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Northern Districts 1962/63 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 1962/63; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 285 runs. N Puna leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1962-12-26 to 1963-01-23. 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 1962/63. 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 1962/63

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 1962/63 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	5	285
PB McGregor	5	253
B Dunning	5	220
BH Pairaudeau	5	191
GD Alabaster	4	173

Recorded innings through 1963-01-23. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Districts Plunket Shield 1962/63 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
N Puna	5	24
DB Clarke	4	18
GD Alabaster	4	14
DC Hoskin	2	8
PH Barton	3	7

Recorded innings through 1963-01-23. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1962/63

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 1962/63 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	5	9	2	285	77*	40.71	—	4	0
PB McGregor	Northern Districts	5	9	0	253	118	28.11	—	1	1
B Dunning	Northern Districts	5	9	0	220	78	24.44	—	2	0
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	5	9	1	191	68*	23.88	—	1	0
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	4	8	1	173	58	24.71	—	1	0
WP Bradburn	Northern Districts	5	9	1	171	58*	21.38	—	1	0
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	3	6	0	110	59	18.33	—	1	0
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	5	9	2	78	42	11.14	—	0	0
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	4	7	0	66	47	9.43	—	0	0
PH Barton	Northern Districts	3	6	2	63	29*	15.75	—	0	0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	2	3	0	48	22	16.00	—	0	0
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	2	21	10	3.00	—	0	0
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	2	3	1	2	2*	1.00	—	0	0
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	—	0	0
DD Beard	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Northern Districts 1962/63 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
N Puna	Northern Districts	5	9	1,144	68	467	24	19.46	47.67	2.45	1	6/86
DB Clarke	Northern Districts	4	7	839	47	325	18	18.06	46.61	2.32	1	8/37
GD Alabaster	Northern Districts	4	7	654	38	241	14	17.21	46.71	2.21	0	4/44
DC Hoskin	Northern Districts	2	4	389	26	126	8	15.75	48.63	1.94	1	5/71
PH Barton	Northern Districts	3	5	492	25	208	7	29.71	70.29	2.54	0	4/48
PB McGregor	Northern Districts	4	5	255	9	124	5	24.80	51.00	2.92	0	3/74
DD Beard	Northern Districts	1	2	277	17	85	2	42.50	138.50	1.84	0	2/65
AF Lissette	Northern Districts	1	2	288	14	79	2	39.50	144.00	1.65	0	2/33
TE Shaw	Northern Districts	3	4	114	8	65	2	32.50	57.00	3.42	0	2/7
B Sutcliffe	Northern Districts	1	1	30	0	27	0	—	—	5.40	0	0/27
BH Pairaudeau	Northern Districts	2	2	8	0	9	0	—	—	6.75	0	0/4
EC Petrie	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
PD Stone	Northern Districts	1	2	96	4	28	0	—	—	1.75	0	0/2

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 1962/63. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Districts 1962/63 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Districts	5	3	1	1	0	1,754	76	23.08	287	1,850	83	22.29

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 · 1962/63

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

1963-01-23 to 1963-01-25 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 191 & 184/3
Canterbury: 170 & 202

Northern Districts won by 7 wickets

1963-01-14 to 1963-01-16 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 422 & 4/0
Northern Districts: 226 & 197

Wellington won by 10 wickets

1963-01-10 to 1963-01-12 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 214 & 71
Northern Districts: 172 & 114/5

Northern Districts won by 5 wickets

1963-01-07 to 1963-01-09 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 161 & 222/8d
Otago: 108 & 206

Northern Districts won by 69 runs

1962-12-26 to 1962-12-28 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 287
Auckland: 255 & 198/3

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Northern Districts 1962/63 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Seddon Park, Hamilton	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Cook's Gardens, Wanganui	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 1962/63 for Northern Districts, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1962/63 batting innings records for Northern Districts
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PB McGregor	118	Auckland	1962-12-26
B Dunning	78	Auckland	1962-12-26
B Sutcliffe	77*	Canterbury	1963-01-23
BH Pairaudeau	68*	Canterbury	1963-01-23
B Sutcliffe	64	Otago	1963-01-07

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1962/63 bowling innings records for Northern Districts
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DB Clarke	8/37	Central Districts	1963-01-10
N Puna	6/86	Central Districts	1963-01-10
DC Hoskin	5/71	Auckland	1962-12-26
N Puna	4/37	Otago	1963-01-07
GD Alabaster	4/44	Canterbury	1963-01-23

* 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

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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.