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Wellington 1965/66 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 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

BW Sinclair leads the displayed batting table with 395 runs. AR Taylor leads the bowling table with 23 wickets.

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Showing 1965/66 · Plunket Shield · Wellington

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 11
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1965-12-25 to 1966-02-04. 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 1965/66. 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 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BW Sinclair	5	395
GP Bilby	5	333
PB Truscott	5	201
AE Dick	5	167
BAG Murray	5	163

Recorded innings through 1966-02-04. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AR Taylor	5	23
LC Butler	5	19
HA Morgan	5	18
BAG Murray	4	11
NA Huxford	5	11

Recorded innings through 1966-02-04. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

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 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	2	395	80	56.43	—	4	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	9	1	333	161	41.63	—	1	1
PB Truscott	Wellington	5	9	0	201	77	22.33	—	1	0
AE Dick	Wellington	5	9	0	167	60	18.56	—	1	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	9	0	163	53	18.11	—	1	0
DO Neely	Wellington	5	9	1	128	74	16.00	—	1	0
PT Barton	Wellington	5	9	2	110	37*	15.71	—	0	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	1	102	33	12.75	—	0	0
LC Butler	Wellington	5	9	3	79	29	13.17	—	0	0
AR Taylor	Wellington	5	9	0	22	10	2.44	—	0	0
NA Huxford	Wellington	5	9	3	9	7*	1.50	—	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Wellington 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AR Taylor	Wellington	5	10	1,251	73	386	23	16.78	54.39	1.85	1	6/47
LC Butler	Wellington	5	10	1,793	138	389	19	20.47	94.37	1.30	0	3/28
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	10	1,089	70	322	18	17.89	60.50	1.77	0	3/19
BAG Murray	Wellington	4	6	371	14	123	11	11.18	33.73	1.99	0	4/43
NA Huxford	Wellington	5	10	1,240	84	322	11	29.27	112.73	1.56	0	3/24
PT Barton	Wellington	3	3	132	8	45	1	45.00	132.00	2.05	0	1/3
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	12	1	2	1	2.00	12.00	1.00	0	1/2
BW Sinclair	Wellington	2	2	42	3	10	0	—	—	1.43	0	0/0
PB Truscott	Wellington	2	2	36	1	24	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
DO Neely	Wellington	1	1	12	1	3	0	—	—	1.50	0	0/3

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 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1965/66 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	3	0	2	0	1,806	63	28.67	385	1,733	87	19.92

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 · 1965/66

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

1966-02-04 to 1966-02-07 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 225 & 163/8d
Wellington: 160 & 230/7

Wellington won by 3 wickets

1966-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 176 & 174/6d
Wellington: 181/7d & 170/8

Wellington won by 2 wickets

1966-01-03 to 1966-01-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 163 & 74/2
Canterbury: 122 & 201

Match drawn

1966-01-01 to 1966-01-31 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 216 & 89/3
Wellington: 352 & 91/5d

Match drawn

1965-12-25 to 1965-12-28 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 385/4d
Otago: 187 & 180

Wellington won by an innings and 18 runs

Recorded venues

Wellington 1965/66 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Eden Park, Auckland	1
McLean Park, Napier	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 1965/66 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GP Bilby	161	Otago	1965-12-25
BW Sinclair	80	Central Districts	1966-01-01
BW Sinclair	79	Northern Districts	1966-02-01
PB Truscott	77	Otago	1965-12-25
DO Neely	74	Central Districts	1966-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1965/66 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AR Taylor	6/47	Northern Districts	1966-02-01
AR Taylor	4/35	Central Districts	1966-01-01
BAG Murray	4/43	Auckland	1966-02-04
HA Morgan	3/19	Auckland	1966-02-04
NA Huxford	3/24	Canterbury	1966-01-03

* 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.