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Wellington 1970/71 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 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

GA Newdick leads the displayed batting table with 404 runs. RO Collinge leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1970/71 · Plunket Shield · Wellington

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 12
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1970-12-26 to 1971-01-15. 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 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GA Newdick	5	404
BAG Murray	5	402
JFM Morrison	5	312
BW Sinclair	5	286
JD Riley	5	121

Recorded innings through 1971-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RO Collinge	5	20
WA Greenstreet	4	16
BR Taylor	4	13
BA Bolton	4	7
HA Morgan	5	7

Recorded innings through 1971-01-15. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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 · 12 players

Wellington 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	9	1	404	143	50.50	—	1	1
BAG Murray	Wellington	5	9	1	402	99	50.25	—	5	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	9	1	312	108	39.00	—	1	1
BW Sinclair	Wellington	5	9	1	286	67*	35.75	—	2	0
JD Riley	Wellington	5	9	0	121	38	13.44	—	0	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	0	115	50	12.78	—	1	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	9	2	114	40*	16.29	—	0	0
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	7	1	77	34	12.83	—	0	0
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	9	3	61	19*	10.17	—	0	0
BD Smith	Wellington	2	4	1	50	37	16.67	—	0	0
BA Bolton	Wellington	4	7	0	37	14	5.29	—	0	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	9	2	13	11*	1.86	—	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Wellington 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	9	780	25	367	20	18.35	39.00	2.82	2	6/40
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	4	8	689	29	357	16	22.31	43.06	3.11	1	5/74
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	6	575	15	268	13	20.62	44.23	2.80	1	5/45
BA Bolton	Wellington	4	6	233	6	153	7	21.86	33.29	3.94	0	4/22
HA Morgan	Wellington	5	9	588	32	266	7	38.00	84.00	2.71	0	2/7
BD Smith	Wellington	2	4	215	11	100	5	20.00	43.00	2.79	0	3/26
JFM Morrison	Wellington	4	6	288	15	125	3	41.67	96.00	2.60	0	2/23
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	4	114	5	54	2	27.00	57.00	2.84	0	1/5
BW Sinclair	Wellington	1	1	12	2	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
GA Newdick	Wellington	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/2

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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	2	1	2	0	2,059	67	30.73	353	1,776	76	23.37

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 · 1970/71

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

1971-01-15 to 1971-01-18 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 272 & 173/1
Northern Districts: 309 & 133

Wellington won by 9 wickets

1971-01-11 to 1971-01-13 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 353/9d & 172/3d
Auckland: 281/4d & 96/4

Match drawn

1971-01-04 to 1971-01-06 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 149
Wellington: 163/6

Match drawn

1971-01-01 to 1971-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 133 & 125
Wellington: 176/9d & 203

Wellington won by 121 runs

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-29 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 316/9d & 231
Central Districts: 249 & 301/8d

Central Districts won by 3 runs

Recorded venues

Wellington 1970/71 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 1970/71 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GA Newdick	143	Auckland	1971-01-11
JFM Morrison	108	Central Districts	1970-12-26
BAG Murray	99	Northern Districts	1971-01-15
JFM Morrison	88	Northern Districts	1971-01-15
BAG Murray	78*	Auckland	1971-01-11

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1970/71 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
RO Collinge	6/40	Otago	1971-01-01
BR Taylor	5/45	Canterbury	1971-01-04
RO Collinge	5/65	Canterbury	1971-01-04
WA Greenstreet	5/74	Central Districts	1970-12-26
BA Bolton	4/22	Otago	1971-01-01

* 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.