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Plunket Shield 1935/36 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1935/36; Tests are excluded.

WM Wallace leads the displayed batting table with 335 runs. WE Merritt leads the bowling table with 31 wickets.

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Showing 1935/36 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 61
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1935-12-24 to 1936-02-14. 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 1935/36. 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 1935/36

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 1935/36 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
WM Wallace	3	335
JR Lamason	3	246
GL Weir	2	223
WA Hadlee	3	220
FP O'Brien	3	198

Recorded innings through 1936-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1935/36 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
WE Merritt	3	31
HG Vivian	2	18
JA Dunning	3	18
CK Parsloe	3	18
BG Griffiths	3	18

Recorded innings through 1936-02-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1935/36

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 · 61 players

Plunket Shield 1935/36 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
WM Wallace	Auckland	3	5	0	335	100	67.00	—	3	1
JR Lamason	Wellington	3	6	0	246	127	41.00	—	1	1
GL Weir	Auckland	2	4	0	223	191	55.75	—	0	1
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	0	220	101	36.67	—	1	1
FP O'Brien	Canterbury	3	6	0	198	54	33.00	—	1	0
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	6	0	186	73	31.00	—	2	0
AP Cobden	Canterbury	3	6	0	184	79	30.67	—	1	0
LD Smith	Otago	3	6	0	179	54	29.83	—	1	0
FT Badcock	Otago	3	6	0	176	54	29.33	—	1	0
DAR Moloney	Wellington	3	6	0	158	34	26.33	—	0	0
JL Kerr	Canterbury	3	6	0	156	62	26.00	—	1	0
CJ Elmes	Otago	3	6	0	149	52	24.83	—	1	0
AM Matheson	Auckland	2	4	1	147	92	49.00	—	1	0
AR Knight	Otago	2	4	0	143	68	35.75	—	1	0
LF Townsend	Auckland	3	5	1	135	68	33.75	—	1	0
JAR Blandford	Wellington	3	6	0	132	62	22.00	—	1	0
EG McLeod	Wellington	1	2	0	126	94	63.00	—	1	0
JE Mills	Auckland	3	5	0	125	59	25.00	—	1	0
GH Hook	Auckland	3	5	0	122	48	24.40	—	0	0
FWJ Bellamy	Canterbury	3	6	0	117	31	19.50	—	0	0
AJ Postles	Auckland	3	5	0	106	51	21.20	—	1	0
CK Saxton	Otago	2	4	0	106	37	26.50	—	0	0
FB Kerr	Otago	3	6	1	105	44*	21.00	—	0	0
AW Roberts	Canterbury	2	4	0	103	50	25.75	—	1	0
N Gallichan	Wellington	2	4	1	100	62	33.33	—	1	0

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Plunket Shield 1935/36 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
PE Whitelaw	Auckland	3	5	0	96	35	19.20	—	0
JA Ell	Wellington	3	6	0	94	47	15.67	—	0
MA O'Brien	Wellington	3	6	0	93	51	15.50	—	1
KFM Uttley	Otago	3	6	0	92	61	15.33	—	1
HG Vivian	Auckland	2	4	1	85	60	28.33	—	1
CK Parsloe	Wellington	3	6	1	83	25	16.60	—	0
VG Cavanagh	Otago	2	4	0	82	63	20.50	—	1
BG Griffiths	Wellington	3	6	1	54	28	10.80	—	0
JA Dunning	Otago	3	6	1	53	31	10.60	—	0
JC Scandrett	Otago	2	4	0	45	18	11.25	—	0
M Graham	Canterbury	3	6	3	42	30*	14.00	—	0
DR Garrard	Auckland	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	—	0
ML Page	Canterbury	1	2	0	38	19	19.00	—	0
GH Mills	Otago	2	4	1	38	22*	12.67	—	0
GG McGregor	Otago	1	2	1	36	32*	36.00	—	0
WE Merritt	Canterbury	3	6	0	33	29	5.50	—	0
RCD Silver	Otago	1	2	0	33	21	16.50	—	0
DS Wilson	Wellington	1	2	0	28	18	14.00	—	0
HT Pearson	Auckland	1	1	1	27	27*	—	—	0
J Cowie	Auckland	3	5	1	23	15*	5.75	—	0
RT Morgan	Wellington	1	2	1	20	20*	20.00	—	0
SW Ward	Wellington	2	4	0	20	13	5.00	—	0
ED Blundell	Wellington	1	2	0	17	16	8.50	—	0
LA Butterfield	Canterbury	2	4	1	14	8*	4.67	—	0
CKQ Jackman	Canterbury	3	6	2	12	6*	3.00	—	0
FJ Toomey	Otago	1	2	0	10	7	5.00	—	0
DB Edmonds	Auckland	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	—	0
ND Henderson	Otago	1	2	1	8	7	8.00	—	0
SG Lester	Canterbury	1	2	0	8	6	4.00	—	0
WG Rainbird	Wellington	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0
FM Andrews	Auckland	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	—	0
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0
W Hayward	Auckland	2	4	2	1	1*	0.50	—	0
IAH Symes	Wellington	1	2	1	1	1*	1.00	—	0
J Newman	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
JG Ashenden	Wellington	1	2	2	0	0*	—	—	0

Bowling · 37 players

Plunket Shield 1935/36 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
WE Merritt	Canterbury	3	6	1,113	32	528	31	17.03	35.90	2.85	4	7/125
HG Vivian	Auckland	2	4	806	36	284	18	15.78	44.78	2.11	2	6/92
JA Dunning	Otago	3	6	881	28	396	18	22.00	48.94	2.70	1	5/50
CK Parsloe	Wellington	3	5	576	24	232	18	12.89	32.00	2.42	1	7/66
BG Griffiths	Wellington	3	5	385	2	273	18	15.17	21.39	4.25	2	6/55
LF Townsend	Auckland	3	6	1,041	55	334	16	20.88	65.06	1.93	1	5/33
FT Badcock	Otago	3	6	1,014	65	312	12	26.00	84.50	1.85	0	4/91
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	6	631	22	297	11	27.00	57.36	2.82	0	4/29
CJ Elmes	Otago	3	5	624	31	259	10	25.90	62.40	2.49	0	3/38
GR Dickinson	Otago	1	2	228	2	149	7	21.29	32.57	3.92	1	5/78
J Cowie	Auckland	3	6	858	35	295	7	42.14	122.57	2.06	0	4/31
AM Matheson	Auckland	2	4	660	28	205	6	34.17	110.00	1.86	0	4/57
M Graham	Canterbury	3	6	540	23	175	6	29.17	90.00	1.94	0	2/32
AW Roberts	Canterbury	2	4	564	34	170	5	34.00	112.80	1.81	0	2/52
RCD Silver	Otago	1	2	222	6	99	5	19.80	44.40	2.68	0	3/68
ED Blundell	Wellington	1	2	216	15	59	4	14.75	54.00	1.64	0	3/29
DR Garrard	Auckland	1	2	294	7	145	4	36.25	73.50	2.96	0	4/95
J Newman	Wellington	1	2	138	2	55	3	18.33	46.00	2.39	0	2/30
LD Smith	Otago	3	6	257	2	159	3	53.00	85.67	3.71	0	2/40
JR Lamason	Wellington	3	4	120	6	54	2	27.00	60.00	2.70	0	1/7
FM Andrews	Auckland	1	2	246	14	67	2	33.50	123.00	1.63	0	2/19
AP Cobden	Canterbury	1	2	90	2	61	2	30.50	45.00	4.07	0	2/40
ND Henderson	Otago	1	2	210	4	113	2	56.50	105.00	3.23	0	1/54
JG Ashenden	Wellington	1	2	108	2	62	1	62.00	108.00	3.44	0	1/53
GH Hook	Auckland	1	1	30	1	24	1	24.00	30.00	4.80	0	1/24

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Plunket Shield 1935/36 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
IAH Symes	Wellington	1	1	81	5	30	1	30.00	81.00	2.22	1/30
DS Wilson	Wellington	1	1	90	2	38	1	38.00	90.00	2.53	1/38
ML Page	Canterbury	1	1	23	0	8	0	—	—	2.09	0/8
GL Weir	Auckland	2	3	66	2	28	0	—	—	2.55	0/1
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	1	1	12	0	8	0	—	—	4.00	0/8
N Gallichan	Wellington	2	3	168	4	85	0	—	—	3.04	0/11
LA Butterfield	Canterbury	1	1	24	0	20	0	—	—	5.00	0/20
FWJ Bellamy	Canterbury	3	4	108	1	56	0	—	—	3.11	0/4
SG Lester	Canterbury	1	2	132	4	79	0	—	—	3.59	0/23
GG McGregor	Otago	1	1	18	2	2	0	—	—	0.67	0/2
AJ Postles	Auckland	3	4	108	5	39	0	—	—	2.17	0/1
JC Scandrett	Otago	1	2	24	1	20	0	—	—	5.00	0/7

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 1935/36. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1935/36 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	3	2	0	1	1,255	55	22.82	319	948	50	18.96
Auckland	3	1	0	2	1,546	44	35.14	404	1,518	55	27.60
Otago	3	1	2	0	1,317	60	21.95	350	1,570	57	27.54
Canterbury	3	0	2	1	1,381	60	23.02	349	1,463	57	25.67

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 · 1935/36

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

1936-02-14 to 1936-02-18 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 174 & 230
Otago: 173 & 350

Otago won by 119 runs

1936-02-07 to 1936-02-11 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 152 & 308/5
Auckland: 235

Match drawn

1936-01-24 to 1936-01-27 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 188 & 219
Wellington: 319 & 168

Wellington won by 80 runs

1936-01-02 to 1936-01-06 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 404 & 228/7
Canterbury: 322 & 349

Match drawn

1935-12-27 to 1935-12-28 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 196 & 112
Canterbury: 122 & 184

Wellington won by 2 runs

1935-12-24 to 1935-12-27 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 303 & 376/7d
Otago: 241 & 146

Auckland won by 292 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1935/36 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 1935/36, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1935/36 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GL Weir	191	Otago	1935-12-24
JR Lamason	127	Auckland	1936-02-07
WA Hadlee	101	Otago	1936-02-14
WM Wallace	100	Canterbury	1936-01-02
EG McLeod	94	Auckland	1936-02-07

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1935/36 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
CK Parsloe	7/66	Otago	1936-01-24
WE Merritt	7/125	Otago	1936-02-14
BG Griffiths	6/55	Canterbury	1935-12-27
WE Merritt	6/56	Otago	1936-02-14
HG Vivian	6/92	Canterbury	1936-01-02

* 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 1935/36

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1935/36

Batting · 61 players

Bowling · 37 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1935/36

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