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Northern Districts 1961/62 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 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

BH Pairaudeau leads the displayed batting table with 380 runs. DD Beard leads the bowling table with 37 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1961-12-29 to 1962-01-27. 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 1961/62. 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 1961/62

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 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BH Pairaudeau	5	380
B Dunning	5	214
EC Petrie	5	190
WP Bradburn	5	152
GD Alabaster	5	141

Recorded innings through 1962-01-27. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Districts Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DD Beard	5	37
DC Hoskin	5	17
N Puna	5	14
GD Alabaster	5	9
PD Stone	5	6

Recorded innings through 1962-01-27. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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 · 13 players

Northern Districts 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	5	10	0	380	102	38.00	—	2	1
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	10	0	214	59	21.40	—	2	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	10	2	190	59	23.75	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	10	1	152	49	16.89	—	0	0
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	5	10	0	141	45	14.10	—	0	0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	5	10	1	131	52	14.56	—	1	0
DD Beard	Northern Districts	5	10	1	95	34	10.56	—	0	0
BJ Bayley	Northern Districts	4	8	1	65	18	9.29	—	0	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1	54	23*	6.00	—	0	0
GV Giles	Northern Districts	3	6	0	46	26	7.67	—	0	0
RJ McPherson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	34	19	8.50	—	0	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	10	5	19	5	3.80	—	0	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 7 players

Northern Districts 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DD Beard	Northern Districts	5	10	1,869	130	535	37	14.46	50.51	1.72	3	6/71
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	5	10	786	39	303	17	17.82	46.24	2.31	1	7/33
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	10	1,000	56	329	14	23.50	71.43	1.97	0	3/34
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	5	7	494	31	149	9	16.56	54.89	1.81	0	3/42
PD Stone	Northern Districts	5	6	300	16	94	6	15.67	50.00	1.88	0	3/28
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	2	372	33	96	4	24.00	93.00	1.55	0	2/47
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	1	1	3	0	6	0	—	—	12.00	0	0/6

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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Districts 1961/62 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Districts	5	3	2	0	0	1,612	91	17.71	275	1,591	90	17.68

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-01-27 to 1962-01-29 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 143 & 57
Wellington: 155 & 80

Wellington won by 35 runs

1962-01-12 to 1962-01-15 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 209 & 180
Northern Districts: 241 & 187/6d

Northern Districts won by 39 runs

1962-01-08 to 1962-01-10 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 103 & 179
Central Districts: 243 & 40/1

Central Districts won by 9 wickets

1962-01-03 to 1962-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 320/9d & 105
Northern Districts: 165 & 275

Northern Districts won by 15 runs

1961-12-29 to 1961-12-30 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 176 & 83
Northern Districts: 119 & 143/5

Northern Districts won by 5 wickets

Recorded venues

Northern Districts 1961/62 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	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 1961/62 for Northern Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 batting innings records for Northern Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BH Pairaudeau	102	Otago	1962-01-03
BH Pairaudeau	74	Wellington	1962-01-27
BH Pairaudeau	63	Central Districts	1962-01-08
EC Petrie	59	Otago	1962-01-03
B Dunning	59	Auckland	1962-01-12

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling innings records for Northern Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DC Hoskin	7/33	Wellington	1962-01-27
DD Beard	6/71	Auckland	1962-01-12
DD Beard	5/68	Wellington	1962-01-27
DD Beard	5/70	Auckland	1962-01-12
DD Beard	4/28	Canterbury	1961-12-29

* 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 · 1956-12-25 to 2026-03-27

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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.