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Plunket Shield 1919/20 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1919/20; Tests are excluded.

SG Smith leads the displayed batting table with 342 runs. SG Smith leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1919/20 · Plunket Shield

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

Selected season match starts: 1919-12-25 to 1920-01-29. 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 1919/20. 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 1919/20

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 1919/20 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
SG Smith	2	342
RC Blunt	2	225
LG Hemus	2	171
E Horspool	2	131
HEL Burton	2	119

Recorded innings through 1920-01-29. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1919/20 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
SG Smith	2	19
DM Sandman	2	9
HN Lambert	2	9
AS Player	2	8
RJ Coates	2	7

Recorded innings through 1920-01-29. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1919/20

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 1919/20 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
SG Smith	Auckland	2	3	0	342	256	114.00	—	1	1	38	1
RC Blunt	Canterbury	2	4	0	225	73	56.25	—	3	0	0	0
LG Hemus	Auckland	2	3	1	171	140	85.50	—	0	1	0	0
E Horspool	Auckland	2	3	0	131	92	43.67	—	1	0	0	0
HEL Burton	Wellington	2	4	1	119	64	39.67	—	1	0	0	0
AW Thomas	Canterbury	2	4	1	115	83*	38.33	—	1	0	0	0
WA Baker	Wellington	2	4	0	92	43	23.00	—	0	0	0	0
HN Lambert	Wellington	2	4	0	82	49	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
WR Patrick	Canterbury	2	4	0	79	39	19.75	—	0	0	0	0
JW Condliffe	Wellington	2	4	0	79	48	19.75	—	0	0	0	0
MH Dind	Wellington	2	4	0	78	34	19.50	—	0	0	0	0
DM Sandman	Canterbury	2	4	1	70	35	23.33	—	0	0	0	0
CE Evans	Canterbury	2	4	1	64	39*	21.33	—	0	0	0	0
A Anthony	Auckland	2	3	0	63	63	21.00	—	1	0	0	0
D Reese	Canterbury	2	4	0	58	33	14.50	—	0	0	0	0
HB Whitta	Canterbury	1	2	1	55	52	55.00	—	1	0	0	0
JN McEwin	Canterbury	2	4	0	52	39	13.00	—	0	0	0	0
RJ Read	Canterbury	2	4	0	48	29	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
DR Garrard	Auckland	2	3	0	43	28	14.33	—	0	0	0	0
CCR Dacre	Auckland	2	3	0	40	31	13.33	—	0	0	0	0
CG Wilson	Wellington	1	2	0	36	29	18.00	—	0	0	0	0
HM McGirr	Wellington	2	4	0	34	16	8.50	—	0	0	0	0
BA Marris	Wellington	1	2	2	33	20*	—	—	0	0	0	0
JH Bennett	Canterbury	1	2	1	29	24	29.00	—	0	0	0	0
AS Player	Auckland	2	3	1	27	15	13.50	—	0	0	0	0

Show the remaining 15 players

Plunket Shield 1919/20 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
ANC Snedden	Auckland	2	3	0	26	26	8.67	—
WG Wagstaffe	Wellington	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	—
JH Hutchings	Wellington	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	—
LR Brunton	Canterbury	2	4	0	14	13	3.50	—
AE Gedye	Wellington	1	2	0	11	8	5.50	—
J Gray	Canterbury	2	4	0	11	10	2.75	—
WA Aldersley	Wellington	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—
CW Garrod	Wellington	1	2	0	10	7	5.00	—
AWS Brice	Wellington	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	—
W Brook-Smith	Auckland	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	—
HB Lusk	Auckland	1	2	1	8	5	8.00	—
EAA Schrader	Wellington	1	2	0	7	5	3.50	—
RJ Coates	Auckland	2	3	1	3	2	1.50	—
RW Rowntree	Auckland	2	3	0	1	1	0.33	—
B Samuels	Wellington	1	1	1	0	0*	—	—

Bowling · 22 players

Plunket Shield 1919/20 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
SG Smith	Auckland	2	4	426	17	251	19	13.21	22.42	3.54	2	8/55
DM Sandman	Canterbury	2	3	287	4	172	9	19.11	31.89	3.60	0	4/63
HN Lambert	Wellington	2	4	255	1	211	9	23.44	28.33	4.96	0	4/79
AS Player	Auckland	2	4	264	13	122	8	15.25	33.00	2.77	1	5/45
RJ Coates	Auckland	2	4	276	5	191	7	27.29	39.43	4.15	1	5/56
JN McEwin	Canterbury	2	3	288	4	173	5	34.60	57.60	3.60	0	2/27
RJ Read	Canterbury	2	3	330	6	220	5	44.00	66.00	4.00	0	3/80
HM McGirr	Wellington	2	3	163	2	110	4	27.50	40.75	4.05	0	2/34
WA Aldersley	Wellington	1	2	126	1	65	4	16.25	31.50	3.10	0	4/47
AW Thomas	Canterbury	2	3	264	3	158	4	39.50	66.00	3.59	0	3/25
D Reese	Canterbury	2	3	192	5	118	3	39.33	64.00	3.69	0	2/12
ANC Snedden	Auckland	2	4	161	5	106	3	35.33	53.67	3.95	0	3/52
BA Marris	Wellington	1	2	48	0	37	3	12.33	16.00	4.63	0	2/9
RC Blunt	Canterbury	1	1	48	1	34	2	17.00	24.00	4.25	0	2/34
CE Evans	Canterbury	2	2	60	0	66	2	33.00	30.00	6.60	0	1/13
DR Garrard	Auckland	2	4	96	3	61	2	30.50	48.00	3.81	0	2/35
AWS Brice	Wellington	1	2	108	1	73	1	73.00	108.00	4.06	0	1/57
CW Garrod	Wellington	1	2	78	0	64	1	64.00	78.00	4.92	0	1/58
JH Hutchings	Wellington	1	1	30	0	27	1	27.00	30.00	5.40	0	1/27
JH Bennett	Canterbury	1	1	18	0	8	0	—	—	2.67	0	0/8
WR Patrick	Canterbury	1	1	48	2	28	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/28
MH Dind	Wellington	1	1	30	0	22	0	—	—	4.40	0	0/22

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 1919/20. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1919/20 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	2	2	0	928	21	44.19	643	767	40	19.18
Canterbury	2	1	1	877	33	26.58	350	1,035	30	34.50
Wellington	2	0	2	676	40	16.90	239	679	24	28.29

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 · 1919/20

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

1920-01-29 to 1920-01-30 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 235 & 50/1
Wellington: 118 & 166

Auckland won by 9 wickets

1920-01-02 to 1920-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 643
Canterbury: 255 & 228

Auckland won by an innings and 160 runs

1919-12-25 to 1919-12-29 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 350 & 44/3
Wellington: 239 & 153

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1919/20 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Hagley Oval, Christchurch	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 1919/20, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1919/20 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
SG Smith	256	Canterbury	1920-01-02
LG Hemus	140	Canterbury	1920-01-02
E Horspool	92	Canterbury	1920-01-02
SG Smith	86	Wellington	1920-01-29
AW Thomas	83*	Wellington	1919-12-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1919/20 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SG Smith	8/55	Wellington	1920-01-29
AS Player	5/45	Canterbury	1920-01-02
SG Smith	5/52	Wellington	1920-01-29
RJ Coates	5/56	Wellington	1920-01-29
WA Aldersley	4/47	Auckland	1920-01-29

* 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.