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Wellington 1956/57 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 1956/57; Tests are excluded.

LSM Miller leads the displayed batting table with 366 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 46 wickets.

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

Selected season match starts: 1956-12-25 to 1957-01-25. 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 1956/57. 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 1956/57

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 1956/57 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
LSM Miller	5	366
AH Preston	5	214
RT Barber	5	195
BW Sinclair	5	192
RA Vance	5	174

Recorded innings through 1957-01-25. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	5	46
BD Morrison	4	15
LA Clark	4	11
EW Dempster	5	5
AH Preston	5	4

Recorded innings through 1957-01-25. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1956/57

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 · 13 players

Wellington 1956/57 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
LSM Miller	Wellington	5	8	3	366	83	73.20	—	4	0
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	2	214	122	35.67	—	0	1
RT Barber	Wellington	5	8	0	195	70	24.38	—	2	0
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	8	2	192	44	32.00	—	0	0
RA Vance	Wellington	5	8	0	174	109	21.75	—	0	1
EW Dempster	Wellington	5	8	0	169	105	21.13	—	1	1
JEF Beck	Wellington	5	8	0	116	56	14.50	—	1	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	8	1	92	39	13.14	—	0	0
LA Clark	Wellington	4	6	1	74	68*	14.80	—	1	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	4	6	2	30	21	7.50	—	0	0
WM Curtis	Wellington	5	8	0	22	13	2.75	—	0	0
AJ Cook	Wellington	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0
WJR Haskell	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Wellington 1956/57 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	5	9	1,334	83	436	46	9.48	29.00	1.96	6	9/72
BD Morrison	Wellington	4	7	1,005	70	314	15	20.93	67.00	1.87	1	5/58
LA Clark	Wellington	4	6	906	50	344	11	31.27	82.36	2.28	1	5/60
EW Dempster	Wellington	5	8	1,032	64	287	5	57.40	206.40	1.67	0	2/20
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	379	17	166	4	41.50	94.75	2.63	0	2/32
JEF Beck	Wellington	2	2	24	1	10	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/4
AJ Cook	Wellington	1	1	18	0	9	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/9
WJR Haskell	Wellington	1	2	72	5	28	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/14

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 1956/57. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1956/57 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	0	1	0	1,728	51	33.88	380	1,701	86	19.78

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 · 1956/57

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

1957-01-25 to 1957-01-26 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 34 & 144
Wellington: 154 & 25/0

Wellington won by 10 wickets

1957-01-18 to 1957-01-19 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 332
Auckland: 163 & 121

Wellington won by an innings and 48 runs

1957-01-12 to 1957-01-15 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 379 & 97/1
Northern Districts: 195 & 280

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1957-01-01 to 1957-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 380/9d & 71/1
Canterbury: 228 & 222

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1956-12-25 to 1956-12-27 · Cook's Gardens, Wanganui

Central Districts: 314/6
Wellington: 290

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Wellington 1956/57 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	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 1956/57 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1956/57 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AH Preston	122	Northern Districts	1957-01-12
RA Vance	109	Central Districts	1956-12-25
EW Dempster	105	Canterbury	1957-01-01
LSM Miller	83	Auckland	1957-01-18
LSM Miller	81*	Otago	1957-01-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1956/57 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RW Blair	9/72	Auckland	1957-01-18
RW Blair	9/75	Canterbury	1957-01-01
RW Blair	6/13	Otago	1957-01-25
RW Blair	5/36	Northern Districts	1957-01-12
BD Morrison	5/58	Northern Districts	1957-01-12

* 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 · 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.