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Plunket Shield 1945/46 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1945/46; Tests are excluded.

VJ Scott leads the displayed batting table with 285 runs. J Cowie leads the bowling table with 17 wickets.

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Showing 1945/46 · Plunket Shield

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

Selected season match starts: 1945-12-24 to 1946-02-01. 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 1945/46. 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 1945/46

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 1945/46 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
VJ Scott	3	285
LA Butterfield	3	236
WM Anderson	3	230
WA Hadlee	2	214
RCSA Shand	3	205

Recorded innings through 1946-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1945/46 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
J Cowie	3	17
RH Scott	3	17
RCD Silver	3	15
WR Buchan	3	14
DAN McRae	3	13

Recorded innings through 1946-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1945/46

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 1945/46 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
VJ Scott	Auckland	3	4	1	285	167	95.00	—	1	1	5	0
LA Butterfield	Canterbury	3	6	0	236	76	39.33	—	2	0	6	1
WM Anderson	Canterbury	3	6	0	230	137	38.33	—	0	1	10	0
WA Hadlee	Otago	2	4	0	214	157	53.50	—	0	1	16	3
RCSA Shand	Canterbury	3	6	0	205	77	34.17	—	2	0	3	0
TC Fraser	Otago	3	6	2	168	93*	42.00	—	1	0	9	1
HT Pearson	Auckland	3	4	0	150	107	37.50	—	0	1	8	2
RH Scott	Canterbury	3	6	1	148	72	29.60	—	1	0	3	0
WM Wallace	Auckland	2	3	0	145	78	48.33	—	1	0	4	0
LD Smith	Otago	3	6	1	139	85	27.80	—	1	0	0	0
CG Rowe	Wellington	2	4	0	137	72	34.25	—	1	0	0	0
RWG Emery	Auckland	2	2	0	137	110	68.50	—	0	1	8	0
AW Roberts	Otago	3	6	0	135	51	22.50	—	1	0	4	0
HF Rice	Wellington	2	4	0	127	72	31.75	—	1	0	0	0
JA Ell	Wellington	3	6	0	113	76	18.83	—	1	0	0	0
KFM Uttley	Canterbury	3	6	1	106	47	21.20	—	0	0	0	0
C Burke	Auckland	3	4	1	102	51*	34.00	—	1	0	0	0
AG Wiren	Wellington	2	4	0	100	84	25.00	—	1	0	0	0
DS Wilson	Wellington	1	2	0	95	73	47.50	—	1	0	0	0
FP O'Brien	Canterbury	1	2	0	85	60	42.50	—	1	0	6	0
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	6	0	84	43	14.00	—	0	0	2	0
TA Freeman	Otago	3	6	1	84	36	16.80	—	0	0	4	0
LAW Kent	Auckland	3	4	0	84	35	21.00	—	0	0	0	0
AC Kerr	Auckland	3	4	0	79	29	19.75	—	0	0	3	0
GH Mills	Otago	3	6	0	76	61	12.67	—	1	0	2	0

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Plunket Shield 1945/46 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s
FR Crawford	Wellington	1	2	0	74	55	37.00	—	1	7
J Smith	Canterbury	1	2	0	71	51	35.50	—	1	7
L Watt	Otago	3	6	0	69	38	11.50	—	0	0
FLH Mooney	Wellington	3	6	0	67	27	11.17	—	0	0
RT Barber	Wellington	3	6	0	60	45	10.00	—	0	0
WR Buchan	Wellington	3	6	0	59	37	9.83	—	0	0
GF Wallace	Auckland	1	1	0	57	57	57.00	—	1	7
TB Burtt	Canterbury	3	6	3	53	20	17.67	—	0	0
LA Milnes	Otago	1	2	0	53	46	26.50	—	0	5
FWJ Bellamy	Otago	2	4	1	51	24	17.00	—	0	0
PE Whitelaw	Auckland	1	1	0	46	46	46.00	—	0	3
J Cowie	Auckland	3	4	0	46	24	11.50	—	0	0
RK Hatch	Wellington	3	6	0	44	26	7.33	—	0	0
RCD Silver	Otago	3	6	2	40	27*	10.00	—	0	0
DAN McRae	Canterbury	3	6	3	38	27*	12.67	—	0	0
AW McDougall	Otago	1	2	1	37	19	37.00	—	0	0
HB Cave	Wellington	2	4	0	36	12	9.00	—	0	0
EM Meuli	Auckland	2	3	0	33	15	11.00	—	0	0
RC Harwood	Otago	3	6	0	31	19	5.17	—	0	0
AEL Britton	Canterbury	3	6	0	30	18	5.00	—	0	0
CV Walter	Canterbury	2	4	0	29	13	7.25	—	0	0
EWT Tindill	Wellington	1	2	0	28	25	14.00	—	0	0
R Allen	Wellington	2	4	4	28	15*	—	—	0	0
OC Cleal	Auckland	2	3	0	22	17	7.33	—	0	0
NSH Burnette	Wellington	1	2	0	21	11	10.50	—	0	0
RJ Duffy	Wellington	1	2	0	21	21	10.50	—	0	0
CFW Allcott	Otago	1	2	0	19	19	9.50	—	0	0
MG Browne	Wellington	1	2	1	18	15*	18.00	—	0	0
FE Hemmingson	Auckland	1	2	1	15	11	15.00	—	0	0
AT Burgess	Canterbury	1	2	0	13	10	6.50	—	0	0
K Parkin	Wellington	1	2	1	11	11*	11.00	—	0	0
CDG Toomey	Otago	1	2	0	10	6	5.00	—	0	0
LC Baker	Otago	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0
DC Cleverley	Auckland	3	4	1	6	4	2.00	—	0	0
TS Russ	Wellington	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0
HEH Denham	Canterbury	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 35 players

Plunket Shield 1945/46 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
J Cowie	Auckland	3	5	834	54	240	17	14.12	49.06	1.73	1	5/33
RH Scott	Canterbury	3	6	743	32	307	17	18.06	43.71	2.48	2	5/38
RCD Silver	Otago	3	5	838	33	329	15	21.93	55.87	2.36	1	6/20
WR Buchan	Wellington	3	5	907	46	299	14	21.36	64.79	1.98	1	7/66
DAN McRae	Canterbury	3	6	841	56	308	13	23.69	64.69	2.20	0	4/50
TB Burtt	Canterbury	3	6	901	41	372	13	28.62	69.31	2.48	0	4/65
DC Cleverley	Auckland	3	6	721	35	295	12	24.58	60.08	2.45	0	4/54
C Burke	Auckland	3	5	653	38	208	12	17.33	54.42	1.91	0	4/17
LA Butterfield	Canterbury	3	6	792	59	209	11	19.00	72.00	1.58	0	4/17
RK Hatch	Wellington	3	5	801	35	270	9	30.00	89.00	2.02	0	3/29
AW Roberts	Otago	3	5	889	70	174	7	24.86	127.00	1.17	0	4/54
RC Harwood	Otago	3	4	576	19	185	5	37.00	115.20	1.93	0	2/46
AW McDougall	Otago	1	2	336	20	85	5	17.00	67.20	1.52	0	3/26
DS Wilson	Wellington	1	2	300	9	96	5	19.20	60.00	1.92	0	3/64
WA Hadlee	Otago	2	3	162	5	70	4	17.50	40.50	2.59	0	3/14
LD Smith	Otago	3	4	345	13	118	4	29.50	86.25	2.05	0	3/34
CFW Allcott	Otago	1	1	228	5	91	3	30.33	76.00	2.39	0	3/91
HB Cave	Wellington	2	4	300	9	114	3	38.00	100.00	2.28	0	3/30
R Allen	Wellington	2	4	342	16	137	3	45.67	114.00	2.40	0	2/30
IB Cromb	Canterbury	2	4	138	2	86	2	43.00	69.00	3.74	0	1/10
FR Crawford	Wellington	1	1	93	2	46	2	23.00	46.50	2.97	0	2/46
TA Freeman	Otago	3	5	653	26	252	2	126.00	326.50	2.32	0	2/21
AC Kerr	Auckland	3	5	426	25	135	2	67.50	213.00	1.90	0	1/33
RWG Emery	Auckland	2	3	252	14	75	1	75.00	252.00	1.79	0	1/63
MG Browne	Wellington	1	1	84	0	53	1	53.00	84.00	3.79	0	1/53

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Plunket Shield 1945/46 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
HEH Denham	Canterbury	1	2	66	3	28	1	28.00	66.00	2.55	1/28
RJ Duffy	Wellington	1	1	20	0	6	1	6.00	20.00	1.80	1/6
FE Hemmingson	Auckland	1	2	90	5	31	1	31.00	90.00	2.07	1/23
K Parkin	Wellington	1	1	108	3	57	1	57.00	108.00	3.17	1/57
AT Burgess	Canterbury	1	1	18	0	11	0	—	—	3.67	0/11
OC Cleal	Auckland	1	1	12	1	1	0	—	—	0.50	0/1
TC Fraser	Otago	2	2	18	0	10	0	—	—	3.33	0/3
LA Milnes	Otago	1	1	18	1	2	0	—	—	0.67	0/2
HT Pearson	Auckland	1	1	6	0	2	0	—	—	2.00	0/2
HF Rice	Wellington	2	2	42	1	12	0	—	—	1.71	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 1945/46. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1945/46 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	2	0	1	1,450	53	27.36	339	1,427	60	23.78
Auckland	3	1	0	2	1,285	40	32.13	473	1,076	47	22.89
Otago	3	1	1	1	1,203	47	25.60	383	1,360	50	27.20
Wellington	3	0	3	0	1,111	60	18.52	324	1,186	43	27.58

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 · 1945/46

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

1946-02-01 to 1946-02-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 183 & 255
Canterbury: 335 & 188

Canterbury won by 85 runs

1946-01-18 to 1946-01-21 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 320
Wellington: 130 & 120

Auckland won by an innings and 70 runs

1946-01-01 to 1946-01-31 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 383 & 17/0
Auckland: 473

Match drawn

1946-01-01 to 1946-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 339 & 162/6
Wellington: 173 & 324

Canterbury won by 4 wickets

1945-12-24 to 1945-12-27 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 322 & 42
Otago: 237 & 128/7

Otago won by 3 wickets

1945-12-24 to 1945-12-27 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 281 & 145/7
Auckland: 269 & 223

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1945/46 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 1945/46, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1945/46 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
VJ Scott	167	Otago	1946-01-01
WA Hadlee	157	Auckland	1946-01-01
WM Anderson	137	Otago	1946-02-01
RWG Emery	110	Otago	1946-01-01
HT Pearson	107	Otago	1946-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1945/46 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WR Buchan	7/66	Canterbury	1946-01-01
RCD Silver	6/20	Wellington	1945-12-24
J Cowie	5/33	Wellington	1946-01-18
RH Scott	5/38	Wellington	1946-01-01
RH Scott	5/65	Auckland	1945-12-24

* 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 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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Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1945/46

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Player statistics · 1945/46

Batting · 61 players

Bowling · 35 players

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