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Central Districts 1961/62 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 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

BE Congdon leads the displayed batting table with 333 runs. DA Kinsella leads the bowling table with 21 wickets.

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Showing 1961/62 · Plunket Shield · Central Districts

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1961-12-29 to 1962-01-18. 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 1961/62. 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 1961/62

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 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BE Congdon	5	333
MJF Shrimpton	5	254
GE Lowans	5	253
BL Hampton	5	215
LB Reade	5	200

Recorded innings through 1962-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DA Kinsella	5	21
BL Hampton	5	17
EL Mummery	5	13
IB Leggat	5	11
DV Spence	5	2

Recorded innings through 1962-01-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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 · 13 players

Central Districts 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BE Congdon	Central Districts	5	10	2	333	74	41.63	—	2	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	10	0	254	119	25.40	—	1	1
GE Lowans	Central Districts	5	10	1	253	68	28.11	—	3	0
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	10	2	215	79	26.88	—	1	0
LB Reade	Central Districts	5	10	0	200	46	20.00	—	0	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	10	1	134	44*	14.89	—	0	0
DV Spence	Central Districts	5	10	1	108	31	12.00	—	0	0
RA Kelly	Central Districts	4	8	0	100	46	12.50	—	0	0
EL Mummery	Central Districts	5	10	1	69	40*	7.67	—	0	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	3	6	2	31	22	7.75	—	0	0
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	10	3	14	6*	2.00	—	0	0
PA Maunder	Central Districts	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0
JW Vernon	Central Districts	2	4	0	2	2	0.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Central Districts 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DA Kinsella	Central Districts	5	8	1,302	88	398	21	18.95	62.00	1.83	1	6/25
BL Hampton	Central Districts	5	8	1,073	69	398	17	23.41	63.12	2.23	2	6/73
EL Mummery	Central Districts	5	7	978	58	355	13	27.31	75.23	2.18	0	4/152
IB Leggat	Central Districts	5	8	838	42	337	11	30.64	76.18	2.41	1	5/60
DV Spence	Central Districts	5	6	421	17	219	2	109.50	210.50	3.12	0	1/32
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	4	5	78	2	40	0	—	—	3.08	0	0/0
BE Congdon	Central Districts	1	1	30	2	28	0	—	—	5.60	0	0/28
RA Kelly	Central Districts	1	1	42	0	30	0	—	—	4.29	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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Central Districts 1961/62 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	5	2	2	1	0	1,828	80	22.85	322	1,892	69	27.42

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-01-18 to 1962-01-20 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 185 & 322/6
Canterbury: 415

Match drawn

1962-01-13 to 1962-01-16 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 229 & 219
Central Districts: 298 & 155/3

Central Districts won by 7 wickets

1962-01-08 to 1962-01-10 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 103 & 179
Central Districts: 243 & 40/1

Central Districts won by 9 wickets

1962-01-04 to 1962-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 173/9d & 145/5
Central Districts: 169 & 146

Auckland won by 5 wickets

1961-12-29 to 1961-12-30 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 82 & 188
Wellington: 429/5d

Wellington won by an innings and 159 runs

Recorded venues

Central Districts 1961/62 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	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 1961/62 for Central Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 batting innings records for Central Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MJF Shrimpton	119	Canterbury	1962-01-18
BL Hampton	79	Northern Districts	1962-01-08
BE Congdon	74	Otago	1962-01-13
GE Lowans	68	Otago	1962-01-13
BE Congdon	67	Auckland	1962-01-04

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling innings records for Central Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DA Kinsella	6/25	Northern Districts	1962-01-08
BL Hampton	6/73	Otago	1962-01-13
BL Hampton	5/50	Auckland	1962-01-04
IB Leggat	5/60	Canterbury	1962-01-18
DA Kinsella	4/33	Auckland	1962-01-04

* 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.