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Northern Districts 1959/60 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 1959/60; Tests are excluded.

BH Pairaudeau leads the displayed batting table with 365 runs. N Puna leads the bowling table with 26 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
5
Recorded players
15
Wins
0
Recorded venues
4

Selected season match starts: 1959-12-25 to 1960-01-21. 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 1959/60. 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 1959/60

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 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
BH Pairaudeau5365
EC Petrie5253
RJ McPherson4222
TE Shaw5167
DJ Gray5137

Recorded innings through 1960-01-21. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Districts Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
N Puna526
AF Lissette523
WT Walmsley312
DC Hoskin210
TE Shaw48

Recorded innings through 1960-01-21. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

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 · 15 players

Northern Districts 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
BH PairaudeauNorthern Districts5903658040.56—4000
EC PetrieNorthern Districts59225313636.14—0100
RJ McPhersonNorthern Districts4802228727.75—1000
TE ShawNorthern Districts5901675518.56—1000
DJ GrayNorthern Districts5911373317.13—0000
DL DonaldNorthern Districts5901113212.33—0000
WT WalmsleyNorthern Districts351993724.75—0000
N PunaNorthern Districts592922613.14—0000
AF LissetteNorthern Districts5938023*13.33—0000
WP BradburnNorthern Districts471682511.33—0000
MRH BarbourNorthern Districts3513814*9.50—0000
JA TurnbullNorthern Districts24032198.00—0000
NJ HarwoodNorthern Districts110111111.00—0000
DC HoskinNorthern Districts240000.00—0000
CR SatherleyNorthern Districts120000.00—0000

Bowling · 8 players

Northern Districts 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
N PunaNorthern Districts591,492856062623.3157.382.4436/43
AF LissetteNorthern Districts591,6521094842321.0471.831.7627/45
WT WalmsleyNorthern Districts36651163191226.5854.252.9404/30
DC HoskinNorthern Districts24473122071020.7047.302.6304/31
TE ShawNorthern Districts4727012147818.3833.753.2703/52
MRH BarbourNorthern Districts36372151931193.00372.003.1101/115
NJ HarwoodNorthern Districts1248235135.0048.004.3801/22
JA TurnbullNorthern Districts22192787187.00192.002.7201/68
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 1959/60. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Districts 1959/60 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Northern Districts502301,7838122.013842,1648724.87

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 · 1959/60

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

1960-01-12 to 1960-01-14 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury v Northern Districts

Canterbury
483/6d & 42/1

Canterbury won by 9 wickets

1960-01-08 to 1960-01-09 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago v Northern Districts

Otago
144 & 184

Otago won by 72 runs

Recorded venues

Northern Districts 1959/60 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Seddon Park, Hamilton2
Carisbrook, Dunedin1
Eden Park, Auckland1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch1

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

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Plunket Shield 1959/60 for Northern Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting innings records for Northern Districts
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
EC Petrie136Wellington1960-01-16
RJ McPherson87Wellington1960-01-16
BH Pairaudeau80Canterbury1960-01-12
BH Pairaudeau74Canterbury1960-01-12
BH Pairaudeau68Central Districts1960-01-21

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling innings records for Northern Districts
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
AF Lissette7/45Otago1960-01-08
N Puna6/43Auckland1959-12-25
N Puna6/90Central Districts1960-01-21
AF Lissette5/64Otago1960-01-08
N Puna5/108Otago1960-01-08

* 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.