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Wellington 1953/54 cricket statistics and records

Wellington in Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1953/54; Tests are excluded.

KFH Smith leads the displayed batting table with 280 runs. BD Morrison leads the bowling table with 17 wickets.

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Showing 1953/54 · Plunket Shield · Wellington

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Recorded matches: 4
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1953-12-25 to 1954-01-15. 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 1953/54. 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 1953/54

Figures earned for Wellington only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1953/54 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KFH Smith	3	280
RA Vance	4	202
FE Fisher	4	199
T Meale	3	185
DS St John	4	146

Recorded innings through 1954-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1953/54 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
BD Morrison	2	17
JF Jones	2	10
FE Fisher	4	8
JCA Thomson	4	7
TS Malloch	2	6

Recorded innings through 1954-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1953/54

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

Batting · 18 players

Wellington 1953/54 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
KFH Smith	Wellington	3	6	1	280	141*	56.00	—	1	1
RA Vance	Wellington	4	8	0	202	61	25.25	—	1	0
FE Fisher	Wellington	4	8	2	199	52	33.17	—	1	0
T Meale	Wellington	3	6	0	185	46	30.83	—	0	0
DS St John	Wellington	4	8	0	146	46	18.25	—	0	0
RT Barber	Wellington	1	2	0	142	117	71.00	—	0	1
JE Ogilvie	Wellington	2	4	0	114	54	28.50	—	1	0
WR Perkins	Wellington	4	8	1	61	22	8.71	—	0	0
JC Tynan	Wellington	2	4	0	57	29	14.25	—	0	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	2	4	1	54	33*	18.00	—	0	0
JCA Thomson	Wellington	4	8	0	46	20	5.75	—	0	0
DW Crowe	Wellington	1	2	0	20	17	10.00	—	0	0
TS Malloch	Wellington	2	4	1	19	12	6.33	—	0	0
ME Giles	Wellington	1	2	0	15	10	7.50	—	0	0
TG McMahon	Wellington	3	6	0	14	9	2.33	—	0	0
EJD Newbigin	Wellington	1	2	1	9	7	9.00	—	0	0
LG Williams	Wellington	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	—	0	0
JF Jones	Wellington	2	4	1	5	3	1.67	—	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Wellington 1953/54 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
BD Morrison	Wellington	2	4	673	27	273	17	16.06	39.59	2.43	2	7/42
JF Jones	Wellington	2	3	492	23	213	10	21.30	49.20	2.60	0	4/39
FE Fisher	Wellington	4	7	984	58	454	8	56.75	123.00	2.77	0	3/67
JCA Thomson	Wellington	4	7	826	35	377	7	53.86	118.00	2.74	0	4/93
TS Malloch	Wellington	2	4	432	17	182	6	30.33	72.00	2.53	0	2/59
EJD Newbigin	Wellington	1	2	250	7	128	3	42.67	83.33	3.07	0	3/37
JC Tynan	Wellington	2	2	66	0	48	2	24.00	33.00	4.36	0	1/11
WR Perkins	Wellington	4	5	318	11	158	1	158.00	318.00	2.98	0	1/45
ME Giles	Wellington	1	1	132	4	64	0	—	—	2.91	0	0/64
KFH Smith	Wellington	1	1	6	0	9	0	—	—	9.00	0	0/9

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 1953/54. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1953/54 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	4	0	3	1	0	1,721	77	22.35	311	2,030	57	35.61

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 · 1953/54

Latest 4 of 4 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1954-01-15 to 1954-01-19 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 176 & 411/6d
Wellington: 87 & 303

Auckland won by 197 runs

1954-01-07 to 1954-01-09 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 200 & 268
Otago: 302 & 169

Otago won by 3 runs

1954-01-01 to 1954-01-04 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 547/5d
Wellington: 270 & 149

Canterbury won by an innings and 128 runs

1953-12-25 to 1953-12-29 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 133 & 311/7d
Central Districts: 293/9d & 132/7

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Wellington 1953/54 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
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 1953/54 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1953/54 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
KFH Smith	141*	Central Districts	1953-12-25
RT Barber	117	Otago	1954-01-07
KFH Smith	73	Canterbury	1954-01-01
RA Vance	61	Canterbury	1954-01-01
JE Ogilvie	54	Auckland	1954-01-15

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1953/54 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BD Morrison	7/42	Otago	1954-01-07
BD Morrison	5/60	Auckland	1954-01-15
JF Jones	4/39	Central Districts	1953-12-25
JF Jones	4/55	Central Districts	1953-12-25
BD Morrison	4/70	Otago	1954-01-07

* 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 · 1909-12-27 to 2026-03-27

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Wellington 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: 1909-12-27 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.