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Central Districts 1978/79 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 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

RW Anderson leads the displayed batting table with 220 runs. DR O'Sullivan leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1978/79 · Plunket Shield · Central Districts

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1979-01-20 to 1979-03-09. 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 1978/79. 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 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RW Anderson	3	220
IDS Smith	3	177
MJF Shrimpton	2	150
MH Toynbee	3	150
TB Horne	3	118

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Central Districts Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DR O'Sullivan	3	20
MH Toynbee	3	11
AB Jordan	3	5
DC Aberhart	3	5
BP Bracewell	1	3

Recorded innings through 1979-03-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

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 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
RW Anderson	Central Districts	3	6	1	220	94	44.00	—	2
IDS Smith	Central Districts	3	6	0	177	77	29.50	—	2
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	2	4	1	150	81*	50.00	—	1
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	3	6	0	150	67	25.00	—	1
TB Horne	Central Districts	3	6	0	118	52	19.67	—	1
RA Pierce	Central Districts	2	4	1	111	80	37.00	—	1
GN Edwards	Central Districts	3	6	0	103	43	17.17	—	0
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	3	6	3	54	34	18.00	—	0
AW Short	Central Districts	1	2	0	33	33	16.50	—	0
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	3	6	2	21	8*	5.25	—	0
AB Jordan	Central Districts	3	6	1	17	17*	3.40	—	0
PJ Verhoek	Central Districts	1	2	0	9	6	4.50	—	0
AM Astle	Central Districts	2	4	1	4	4*	1.33	—	0
BP Bracewell	Central Districts	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—	0

Bowling · 8 players

Central Districts 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DR O'Sullivan	Central Districts	3	5	949	38	408	20	20.40	47.45	2.58	1	5/82
MH Toynbee	Central Districts	3	4	521	13	325	11	29.55	47.36	3.74	0	4/82
AB Jordan	Central Districts	3	5	324	6	210	5	42.00	64.80	3.89	0	2/42
DC Aberhart	Central Districts	3	5	384	11	210	5	42.00	76.80	3.28	0	2/65
BP Bracewell	Central Districts	1	2	118	4	53	3	17.67	39.33	2.69	0	2/26
MJF Shrimpton	Central Districts	1	2	60	2	40	1	40.00	60.00	4.00	0	1/38
AM Astle	Central Districts	2	2	90	3	75	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/9
AW Short	Central Districts	1	1	30	1	18	0	—	—	3.60	0	0/18

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 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Central Districts 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	3	1	0	2	0	1,227	40	30.68	308	1,449	47	30.83

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 · 1978/79

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1979-03-09 to 1979-03-12 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 275 & 3/0
Otago: 543/8d

Match drawn

1979-02-10 to 1979-02-12 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 246/7d & 227/6d
Canterbury: 199 & 246

Central Districts won by 28 runs

1979-01-20 to 1979-01-22 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 221 & 240/9
Central Districts: 168 & 308/7d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Central Districts 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	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 1978/79 for Central Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1978/79 batting innings records for Central Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RW Anderson	94	Auckland	1979-01-20
RW Anderson	84	Canterbury	1979-02-10
MJF Shrimpton	81*	Canterbury	1979-02-10
RA Pierce	80	Canterbury	1979-02-10
IDS Smith	77	Otago	1979-03-09

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1978/79 bowling innings records for Central Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DR O'Sullivan	5/82	Canterbury	1979-02-10
DR O'Sullivan	4/64	Auckland	1979-01-20
DR O'Sullivan	4/79	Canterbury	1979-02-10
MH Toynbee	4/82	Canterbury	1979-02-10
DR O'Sullivan	4/125	Otago	1979-03-09

* 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.