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Plunket Shield 1929/30 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1929/30; Tests are excluded.

JE Mills leads the displayed batting table with 325 runs. AF Wensley leads the bowling table with 15 wickets.

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Showing 1929/30 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 75
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1929-12-24 to 1930-03-07. 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 1929/30. 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 1929/30

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 1929/30 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JE Mills	3	325
GL Weir	3	287
HM McGirr	3	270
AW Roberts	3	265
TC Lowry	3	255

Recorded innings through 1930-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1929/30 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AF Wensley	3	15
WE Merritt	2	12
A Anthony	3	12
FT Badcock	2	9
AM Matheson	3	9

Recorded innings through 1930-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1929/30

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 · 75 players

Plunket Shield 1929/30 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
JE Mills	Auckland	3	4	0	325	185	81.25	—	0	2
GL Weir	Auckland	3	4	1	287	140	95.67	—	0	2
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	0	270	90	45.00	—	3	0
AW Roberts	Canterbury	3	5	1	265	76	66.25	—	3	0
TC Lowry	Wellington	3	6	0	255	122	42.50	—	1	1
HD Gillespie	Auckland	3	4	0	248	183	62.00	—	0	1
JL Powell	Canterbury	3	5	1	235	164	58.75	—	1	1
RO Talbot	Canterbury	3	5	0	210	113	42.00	—	1	1
JL Kerr	Canterbury	2	3	0	200	70	66.67	—	3	0
A Anthony	Auckland	3	4	0	177	116	44.25	—	1	1
VG Cavanagh	Otago	3	6	0	168	87	28.00	—	1	0
FT Badcock	Wellington	2	4	0	166	78	41.50	—	2	0
CS Dempster	Wellington	1	2	1	148	141*	148.00	—	0	1
EG McLeod	Wellington	1	2	0	137	102	68.50	—	0	1
AM Hollings	Wellington	2	4	0	130	46	32.50	—	0	0
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	5	0	123	45	24.60	—	0	0
ML Page	Canterbury	2	4	1	117	78	39.00	—	1	0
N Dorreen	Canterbury	1	1	1	105	105*	—	—	0	1
JSF Shepherd	Otago	1	2	0	101	52	50.50	—	1	0
CFW Allcott	Auckland	1	2	1	94	53*	94.00	—	1	0
AF Wensley	Auckland	3	4	1	85	51*	28.33	—	1	0
KC James	Wellington	2	4	1	82	39	27.33	—	0	0
PF Allen	Canterbury	2	4	0	78	59	19.50	—	1	0
AW Alloo	Otago	2	4	0	77	36	19.25	—	0	0
SG Lester	Canterbury	1	2	0	76	64	38.00	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1929/30 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
WE Merritt	Canterbury	2	4	0	75	57	18.75	—	1
AM Matheson	Auckland	3	4	0	75	47	18.75	—	0
AW McCoy	Auckland	1	2	1	68	68*	68.00	—	1
DA Cameron	Wellington	2	4	0	66	26	16.50	—	0
SAR Badeley	Auckland	3	4	0	60	32	15.00	—	0
CJ Elmes	Otago	2	4	0	59	40	14.75	—	0
DR Garrard	Auckland	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	—	1
AR Knight	Otago	3	6	0	57	37	9.50	—	0
JA Dunning	Otago	3	6	0	50	29	8.33	—	0
HB Massey	Wellington	1	2	1	49	49	49.00	—	0
WF Airey	Wellington	1	2	0	47	47	23.50	—	0
WLT Elliott	Auckland	3	4	1	47	30	15.67	—	0
DAR Moloney	Otago	3	6	1	46	22	9.20	—	0
PG Monk	Otago	1	2	1	44	26	44.00	—	0
RHC MacKenzie	Wellington	1	2	0	40	31	20.00	—	0
JR Lamason	Wellington	2	4	0	39	17	9.75	—	0
WW Strang	Otago	1	2	0	37	32	18.50	—	0
H Foley	Wellington	2	4	0	36	21	9.00	—	0
CG Crawford	Canterbury	1	1	0	35	35	35.00	—	0
JJM McMullan	Otago	2	4	0	35	28	8.75	—	0
N Gallichan	Wellington	1	2	0	34	34	17.00	—	0
JR Barron	Otago	1	2	0	32	23	16.00	—	0
ADS Gale	Otago	1	2	0	31	28	15.50	—	0
J Jacobs	Canterbury	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	—	0
LA Giles	Otago	1	2	0	23	18	11.50	—	0
S Newman	Wellington	1	2	2	21	11*	—	—	0
M Henderson	Wellington	3	6	2	20	9	5.00	—	0
HN Lambert	Wellington	1	2	0	18	17	9.00	—	0
CM Harris	Canterbury	2	4	0	14	5	3.50	—	0
GW Simmonds	Canterbury	2	4	2	13	12	6.50	—	0
PE Whitelaw	Auckland	2	2	0	11	7	5.50	—	0
RC Burns	Canterbury	2	4	0	11	8	2.75	—	0
BR Ross	Wellington	1	2	0	11	11	5.50	—	0
WN Vorrath	Otago	1	2	0	10	8	5.00	—	0
LJ Groves	Otago	1	2	1	9	7	9.00	—	0
SW Ward	Wellington	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0
WA Baker	Wellington	1	2	0	8	4	4.00	—	0
W Hawksworth	Otago	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
TGF Lemin	Otago	2	4	2	7	6	3.50	—	0
D Heenan	Otago	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	—	0
C Zimmerman	Otago	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	—	0
JT Burrows	Canterbury	1	1	1	3	3*	—	—	0
RW Rowntree	Auckland	2	2	1	3	3*	3.00	—	0
LG Clark	Otago	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0
RW Hope	Wellington	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0
A Galland	Otago	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
CS Gibbs	Canterbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
HH Hunt	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
WJ Smeeton	Auckland	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
GL Talbot	Canterbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 45 players

Plunket Shield 1929/30 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AF Wensley	Auckland	3	6	1,062	67	325	15	21.67	70.80	1.84	1	9/36
WE Merritt	Canterbury	2	3	636	10	350	12	29.17	53.00	3.30	1	5/133
A Anthony	Auckland	3	6	755	37	260	12	21.67	62.92	2.07	0	4/71
FT Badcock	Wellington	2	4	535	33	156	9	17.33	59.44	1.75	0	4/29
AM Matheson	Auckland	3	5	546	14	243	9	27.00	60.67	2.67	0	4/25
JA Dunning	Otago	3	4	690	26	325	9	36.11	76.67	2.83	0	4/57
DAR Moloney	Otago	3	4	261	2	213	8	26.63	32.63	4.90	0	3/132
WA Baker	Wellington	1	2	240	6	100	8	12.50	30.00	2.50	1	5/50
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	606	25	294	7	42.00	86.57	2.91	0	3/50
HN Lambert	Wellington	1	2	171	4	133	7	19.00	24.43	4.67	1	6/102
HB Massey	Wellington	1	2	366	14	163	7	23.29	52.29	2.67	0	4/80
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	5	450	12	223	6	37.17	75.00	2.97	0	3/29
RO Talbot	Canterbury	3	4	300	10	148	6	24.67	50.00	2.96	0	3/19
M Henderson	Wellington	3	6	611	21	300	5	60.00	122.20	2.95	0	3/58
TGF Lemin	Otago	2	3	376	7	175	5	35.00	75.20	2.79	0	4/61
SG Lester	Canterbury	1	2	162	7	101	5	20.20	32.40	3.74	0	3/56
JT Burrows	Canterbury	1	2	174	8	59	4	14.75	43.50	2.03	0	2/23
WLT Elliott	Auckland	3	5	276	13	109	4	27.25	69.00	2.37	0	2/44
A Galland	Otago	1	1	168	6	54	4	13.50	42.00	1.93	0	4/54
CFW Allcott	Auckland	1	2	462	30	120	3	40.00	154.00	1.56	0	2/52
N Gallichan	Wellington	1	2	282	13	136	3	45.33	94.00	2.89	0	3/101
AR Knight	Otago	2	2	84	3	56	3	18.67	28.00	4.00	0	2/44
GW Simmonds	Canterbury	2	3	389	12	204	3	68.00	129.67	3.15	0	2/64
GL Talbot	Canterbury	1	2	67	1	28	3	9.33	22.33	2.51	0	2/24
GL Weir	Auckland	1	2	72	1	47	2	23.50	36.00	3.92	0	2/27

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Plunket Shield 1929/30 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
AW Alloo	Otago	2	3	348	20	121	2	60.50	174.00	2.09	1/5
RW Hope	Wellington	1	2	138	2	104	2	52.00	69.00	4.52	2/60
AM Hollings	Wellington	2	2	72	2	43	2	21.50	36.00	3.58	2/18
TC Lowry	Wellington	2	3	222	13	105	1	105.00	222.00	2.84	1/64
JE Mills	Auckland	1	1	30	1	19	1	19.00	30.00	3.80	1/19
CJ Elmes	Otago	2	3	312	9	158	1	158.00	312.00	3.04	1/35
CS Gibbs	Canterbury	1	2	150	6	63	1	63.00	150.00	2.52	1/23
AW McCoy	Auckland	1	2	84	1	51	1	51.00	84.00	3.64	1/29
BR Ross	Wellington	1	2	90	2	58	1	58.00	90.00	3.87	1/50
WJ Smeeton	Auckland	1	2	114	4	79	1	79.00	114.00	4.16	1/38
C Zimmerman	Otago	1	1	132	8	36	1	36.00	132.00	1.64	1/36
ML Page	Canterbury	1	1	42	0	30	0	—	—	4.29	0/30
AW Roberts	Canterbury	2	2	48	2	25	0	—	—	3.13	0/6
EG McLeod	Wellington	1	2	126	3	82	0	—	—	3.90	0/38
SAR Badeley	Auckland	2	2	42	4	7	0	—	—	1.00	0/2
VG Cavanagh	Otago	1	1	36	0	35	0	—	—	5.83	0/35
CM Harris	Canterbury	2	3	138	2	79	0	—	—	3.43	0/15
PG Monk	Otago	1	1	132	3	79	0	—	—	3.59	0/79
JSF Shepherd	Otago	1	1	42	1	19	0	—	—	2.71	0/19
SW Ward	Wellington	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1

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 1929/30. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1929/30 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	3	2	0	1	1,734	56	30.96	380	1,775	54	32.87
Auckland	3	1	0	2	1,628	29	56.14	485	1,373	50	27.46
Canterbury	3	1	1	1	1,666	39	42.72	523	1,397	44	31.75
Otago	3	0	3	0	851	60	14.18	198	1,334	36	37.06

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 · 1929/30

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

1930-03-07 to 1930-03-11 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 283 & 380/8
Auckland: 433 & 354/4d

Match drawn

1930-03-01 to 1930-03-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 523/7d
Otago: 172 & 124

Canterbury won by an innings and 227 runs

1930-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 198 & 193
Wellington: 283/9d & 172

Wellington won by 64 runs

1930-01-03 to 1930-01-07 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 485/5d
Canterbury: 394 & 152/2

Match drawn

1929-12-28 to 1929-12-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 366/9d & 250
Canterbury: 209 & 388

Wellington won by 19 runs

1929-12-24 to 1929-12-26 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 356
Otago: 67 & 97

Auckland won by an innings and 192 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1929/30 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 1929/30, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1929/30 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JE Mills	185	Otago	1929-12-24
HD Gillespie	183	Canterbury	1930-01-03
JL Powell	164	Otago	1930-03-01
CS Dempster	141*	Canterbury	1929-12-28
GL Weir	140	Wellington	1930-03-07

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1929/30 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AF Wensley	9/36	Otago	1929-12-24
HN Lambert	6/102	Canterbury	1929-12-28
WA Baker	5/50	Otago	1930-02-01
WE Merritt	5/133	Wellington	1929-12-28
AM Matheson	4/25	Otago	1929-12-24

* 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: 2026-10-02. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1929/30

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1929/30

Batting · 75 players

Bowling · 45 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1929/30

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