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Plunket Shield 1920/21 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1920/21; Tests are excluded.

ANC Snedden leads the displayed batting table with 331 runs. SG Smith leads the bowling table with 18 wickets.

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Showing 1920/21 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 47
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1920-12-25 to 1921-01-07. 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 1920/21. 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 1920/21

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 1920/21 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
ANC Snedden	3	331
A Anthony	3	251
CA Snedden	3	224
SG Smith	3	218
JS Hiddleston	1	154

Recorded innings through 1921-01-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1920/21 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
SG Smith	3	18
ANC Snedden	3	15
AWS Brice	1	13
AS Player	3	13
DM Sandman	1	6

Recorded innings through 1921-01-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1920/21

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 · 47 players

Plunket Shield 1920/21 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
ANC Snedden	Auckland	3	5	0	331	139	66.20	—	2	1	0	0
A Anthony	Auckland	3	5	1	251	113	62.75	—	1	1	11	1
CA Snedden	Auckland	3	5	1	224	119	56.00	—	1	1	0	0
SG Smith	Auckland	3	5	0	218	91	43.60	—	2	0	10	0
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	1	2	0	154	144	77.00	—	0	1	23	0
E Horspool	Auckland	3	5	0	149	90	29.80	—	1	0	0	0
HB Lusk	Auckland	2	4	0	114	45	28.50	—	0	0	0	0
LG Hemus	Auckland	3	5	0	100	33	20.00	—	0	0	0	0
HEL Burton	Wellington	1	2	0	84	66	42.00	—	1	0	5	1
JA Bruce	Wellington	1	2	0	77	43	38.50	—	0	0	6	0
HM McGirr	Wellington	1	2	0	66	43	33.00	—	0	0	12	0
W Warne	Wellington	1	2	1	57	40	57.00	—	0	0	0	0
DR Garrard	Auckland	2	3	0	55	44	18.33	—	0	0	0	0
WJ O'Connell	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	47	38	23.50	—	0	0	0	0
RC Blunt	Canterbury	1	2	0	42	41	21.00	—	0	0	0	0
HD Gillespie	Auckland	1	1	0	42	42	42.00	—	0	0	0	0
EM Phillips	Wellington	1	2	0	41	36	20.50	—	0	0	0	0
FS Middleton	Wellington	1	2	0	39	34	19.50	—	0	0	2	1
D Reese	Canterbury	1	1	1	38	38*	—	—	0	0	0	0
JJ O'Brien	Hawke's Bay	1	2	1	35	24*	35.00	—	0	0	0	0
HM Taylor	Canterbury	1	2	0	33	32	16.50	—	0	0	0	0
WR Patrick	Canterbury	1	2	0	28	15	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
AWS Brice	Wellington	1	2	0	28	16	14.00	—	0	0	2	0
RJ Coates	Auckland	3	5	2	28	12	9.33	—	0	0	0	0
H Watson	Canterbury	1	2	0	25	20	12.50	—	0	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1920/21 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
JC Bradburn	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	24	23	12.00	—
AS Player	Auckland	3	5	1	24	11	6.00	—
TE Brosnahan	Canterbury	1	2	0	23	17	11.50	—
WR Garrard	Auckland	2	4	0	22	9	5.50	—
RE Bishop	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	19	19	9.50	—
F Woods	Canterbury	1	2	0	19	12	9.50	—
RC Somervell	Auckland	1	2	0	18	18	9.00	—
FF Cane	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	18	12	9.00	—
HN Lambert	Wellington	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	—
JN McEwin	Canterbury	1	2	1	15	10	15.00	—
WS Barclay	Wellington	1	2	1	14	14*	14.00	—
DM Sandman	Canterbury	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—
DG Davis	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	13	8	6.50	—
AE Doneghue	Wellington	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—
DW Reese	Canterbury	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—
EJ Napier	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	12	10	6.00	—
RJ Read	Canterbury	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—
NR Jacobsen	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	—
HSW Hindmarsh	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—
WJ Love	Hawke's Bay	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—
RW Rowntree	Auckland	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	—
GR Stevens	Hawke's Bay	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	—

Bowling · 28 players

Plunket Shield 1920/21 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
SG Smith	Auckland	3	5	540	14	316	18	17.56	30.00	3.51	2	6/70
ANC Snedden	Auckland	3	6	186	2	139	15	9.27	12.40	4.48	2	5/13
AWS Brice	Wellington	1	2	234	5	176	13	13.54	18.00	4.51	2	7/112
AS Player	Auckland	3	6	493	17	274	13	21.08	37.92	3.33	1	6/139
DM Sandman	Canterbury	1	2	192	2	119	6	19.83	32.00	3.72	0	4/52
RJ Coates	Auckland	3	5	276	4	184	6	30.67	46.00	4.00	0	2/36
CA Snedden	Auckland	2	3	48	2	49	6	8.17	8.00	6.13	0	4/1
HM McGirr	Wellington	1	2	132	4	88	5	17.60	26.40	4.00	0	3/28
WJ O'Connell	Hawke's Bay	1	1	204	2	180	5	36.00	40.80	5.29	1	5/180
RJ Read	Canterbury	1	2	264	8	144	5	28.80	52.80	3.27	0	3/69
H Watson	Canterbury	1	2	168	6	93	5	18.60	33.60	3.32	0	4/71
EJ Napier	Hawke's Bay	1	1	204	0	85	3	28.33	68.00	2.50	0	3/85
GR Stevens	Hawke's Bay	1	1	108	0	128	2	64.00	54.00	7.11	0	2/128
RC Blunt	Canterbury	1	2	60	0	51	1	51.00	60.00	5.10	0	1/38
D Reese	Canterbury	1	2	60	1	37	1	37.00	60.00	3.70	0	1/33
WR Patrick	Canterbury	1	1	30	0	19	1	19.00	30.00	3.80	0	1/19
DR Garrard	Auckland	1	1	12	0	16	1	16.00	12.00	8.00	0	1/16
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	1	2	84	0	87	1	87.00	84.00	6.21	0	1/38
JN McEwin	Canterbury	1	2	246	3	138	1	138.00	246.00	3.37	0	1/89
FS Middleton	Wellington	1	2	42	0	41	0	—	—	5.86	0	0/13
A Anthony	Auckland	1	2	60	1	44	0	—	—	4.40	0	0/18
WS Barclay	Wellington	1	1	30	0	30	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/30
HSW Hindmarsh	Hawke's Bay	1	1	42	0	33	0	—	—	4.71	0	0/33
NR Jacobsen	Hawke's Bay	1	1	30	0	45	0	—	—	9.00	0	0/45
HN Lambert	Wellington	1	2	60	1	25	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/6

Show the remaining 3 players

Plunket Shield 1920/21 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JJ O'Brien	Hawke's Bay	1	1	54	0	48	—	—	5.33	0/48
DW Reese	Canterbury	1	2	18	0	5	—	—	1.67	0/1
F Woods	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	5	—	—	2.50	0/5

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 1920/21. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1920/21 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	3	2	1	1,693	50	33.86	537	1,062	60	17.70
Wellington	1	1	0	609	20	30.45	333	504	20	25.20
Canterbury	1	0	1	270	20	13.50	178	652	20	32.60
Hawke's Bay	1	0	1	183	20	9.15	130	537	10	53.70

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 · 1920/21

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

1921-01-07 to 1921-01-10 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 333 & 276
Auckland: 168 & 336

Wellington won by 105 runs

1921-01-01 to 1921-01-04 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 178 & 92
Auckland: 291 & 361

Auckland won by 382 runs

1920-12-25 to 1920-12-27 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 537
Hawke's Bay: 130 & 53

Auckland won by an innings and 354 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1920/21 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
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 1920/21, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1920/21 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JS Hiddleston	144	Auckland	1921-01-07
ANC Snedden	139	Hawke's Bay	1920-12-25
CA Snedden	119	Hawke's Bay	1920-12-25
A Anthony	113	Canterbury	1921-01-01
SG Smith	91	Hawke's Bay	1920-12-25

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1920/21 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AWS Brice	7/112	Auckland	1921-01-07
AWS Brice	6/64	Auckland	1921-01-07
SG Smith	6/70	Wellington	1921-01-07
AS Player	6/139	Wellington	1921-01-07
ANC Snedden	5/13	Hawke's Bay	1920-12-25

* 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.