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Plunket Shield 1928/29 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1928/29; Tests are excluded.

RC Blunt leads the displayed batting table with 404 runs. M Henderson leads the bowling table with 15 wickets.

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Showing 1928/29 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 58
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1928-12-24 to 1929-02-22. 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 1928/29. 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 1928/29

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 1928/29 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RC Blunt	3	404
GL Weir	3	262
CS Dempster	3	255
TC Lowry	3	251
ML Page	3	237

Recorded innings through 1929-02-22. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1928/29 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
M Henderson	3	15
EH Bowley	3	14
JA Dunning	3	14
WE Merritt	3	12
CFW Allcott	3	11

Recorded innings through 1929-02-22. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1928/29

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 · 58 players

Plunket Shield 1928/29 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RC Blunt	Otago	3	6	0	404	221	67.33	—	0	2
GL Weir	Auckland	3	5	2	262	106*	87.33	—	2	1
CS Dempster	Wellington	3	6	0	255	77	42.50	—	3	0
TC Lowry	Wellington	3	6	0	251	134	41.83	—	0	1
ML Page	Canterbury	3	6	0	237	76	39.50	—	2	0
JE Mills	Auckland	3	5	1	230	114	57.50	—	1	1
RVD Worker	Wellington	1	2	0	224	151	112.00	—	1	1
JR Lamason	Wellington	3	6	1	220	89	44.00	—	2	0
LC Eastman	Otago	3	6	1	215	88	43.00	—	2	0
VG Cavanagh	Otago	3	6	0	208	78	34.67	—	2	0
HD Gillespie	Auckland	3	5	0	196	78	39.20	—	2	0
JA Newman	Canterbury	3	6	2	193	64	48.25	—	1	0
EH Bowley	Auckland	3	5	0	167	75	33.40	—	1	0
KC James	Wellington	3	6	1	160	109*	32.00	—	0	1
WE Merritt	Canterbury	3	6	0	149	84	24.83	—	1	0
CFW Allcott	Auckland	3	5	0	149	69	29.80	—	1	0
HC Alloo	Otago	3	6	0	140	33	23.33	—	0	0
A Galland	Otago	3	6	0	140	45	23.33	—	0	0
AW Alloo	Otago	3	6	0	130	101	21.67	—	0	1
IM Hamilton	Canterbury	3	6	1	120	77	24.00	—	1	0
JJM McMullan	Otago	1	2	0	120	95	60.00	—	1	0
H Foley	Wellington	3	6	2	117	38*	29.25	—	0	0
AJ Postles	Auckland	3	5	1	117	58	29.25	—	1	0
PG Monk	Otago	3	6	1	111	43*	22.20	—	0	0
GA Rotherham	Wellington	3	6	0	101	45	16.83	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1928/29 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
AW Roberts	Canterbury	3	6	0	94	40	15.67	—	0
JSF Shepherd	Otago	1	2	0	87	53	43.50	—	1
AR Knight	Otago	2	4	0	78	31	19.50	—	0
HM McGirr	Wellington	2	4	0	76	56	19.00	—	1
JA Dunning	Auckland	3	5	1	69	34	17.25	—	0
C Zimmerman	Otago	2	4	1	69	39*	23.00	—	0
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	1	2	0	61	51	30.50	—	1
PE Whitelaw	Auckland	3	5	1	56	28	14.00	—	0
E Horspool	Auckland	3	5	0	48	30	9.60	—	0
PF Allen	Canterbury	1	2	1	47	31*	47.00	—	0
RC Burns	Canterbury	3	6	0	47	23	7.83	—	0
HN Lambert	Wellington	3	6	1	47	19	9.40	—	0
JL Powell	Canterbury	2	4	1	44	28*	14.67	—	0
FT Badcock	Wellington	1	2	0	41	36	20.50	—	0
RJ Read	Canterbury	2	4	0	41	28	10.25	—	0
CJ Elmes	Otago	2	4	3	39	26	39.00	—	0
WHR Cunningham	Canterbury	3	6	3	36	19	12.00	—	0
J Jacobs	Canterbury	2	4	0	36	26	9.00	—	0
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	0	26	25	13.00	—	0
GR Gregory	Canterbury	1	2	0	26	26	13.00	—	0
M Henderson	Wellington	3	6	3	19	10	6.33	—	0
TE Brosnahan	Canterbury	1	2	0	19	14	9.50	—	0
AS Player	Auckland	3	5	1	18	10*	4.50	—	0
CG Crawford	Canterbury	1	2	0	14	10	7.00	—	0
D Heenan	Otago	1	2	2	14	14*	—	—	0
FR Hoar	Wellington	2	4	1	13	13*	4.33	—	0
CM Harris	Canterbury	1	2	0	11	7	5.50	—	0
JV Leader	Otago	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
WM Douglas	Otago	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	—	0
RW Rowntree	Auckland	3	5	0	1	1	0.20	—	0
RW Hope	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
LV Browne	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
CE Evans	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 40 players

Plunket Shield 1928/29 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
M Henderson	Wellington	3	5	867	41	425	15	28.33	57.80	2.94	1	5/90
EH Bowley	Auckland	3	6	583	15	257	14	18.36	41.64	2.64	0	4/38
JA Dunning	Auckland	3	6	777	29	326	14	23.29	55.50	2.52	2	6/71
WE Merritt	Canterbury	3	6	1,050	28	515	12	42.92	87.50	2.94	0	4/148
CFW Allcott	Auckland	3	6	978	47	295	11	26.82	88.91	1.81	0	4/95
HM McGirr	Wellington	2	4	561	16	227	11	20.64	51.00	2.43	1	5/71
LC Eastman	Otago	3	4	727	28	304	9	33.78	80.78	2.51	0	3/82
GL Weir	Auckland	3	6	423	12	191	7	27.29	60.43	2.71	0	4/73
JA Newman	Canterbury	3	6	1,104	42	403	7	57.57	157.71	2.19	0	2/59
WHR Cunningham	Canterbury	3	6	589	19	282	7	40.29	84.14	2.87	0	4/48
ML Page	Canterbury	3	6	444	17	200	6	33.33	74.00	2.70	0	2/18
HN Lambert	Wellington	3	5	534	20	219	6	36.50	89.00	2.46	0	3/67
PG Monk	Otago	3	5	330	9	144	6	24.00	55.00	2.62	0	3/41
AW Alloo	Otago	3	5	516	14	222	5	44.40	103.20	2.58	0	2/44
FR Hoar	Wellington	2	3	469	21	175	5	35.00	93.80	2.24	0	2/77
AS Player	Auckland	3	6	608	43	165	5	33.00	121.60	1.63	1	5/31
CJ Elmes	Otago	2	3	198	4	124	4	31.00	49.50	3.76	0	4/74
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	186	6	76	3	25.33	62.00	2.45	0	2/46
TC Lowry	Wellington	3	5	318	16	102	3	34.00	106.00	1.92	0	1/12
AW Roberts	Canterbury	2	4	153	3	82	3	27.33	51.00	3.22	0	3/4
RJ Read	Canterbury	2	3	372	16	156	3	52.00	124.00	2.52	0	2/71
H Foley	Wellington	3	4	126	6	62	2	31.00	63.00	2.95	0	2/16
GA Rotherham	Wellington	3	5	378	12	184	2	92.00	189.00	2.92	0	2/60
JSF Shepherd	Otago	1	2	96	5	49	2	24.50	48.00	3.06	0	2/29
FT Badcock	Wellington	1	2	300	19	81	1	81.00	300.00	1.62	0	1/49

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Plunket Shield 1928/29 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
RC Blunt	Otago	3	4	264	1	175	1	175.00	264.00	3.98	1/58
RW Hope	Wellington	1	2	168	9	51	1	51.00	168.00	1.82	1/40
JR Lamason	Wellington	2	3	84	3	29	1	29.00	84.00	2.07	1/5
CM Harris	Canterbury	1	2	96	0	56	1	56.00	96.00	3.50	1/9
JS Hiddleston	Wellington	1	2	114	2	42	1	42.00	114.00	2.21	1/25
CS Dempster	Wellington	1	1	6	0	12	0	—	—	12.00	0/12
KC James	Wellington	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
RVD Worker	Wellington	1	1	36	0	28	0	—	—	4.67	0/28
HC Alloo	Otago	1	2	30	1	14	0	—	—	2.80	0/1
LV Browne	Wellington	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
WM Douglas	Otago	1	1	42	1	14	0	—	—	2.00	0/14
A Galland	Otago	1	2	48	3	8	0	—	—	1.00	0/2
JV Leader	Otago	1	1	18	2	3	0	—	—	1.00	0/3
AJ Postles	Auckland	1	2	72	3	34	0	—	—	2.83	0/15
C Zimmerman	Otago	2	3	150	4	70	0	—	—	2.80	0/0

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 1928/29. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1928/29 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	3	1	1	1	1,402	35	40.06	384	1,333	53	25.15
Wellington	3	1	0	2	1,681	44	38.20	433	1,754	50	35.08
Canterbury	3	0	1	2	1,247	44	28.34	364	1,831	39	46.95
Otago	3	0	0	3	1,906	51	37.37	602	1,318	32	41.19

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 · 1928/29

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

1929-02-22 to 1929-02-26 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 273 & 602/8d
Canterbury: 300 & 145/4

Match drawn

1929-01-18 to 1929-01-22 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 311 & 299
Wellington: 403 & 241

Wellington won by 34 runs

1929-01-01 to 1929-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 188 & 94/3
Auckland: 384/5d

Match drawn

1929-01-01 to 1929-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 364 & 31/0
Wellington: 433/8d & 115/3d

Match drawn

1928-12-25 to 1928-12-27 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 153 & 254
Auckland: 330 & 78/0

Auckland won by 10 wickets

1928-12-24 to 1928-12-28 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 351 & 138/3
Otago: 398 & 351

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1928/29 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 1928/29, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1928/29 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RC Blunt	221	Canterbury	1929-02-22
RVD Worker	151	Auckland	1929-01-18
TC Lowry	134	Canterbury	1929-01-01
RC Blunt	114	Wellington	1928-12-24
JE Mills	114	Otago	1929-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1928/29 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JA Dunning	6/71	Wellington	1929-01-18
AS Player	5/31	Otago	1929-01-01
JA Dunning	5/44	Canterbury	1928-12-25
HM McGirr	5/71	Auckland	1929-01-18
M Henderson	5/90	Auckland	1929-01-18

* 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 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.

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Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1928/29

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Player statistics · 1928/29

Batting · 58 players

Bowling · 40 players

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