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Wellington 1961/62 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 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

BW Sinclair leads the displayed batting table with 343 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 39 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 11
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1961-12-25 to 1962-02-01. 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 1961/62. 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 1961/62

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 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BW Sinclair	5	343
BAG Murray	5	252
LC Butler	5	221
JEF Beck	5	191
AH Preston	5	119

Recorded innings through 1962-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	5	39
GT McConnell	5	20
BD Morrison	5	16
JS Parson	5	11
LC Butler	4	8

Recorded innings through 1962-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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 · 11 players

Wellington 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	8	1	343	88	49.00	—	3	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	8	0	252	133	31.50	—	0	1
LC Butler	Wellington	5	8	1	221	101*	31.57	—	0	1
JEF Beck	Wellington	5	8	1	191	103*	27.29	—	0	1
AH Preston	Wellington	5	8	1	119	51	17.00	—	1	0
RA Vance	Wellington	5	8	0	118	51	14.75	—	1	0
GT McConnell	Wellington	5	8	1	93	38	13.29	—	0	0
RW Blair	Wellington	5	8	0	89	26	11.13	—	0	0
TG McMahon	Wellington	5	8	1	71	29*	10.14	—	0	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	8	3	45	27*	9.00	—	0	0
JS Parson	Wellington	5	8	1	36	15	5.14	—	0	0

Bowling · 7 players

Wellington 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	5	10	1,183	86	359	39	9.21	30.33	1.82	4	6/40
GT McConnell	Wellington	5	8	750	47	266	20	13.30	37.50	2.13	1	6/41
BD Morrison	Wellington	5	10	1,103	85	303	16	18.94	68.94	1.65	0	4/14
JS Parson	Wellington	5	10	516	26	220	11	20.00	46.91	2.56	0	3/22
LC Butler	Wellington	4	7	504	31	164	8	20.50	63.00	1.95	1	5/34
BAG Murray	Wellington	2	2	12	1	10	1	10.00	12.00	5.00	0	1/0
AH Preston	Wellington	1	1	66	3	19	1	19.00	66.00	1.73	0	1/19

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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1961/62 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	1	0	0	1,657	66	25.11	429	1,394	99	14.08

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-02-01 to 1962-02-03 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 245 & 146
Wellington: 135 & 229

Auckland won by 27 runs

1962-01-27 to 1962-01-29 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 143 & 57
Wellington: 155 & 80

Wellington won by 35 runs

1962-01-02 to 1962-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 232 & 61/1
Canterbury: 81/9d & 211

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1961-12-29 to 1961-12-30 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 82 & 188
Wellington: 429/5d

Wellington won by an innings and 159 runs

1961-12-25 to 1961-12-26 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 336
Otago: 79 & 162

Wellington won by an innings and 95 runs

Recorded venues

Wellington 1961/62 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1
Seddon 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 1961/62 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BAG Murray	133	Central Districts	1961-12-29
JEF Beck	103*	Central Districts	1961-12-29
LC Butler	101*	Central Districts	1961-12-29
BW Sinclair	88	Otago	1961-12-25
BW Sinclair	83	Canterbury	1962-01-02

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1961/62 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RW Blair	6/40	Canterbury	1962-01-02
GT McConnell	6/41	Otago	1961-12-25
RW Blair	6/56	Northern Districts	1962-01-27
RW Blair	5/22	Central Districts	1961-12-29
RW Blair	5/30	Northern Districts	1962-01-27

* 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.