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Wellington 1973/74 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 1973/74; Tests are excluded.

RW Smith leads the displayed batting table with 386 runs. EJ Chatfield leads the bowling table with 26 wickets.

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Showing 1973/74 · Plunket Shield · Wellington

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1973-12-22 to 1974-01-08. 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 1973/74. 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 1973/74

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 1973/74 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RW Smith	5	386
GP Bilby	5	332
GA Newdick	5	309
PB McGregor	5	214
IJ Therkleson	5	125

Recorded innings through 1974-01-08. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Wellington Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
EJ Chatfield	5	26
RO Collinge	5	22
T Vaikvee	3	11
BR Taylor	4	9
BD Smith	4	8

Recorded innings through 1974-01-08. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1973/74

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 · 14 players

Wellington 1973/74 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RW Smith	Wellington	5	10	2	386	87*	48.25	—	3	0
GP Bilby	Wellington	5	10	2	332	109	41.50	—	2	1
GA Newdick	Wellington	5	10	0	309	92	30.90	—	3	0
PB McGregor	Wellington	5	10	1	214	81	23.78	—	2	0
IJ Therkleson	Wellington	5	10	4	125	49*	20.83	—	0	0
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	1	113	45	12.56	—	0	0
BD Smith	Wellington	4	8	2	106	36	17.67	—	0	0
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	8	0	90	27	11.25	—	0	0
T Vaikvee	Wellington	4	8	1	84	41*	12.00	—	0	0
BJ Middleton	Wellington	3	6	0	71	24	11.83	—	0	0
BW Cederwall	Wellington	3	6	1	44	20	8.80	—	0	0
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	2	0	31	22	15.50	—	0	0
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	5	10	1	8	5	0.89	—	0	0
MJ Coles	Wellington	1	2	1	5	5*	5.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Wellington 1973/74 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
EJ Chatfield	Wellington	5	10	791	33	364	26	14.00	30.42	2.76	2	7/34
RO Collinge	Wellington	5	10	949	39	456	22	20.73	43.14	2.88	2	5/37
T Vaikvee	Wellington	3	6	387	15	247	11	22.45	35.18	3.83	0	4/41
BR Taylor	Wellington	4	8	486	16	234	9	26.00	54.00	2.89	0	4/28
BD Smith	Wellington	4	8	558	28	226	8	28.25	69.75	2.43	0	3/65
MJ Coles	Wellington	1	2	156	7	83	4	20.75	39.00	3.19	0	2/28
PB McGregor	Wellington	2	2	108	4	49	2	24.50	54.00	2.72	0	2/33
HA Morgan	Wellington	1	2	168	14	65	2	32.50	84.00	2.32	0	1/21
GP Bilby	Wellington	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6
GA Newdick	Wellington	1	1	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/4
BW Cederwall	Wellington	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0

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 1973/74. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Wellington 1973/74 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	5	4	0	1	0	2,038	65	31.35	349	1,943	95	20.45

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 · 1973/74

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

1974-01-08 to 1974-01-10 · Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Northern Districts: 184 & 223
Wellington: 277/9d & 228/2d

Wellington won by 98 runs

1974-01-04 to 1974-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 296/7d & 200/8d
Wellington: 349/7d & 54/2

Match drawn

1974-01-01 to 1974-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 121 & 227
Otago: 109 & 160

Wellington won by 79 runs

1973-12-26 to 1973-12-28 · Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Districts: 115 & 275
Wellington: 254/9d & 146/4d

Wellington won by 10 runs

1973-12-22 to 1973-12-24 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 225/9d & 157/3
Canterbury: 156 & 225

Wellington won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Wellington 1973/74 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Cobham Oval, Whangarei	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	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 1973/74 for Wellington, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1973/74 batting innings records for Wellington
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GP Bilby	109	Northern Districts	1974-01-08
GA Newdick	92	Auckland	1974-01-04
RW Smith	87*	Northern Districts	1974-01-08
GP Bilby	82	Auckland	1974-01-04
PB McGregor	81	Otago	1974-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1973/74 bowling innings records for Wellington
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EJ Chatfield	7/34	Otago	1974-01-01
RO Collinge	5/37	Central Districts	1973-12-26
EJ Chatfield	5/53	Otago	1974-01-01
RO Collinge	5/82	Central Districts	1973-12-26
BR Taylor	4/28	Canterbury	1973-12-22

* 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

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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.