0/14

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 1977/78. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1977/78 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	2	0	1	0	1,293	47	27.51	270	1,218	45	27.07

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 · 1977/78

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1978-03-17 to 1978-03-20 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 270 & 241/6d
Auckland: 348/9 & 96/6

Match drawn

1978-02-17 to 1978-02-19 · Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt

Wellington: 152/3d & 224
Canterbury: 176 & 204/6

Canterbury won by 4 wickets

1978-01-13 to 1978-01-15 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 200/7d & 202/8
Otago: 253/7d & 145

Canterbury won by 2 wickets

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1977/78 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt	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 1977/78 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1977/78 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BE Congdon	88	Wellington	1978-02-17
BE Congdon	73	Auckland	1978-03-17
BG Hadlee	72	Auckland	1978-03-17
PE McEwan	63	Wellington	1978-02-17
PG Coman	58	Auckland	1978-03-17

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1977/78 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SL Boock	7/57	Wellington	1978-02-17
RJ Hadlee	5/28	Auckland	1978-03-17
DR Hadlee	5/38	Otago	1978-01-13
SL Boock	5/122	Auckland	1978-03-17
SL Boock	4/94	Otago	1978-01-13

* 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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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.