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Central Districts 1959/60 cricket statistics and records

Central Districts in Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1959/60; Tests are excluded.

DN Macleod leads the displayed batting table with 355 runs. DC Currie leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Showing 1959/60 · Plunket Shield · Central Districts

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1959-12-25 to 1960-02-05. 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 1959/60. 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 1959/60

Figures earned for Central Districts only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DN Macleod	5	355
GE Lowans	5	352
IB Leggat	5	275
LB Reade	5	230
KFH Smith	5	215

Recorded innings through 1960-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DC Currie	5	24
DD Beard	4	18
GA Bartlett	3	17
KFH Smith	4	7
RM Schofield	2	4

Recorded innings through 1960-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

All recorded players for Central Districts in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 14 players

Central Districts 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
DN Macleod	Central Districts	5	10	1	355	102*	39.44	—	2	1
GE Lowans	Central Districts	5	10	0	352	85	35.20	—	3	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	10	0	275	115	27.50	—	0	1
LB Reade	Central Districts	5	10	0	230	50	23.00	—	1	0
KFH Smith	Central Districts	5	10	0	215	108	21.50	—	0	1
RT Barber	Central Districts	5	10	0	208	78	20.80	—	2	0
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	3	6	1	153	99*	30.60	—	1	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	1	133	37	19.00	—	0	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	10	1	110	39	12.22	—	0	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	4	8	3	57	32	11.40	—	0	0
DC Currie	Central Districts	5	10	4	55	15	9.17	—	0	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	2	4	0	29	15	7.25	—	0	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	—	0	0
RG Small	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Central Districts 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DC Currie	Central Districts	5	9	1,137	50	534	24	22.25	47.38	2.82	2	6/50
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	1,398	101	391	18	21.72	77.67	1.68	2	6/57
GA Bartlett	Central Districts	3	6	668	25	270	17	15.88	39.29	2.43	1	5/72
KFH Smith	Central Districts	4	5	240	20	83	7	11.86	34.29	2.08	0	3/0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	2	3	186	8	101	4	25.25	46.50	3.26	0	2/42
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	9	648	37	245	3	81.67	216.00	2.27	0	1/16
BW Yuile	Central Districts	5	9	562	25	291	3	97.00	187.33	3.11	0	1/31
DN Macleod	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3

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 1959/60. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Central Districts 1959/60 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	5	1	2	2	0	2,304	98	23.51	340	2,055	79	26.01

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 · 1959/60

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

1960-02-05 to 1960-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 435/9d
Central Districts: 147 & 261

Otago won by an innings and 27 runs

1960-01-21 to 1960-01-23 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 211 & 219/8
Central Districts: 215 & 232

Match drawn

1960-01-16 to 1960-01-19 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 180 & 204
Central Districts: 176 & 287

Central Districts won by 79 runs

1960-01-07 to 1960-01-09 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 257 & 157
Canterbury: 251 & 198

Canterbury won by 35 runs

1959-12-25 to 1959-12-28 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 340 & 232/8d
Wellington: 303 & 54/2

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Central Districts 1959/60 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Seddon Park, Hamilton	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 1959/60 for Central Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting innings records for Central Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
IB Leggat	115	Canterbury	1960-01-07
KFH Smith	108	Wellington	1959-12-25
DN Macleod	102*	Wellington	1959-12-25
GA Bartlett	99*	Auckland	1960-01-16
GE Lowans	85	Otago	1960-02-05

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling innings records for Central Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DC Currie	6/50	Auckland	1960-01-16
DD Beard	6/57	Auckland	1960-01-16
DD Beard	5/63	Canterbury	1960-01-07
GA Bartlett	5/72	Canterbury	1960-01-07
DC Currie	5/102	Wellington	1959-12-25

* 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 · 1950-12-01 to 2026-03-27

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Central Districts 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: 1950-12-01 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.