1934–35 Plunket Shield season

The 1934–35 Plunket Shield season was the fourteenth season where the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand, was competed as a league. Canterbury won the championship.

1934–35 Plunket Shield
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
ChampionsCanterbury
Participants4
Matches played6

Table
Table[1]
Team Played W L DWF DLF Pts
842
Canterbury 3200118
Auckland 3111012
Wellington 312008
Otago 301116

Results
Auckland Canterbury Otago Wellington
Auckland Auckland
438 runs
Canterbury Canterbury
5 wickets 		Canterbury
10 wickets
Otago Match drawn Match drawn
Wellington Wellington
8 wickets
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn

Round 1
24–26 December 1934
Scorecard
v
255 (63.5 overs)
CJ Elmes 94
ED Blundell 6/82 (26.5 overs)
242 (66.5 overs)
JR Lamason 103
FT Badcock 6/98 (28.5 overs)
133 (42.4 overs)
CK Saxton 23
ED Blundell 5/48 (18.4 overs)
148/2 (52.2 overs)
EWT Tindill 82*
GR Dickinson 1/28 (12.2 overs)
Wellington won by 8 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: LT Cobcroft and C Moore
  • Otago won the toss and elected to bat
25–28 December 1934
Scorecard
v
279 (108.1 overs)
HG Vivian 70
S Andrews 3/41 (23 overs)
230 (101.5 overs)
FWJ Bellamy 77
LF Townsend 5/66 (32.5 overs)
187 (93.3 overs)
RG Bush 55
M Graham 3/27 (18 overs)
237/5 (95.3 overs)
FWJ Bellamy 49
J Cowie 3/66 (29 overs)
Canterbury won by 5 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: T Burgess and J Forrester
  • Auckland won the toss and elected to bat

Round 2
31 December 1934 – 2 January 1935
Scorecard
v
323 (106.4 overs)
FWJ Bellamy 113
ED Blundell 4/113 (34 overs)
155 (62.1 overs)
JA Ell 41
FWJ Bellamy 5/31 (17.1 overs)
74/0 (22.5 overs)
JL Kerr 44*
241 (f-o) (88 overs)
JR Lamason 90
S Andrews 6/59 (25 overs)
Canterbury won by 10 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: T Burgess and J Forrester
  • Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat
31 December 1934 – 3 January 1935
Scorecard
Otago (H)
v
278 (100.1 overs)
KFM Uttley 62
LF Townsend 5/83 (35.1 overs)
450 (191.2 overs)
HG Vivian 101
CJ Elmes 4/72 (26 overs)
42/2 (29 overs)
CK Saxton 22*
J Cowie 1/7 (4 overs)
Match drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: W Mackersey and A Downes
  • Otago won the toss and elected to bat

Round 3
18–22 January 1935
Scorecard
v
401 (135.5 overs)
PE Whitelaw 115
JR Lamason 5/101 (29 overs)
255 (101.1 overs)
EG McLeod 69
LF Townsend 5/89 (37.1 overs)
431/7d (117 overs)
PE Whitelaw 155
JR Lamason 4/109 (32 overs)
139 (73.5 overs)
EWT Tindill 37
LF Townsend 7/25 (19.5 overs)
Auckland won by 438 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DL Ryan and OR Montgomery
  • Auckland won the toss and elected to bat
  • 20 January was taken as a rest day.
22–26 February 1935
Scorecard
Otago (H)
v
248 (83 overs)
FT Badcock 136
M Graham 5/76 (27 overs)
141 (84.4 overs)
WA Hadlee 37
GR Dickinson 5/26 (22 overs)
241/7d (71.1 overs)
RO Talbot 69
M Graham 4/50 (22 overs)
151/5 (55 overs)
JL Kerr 59
GR Dickinson 2/27 (11 overs)
Match drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: G McQueen and W Butler
  • Otago won the toss and elected to bat
  • There was no play on the first day
    24 February was taken as a rest day.

Statistics

Most runs

Paul Whitelaw of Auckland was the highest scorer with 384 runs at an average of 76.80. He was the only player to score two centuries.[2]

Most wickets

Les Townsend, playing for Auckland, was the leading wicket-taker with 24 at an average of 13.91.[3]

References
  1. "Plunket Shield 1934-35 Table". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1934/35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. "Bowling in Plunket Shield 1934/35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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