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Central Districts 1972/73 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 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

DW Neal leads the displayed batting table with 352 runs. DR O'Sullivan leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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

Selected season match starts: 1972-12-24 to 1973-01-09. 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 1972/73. 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 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
DW Neal	5	352
MJF Shrimpton	5	241
DH Payton	5	239
HC Sampson	5	185
IR Snook	4	153

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DR O'Sullivan	5	19
AB Jordan	5	19
MJF Shrimpton	5	13
JH Howell	5	13
BL Cairns	4	11

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
DW Neal	Central Districts	5	10	1	352	90	39.11	—	3	0
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	10	1	241	140	26.78	—	1	1
DH Payton	Central Districts	5	10	0	239	93	23.90	—	1	0
HC Sampson	Central Districts	5	10	0	185	38	18.50	—	0	0
IR Snook	Central Districts	4	8	2	153	72*	25.50	—	1	0
RM Schofield	Central Districts	5	10	2	150	48*	18.75	—	0	0
PJC Coutts	Central Districts	4	8	2	131	46	21.83	—	0	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	5	10	0	125	52	12.50	—	1	0
BL Cairns	Central Districts	4	8	0	85	33	10.63	—	0	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	10	3	78	41	11.14	—	0	0
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	10	1	74	29	8.22	—	0	0
T Selwood	Central Districts	1	2	0	41	30	20.50	—	0	0
BA Stewart	Central Districts	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
RA Pierce	Central Districts	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 6 players

Central Districts 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	5	9	960	50	432	19	22.74	50.53	2.70	1	5/79
AB Jordan	Central Districts	5	10	791	12	510	19	26.84	41.63	3.87	1	7/82
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	5	7	467	13	233	13	17.92	35.92	2.99	0	4/12
JH Howell	Central Districts	5	9	779	27	434	13	33.38	59.92	3.34	0	3/43
BL Cairns	Central Districts	4	7	624	25	308	11	28.00	56.73	2.96	0	3/51
BA Stewart	Central Districts	1	2	66	1	51	1	51.00	66.00	4.64	0	1/47

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Central Districts 1972/73 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	1,960	87	22.53	302	2,075	79	26.27

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 · 1972/73

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

1973-01-09 to 1973-01-11 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 273 & 25/0
Central Districts: 218 & 235

Match drawn

1973-01-05 to 1973-01-07 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 168 & 110
Auckland: 250 & 196/8d

Auckland won by 168 runs

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 256 & 247/5d
Central Districts: 196 & 280/7

Match drawn

1972-12-28 to 1972-12-30 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 250 & 189/6d
Central Districts: 203 & 160

Otago won by 76 runs

1972-12-24 to 1972-12-26 · Horton Park, Blenheim

Central Districts: 302/8d & 88/2
Northern Districts: 137 & 252

Central Districts won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Central Districts 1972/73 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Horton Park, Blenheim	1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1
McLean Park, Napier	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 1972/73 for Central Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 batting innings records for Central Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MJF Shrimpton	140	Wellington	1973-01-01
DH Payton	93	Otago	1972-12-28
DW Neal	90	Canterbury	1973-01-09
DW Neal	85*	Wellington	1973-01-01
IR Snook	72*	Northern Districts	1972-12-24

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling innings records for Central Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AB Jordan	7/82	Otago	1972-12-28
DR O'Sullivan	5/79	Canterbury	1973-01-09
MJF Shrimpton	4/12	Auckland	1973-01-05
AB Jordan	4/51	Auckland	1973-01-05
DR O'Sullivan	3/5	Northern Districts	1972-12-24

* 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.