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Plunket Shield 1925/26 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1925/26; Tests are excluded.

JS Hiddleston leads the displayed batting table with 537 runs. FT Badcock leads the bowling table with 23 wickets.

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Showing 1925/26 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 57
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1925-12-25 to 1926-02-19. 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 1925/26. 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 1925/26

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 1925/26 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JS Hiddleston	3	537
HHL Kortlang	3	305
A Cox	3	304
F Woods	3	246
A Galland	3	228

Recorded innings through 1926-02-19. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1925/26 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
FT Badcock	3	23
AS Player	3	18
HM McGirr	3	15
RC Torrance	3	14
DM Sandman	3	12

Recorded innings through 1926-02-19. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1925/26

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 · 57 players

Plunket Shield 1925/26 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	3	5	0	537	212	107.40	—	1	2
HHL Kortlang	Wellington	3	5	1	305	214*	76.25	—	0	1
A Cox	Canterbury	3	5	0	304	204	60.80	—	1	1
F Woods	Canterbury	3	5	1	246	124*	61.50	—	1	1
A Galland	Otago	3	6	0	228	115	38.00	—	1	1
CS Dempster	Wellington	3	5	0	217	70	43.40	—	2	0
ANC Snedden	Auckland	3	6	1	216	131*	43.20	—	0	1
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	5	0	213	106	42.60	—	0	1
JJM McMullan	Otago	3	6	0	196	70	32.67	—	2	0
RE Frater	Auckland	3	6	0	189	88	31.50	—	1	0
RWH Cherry	Otago	3	6	2	186	123*	46.50	—	0	1
SG Smith	Auckland	3	6	0	184	63	30.67	—	3	0
EO Blamires	Otago	3	6	0	179	76	29.83	—	2	0
A Anthony	Auckland	3	6	0	165	56	27.50	—	2	0
GR Gregory	Canterbury	3	5	0	143	58	28.60	—	2	0
ML Page	Canterbury	3	5	0	141	71	28.20	—	1	0
JE Mills	Auckland	3	6	0	140	59	23.33	—	1	0
IW Cooper	Auckland	3	6	3	133	70	44.33	—	1	0
C Zimmerman	Otago	3	6	1	118	77	23.60	—	1	0
AS Player	Auckland	3	6	1	107	58	21.40	—	1	0
JP Gerrard	Auckland	1	2	1	100	75	100.00	—	1	0
HC Alloo	Otago	3	6	0	97	33	16.17	—	0	0
E Horspool	Auckland	2	4	0	88	64	22.00	—	1	0
LR Brunton	Canterbury	3	5	0	83	49	16.60	—	0	0
DC Collins	Wellington	2	4	0	83	45	20.75	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1925/26 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
DM Sandman	Canterbury	3	5	0	75	34	15.00	—	0
EA Gasson	Canterbury	3	5	0	69	27	13.80	—	0
RO Talbot	Canterbury	3	5	0	68	34	13.60	—	0
RC Torrance	Otago	3	6	2	67	28	16.75	—	0
EG McLeod	Wellington	2	4	0	65	26	16.25	—	0
JN McEwin	Canterbury	3	5	0	65	28	13.00	—	0
CFW Allcott	Auckland	1	2	0	61	37	30.50	—	0
AR Knight	Otago	2	4	0	61	51	15.25	—	1
AW Alloo	Otago	1	2	1	59	31*	59.00	—	0
HN Lambert	Wellington	2	3	0	58	33	19.33	—	0
JB Simpson	Auckland	2	4	0	49	29	12.25	—	0
N Conradi	Otago	1	2	0	44	33	22.00	—	0
FT Badcock	Wellington	3	5	0	41	17	8.20	—	0
RW Rowntree	Auckland	2	4	0	39	20	9.75	—	0
M Henderson	Wellington	3	5	1	37	14	9.25	—	0
RVD Worker	Otago	1	2	0	37	33	18.50	—	0
JE Banks	Wellington	2	3	2	37	32*	37.00	—	0
RJ Read	Canterbury	3	5	0	37	30	7.40	—	0
SF Duncan	Otago	2	4	0	36	16	9.00	—	0
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	0	30	30	15.00	—	0
JL Findlay	Canterbury	3	5	4	30	9*	30.00	—	0
AWS Brice	Wellington	3	5	1	29	18	7.25	—	0
WM Douglas	Otago	2	4	1	28	20	9.33	—	0
KC James	Wellington	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	—	0
HD Gillespie	Auckland	1	2	0	12	8	6.00	—	0
JSF Shepherd	Otago	1	2	0	12	9	6.00	—	0
AH Scott	Auckland	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	—	0
LH Saunders	Auckland	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	—	0
HJ Tattersall	Wellington	2	3	0	4	4	1.33	—	0
HS Baker	Otago	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
WS Barclay	Wellington	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	—	0
CCR Dacre	Auckland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0

Bowling · 36 players

Plunket Shield 1925/26 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
FT Badcock	Wellington	3	6	679	27	269	23	11.70	29.52	2.38	3	7/55
AS Player	Auckland	3	6	837	29	426	18	23.67	46.50	3.05	1	5/60
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	492	14	237	15	15.80	32.80	2.89	1	5/17
RC Torrance	Otago	3	5	804	30	369	14	26.36	57.43	2.75	1	7/90
DM Sandman	Canterbury	3	4	330	2	239	12	19.92	27.50	4.35	1	7/99
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	255	5	145	11	13.18	23.18	3.41	1	7/90
AWS Brice	Wellington	3	6	276	8	152	11	13.82	25.09	3.30	0	4/13
RJ Read	Canterbury	3	5	792	20	411	11	37.36	72.00	3.11	1	5/112
RO Talbot	Canterbury	3	5	408	6	305	11	27.73	37.09	4.49	1	5/106
A Anthony	Auckland	3	5	426	7	262	10	26.20	42.60	3.69	0	4/60
SG Smith	Auckland	3	6	537	14	297	10	29.70	53.70	3.32	1	5/59
JL Findlay	Canterbury	3	5	581	16	329	9	36.56	64.56	3.40	0	4/54
ANC Snedden	Auckland	3	6	426	12	279	7	39.86	60.86	3.93	0	4/98
JN McEwin	Canterbury	3	5	360	2	265	5	53.00	72.00	4.42	0	2/36
JB Simpson	Auckland	2	4	354	6	261	5	52.20	70.80	4.42	0	3/123
M Henderson	Wellington	3	5	186	2	100	3	33.33	62.00	3.23	0	2/33
HC Alloo	Otago	3	4	156	0	116	3	38.67	52.00	4.46	0	2/59
IW Cooper	Auckland	3	5	288	6	176	3	58.67	96.00	3.67	0	1/26
WM Douglas	Otago	2	3	203	1	211	3	70.33	67.67	6.24	0	1/40
A Galland	Otago	2	3	132	5	84	3	28.00	44.00	3.82	0	3/41
C Zimmerman	Otago	3	5	138	4	77	3	25.67	46.00	3.35	0	2/8
CFW Allcott	Auckland	1	2	312	9	150	2	75.00	156.00	2.88	0	2/88
AW Alloo	Otago	1	2	138	6	83	2	41.50	69.00	3.61	0	2/11
WS Barclay	Wellington	1	1	24	0	21	1	21.00	24.00	5.25	0	1/21
EO Blamires	Otago	2	3	300	7	193	1	193.00	300.00	3.86	0	1/46

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Plunket Shield 1925/26 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
DC Collins	Wellington	1	1	12	1	3	1	3.00	12.00	1.50	1/3
N Conradi	Otago	1	2	168	3	111	1	111.00	168.00	3.96	1/84
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	2	2	30	0	14	1	14.00	30.00	2.80	1/10
AH Scott	Auckland	1	1	150	9	38	1	38.00	150.00	1.52	1/38
JSF Shepherd	Otago	1	2	42	0	19	1	19.00	42.00	2.71	1/18
EG McLeod	Wellington	1	1	12	0	13	0	—	—	6.50	0/13
CCR Dacre	Auckland	1	2	66	4	40	0	—	—	3.64	0/19
EA Gasson	Canterbury	1	1	18	0	12	0	—	—	4.00	0/12
E Horspool	Auckland	2	2	60	4	28	0	—	—	2.80	0/14
HN Lambert	Wellington	1	1	6	0	9	0	—	—	9.00	0/9
LH Saunders	Auckland	1	1	60	1	38	0	—	—	3.80	0/38

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 1925/26. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1925/26 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	3	2	1	1,619	55	29.44	416	2,095	60	34.92
Wellington	3	2	1	1,738	50	34.76	497	895	55	16.27
Canterbury	3	1	2	1,331	50	26.62	495	1,667	50	33.34
Otago	3	1	2	1,491	55	27.11	472	1,522	45	33.82

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 · 1925/26

Latest 6 of 6 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1926-02-19 to 1926-02-23 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 447 & 374
Auckland: 191 & 118

Wellington won by 512 runs

1926-01-22 to 1926-01-25 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 239 & 182/5
Wellington: 270 & 150

Otago won by 5 wickets

1926-01-08 to 1926-01-14 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 416 & 287
Canterbury: 423 & 248

Auckland won by 32 runs

1926-01-01 to 1926-01-02 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 497
Canterbury: 37 & 128

Wellington won by an innings and 332 runs

1926-01-01 to 1926-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 333 & 274/5
Otago: 131 & 472

Auckland won by 5 wickets

1925-12-25 to 1925-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 495
Otago: 191 & 276

Canterbury won by an innings and 28 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1925/26 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Lancaster Park, 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 1925/26, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1925/26 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
HHL Kortlang	214*	Auckland	1926-02-19
JS Hiddleston	212	Canterbury	1926-01-01
A Cox	204	Otago	1925-12-25
JS Hiddleston	204	Auckland	1926-02-19
ANC Snedden	131*	Otago	1926-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1925/26 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
FT Badcock	7/55	Auckland	1926-02-19
RC Torrance	7/90	Auckland	1926-01-01
GR Dickinson	7/90	Wellington	1926-01-22
DM Sandman	7/99	Auckland	1926-01-08
HM McGirr	5/17	Canterbury	1926-01-01

* 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.

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Season overview

Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1925/26

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1925/26

Batting · 57 players

Bowling · 36 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1925/26

Wellington v Auckland

Otago v Wellington

Auckland v Canterbury

Wellington v Canterbury

Auckland v Otago

Canterbury v Otago