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Wellington 1958/59 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 1958/59; Tests are excluded.

JR Reid leads the displayed batting table with 474 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 29 wickets.

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Showing 1958/59 · Plunket Shield · Wellington

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

Selected season match starts: 1958-12-25 to 1959-01-16. 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 1958/59. 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 1958/59

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 1958/59 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JR Reid	5	474
AH Preston	5	260
RA Vance	4	162
AF Nightingale	5	149
RW Blair	5	145

Recorded innings through 1959-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1958/59 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	5	29
LC Butler	5	20
JR Reid	5	18
RE Reid	5	11
BD Morrison	3	4

Recorded innings through 1959-01-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1958/59

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 · 15 players

Wellington 1958/59 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JR Reid	Wellington	5	10	2	474	191*	59.25	—	2	1
AH Preston	Wellington	5	10	0	260	71	26.00	—	2	0
RA Vance	Wellington	4	8	0	162	64	20.25	—	1	0
AF Nightingale	Wellington	5	10	0	149	61	14.90	—	1	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	3	145	37*	20.71	—	0	0
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	0	129	35	12.90	—	0	0
RE Reid	Wellington	5	10	3	126	33*	18.00	—	0	0
RT Barber	Wellington	4	8	1	125	45	17.86	—	0	0
IN Brennan	Wellington	3	6	0	102	40	17.00	—	0	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	1	2	0	53	48	26.50	—	0	0
WM Curtis	Wellington	5	10	0	46	13	4.60	—	0	0
DN Macleod	Wellington	2	4	0	33	32	8.25	—	0	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	3	6	3	16	6*	5.33	—	0	0
JEF Beck	Wellington	1	2	0	13	11	6.50	—	0	0
JH Bray	Wellington	2	4	0	9	7	2.25	—	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Wellington 1958/59 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	1,656	79	566	29	19.52	57.10	2.05	2	7/55
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	983	49	355	20	17.75	49.15	2.17	0	4/42
JR Reid	Wellington	5	9	765	43	289	18	16.06	42.50	2.27	1	7/38
RE Reid	Wellington	5	9	1,122	68	358	11	32.55	102.00	1.91	0	4/43
BD Morrison	Wellington	3	6	822	44	270	4	67.50	205.50	1.97	0	2/76
AH Preston	Wellington	3	5	102	2	47	2	23.50	51.00	2.76	0	2/19
RT Barber	Wellington	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
JH Bray	Wellington	1	1	42	0	26	0	—	—	3.71	0	0/26
IN Brennan	Wellington	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2
AF Nightingale	Wellington	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1

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 1958/59. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1958/59 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	3	2	0	0	1,953	90	21.70	334	2,008	89	22.56

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 · 1958/59

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

1959-01-16 to 1959-01-19 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 219 & 130/3
Wellington: 76 & 272

Otago won by 7 wickets

1959-01-09 to 1959-01-12 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 328 & 74/3
Central Districts: 239 & 161

Wellington won by 7 wickets

1959-01-01 to 1959-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 149 & 334/7
Northern Districts: 283 & 198/6d

Wellington won by 3 wickets

1958-12-29 to 1958-12-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 305 & 97
Wellington: 148 & 272

Wellington won by 18 runs

1958-12-25 to 1958-12-27 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 170 & 130
Auckland: 202 & 174

Auckland won by 76 runs

Recorded venues

Wellington 1958/59 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Carisbrook, Dunedin	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 1958/59 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1958/59 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	191*	Northern Districts	1959-01-01
AH Preston	71	Central Districts	1959-01-09
AH Preston	65	Canterbury	1958-12-29
RA Vance	64	Otago	1959-01-16
AF Nightingale	61	Northern Districts	1959-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1958/59 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JR Reid	7/38	Canterbury	1958-12-29
RW Blair	7/55	Auckland	1958-12-25
RW Blair	5/51	Northern Districts	1959-01-01
LC Butler	4/42	Canterbury	1958-12-29
RE Reid	4/43	Auckland	1958-12-25

* 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.