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Plunket Shield 1931/32 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1931/32; Tests are excluded.

RC Blunt leads the displayed batting table with 385 runs. WE Merritt leads the bowling table with 22 wickets.

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Showing 1931/32 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 56
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1931-12-25 to 1932-02-19. 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 1931/32. 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 1931/32

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 1931/32 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RC Blunt	3	385
AW Roberts	3	378
CS Dempster	3	326
ML Page	3	284
JL Kerr	3	277

Recorded innings through 1932-02-19. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1931/32 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
WE Merritt	3	22
J Newman	3	22
HG Vivian	3	15
FT Badcock	3	14
HM McGirr	3	14

Recorded innings through 1932-02-19. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1931/32

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 · 56 players

Plunket Shield 1931/32 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
RC Blunt	Otago	3	6	1	385	338*	77.00	—	0	1	41
AW Roberts	Canterbury	3	6	1	378	181	75.60	—	2	1	0
CS Dempster	Wellington	3	6	0	326	154	54.33	—	1	1	0
ML Page	Canterbury	3	6	0	284	206	47.33	—	0	1	0
JL Kerr	Canterbury	3	6	0	277	89	46.17	—	2	0	0
FT Badcock	Otago	3	6	0	271	105	45.17	—	1	1	11
HG Vivian	Auckland	3	6	0	251	165	41.83	—	0	1	0
HN Lambert	Wellington	3	6	0	221	107	36.83	—	1	1	0
WH Dustin	Wellington	3	6	2	186	92	46.50	—	2	0	0
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	6	1	170	51	34.00	—	1	0	0
SG Lester	Canterbury	3	6	0	169	49	28.17	—	0	0	0
HD Gillespie	Auckland	3	6	0	135	43	22.50	—	0	0	0
WFT Hepburn	Wellington	3	6	0	131	58	21.83	—	2	0	0
KC James	Wellington	3	6	2	129	82	32.25	—	1	0	0
RWH Cherry	Otago	3	6	0	126	79	21.00	—	1	0	0
AR Knight	Otago	3	6	0	122	42	20.33	—	0	0	0
CJ Elmes	Otago	3	6	1	119	49	23.80	—	0	0	4
GL Weir	Auckland	3	6	0	118	51	19.67	—	1	0	0
HD Smith	Otago	3	6	0	116	39	19.33	—	0	0	1
RW Coupland	Otago	3	6	0	108	27	18.00	—	0	0	0
IM Hamilton	Canterbury	2	4	0	105	47	26.25	—	0	0	0
AJ Postles	Auckland	2	4	0	104	41	26.00	—	0	0	0
DAR Moloney	Otago	3	6	1	97	55*	19.40	—	1	0	0
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	1	94	54	18.80	—	1	0	0
RE Frater	Auckland	1	2	0	91	74	45.50	—	1	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1931/32 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s
AM Matheson	Auckland	3	6	1	86	50*	17.20	—	1	0
RO Talbot	Canterbury	1	2	0	78	72	39.00	—	1	0
WE Merritt	Canterbury	3	6	1	72	20	14.40	—	0	0
PE Whitelaw	Auckland	3	6	0	69	26	11.50	—	0	0
JE Mills	Auckland	1	2	0	64	52	32.00	—	1	0
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	0	62	52	31.00	—	1	0
JA Dunning	Otago	3	6	0	56	36	9.33	—	0	1
TC Lowry	Wellington	3	6	1	53	43	10.60	—	0	0
RC Crook	Wellington	3	6	1	53	30	10.60	—	0	0
JL Powell	Canterbury	3	6	1	52	30	10.40	—	0	0
RC Burns	Canterbury	3	6	1	51	27	10.20	—	0	0
AW McCoy	Auckland	3	6	1	49	30*	9.80	—	0	0
CG Crawford	Canterbury	1	2	0	44	29	22.00	—	0	0
TD Lyon	Auckland	2	4	0	44	18	11.00	—	0	0
W Hawksworth	Otago	3	6	3	43	21	14.33	—	0	3
J Newman	Wellington	3	6	0	41	21	6.83	—	0	0
FWJ Bellamy	Canterbury	2	4	1	37	20*	12.33	—	0	0
HB Massey	Wellington	2	4	1	32	20*	10.67	—	0	0
SC Hay	Auckland	2	4	0	27	11	6.75	—	0	0
L Stephen-Smith	Auckland	2	4	1	26	9*	8.67	—	0	0
DC Cleverley	Auckland	2	4	2	23	9*	11.50	—	0	0
JT Burrows	Canterbury	3	6	3	23	14*	7.67	—	0	0
J McHaffie	Otago	1	2	0	19	13	9.50	—	0	0
TL Clark	Auckland	1	2	0	14	10	7.00	—	0	0
TPL Reaney	Wellington	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	—	0	0
RW Rowntree	Auckland	1	2	1	13	7	13.00	—	0	0
NH McMillan	Auckland	1	2	0	12	7	6.00	—	0	0
M Henderson	Wellington	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0
JR Lamason	Wellington	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	—	0	0
BG Griffiths	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
WA Priest	Otago	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 35 players

Plunket Shield 1931/32 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
WE Merritt	Canterbury	3	6	864	11	454	22	20.64	39.27	3.15	2	8/105
J Newman	Wellington	3	6	1,175	72	339	22	15.41	53.41	1.73	2	5/45
HG Vivian	Auckland	3	5	690	19	312	15	20.80	46.00	2.71	2	5/59
FT Badcock	Otago	3	6	1,090	69	318	14	22.71	77.86	1.75	0	4/65
HM McGirr	Wellington	3	6	660	27	258	14	18.43	47.14	2.35	0	4/50
JT Burrows	Canterbury	3	6	738	44	280	13	21.54	56.77	2.28	0	4/24
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	6	786	26	419	10	41.90	78.60	3.20	0	4/54
DC Cleverley	Auckland	2	4	357	11	183	10	18.30	35.70	3.08	1	6/70
HN Lambert	Wellington	3	6	564	8	373	10	37.30	56.40	3.97	0	4/179
GL Weir	Auckland	3	6	345	10	164	8	20.50	43.13	2.85	0	3/61
JA Dunning	Otago	3	5	672	29	267	8	33.38	84.00	2.38	1	5/65
RC Blunt	Otago	3	6	330	4	183	7	26.14	47.14	3.33	0	3/9
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	207	8	76	7	10.86	29.57	2.20	1	5/23
RW Coupland	Otago	3	5	302	7	164	7	23.43	43.14	3.26	0	3/72
AW McCoy	Auckland	3	6	362	4	181	6	30.17	60.33	3.00	0	3/43
DAR Moloney	Otago	3	5	294	3	176	4	44.00	73.50	3.59	0	3/42
M Henderson	Wellington	1	2	276	8	137	3	45.67	92.00	2.98	0	2/78
AM Matheson	Auckland	3	6	504	14	285	3	95.00	168.00	3.39	0	2/57
RO Talbot	Canterbury	1	2	132	1	97	3	32.33	44.00	4.41	0	2/19
HD Smith	Otago	3	5	288	9	127	2	63.50	144.00	2.65	0	1/22
RC Crook	Wellington	3	5	232	6	120	2	60.00	116.00	3.10	0	1/7
TPL Reaney	Wellington	1	2	66	0	47	2	23.50	33.00	4.27	0	2/41
ML Page	Canterbury	2	2	30	2	14	1	14.00	30.00	2.80	0	1/0
CJ Elmes	Otago	3	4	228	5	122	1	122.00	228.00	3.21	0	1/38
BG Griffiths	Wellington	1	2	84	1	45	1	45.00	84.00	3.21	0	1/25

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Plunket Shield 1931/32 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
TD Lyon	Auckland	2	3	168	5	84	1	84.00	168.00	3.00	1/62
HB Massey	Wellington	2	4	264	10	113	1	113.00	264.00	2.57	1/31
TC Lowry	Wellington	2	2	42	2	18	0	—	—	2.57	0/3
AW Roberts	Canterbury	2	2	114	1	76	0	—	—	4.00	0/22
JR Lamason	Wellington	1	1	24	1	10	0	—	—	2.50	0/10
FWJ Bellamy	Canterbury	2	2	108	4	42	0	—	—	2.33	0/2
SG Lester	Canterbury	3	4	282	7	152	0	—	—	3.23	0/17
NH McMillan	Auckland	1	2	30	0	21	0	—	—	4.20	0/3
AJ Postles	Auckland	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0/13
JL Powell	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	9	0	—	—	4.50	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 1931/32. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1931/32 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	2	0	1	1,869	47	39.77	526	1,660	51	32.55
Wellington	3	2	0	1	1,372	43	31.91	553	1,570	58	27.07
Otago	3	1	2	0	1,614	60	26.90	589	1,510	55	27.45
Auckland	3	0	3	0	1,199	60	19.98	285	1,314	46	28.57

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 · 1931/32

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

1932-02-19 to 1932-02-23 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 211 & 108
Wellington: 260 & 61/8

Wellington won by 2 wickets

1932-01-08 to 1932-01-09 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 56 & 256
Canterbury: 218 & 98/2

Canterbury won by 8 wickets

1932-01-01 to 1932-01-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 553 & 45/1
Canterbury: 276 & 526/8d

Match drawn

1932-01-01 to 1932-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 200 & 238
Otago: 347 & 198

Otago won by 107 runs

1931-12-25 to 1931-12-28 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 271 & 182/4
Auckland: 164 & 285

Wellington won by 6 wickets

1931-12-25 to 1931-12-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 472 & 279/7
Otago: 161 & 589

Canterbury won by 3 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1931/32 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 1931/32, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1931/32 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
RC Blunt	338*	Canterbury	1931-12-25
ML Page	206	Wellington	1932-01-01
AW Roberts	181	Wellington	1932-01-01
HG Vivian	165	Wellington	1931-12-25
CS Dempster	154	Canterbury	1932-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1931/32 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WE Merritt	8/105	Auckland	1932-01-08
WE Merritt	7/159	Wellington	1932-01-01
DC Cleverley	6/70	Wellington	1931-12-25
GR Dickinson	5/23	Wellington	1932-02-19
J Newman	5/45	Otago	1932-02-19

* 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.

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

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Season overview

Plunket Shield standings

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1931/32

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1931/32

Batting · 56 players

Bowling · 35 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1931/32

Otago v Wellington

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