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Central Districts 1965/66 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 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

MJF Shrimpton leads the displayed batting table with 278 runs. BW Yuile leads the bowling table with 26 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
5
Recorded players
13
Wins
0
Recorded venues
5

Selected season match starts: 1965-12-25 to 1966-02-05. 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 1965/66. 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 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
MJF Shrimpton5278
BE Congdon5231
V Pollard5229
BL Hampton5201
DH Payton5171

Recorded innings through 1966-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
BW Yuile526
RO Collinge512
V Pollard511
ME Chapple49
DA Kinsella58

Recorded innings through 1966-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
MJF ShrimptonCentral Districts51012789630.89—2000
BE CongdonCentral Districts51002315323.10—1000
V PollardCentral Districts51002296222.90—2000
BL HamptonCentral Districts51002016420.10—1000
DH PaytonCentral Districts510117140*19.00—0000
ME ChappleCentral Districts51011564217.33—0000
RM SchofieldCentral Districts510411647*19.33—0000
BW YuileCentral Districts510167227.44—0000
JFM MorrisonCentral Districts240632415.75—0000
DA KinsellaCentral Districts510154256.00—0000
RO CollingeCentral Districts510451228.50—0000
IR HamptonCentral Districts24035188.75—0000
GW DouglasCentral Districts120331916.50—0000

Bowling · 9 players

Central Districts 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
BW YuileCentral Districts5101,7271264822618.5466.421.6729/100
RO CollingeCentral Districts510825433041225.3368.752.2116/69
V PollardCentral Districts58972662981127.0988.361.8404/13
ME ChappleCentral Districts4883549262929.1192.781.8802/26
DA KinsellaCentral Districts5969039230828.7586.252.0003/22
BL HamptonCentral Districts5978648249549.80157.201.9001/20
MJF ShrimptonCentral Districts1118210——0.3300/1
BE CongdonCentral Districts44420420——6.0000/5
JFM MorrisonCentral Districts1112090——4.5000/9
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 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Central Districts 1965/66 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Central Districts502301,8248621.212461,9857626.12

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 · 1965/66

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

1966-02-05 to 1966-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago v Central Districts

Otago
247 & 144/7d
Central Districts
172 & 121

Otago won by 98 runs

1966-01-07 to 1966-01-10 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts v Canterbury

Central Districts
178 & 238/9
Canterbury
311 & 177/6d

Match drawn

1966-01-03 to 1966-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland v Central Districts

Auckland
277/7d & 140/6
Central Districts
168 & 246/6d

Auckland won by 4 wickets

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts v Wellington

Central Districts
216 & 89/3
Wellington
352 & 91/5d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Central Districts 1965/66 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Carisbrook, Dunedin1
Eden Park, Auckland1
McLean Park, Napier1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth1
Tauranga Domain Inner Ground, Tauranga1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Plunket Shield 1965/66 for Central Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 batting innings records for Central Districts
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
MJF Shrimpton96Auckland1966-01-03
BL Hampton64Auckland1966-01-03
V Pollard62Canterbury1966-01-07
V Pollard60Auckland1966-01-03
BE Congdon53Northern Districts1965-12-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling innings records for Central Districts
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
BW Yuile9/100Canterbury1966-01-07
RO Collinge6/69Wellington1966-01-01
BW Yuile5/41Northern Districts1965-12-25
V Pollard4/13Northern Districts1965-12-25
DA Kinsella3/22Wellington1966-01-01

* 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.

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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.