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Wellington 1972/73 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 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

BR Taylor leads the displayed batting table with 380 runs. RO Collinge leads the bowling table with 23 wickets.

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

Selected season match starts: 1972-12-23 to 1973-01-09. 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 1972/73. 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 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
BR Taylor	5	380
JV Coney	5	353
JFM Morrison	5	315
GA Newdick	5	212
BD Smith	5	196

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RO Collinge	5	23
BR Taylor	4	17
AR Hounsell	5	16
WA Greenstreet	5	14
BD Smith	4	5

Recorded innings through 1973-01-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
BR Taylor	Wellington	5	10	0	380	173	38.00	—	2	1
JV Coney	Wellington	5	10	3	353	94	50.43	—	4	0
JFM Morrison	Wellington	5	10	2	315	180*	39.38	—	1	1
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	10	2	212	101	26.50	—	0	1
BD Smith	Wellington	5	10	2	196	70	24.50	—	2	0
RW Smith	Wellington	5	10	1	126	48	14.00	—	0	0
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	6	1	121	46	24.20	—	0	0
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	10	2	88	33	11.00	—	0	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	10	0	75	43	7.50	—	0	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	0	43	18	4.30	—	0	0
AR Hounsell	Wellington	5	10	0	18	9	1.80	—	0	0
PJ Malcon	Wellington	2	4	1	9	6*	3.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Wellington 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	9	750	26	390	23	16.96	32.61	3.12	1	5/37
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	8	696	22	370	17	21.76	40.94	3.19	1	6/37
AR Hounsell	Wellington	5	9	578	14	336	16	21.00	36.13	3.49	0	4/35
WA Greenstreet	Wellington	5	9	715	32	428	14	30.57	51.07	3.59	0	3/44
BD Smith	Wellington	4	6	268	14	168	5	33.60	53.60	3.76	0	2/13
JFM Morrison	Wellington	3	4	108	6	71	3	23.67	36.00	3.94	0	2/36
BAG Murray	Wellington	3	3	168	6	101	0	—	—	3.61	0	0/25
JV Coney	Wellington	1	1	36	0	39	0	—	—	6.50	0	0/39

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1972/73 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	2,022	64	31.59	410	1,986	81	24.52

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 · 1972/73

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

1973-01-09 to 1973-01-11 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 338/5d
Wellington: 322/6d & 2/0

Match drawn

1973-01-05 to 1973-01-07 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 250/9d & 218
Wellington: 349 & 137

Wellington won by 18 runs

1973-01-01 to 1973-01-03 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 256 & 247/5d
Central Districts: 196 & 280/7

Match drawn

1972-12-28 to 1972-12-30 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 410 & 77/4
Northern Districts: 252 & 233

Wellington won by 6 wickets

1972-12-23 to 1972-12-25 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 208/9d & 14/0
Auckland: 112 & 107

Wellington won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Wellington 1972/73 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 1972/73 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JFM Morrison	180*	Northern Districts	1972-12-28
BR Taylor	173	Otago	1973-01-09
GA Newdick	101	Canterbury	1973-01-05
JV Coney	94	Otago	1973-01-09
BR Taylor	91	Canterbury	1973-01-05

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1972/73 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BR Taylor	6/37	Auckland	1972-12-23
RO Collinge	5/37	Central Districts	1973-01-01
RO Collinge	4/22	Auckland	1972-12-23
AR Hounsell	4/35	Canterbury	1973-01-05
BR Taylor	4/43	Northern Districts	1972-12-28

* 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.