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Plunket Shield 1946/47 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1946/47; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 339 runs. JH Parks leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 57
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1946-12-25 to 1947-02-01. 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 1946/47. 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 1946/47

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 1946/47 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	3	339
WA Hadlee	3	285
EWT Tindill	3	217
FB Smith	3	212
AW Roberts	3	209

Recorded innings through 1947-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1946/47 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JH Parks	3	19
J Cowie	3	18
HB Cave	3	16
GWF Overton	3	15
RH Robinson	3	13

Recorded innings through 1947-02-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1946/47

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 · 57 players

Plunket Shield 1946/47 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	Auckland	3	6	1	339	111	67.80	—	3	1	33	2
WA Hadlee	Otago	3	6	0	285	166	47.50	—	0	1	15	0
EWT Tindill	Wellington	3	6	1	217	91	43.40	—	1	0	3	0
FB Smith	Canterbury	3	5	0	212	106	42.40	—	1	1	0	0
AW Roberts	Otago	3	6	1	209	110*	41.80	—	0	1	1	0
VJ Scott	Auckland	3	6	1	207	79	41.40	—	2	0	4	0
DD Taylor	Auckland	3	6	1	205	98*	41.00	—	2	0	16	0
RH Scott	Canterbury	3	5	0	200	86	40.00	—	2	0	18	2
WM Wallace	Auckland	3	6	0	178	86	29.67	—	2	0	6	0
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	5	0	177	78	35.40	—	2	0	7	0
DS Wilson	Wellington	3	6	0	165	90	27.50	—	1	0	11	1
WM Anderson	Canterbury	3	5	0	149	53	29.80	—	1	0	4	0
JA Ongley	Wellington	3	6	0	149	98	24.83	—	1	0	7	0
LD Smith	Otago	3	6	2	145	71	36.25	—	2	0	5	0
AT Burgess	Canterbury	3	5	0	136	41	27.20	—	0	0	0	0
RH Robinson	Otago	3	6	0	130	74	21.67	—	1	0	9	0
CS Dempster	Wellington	2	4	0	118	104	29.50	—	0	1	8	0
GH Mills	Otago	3	6	0	114	36	19.00	—	0	0	2	0
SR O'Neill	Wellington	3	6	1	98	33	19.60	—	0	0	0	0
FR Crawford	Wellington	2	4	0	97	54	24.25	—	1	0	0	0
PE Whitelaw	Auckland	3	6	1	94	28	18.80	—	0	0	0	0
GC Burgess	Auckland	3	6	1	84	25	16.80	—	0	0	4	0
AV Wiles	Auckland	3	6	1	83	40	16.60	—	0	0	5	1
SA McVicar	Wellington	3	6	0	81	42	13.50	—	0	0	0	0
REJ Menzies	Wellington	2	4	0	78	40	19.50	—	0	0	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1946/47 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s
DS St John	Otago	2	4	1	75	31	25.00	—	0
JH Parks	Canterbury	3	5	0	59	34	11.80	—	0
PAT Small	Canterbury	1	2	0	55	45	27.50	—	0
ASH Cutler	Otago	2	4	0	54	38	13.50	—	0
W Pollitt	Canterbury	3	5	0	53	40	10.60	—	0
AM Matheson	Wellington	3	6	0	52	20	8.67	—	1
C Burke	Auckland	3	6	1	48	18*	9.60	—	0
JM O'Sullivan	Otago	1	2	0	48	45	24.00	—	3
JR Capstick	Wellington	1	2	0	46	44	23.00	—	0
RT Barber	Wellington	1	2	0	43	37	21.50	—	5
TB Burtt	Canterbury	3	5	1	41	19	10.25	—	0
TA Freeman	Otago	2	4	0	41	16	10.25	—	0
AW McDougall	Otago	3	6	1	37	15	7.40	—	2
WG Rainbird	Wellington	1	2	0	31	29	15.50	—	1
L Watt	Otago	1	2	0	28	25	14.00	—	0
DJ Blakely	Otago	1	2	0	27	17	13.50	—	0
TA Downes	Wellington	1	2	2	25	22*	—	—	0
CA Snedden	Auckland	2	4	0	23	14	5.75	—	0
HB Cave	Wellington	3	6	2	23	8	5.75	—	0
AEL Britton	Canterbury	3	5	2	23	8	7.67	—	0
IW Gallaway	Otago	1	2	0	22	22	11.00	—	0
LAW Kent	Auckland	2	4	0	22	17	5.50	—	0
MD Meech	Wellington	1	2	0	17	13	8.50	—	0
GWF Overton	Otago	3	6	3	15	13*	5.00	—	0
J Cowie	Auckland	3	6	2	13	8*	3.25	—	0
TC Fraser	Otago	1	2	0	10	9	5.00	—	0
RCSA Shand	Canterbury	3	5	0	10	7	2.00	—	0
RS Challies	Wellington	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0
EC Carston	Canterbury	2	3	2	4	4*	4.00	—	0
JA Hayes	Auckland	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0
JW Blakely	Otago	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0
DB Edmonds	Auckland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 34 players

Plunket Shield 1946/47 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JH Parks	Canterbury	3	6	1,488	87	448	19	23.58	78.32	1.81	1	5/62
J Cowie	Auckland	3	6	1,223	52	429	18	23.83	67.94	2.10	1	6/61
HB Cave	Wellington	3	6	840	39	276	16	17.25	52.50	1.97	1	6/44
GWF Overton	Otago	3	5	738	38	264	15	17.60	49.20	2.15	0	4/57
RH Robinson	Otago	3	5	662	21	259	13	19.92	50.92	2.35	0	4/45
RH Scott	Canterbury	3	6	953	44	362	13	27.85	73.31	2.28	1	6/99
CA Snedden	Auckland	2	4	771	48	258	13	19.85	59.31	2.01	1	6/59
AW McDougall	Otago	3	5	696	38	210	12	17.50	58.00	1.81	0	4/44
DS Wilson	Wellington	3	5	538	23	165	12	13.75	44.83	1.84	1	6/44
TB Burtt	Canterbury	3	6	701	22	266	11	24.18	63.73	2.28	0	4/43
C Burke	Auckland	3	6	799	33	292	10	29.20	79.90	2.19	0	4/81
SR O'Neill	Wellington	3	6	687	33	217	9	24.11	76.33	1.90	0	3/51
B Sutcliffe	Auckland	3	5	366	20	122	7	17.43	52.29	2.00	0	2/25
AV Wiles	Auckland	3	6	805	39	296	7	42.29	115.00	2.21	0	3/49
TA Freeman	Otago	2	3	168	4	69	4	17.25	42.00	2.46	0	3/32
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	5	143	2	84	3	28.00	47.67	3.52	0	1/13
JA Hayes	Auckland	1	2	174	8	77	3	25.67	58.00	2.66	0	2/70
LD Smith	Otago	3	5	660	36	214	3	71.33	220.00	1.95	0	1/32
AM Matheson	Wellington	3	4	300	15	89	2	44.50	150.00	1.78	0	1/21
AW Roberts	Otago	3	5	480	28	131	1	131.00	480.00	1.64	0	1/4
DD Taylor	Auckland	2	2	30	1	11	1	11.00	30.00	2.20	0	1/8
FR Crawford	Wellington	2	3	90	1	54	1	54.00	90.00	3.60	0	1/46
WA Hadlee	Otago	3	3	66	4	16	0	—	—	1.45	0	0/1
WM Anderson	Canterbury	3	4	60	2	39	0	—	—	3.90	0	0/3
VJ Scott	Auckland	1	1	30	2	13	0	—	—	2.60	0	0/13

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Plunket Shield 1946/47 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
AT Burgess	Canterbury	2	2	54	4	20	—	—	2.22	0/7
EC Carston	Canterbury	2	3	228	9	80	—	—	2.11	0/23
RS Challies	Wellington	1	2	120	1	59	—	—	2.95	0/7
ASH Cutler	Otago	1	1	12	1	4	—	—	2.00	0/4
TA Downes	Wellington	1	1	132	7	39	—	—	1.77	0/39
MD Meech	Wellington	1	1	6	0	3	—	—	3.00	0/3
W Pollitt	Canterbury	3	4	66	2	26	—	—	2.36	0/1
WG Rainbird	Wellington	1	1	18	0	4	—	—	1.33	0/4
PAT Small	Canterbury	1	2	30	2	8	—	—	1.60	0/2

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 1946/47. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1946/47 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	3	2	0	1	1,361	43	31.65	349	1,602	60	26.70
Otago	3	1	1	1	1,321	49	26.96	432	1,232	49	25.14
Wellington	3	1	1	1	1,339	60	22.32	389	964	43	22.42
Canterbury	3	0	2	1	1,196	50	23.92	333	1,419	50	28.38

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 · 1946/47

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

1947-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 285 & 29/3
Wellington: 202 & 111

Otago won by 7 wickets

1947-01-08 to 1947-01-11 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 258 & 237/4
Canterbury: 299 & 194

Auckland won by 6 wickets

1947-01-01 to 1947-01-04 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 243 & 259
Canterbury: 145 & 225

Wellington won by 132 runs

1947-01-01 to 1947-01-04 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 349 & 237/9
Otago: 153 & 432

Auckland won by 1 wicket

1946-12-25 to 1946-12-28 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 389 & 135
Auckland: 264 & 16/0

Match drawn

1946-12-25 to 1946-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 333
Otago: 148/9d & 274/7

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1946/47 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 1946/47, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1946/47 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
WA Hadlee	166	Auckland	1947-01-01
B Sutcliffe	111	Canterbury	1947-01-08
AW Roberts	110*	Canterbury	1946-12-25
FB Smith	106	Auckland	1947-01-08
CS Dempster	104	Canterbury	1947-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1946/47 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DS Wilson	6/44	Auckland	1946-12-25
HB Cave	6/44	Canterbury	1947-01-01
CA Snedden	6/59	Canterbury	1947-01-08
J Cowie	6/61	Wellington	1946-12-25
RH Scott	6/99	Wellington	1947-01-01

* 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: 2026-10-01. 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 1946/47

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1946/47

Batting · 57 players

Bowling · 34 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1946/47

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