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Plunket Shield 1908/09 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1908/09; Tests are excluded.

CG Wilson leads the displayed batting table with 172 runs. AE Relf leads the bowling table with 17 wickets.

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Showing 1908/09 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 2
Recorded players: 35
Recorded teams: 3
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1908-12-28 to 1909-01-01. 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 1908/09. 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 1908/09

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1908/09 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
CG Wilson	1	172
AE Relf	2	124
AE Hadden	2	99
EV Sale	2	79
LG Hemus	2	71

Recorded innings through 1909-01-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1908/09 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AE Relf	2	17
AM Howden	1	12
E Humphreys	1	10
CW Wordsworth	1	5
AH Fisher	1	5

Recorded innings through 1909-01-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1908/09

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 35 players

Plunket Shield 1908/09 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
CG Wilson	Otago	1	2	0	172	144	86.00	—	0	1	27
AE Relf	Auckland	2	4	0	124	64	31.00	—	1	0	0
AE Hadden	Auckland	2	4	1	99	57*	33.00	—	1	0	0
EV Sale	Auckland	2	4	0	79	34	19.75	—	0	0	0
LG Hemus	Auckland	2	4	0	71	50	17.75	—	1	0	0
A Anthony	Canterbury	1	2	0	68	63	34.00	—	1	0	0
E Humphreys	Canterbury	1	2	0	63	43	31.50	—	0	0	0
F Williams	Otago	1	2	0	52	35	26.00	—	0	0	0
W Brook-Smith	Auckland	2	4	1	44	16*	14.67	—	0	0	0
GB Cummings	Auckland	2	4	1	42	14	14.00	—	0	0	0
HG Siedeberg	Otago	1	2	0	41	39	20.50	—	0	0	0
D Reese	Canterbury	1	2	0	40	31	20.00	—	0	0	0
CC Hopkins	Otago	1	2	0	39	21	19.50	—	0	0	0
CE Howden	Otago	1	2	0	34	33	17.00	—	0	0	0
E MacCormick	Auckland	2	4	1	34	16*	11.33	—	0	0	0
W Robinson	Auckland	2	4	1	28	23	9.33	—	0	0	0
WI Stemson	Auckland	1	2	0	26	16	13.00	—	0	0	0
C Boxshall	Canterbury	1	2	0	25	18	12.50	—	0	0	0
A Sims	Canterbury	1	2	0	25	13	12.50	—	0	0	0
GG Austin	Otago	1	2	0	25	13	12.50	—	0	0	0
RM Rutherford	Otago	1	2	0	25	14	12.50	—	0	0	0
RC Torrance	Otago	1	2	1	22	13*	22.00	—	0	0	0
FR Mason	Auckland	2	4	0	21	13	5.25	—	0	0	0
AH Fisher	Otago	1	2	0	20	19	10.00	—	0	0	0
SA Orchard	Canterbury	1	2	0	20	18	10.00	—	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1908/09 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
BB Wood	Canterbury	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	—
FL McMahon	Auckland	1	2	0	15	14	7.50	—
F Ayles	Otago	1	2	1	12	9	12.00	—
CW Wordsworth	Otago	1	2	0	10	6	5.00	—
HB Lusk	Canterbury	1	2	0	10	6	5.00	—
KM Ollivier	Canterbury	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—
JH Bennett	Canterbury	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—
AM Howden	Auckland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—
TJ Malone	Canterbury	1	2	2	1	1*	—	—
SP Jones	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling · 22 players

Plunket Shield 1908/09 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AE Relf	Auckland	2	4	900	68	205	17	12.06	52.94	1.37	2	7/42
AM Howden	Auckland	1	2	294	8	148	12	12.33	24.50	3.02	2	7/87
E Humphreys	Canterbury	1	2	408	25	120	10	12.00	40.80	1.76	1	6/23
CW Wordsworth	Otago	1	2	246	10	102	5	20.40	49.20	2.49	0	3/50
AH Fisher	Otago	1	2	321	20	80	5	16.00	64.20	1.50	1	5/50
RC Torrance	Otago	1	2	222	12	70	4	17.50	55.50	1.89	0	2/27
JH Bennett	Canterbury	1	2	384	37	66	3	22.00	128.00	1.03	0	3/48
AE Hadden	Auckland	2	4	240	7	108	3	36.00	80.00	2.70	0	2/22
TJ Malone	Canterbury	1	2	180	1	94	3	31.33	60.00	3.13	0	2/37
A Anthony	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	3	2	1.50	6.00	1.50	0	2/3
W Brook-Smith	Auckland	2	3	240	16	59	2	29.50	120.00	1.48	0	2/30
FL McMahon	Auckland	1	1	96	3	43	2	21.50	48.00	2.69	0	2/43
GB Cummings	Auckland	1	1	90	6	40	1	40.00	90.00	2.67	0	1/40
SA Orchard	Canterbury	1	2	12	0	10	1	10.00	12.00	5.00	0	1/6
RM Rutherford	Otago	1	2	72	3	21	1	21.00	72.00	1.75	0	1/19
WI Stemson	Auckland	1	2	132	3	48	1	48.00	132.00	2.18	0	1/30
D Reese	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
GG Austin	Otago	1	2	36	3	10	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/0
F Ayles	Otago	1	1	18	2	1	0	—	—	0.33	0	0/1
CE Howden	Otago	1	2	36	2	7	0	—	—	1.17	0	0/1
FR Mason	Auckland	1	2	102	3	63	0	—	—	3.71	0	0/19
EV Sale	Auckland	1	1	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/15

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 comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1908/09. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1908/09 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	2	1	0	1	687	35	19.63	239	796	40	19.90
Canterbury	1	0	1	0	299	20	14.95	187	331	20	16.55
Otago	1	0	0	1	497	20	24.85	338	356	15	23.73

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 · 1908/09

Latest 2 of 2 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1909-01-01 to 1909-01-04 · Victoria Park, Auckland

Auckland: 239 & 92
Canterbury: 112 & 187

Auckland won by 32 runs

1908-12-28 to 1908-12-30 · Auckland Domain, Auckland

Auckland: 196 & 160/5
Otago: 338 & 159

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1908/09 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Auckland Domain, Auckland	1
Victoria Park, Auckland	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 1908/09, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1908/09 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CG Wilson	144	Auckland	1908-12-28
AE Relf	64	Otago	1908-12-28
A Anthony	63	Auckland	1909-01-01
AE Hadden	57*	Otago	1908-12-28
LG Hemus	50	Canterbury	1909-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1908/09 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AE Relf	7/42	Canterbury	1909-01-01
AM Howden	7/87	Otago	1908-12-28
E Humphreys	6/23	Auckland	1909-01-01
AH Fisher	5/50	Auckland	1908-12-28
AE Relf	5/59	Canterbury	1909-01-01

* 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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Recorded teams

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for 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: 1907-12-14 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.