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Otago 1959/60 cricket statistics and records

Otago 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.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 575 runs. JC Alabaster leads the bowling table with 36 wickets.

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Showing 1959/60 · Plunket Shield · Otago

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

Selected season match starts: 1959-12-25 to 1960-02-05. 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 Otago only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Otago Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	5	575
SN McGregor	5	310
JW Guy	4	180
AE Dick	4	161
AM Moir	5	123

Recorded innings through 1960-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Otago Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JC Alabaster	5	36
AM Moir	5	23
FJ Cameron	5	14
NT Woods	5	7
B Sutcliffe	3	3

Recorded innings through 1960-02-05. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1959/60

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

Batting · 15 players

Otago 1959/60 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
B Sutcliffe	Otago	5	9	1	575	264	71.88	—	3	1
SN McGregor	Otago	5	9	1	310	114*	38.75	—	2	1
JW Guy	Otago	4	7	0	180	47	25.71	—	0	0
AE Dick	Otago	4	7	0	161	48	23.00	—	0	0
AM Moir	Otago	5	9	0	123	38	13.67	—	0	0
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	9	0	97	33	10.78	—	0	0
LA Clark	Otago	4	8	1	86	36*	12.29	—	0	0
NT Woods	Otago	5	9	3	48	31*	8.00	—	0	0
NR Thompson	Otago	3	5	0	46	24	9.20	—	0	0
EA Watson	Otago	2	4	0	43	20	10.75	—	0	0
T Flaws	Otago	2	3	0	24	13	8.00	—	0	0
DJ Vear	Otago	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	—	0	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	4	21	6	4.20	—	0	0
MR Edmunds	Otago	3	6	0	17	7	2.83	—	0	0
KD Briggs	Otago	2	4	0	14	9	3.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Otago 1959/60 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JC Alabaster	Otago	5	10	1,139	47	507	36	14.08	31.64	2.67	3	6/39
AM Moir	Otago	5	10	1,028	36	524	23	22.78	44.70	3.06	2	5/74
FJ Cameron	Otago	5	9	1,008	60	306	14	21.86	72.00	1.82	0	4/53
NT Woods	Otago	5	10	942	75	283	7	40.43	134.57	1.80	0	2/21
B Sutcliffe	Otago	3	3	84	1	66	3	22.00	28.00	4.71	0	2/31
LA Clark	Otago	3	4	324	19	97	3	32.33	108.00	1.80	0	2/49
DJ Vear	Otago	1	2	54	1	31	0	—	—	3.44	0	0/11
EA Watson	Otago	1	1	42	2	19	0	—	—	2.71	0	0/19

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.

Otago 1959/60 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Otago	5	3	2	0	0	1,859	82	22.67	435	1,916	90	21.29

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 · 1959/60

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

1960-02-05 to 1960-02-08 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 435/9d
Central Districts: 147 & 261

Otago won by an innings and 27 runs

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

Otago: 144 & 184
Northern Districts: 121 & 135

Otago won by 72 runs

1960-01-04 to 1960-01-06 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 186 & 186
Auckland: 246 & 284/6d

Auckland won by 158 runs

1959-12-29 to 1959-12-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 161 & 186
Otago: 137 & 213/3

Otago won by 7 wickets

1959-12-25 to 1959-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 284 & 91/4
Otago: 96 & 278

Canterbury won by 6 wickets

Recorded venues

Otago 1959/60 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	3
Basin Reserve, Wellington	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 1959/60 for Otago, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 batting innings records for Otago
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
B Sutcliffe	264	Central Districts	1960-02-05
SN McGregor	114*	Wellington	1959-12-29
B Sutcliffe	86	Canterbury	1959-12-25
B Sutcliffe	83	Auckland	1960-01-04
SN McGregor	65	Canterbury	1959-12-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1959/60 bowling innings records for Otago
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JC Alabaster	6/39	Northern Districts	1960-01-08
JC Alabaster	5/37	Northern Districts	1960-01-08
AM Moir	5/74	Northern Districts	1960-01-08
JC Alabaster	5/82	Central Districts	1960-02-05
AM Moir	5/88	Auckland	1960-01-04

* 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 · 1908-12-28 to 2026-03-27

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Otago 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: 1908-12-28 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.