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Central Districts 1970/71 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 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

BE Congdon leads the displayed batting table with 280 runs. BW Yuile leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1970/71 · Plunket Shield · Central Districts

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 12
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1970-12-26 to 1971-01-12. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-06-15.

Plunket Shield standings

League table for 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BE Congdon	4	280
HC Sampson	4	261
DH Payton	4	196
KJ Wadsworth	4	162
MJF Shrimpton	4	144

Recorded innings through 1971-01-12. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
BW Yuile	3	19
JH Howell	4	16
BDM Furlong	4	11
AB Jordan	4	10
BE Congdon	4	6

Recorded innings through 1971-01-12. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 12 players

Central Districts 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	8	0	280	120	35.00	—	2	1
HC Sampson	Central Districts	4	8	0	261	119	32.63	—	0	1
DH Payton	Central Districts	4	8	1	196	68	28.00	—	2	0
KJ Wadsworth	Central Districts	4	8	1	162	79	23.14	—	1	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	4	8	0	144	64	18.00	—	1	0
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	6	0	138	68	23.00	—	1	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	4	8	1	75	32	10.71	—	0	0
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	4	8	1	73	38	10.43	—	0	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	3	6	1	61	29	12.20	—	0	0
RM Gearry	Central Districts	3	6	3	53	21*	17.67	—	0	0
LC Sparks	Central Districts	3	6	0	25	13	4.17	—	0	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	4	8	2	2	2	0.33	—	0	0

Bowling · 7 players

Central Districts 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
BW Yuile	Central Districts	3	6	849	51	365	19	19.21	44.68	2.58	1	5/86
JH Howell	Central Districts	4	8	616	20	333	16	20.81	38.50	3.24	0	4/58
BDM Furlong	Central Districts	4	6	595	28	254	11	23.09	54.09	2.56	0	4/27
AB Jordan	Central Districts	4	8	474	18	301	10	30.10	47.40	3.81	0	3/38
BE Congdon	Central Districts	4	6	312	6	197	6	32.83	52.00	3.79	0	3/37
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	3	4	165	7	111	4	27.75	41.25	4.04	0	3/17
LC Sparks	Central Districts	3	3	144	3	78	1	78.00	144.00	3.25	0	1/37

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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Central Districts 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	5	3	0	1	1	1,577	62	25.44	420	1,718	72	23.86

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-01-12 to 1971-01-14 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 184 & 204
Otago: 255 & 130

Central Districts won by 3 runs

1971-01-08 to 1971-01-10 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 113/7d & 19/2
Auckland: 193 & 87/3d

Match drawn

1971-01-04 to 1971-01-06 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: Score unavailable
Northern Districts: Score unavailable

Result unavailable

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 135 & 371
Central Districts: 420 & 87/5

Central Districts won by 5 wickets

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-29 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 316/9d & 231
Central Districts: 249 & 301/8d

Central Districts won by 3 runs

Recorded venues

Central Districts 1970/71 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1
McLean Park, Napier	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Sportsground, Palmerston North	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 1970/71 for Central Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 batting innings records for Central Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BE Congdon	120	Canterbury	1971-01-01
HC Sampson	119	Wellington	1970-12-26
KJ Wadsworth	79	Canterbury	1971-01-01
BW Yuile	68	Wellington	1970-12-26
DH Payton	68	Canterbury	1971-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling innings records for Central Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BW Yuile	5/86	Canterbury	1971-01-01
BDM Furlong	4/27	Auckland	1971-01-08
BW Yuile	4/49	Otago	1971-01-12
JH Howell	4/58	Wellington	1970-12-26
BW Yuile	4/81	Otago	1971-01-12

* 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.