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Plunket Shield 1918/19 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1918/19; Tests are excluded.

NHP Jones leads the displayed batting table with 224 runs. DJ McBeath leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1918/19 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 40
Recorded teams: 3
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1918-12-25 to 1919-02-21. 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 1918/19. 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 1918/19

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 1918/19 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
NHP Jones	3	224
BB Wood	3	196
J Gray	3	192
WR Patrick	3	186
HEL Burton	2	174

Recorded innings through 1919-02-21. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1918/19 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DJ McBeath	3	25
JS Hiddleston	2	17
JN McEwin	3	15
SG Smith	1	12
BA Marris	2	10

Recorded innings through 1919-02-21. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1918/19

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 · 40 players

Plunket Shield 1918/19 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
NHP Jones	Canterbury	3	6	0	224	88	37.33	—	3	0	7	0
BB Wood	Canterbury	3	6	0	196	95	32.67	—	1	0	9	0
J Gray	Canterbury	3	6	1	192	100	38.40	—	0	1	19	1
WR Patrick	Canterbury	3	6	1	186	87*	37.20	—	1	0	0	0
HEL Burton	Wellington	2	4	0	174	66	43.50	—	2	0	0	0
LR Brunton	Canterbury	3	6	1	163	40	32.60	—	0	0	7	1
AW Thomas	Canterbury	3	6	1	162	73	32.40	—	2	0	11	2
HN Lambert	Wellington	2	4	0	158	51	39.50	—	1	0	0	0
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	2	4	0	109	68	27.25	—	1	0	0	0
JH Hutchings	Wellington	2	4	2	96	36*	48.00	—	0	0	0	0
HB Lusk	Canterbury	1	2	0	94	94	47.00	4,700.00	1	0	13	2
LG Hemus	Auckland	1	2	0	88	47	44.00	—	0	0	7	0
WA Baker	Wellington	2	4	0	79	33	19.75	—	0	0	0	0
JN McEwin	Canterbury	3	6	0	73	27	12.17	—	0	0	2	0
AWS Brice	Wellington	1	2	1	68	50*	68.00	—	1	0	0	0
JW Condliffe	Wellington	2	4	0	65	46	16.25	—	0	0	0	0
E Horspool	Auckland	1	2	0	60	49	30.00	—	0	0	7	0
HM McGirr	Wellington	2	4	0	52	19	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
DR Garrard	Auckland	1	2	1	52	52*	52.00	2,600.00	1	0	6	0
PS Foster	Canterbury	1	2	0	44	31	22.00	—	0	0	0	0
CG Wilson	Wellington	1	2	0	41	23	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
WH Graham	Auckland	1	2	0	36	30	18.00	—	0	0	4	0
FA Midlane	Auckland	1	2	0	34	28	17.00	—	0	0	3	0
WHJ Hayes	Canterbury	1	2	0	30	30	15.00	—	0	0	2	1
RG Sloman	Auckland	1	2	0	29	20	14.50	—	0	0	5	0

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Plunket Shield 1918/19 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s
BA Marris	Wellington	2	4	2	26	15	13.00	—	0	0
RC Blunt	Canterbury	1	2	0	23	17	11.50	—	0	0
EM Beechey	Wellington	1	2	0	23	13	11.50	—	0	0
DM Patrick	Wellington	1	2	0	21	16	10.50	—	0	0
WB Howell	Canterbury	2	4	1	20	10	6.67	—	2	1
P Beveridge	Auckland	1	2	0	19	19	9.50	—	3	0
MH Dind	Wellington	1	2	0	19	17	9.50	—	0	0
DJ McBeath	Canterbury	3	6	2	15	11*	3.75	—	0	0
SG Smith	Auckland	1	2	0	15	9	7.50	—	1	0
CE Guiney	Canterbury	2	4	0	12	11	3.00	—	0	0
EG Perrin	Canterbury	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	—	0	0
ID Allardyce	Wellington	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	—	0	0
RJ Coates	Auckland	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	—	1	0
W McMath	Auckland	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	100.00	0	0
WR Garrard	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 22 players

Plunket Shield 1918/19 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DJ McBeath	Canterbury	3	6	995	42	442	25	17.68	39.80	2.67	3	9/56
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	2	4	571	14	294	17	17.29	33.59	3.09	2	8/59
JN McEwin	Canterbury	3	6	729	14	378	15	25.20	48.60	3.11	2	5/87
SG Smith	Auckland	1	2	490	21	202	12	16.83	40.83	2.47	2	6/93
BA Marris	Wellington	2	4	281	4	213	10	21.30	28.10	4.55	1	5/50
WR Patrick	Canterbury	3	5	144	3	79	5	15.80	28.80	3.29	0	4/42
RJ Coates	Auckland	1	2	288	5	131	5	26.20	57.60	2.73	0	3/63
WB Howell	Canterbury	2	3	252	6	113	5	22.60	50.40	2.69	0	3/67
AW Thomas	Canterbury	3	4	414	9	223	5	44.60	82.80	3.23	0	2/68
AWS Brice	Wellington	1	2	240	6	102	3	34.00	80.00	2.55	0	3/57
JH Hutchings	Wellington	2	2	60	0	49	2	24.50	30.00	4.90	0	1/15
FA Midlane	Auckland	1	2	42	2	21	2	10.50	21.00	3.00	0	2/13
HM McGirr	Wellington	2	4	264	7	115	1	115.00	264.00	2.61	0	1/34
J Gray	Canterbury	2	3	63	4	28	1	28.00	63.00	2.67	0	1/4
EM Beechey	Wellington	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6
DR Garrard	Auckland	1	2	54	0	35	0	—	—	3.89	0	0/15
WH Graham	Auckland	1	1	84	2	37	0	—	—	2.64	0	0/37
E Horspool	Auckland	1	2	60	0	59	0	—	—	5.90	0	0/16
HN Lambert	Wellington	2	2	60	0	50	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/11
W McMath	Auckland	1	2	90	2	62	0	—	—	4.13	0	0/23
DM Patrick	Wellington	1	2	108	1	70	0	—	—	3.89	0	0/33
EG Perrin	Canterbury	1	2	42	0	20	0	—	—	2.86	0	0/1

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 1918/19. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1918/19 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	2	1	1,582	53	29.85	345	1,387	58	23.91
Wellington	2	1	1	1,000	38	26.32	323	1,003	33	30.39
Auckland	1	0	1	387	20	19.35	245	579	20	28.95

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 · 1918/19

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1919-02-21 to 1919-02-24 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 291 & 288
Auckland: 142 & 245

Canterbury won by 192 runs

1919-01-22 to 1919-01-24 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 323 & 163
Canterbury: 188 & 303/3

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1918-12-25 to 1918-12-27 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 167 & 345
Wellington: 288 & 226/8

Wellington won by 2 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1918/19 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Hagley Oval, Christchurch	2
Basin Reserve, Wellington	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 1918/19, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1918/19 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
J Gray	100	Wellington	1918-12-25
BB Wood	95	Auckland	1919-02-21
HB Lusk	94	Auckland	1919-02-21
NHP Jones	88	Wellington	1919-01-22
WR Patrick	87*	Wellington	1919-01-22

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1918/19 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DJ McBeath	9/56	Auckland	1919-02-21
JS Hiddleston	8/59	Canterbury	1918-12-25
SG Smith	6/93	Canterbury	1919-02-21
SG Smith	6/109	Canterbury	1919-02-21
DJ McBeath	6/112	Auckland	1919-02-21

* 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.