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Table of provincial cricket records

Provincial records
As at 1 September 2014
Team Most games Most runs Most wickets
  Player Games Player Runs Player Wickets
Otago Warren Lees 108 Craig Cumming 6,589 Stephen Boock 399
Auckland Tim McIntosh 102 Tim McIntosh 5,980 Hedley Howarth 332
Canterbury Paul McEwan 103 Peter Fulton 6,705 Mark Priest 290
Wellington Evan Gray 120 Mathew Bell 6,565 Ewen Chatfield 403
Central Mathew Sinclair 119 Mathew Sinclair 9,148 David O' Sullivan 392
Northern James Marshall 127 James Marshall 6,418 Graeme Aldridge 316
Top five batting scores
Runs Player Game Location Season
* Not out
385 Bert Sutcliffe Otago v Canterbury Christchurch 1952–53
355 Bert Sutcliffe Otago v Auckland Dunedin 1949–50
*338 Roger Blunt Otago v Canterbury Christchurch 1931–32
*301 Peter Fulton Canterbury v Auckland Christchurch 2002–3
296 John Reid Wellington v Northern Wellington 1962–63
Top five bowling figures
Wickets–Runs Player Teams Location Season
10–28 Albert Moss Canterbury v Wellington Christchurch 1889–90
9–13 Paul Wiseman Canterbury v Central Christchurch 2004–5
9–36 A. F. Wensley Auckland v Otago Auckland 1929–30
9–43 A. T. Eden Nelson v Wellington Wellington 1875–76
9–47 T. H. Dent Hawke's Bay v Wellington Napier 1900–1
Playing records of the first-class New Zealand sides
As at 1 September 2014
Team Played Won Lost Drawn Tied
Canterbury 691 252 231 207 1
Wellington 672 237 215 218 2
Otago 652 186 277 189 0
Auckland 636 242 179 215 0
Central Districts 462 123 146 192 1
Northern Districts 428 107 153 168 0

These tables provide the major records for inter-provincial competition in New Zealand since first-class provincial games began in 1864.  The records were complete at 1 September 2014.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Cricket almanack of New Zealand. Wellington: Sporting Publications, 1948-1997

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Don Neely, Cricket – Provincial cricket, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/38293/table-of-provincial-cricket-records (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Don Neely, i tāngia i te 18 June 2012, updated 1 April 2016.