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Canterbury 1978/79 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 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

RW Fulton leads the displayed batting table with 123 runs. RJ Hadlee leads the bowling table with 10 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 2
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1979-01-16 to 1979-02-10. 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 1978/79. 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 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RW Fulton	2	123
PE McEwan	2	104
VR Brown	2	82
DW Stead	2	81
BG Hadlee	2	78

Recorded innings through 1979-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RJ Hadlee	2	10
VR Brown	2	5
DW Stead	2	5
PE McEwan	2	3
PG d'Auvergne	2	1

Recorded innings through 1979-02-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
RW Fulton	Canterbury	2	4	1	123	41	41.00	—	0
PE McEwan	Canterbury	2	4	0	104	73	26.00	—	1
VR Brown	Canterbury	2	4	0	82	55	20.50	—	1
DW Stead	Canterbury	2	4	1	81	51	27.00	—	1
BG Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	78	27	19.50	—	0
NM Parker	Canterbury	2	4	1	57	25*	19.00	—	0
LDA Thorn	Canterbury	1	2	0	51	31	25.50	—	0
ML Ryan	Canterbury	2	4	0	46	35	11.50	—	0
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	2	4	0	38	32	9.50	—	0
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	4	1	35	22*	11.67	—	0
GB Smith	Canterbury	1	2	0	17	15	8.50	—	0
SR McNally	Canterbury	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
SN Bateman	Canterbury	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0

Bowling · 7 players

Canterbury 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RJ Hadlee	Canterbury	2	3	306	18	111	10	11.10	30.60	2.18	1	5/50
VR Brown	Canterbury	2	4	354	19	149	5	29.80	70.80	2.53	0	2/45
DW Stead	Canterbury	2	4	516	18	272	5	54.40	103.20	3.16	0	3/97
PE McEwan	Canterbury	2	3	163	3	88	3	29.33	54.33	3.24	0	2/45
PG d'Auvergne	Canterbury	2	4	366	22	145	1	145.00	366.00	2.38	0	1/42
SR McNally	Canterbury	1	2	144	5	94	1	94.00	144.00	3.92	0	1/38
SN Bateman	Canterbury	1	2	126	3	67	0	—	—	3.19	0	0/30

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 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	2	0	1	1	0	778	32	24.31	246	957	27	35.44

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 · 1978/79

Latest 2 of 2 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1979-02-10 to 1979-02-12 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 246/7d & 227/6d
Canterbury: 199 & 246

Central Districts won by 28 runs

1979-01-16 to 1979-01-18 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 226 & 107/2
Auckland: 216/8 & 268/6d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	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 1978/79 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1978/79 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PE McEwan	73	Central Districts	1979-02-10
VR Brown	55	Auckland	1979-01-16
DW Stead	51	Auckland	1979-01-16
RW Fulton	41	Central Districts	1979-02-10
RW Fulton	38*	Auckland	1979-01-16

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RJ Hadlee	5/50	Auckland	1979-01-16
RJ Hadlee	4/26	Central Districts	1979-02-10
DW Stead	3/97	Auckland	1979-01-16
PE McEwan	2/45	Central Districts	1979-02-10
VR Brown	2/45	Central Districts	1979-02-10

* 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.