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Northern Districts 1956/57 cricket statistics and records

Northern Districts in Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1956/57; Tests are excluded.

JK Everest leads the displayed batting table with 376 runs. KW Hough leads the bowling table with 12 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
5
Recorded players
14
Wins
0
Recorded venues
3

Selected season match starts: 1956-12-25 to 1957-01-12. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Plunket Shield standings

League table for 1956/57. 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 1956/57

Figures earned for Northern Districts only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Northern Districts Plunket Shield 1956/57 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
JK Everest5376
N Puna5230
JL Wyatt4163
EC Petrie5131
DJ Gray5123

Recorded innings through 1957-01-12. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Districts Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
KW Hough512
AF Lissette510
DJ Ferrow39
DC Hoskin57
DB Clarke15

Recorded innings through 1957-01-12. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1956/57

All recorded players for Northern Districts in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 14 players

Northern Districts 1956/57 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
JK EverestNorthern Districts510137610441.78—3100
N PunaNorthern Districts51002306223.00—1000
JL WyattNorthern Districts4801635420.38—1000
EC PetrieNorthern Districts51001315513.10—1000
DJ GrayNorthern Districts51021235815.38—1000
BN GrahamNorthern Districts4811065615.14—1000
AF LissetteNorthern Districts5102922611.50—0000
PH SmithNorthern Districts480841810.50—0000
TE ShawNorthern Districts360733712.17—0000
DC HoskinNorthern Districts5104692311.50—0000
KW HoughNorthern Districts510042114.20—0000
DB ClarkeNorthern Districts1213534*35.00—0000
DJ FerrowNorthern Districts24014143.50—0000
BB HigginsNorthern Districts12014147.00—0000

Bowling · 9 players

Northern Districts 1956/57 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
KW HoughNorthern Districts571,278464461237.17106.502.0904/101
AF LissetteNorthern Districts571,014653681036.80101.402.1804/35
DJ FerrowNorthern Districts3356436183920.3362.671.9504/50
DC HoskinNorthern Districts5678726320745.71112.432.4402/90
DB ClarkeNorthern Districts122193125525.0043.803.4204/108
N PunaNorthern Districts452469125431.2561.503.0503/34
JK EverestNorthern Districts22210140——4.0000/5
BB HigginsNorthern Districts12762440——3.4700/18
TE ShawNorthern Districts11360210——3.5000/21
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 1956/57. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Districts 1956/57 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Northern Districts504101,6699018.543051,7175133.67

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 · 1956/57

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

1957-01-12 to 1957-01-15 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington v Northern Districts

Wellington
379 & 97/1

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1957-01-07 to 1957-01-09 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts v Canterbury

Canterbury
313 & 95/3

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1957-01-03 to 1957-01-05 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts v Otago

Otago
377/9d

Otago won by an innings and 62 runs

1956-12-29 to 1956-12-31 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts v Northern Districts

Central Districts won by an innings and 120 runs

Recorded venues

Northern Districts 1956/57 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Seddon Park, Hamilton3
Basin Reserve, Wellington1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Plunket Shield 1956/57 for Northern Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1956/57 batting innings records for Northern Districts
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
JK Everest104Canterbury1957-01-07
JK Everest69Auckland1956-12-25
N Puna62Otago1957-01-03
JK Everest61Wellington1957-01-12
JK Everest59Wellington1957-01-12

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling innings records for Northern Districts
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
AF Lissette4/35Auckland1956-12-25
DJ Ferrow4/50Auckland1956-12-25
KW Hough4/101Otago1957-01-03
KW Hough4/101Canterbury1957-01-07
DB Clarke4/108Wellington1957-01-12

* 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.

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 Northern 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: 1956-12-25 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.