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Plunket Shield 1926/27 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1926/27; Tests are excluded.

JS Hiddleston leads the displayed batting table with 310 runs. EH Bowley leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1926/27 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 59
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1926-12-25 to 1927-02-04. 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 1926/27. 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 1926/27

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 1926/27 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JS Hiddleston	3	310
FT Badcock	3	306
RC Blunt	3	284
ML Page	3	260
EH Bowley	3	258

Recorded innings through 1927-02-04. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1926/27 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
EH Bowley	3	19
RJ Read	3	19
RC Blunt	3	18
FT Badcock	3	17
AM Matheson	3	14

Recorded innings through 1927-02-04. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1926/27

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 · 59 players

Plunket Shield 1926/27 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	3	6	0	310	121	51.67	—	0	2
FT Badcock	Wellington	3	6	0	306	155	51.00	—	1	1
RC Blunt	Otago	3	6	1	284	131*	56.80	—	1	1
ML Page	Canterbury	3	6	0	260	78	43.33	—	2	0
EH Bowley	Auckland	3	6	1	258	95*	51.60	—	2	0
TC Lowry	Wellington	2	4	0	257	110	64.25	—	1	1
KC James	Wellington	3	6	2	254	107*	63.50	—	1	1
JE Mills	Auckland	3	6	0	237	63	39.50	—	2	0
CCR Dacre	Auckland	3	6	0	235	109	39.17	—	2	1
HHL Kortlang	Wellington	3	6	0	201	60	33.50	—	3	0
CJ Oliver	Canterbury	3	6	0	192	66	32.00	—	2	0
RVD Worker	Wellington	3	6	0	186	73	31.00	—	2	0
AWS Brice	Wellington	3	6	1	175	70	35.00	—	2	0
AR Knight	Otago	3	6	0	172	58	28.67	—	1	0
HD Gillespie	Auckland	3	6	1	169	54*	33.80	—	2	0
MK Boon	Canterbury	3	6	0	159	72	26.50	—	1	0
IW Cooper	Auckland	3	6	0	154	66	25.67	—	2	0
AW Alloo	Otago	3	6	0	132	48	22.00	—	0	0
EO Blamires	Otago	3	6	0	130	62	21.67	—	1	0
CFW Allcott	Auckland	3	6	0	114	87	19.00	—	1	0
RJ Read	Canterbury	3	6	1	102	44	20.40	—	0	0
GR Dickinson	Otago	3	6	1	99	36*	19.80	—	0	0
HN Lambert	Wellington	3	6	0	98	49	16.33	—	0	0
AM Hollings	Wellington	3	6	1	97	65*	19.40	—	1	0
CG Crawford	Canterbury	3	6	0	96	45	16.00	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1926/27 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
AS Player	Auckland	3	6	3	92	36	30.67	—	0
JSF Shepherd	Otago	3	6	0	88	46	14.67	—	0
DM Sandman	Canterbury	2	4	0	86	64	21.50	—	1
RE Frater	Auckland	2	4	1	78	51*	26.00	—	1
WR Patrick	Canterbury	2	4	0	73	32	18.25	—	0
CE Evans	Canterbury	1	2	0	71	62	35.50	—	1
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	0	68	41	11.33	—	0
WHR Cunningham	Canterbury	3	6	1	60	22*	12.00	—	0
HC Alloo	Otago	2	4	2	57	44*	28.50	—	0
IM Hamilton	Canterbury	1	2	0	56	48	28.00	—	0
L Green	Otago	2	4	1	50	30	16.67	—	0
RC Torrance	Otago	3	6	0	49	19	8.17	—	0
RWH Cherry	Otago	2	4	0	46	22	11.50	—	0
JJM McMullan	Otago	1	2	0	45	45	22.50	—	0
DC Nixon	Canterbury	1	2	0	43	39	21.50	—	0
C Zimmerman	Otago	2	4	0	41	37	10.25	—	0
CS Dempster	Wellington	2	4	0	37	13	9.25	—	0
M Henderson	Wellington	2	4	2	35	18*	17.50	—	0
ANC Snedden	Auckland	1	2	0	35	28	17.50	—	0
RO Talbot	Canterbury	1	2	0	35	26	17.50	—	0
AM Matheson	Auckland	3	6	0	29	20	4.83	—	0
RW Rowntree	Auckland	3	6	2	29	12*	7.25	—	0
F Woods	Canterbury	1	2	0	29	24	14.50	—	0
GR Gregory	Canterbury	2	4	0	25	10	6.25	—	0
WE Merritt	Canterbury	1	2	0	23	18	11.50	—	0
A Anthony	Auckland	1	2	0	18	13	9.00	—	0
JP Gerrard	Auckland	1	2	0	17	11	8.50	—	0
DJ McBeath	Canterbury	1	2	2	15	12*	—	—	0
JR Blair	Otago	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—	0
A Cox	Canterbury	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	—	0
SF Duncan	Otago	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	—	0
JT Burrows	Canterbury	1	2	2	5	4*	—	—	0
AE Symonds	Otago	1	2	1	5	5	5.00	—	0
H Wilson	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 34 players

Plunket Shield 1926/27 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
EH Bowley	Auckland	3	6	594	15	374	19	19.68	31.26	3.78	0	4/27
RJ Read	Canterbury	3	6	775	26	410	19	21.58	40.79	3.17	1	5/63
RC Blunt	Otago	3	6	630	5	437	18	24.28	35.00	4.16	2	7/96
FT Badcock	Wellington	3	6	763	29	305	17	17.94	44.88	2.40	2	7/59
AM Matheson	Auckland	3	5	612	15	303	14	21.64	43.71	2.97	0	4/53
WHR Cunningham	Canterbury	3	6	781	10	457	14	32.64	55.79	3.51	0	4/80
AW Alloo	Otago	3	6	676	23	360	14	25.71	48.29	3.20	1	5/94
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	635	11	307	13	23.62	48.85	2.90	0	4/52
M Henderson	Wellington	2	4	407	11	213	12	17.75	33.92	3.14	1	6/70
CFW Allcott	Auckland	3	6	932	50	299	12	24.92	77.67	1.92	0	3/40
AS Player	Auckland	3	6	477	17	204	11	18.55	43.36	2.57	1	6/38
RC Torrance	Otago	3	6	785	19	415	10	41.50	78.50	3.17	0	3/46
WE Merritt	Canterbury	1	2	150	4	68	8	8.50	18.75	2.72	1	5/48
AWS Brice	Wellington	3	6	351	8	189	7	27.00	50.14	3.23	0	3/19
GR Dickinson	Otago	3	6	636	8	431	6	71.83	106.00	4.07	0	3/96
HN Lambert	Wellington	3	5	126	3	74	5	14.80	25.20	3.52	0	2/18
DM Sandman	Canterbury	2	4	218	0	213	4	53.25	54.50	5.86	0	3/48
DJ McBeath	Canterbury	1	2	216	3	150	4	37.50	54.00	4.17	0	2/57
JSF Shepherd	Otago	3	5	253	5	180	4	45.00	63.25	4.27	0	3/81
C Zimmerman	Otago	2	3	168	4	84	4	21.00	42.00	3.00	0	3/47
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	3	4	120	5	58	2	29.00	60.00	2.90	0	2/35
RO Talbot	Canterbury	1	1	44	1	19	2	9.50	22.00	2.59	0	2/19
EO Blamires	Otago	2	3	120	3	59	1	59.00	120.00	2.95	0	1/37
IW Cooper	Auckland	3	4	102	1	76	1	76.00	102.00	4.47	0	1/30
DC Nixon	Canterbury	1	2	90	1	45	1	45.00	90.00	3.00	0	1/28

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Plunket Shield 1926/27 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
WR Patrick	Canterbury	2	4	84	3	44	—	—	3.14	0/6
ANC Snedden	Auckland	1	2	78	1	57	—	—	4.38	0/20
HC Alloo	Otago	2	2	24	0	24	—	—	6.00	0/3
A Anthony	Auckland	1	1	36	1	28	—	—	4.67	0/28
JT Burrows	Canterbury	1	2	78	1	33	—	—	2.54	0/14
CCR Dacre	Auckland	3	4	60	3	36	—	—	3.60	0/0
GR Gregory	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	17	—	—	17.00	0/17
AM Hollings	Wellington	3	4	102	2	57	—	—	3.35	0/7
H Wilson	Auckland	1	2	30	0	20	—	—	4.00	0/9

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 1926/27. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1926/27 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	3	3	0	1,589	52	30.56	539	1,442	60	24.03
Wellington	3	2	1	2,128	60	35.47	488	1,330	57	23.33
Canterbury	3	1	2	1,447	60	24.12	379	1,544	55	28.07
Otago	3	0	3	1,294	60	21.57	336	2,142	60	35.70

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 · 1926/27

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

1927-02-04 to 1927-02-07 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 204 & 157
Canterbury: 242 & 379

Canterbury won by 260 runs

1927-01-21 to 1927-01-25 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 307 & 201/7
Wellington: 182 & 323

Auckland won by 3 wickets

1927-01-01 to 1927-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 336 & 216
Auckland: 155 & 539

Auckland won by 142 runs

1927-01-01 to 1927-01-04 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 107 & 334
Wellington: 488 & 308

Wellington won by 355 runs

1926-12-25 to 1926-12-30 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 448 & 379
Otago: 207 & 174

Wellington won by 446 runs

1926-12-25 to 1926-12-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 128 & 257
Auckland: 220 & 167/5

Auckland won by 5 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1926/27 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Eden 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 1926/27, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1926/27 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
FT Badcock	155	Canterbury	1927-01-01
RC Blunt	131*	Canterbury	1927-02-04
JS Hiddleston	121	Otago	1926-12-25
JS Hiddleston	114	Canterbury	1927-01-01
TC Lowry	110	Auckland	1927-01-21

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1926/27 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
FT Badcock	7/59	Otago	1926-12-25
RC Blunt	7/96	Wellington	1926-12-25
AS Player	6/38	Canterbury	1926-12-25
M Henderson	6/70	Auckland	1927-01-21
RC Blunt	5/46	Auckland	1927-01-01

* 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 1926/27

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1926/27

Batting · 59 players

Bowling · 34 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1926/27

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