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Otago 1997/98 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 1997/98; Tests are excluded.

MJ Horne leads the displayed batting table with 415 runs. PJ Wiseman leads the bowling table with 24 wickets.

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Showing 1997/98 · Plunket Shield · Otago

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 16
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1998-01-28 to 1998-03-15. 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 1997/98. 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 1997/98

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 1997/98 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
MJ Horne	4	415
MH Richardson	5	273
MP Maynard	4	204
CB Gaffaney	5	202
RA Lawson	5	189

Recorded innings through 1998-03-15. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Otago Plunket Shield 1997/98 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
PJ Wiseman	5	24
RJ Kennedy	5	19
SB O'Connor	3	17
DG Sewell	5	12
DJ Reekers	3	8

Recorded innings through 1998-03-15. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1997/98

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 · 16 players

Otago 1997/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
MJ Horne	Otago	4	7	0	415	241	59.29	53.21	1	1	49	2
MH Richardson	Otago	5	9	2	273	162*	39.00	39.22	0	1	36	0
MP Maynard	Otago	4	7	0	204	84	29.14	63.55	1	0	25	1
CB Gaffaney	Otago	5	9	0	202	65	22.44	52.33	1	0	27	1
RA Lawson	Otago	5	9	0	189	38	21.00	30.78	0	0	16	0
JM Allan	Otago	3	5	0	110	36	22.00	27.92	0	0	10	1
AJ Gale	Otago	2	4	0	69	35	17.25	34.50	0	0	9	1
MG Croy	Otago	2	3	0	66	47	22.00	29.20	0	0	10	0
MJ Sale	Otago	2	4	1	56	38	18.67	22.86	0	0	3	0
PJ Wiseman	Otago	5	9	4	52	16*	10.40	25.74	0	0	5	0
DJ Reekers	Otago	3	6	1	52	33*	10.40	50.00	0	0	5	1
AJ Hore	Otago	1	2	0	40	27	20.00	32.79	0	0	5	1
SB O'Connor	Otago	3	5	0	33	19	6.60	36.67	0	0	5	0
RJ Kennedy	Otago	5	9	1	22	15	2.75	36.07	0	0	1	0
DG Sewell	Otago	5	9	2	4	2	0.57	10.53	0	0	0	0
BP Hart	Otago	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	16.67	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Otago 1997/98 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
PJ Wiseman	Otago	5	9	970	41	428	24	17.83	40.42	2.65	2	6/53
RJ Kennedy	Otago	5	9	789	31	380	19	20.00	41.53	2.89	1	6/61
SB O'Connor	Otago	3	5	528	22	271	17	15.94	31.06	3.08	2	6/31
DG Sewell	Otago	5	9	702	29	359	12	29.92	58.50	3.07	0	3/72
DJ Reekers	Otago	3	4	174	9	89	8	11.13	21.75	3.07	0	3/25
JM Allan	Otago	1	1	6	0	4	1	4.00	6.00	4.00	0	1/4
MH Richardson	Otago	4	4	54	2	25	1	25.00	54.00	2.78	0	1/12
AJ Gale	Otago	2	4	288	14	108	1	108.00	288.00	2.25	0	1/40
RA Lawson	Otago	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
MJ Horne	Otago	1	1	84	7	24	0	—	—	1.71	0	0/24
CB Gaffaney	Otago	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	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 1997/98. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Otago 1997/98 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	1,930	81	23.83	425	1,762	84	20.98

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 · 1997/98

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

1998-03-15 to 1998-03-18 · WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 372 & 6/1
Otago: 213 & 162

Northern Districts won by 9 wickets

1998-03-10 to 1998-03-12 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 115 & 299
Otago: 425

Otago won by an innings and 11 runs

1998-02-22 to 1998-02-25 · Queen's Park, Invercargill

Otago: 128 & 189
Canterbury: 211 & 107/3

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1998-02-14 to 1998-02-16 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 108 & 317/7
Central Districts: 135 & 287

Otago won by 3 wickets

1998-01-28 to 1998-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 128 & 102
Otago: 231/9d & 157/5d

Otago won by 158 runs

Recorded venues

Otago 1997/98 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	1
Queen's Park, Invercargill	1
WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton	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 1997/98 for Otago, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1997/98 batting innings records for Otago
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MJ Horne	241	Auckland	1998-03-10
MH Richardson	162*	Central Districts	1998-02-14
MJ Horne	90	Wellington	1998-01-28
MP Maynard	84	Wellington	1998-01-28
CB Gaffaney	65	Northern Districts	1998-03-15

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1997/98 bowling innings records for Otago
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SB O'Connor	6/31	Wellington	1998-01-28
PJ Wiseman	6/53	Wellington	1998-01-28
RJ Kennedy	6/61	Canterbury	1998-02-22
PJ Wiseman	5/108	Auckland	1998-03-10
SB O'Connor	5/122	Northern Districts	1998-03-15

* 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.