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Plunket Shield 1948/49 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1948/49; Tests are excluded.

B Sutcliffe leads the displayed batting table with 348 runs. AE Cresswell leads the bowling table with 19 wickets.

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Showing 1948/49 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 49
Recorded teams: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1948-12-25 to 1949-01-14. 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 1948/49. 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 1948/49

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 1948/49 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Sutcliffe	3	348
FB Smith	3	337
WA Hadlee	3	294
WM Anderson	3	285
GH Mills	3	262

Recorded innings through 1949-01-14. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1948/49 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AE Cresswell	3	19
HB Cave	3	13
GWF Overton	3	12
J Cowie	3	11
JE Hollywood	3	11

Recorded innings through 1949-01-14. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1948/49

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 · 49 players

Plunket Shield 1948/49 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	Auckland	3	4	0	348	141	87.00	—	0	2	30	0
FB Smith	Canterbury	3	6	0	337	153	56.17	—	0	2	33	5
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	3	6	1	294	110*	58.80	—	1	1	19	2
WM Anderson	Canterbury	3	6	1	285	90*	57.00	—	3	0	14	0
GH Mills	Otago	3	5	0	262	115	52.40	—	0	1	7	0
JG Leggat	Canterbury	3	6	1	260	110*	52.00	—	1	1	14	0
DD Taylor	Auckland	3	4	0	242	143	60.50	24,200.00	1	1	13	0
EWT Tindill	Wellington	3	6	0	225	149	37.50	22,500.00	0	1	8	0
JR Reid	Wellington	3	6	1	215	88*	43.00	—	1	0	15	5
GO Rabone	Wellington	3	6	0	205	74	34.17	—	1	0	5	0
FLH Mooney	Wellington	3	6	1	198	89*	39.60	—	1	0	8	0
RT Hunt	Otago	3	5	0	189	75	37.80	—	2	0	6	0
VJ Scott	Auckland	3	4	0	186	83	46.50	—	2	0	5	0
J Hardstaff	Auckland	3	4	1	168	81	56.00	—	1	0	5	1
L Watt	Otago	3	5	0	165	60	33.00	—	1	0	5	0
WM Wallace	Auckland	3	4	1	156	113	52.00	—	0	1	15	0
AW Roberts	Otago	2	3	0	146	86	48.67	—	1	0	5	0
TPL Reaney	Wellington	3	6	0	130	85	21.67	—	1	0	11	0
JA Ongley	Wellington	3	6	0	126	48	21.00	—	0	0	10	0
DS Wilson	Wellington	3	6	1	117	36	23.40	—	0	0	6	0
RJ Kemp	Wellington	3	6	0	109	60	18.17	—	1	0	5	0
LD Smith	Otago	3	5	1	103	45*	25.75	10,300.00	0	0	2	0
DS St John	Otago	3	5	0	102	53	20.40	—	1	0	1	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	2	4	0	92	43	23.00	9,200.00	0	0	0	0
C Burke	Auckland	3	4	0	83	51	20.75	—	1	0	3	0

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Plunket Shield 1948/49 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s
SN McGregor	Otago	3	5	3	81	39*	40.50	—	0	3	0
TB Burtt	Canterbury	3	6	2	80	26	20.00	—	0	0	0
RM Murray	Wellington	1	2	1	73	52*	73.00	—	1	2	0
PW O'Malley	Canterbury	3	6	1	69	36	13.80	—	0	1	0
PAT Small	Canterbury	3	6	1	67	28*	13.40	—	0	4	1
RH Scott	Canterbury	3	6	0	64	30	10.67	—	0	3	1
LJ Groves	Otago	3	5	0	61	35	12.20	—	0	0	0
LA Mahoney	Canterbury	2	4	1	57	43	19.00	—	0	3	1
J Cowie	Auckland	3	4	0	49	33	12.25	4,900.00	0	3	1
RH Robinson	Otago	3	5	0	45	28	9.00	—	0	3	0
JP Marsdon	Auckland	3	4	0	45	20	11.25	—	0	0	0
RC Webb	Canterbury	3	6	0	44	26	7.33	—	0	0	0
HB Cave	Wellington	3	6	0	42	11	7.00	—	0	0	0
LAW Kent	Auckland	3	4	0	34	32	8.50	—	0	3	0
CLW Randall	Wellington	2	4	1	34	31	11.33	—	0	0	0
TA Freeman	Otago	2	3	1	33	26*	16.50	—	0	0	0
DD Coleman	Auckland	2	2	0	28	25	14.00	—	0	1	0
LA Milnes	Otago	1	2	0	18	17	9.00	—	0	2	0
VG Brooker	Auckland	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	—	0	0	0
GWF Overton	Otago	3	5	2	14	8*	4.67	—	0	0	0
AE Cresswell	Wellington	3	6	2	10	5	2.50	—	0	0	0
JE Hollywood	Auckland	3	4	3	5	4*	5.00	—	0	0	0
RF Cook	Canterbury	2	4	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0
IA Walsh	Otago	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 36 players

Plunket Shield 1948/49 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AE Cresswell	Wellington	3	5	768	26	271	19	14.26	40.42	2.12	2	5/32
HB Cave	Wellington	3	5	926	39	356	13	27.38	71.23	2.31	0	4/66
GWF Overton	Otago	3	5	727	26	318	12	26.50	60.58	2.62	1	5/113
J Cowie	Auckland	3	5	858	32	301	11	27.36	78.00	2.10	0	4/50
JE Hollywood	Auckland	3	5	876	42	284	11	25.82	79.64	1.95	0	3/50
TB Burtt	Canterbury	3	6	864	37	356	9	39.56	96.00	2.47	0	4/119
RH Scott	Canterbury	3	6	792	27	384	9	42.67	88.00	2.91	0	4/73
LA Mahoney	Canterbury	2	4	439	12	230	8	28.75	54.88	3.14	0	4/52
LJ Groves	Otago	3	5	517	19	277	7	39.57	73.86	3.21	0	3/67
IA Walsh	Otago	1	2	305	15	110	7	15.71	43.57	2.16	1	5/76
C Burke	Auckland	3	5	786	29	289	6	48.17	131.00	2.21	0	3/44
PAT Small	Canterbury	3	6	672	18	325	6	54.17	112.00	2.90	0	3/66
LD Smith	Otago	3	5	516	16	201	6	33.50	86.00	2.34	0	2/34
VJ Scott	Auckland	3	3	360	21	96	4	24.00	90.00	1.60	0	3/22
GO Rabone	Wellington	3	4	225	9	90	4	22.50	56.25	2.40	0	2/15
RH Robinson	Otago	3	5	419	30	140	3	46.67	139.67	2.00	0	1/19
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	2	3	192	5	109	3	36.33	64.00	3.41	0	3/42
RF Cook	Canterbury	2	4	408	11	200	3	66.67	136.00	2.94	0	1/20
JP Marsdon	Auckland	3	3	408	19	163	3	54.33	136.00	2.40	0	2/75
CLW Randall	Wellington	2	4	276	10	126	3	42.00	92.00	2.74	0	2/51
DS Wilson	Wellington	3	5	420	14	164	3	54.67	140.00	2.34	0	2/82
WM Anderson	Canterbury	3	5	79	0	71	2	35.50	39.50	5.39	0	2/20
JR Reid	Wellington	3	5	180	5	62	2	31.00	90.00	2.07	0	1/12
TPL Reaney	Wellington	3	5	324	9	123	2	61.50	162.00	2.28	0	2/45
AW Roberts	Otago	2	3	240	15	104	1	104.00	240.00	2.60	0	1/58

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Plunket Shield 1948/49 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
B Sutcliffe	Auckland	3	5	300	12	123	1	123.00	300.00	2.46	1/33
DD Taylor	Auckland	2	3	162	2	97	1	97.00	162.00	3.59	1/23
TA Freeman	Otago	2	3	337	15	137	1	137.00	337.00	2.44	1/53
J Hardstaff	Auckland	3	3	204	15	47	0	—	—	1.38	0/3
WA Hadlee	Canterbury	2	2	30	0	14	0	—	—	2.80	0/1
FB Smith	Canterbury	1	1	3	0	4	0	—	—	8.00	0/4
SN McGregor	Otago	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0/4
VG Brooker	Auckland	1	2	180	6	89	0	—	—	2.97	0/24
DD Coleman	Auckland	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
RM Murray	Wellington	1	1	66	1	45	0	—	—	4.09	0/45
DS St John	Otago	1	2	18	2	1	0	—	—	0.33	0/0

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 1948/49. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1948/49 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	1	1	1	1,724	43	40.09	481	1,805	44	41.02
Otago	3	1	1	1	1,350	46	29.35	322	1,342	40	33.55
Wellington	3	1	1	1	1,565	50	31.30	445	1,339	49	27.33
Auckland	3	0	0	3	1,430	32	44.69	392	1,583	38	41.66

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 · 1948/49

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

1949-01-14 to 1949-01-18 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 233 & 215/9
Wellington: 245 & 200

Otago won by 1 wicket

1949-01-07 to 1949-01-11 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 381 & 341/2d
Canterbury: 481/7d & 163/6

Match drawn

1949-01-01 to 1949-01-05 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 316
Otago: 322/7

Match drawn

1949-01-01 to 1949-01-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 344 & 159/2
Canterbury: 268 & 231

Wellington won by 8 wickets

1948-12-25 to 1948-12-29 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 172 & 445/8
Auckland: 392

Match drawn

1948-12-25 to 1948-12-29 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 355 & 226/0
Otago: 262 & 318

Canterbury won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1948/49 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 1948/49, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1948/49 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
FB Smith	153	Otago	1948-12-25
EWT Tindill	149	Auckland	1948-12-25
FB Smith	146	Auckland	1949-01-07
DD Taylor	143	Canterbury	1949-01-07
B Sutcliffe	141	Canterbury	1949-01-07

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1948/49 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AE Cresswell	5/32	Canterbury	1949-01-01
AE Cresswell	5/57	Otago	1949-01-14
IA Walsh	5/76	Wellington	1949-01-14
GWF Overton	5/113	Canterbury	1948-12-25
J Cowie	4/50	Wellington	1948-12-25

* 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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Player statistics · 1948/49

Batting · 49 players

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