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Plunket Shield 1954/55 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1954/55; Tests are excluded.

RT Dowker leads the displayed batting table with 366 runs. RW Blair leads the bowling table with 27 wickets.

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Showing 1954/55 · Plunket Shield

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Recorded matches: 10
Recorded players: 72
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1954-12-25 to 1955-01-21. 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 1954/55. 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 1954/55

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 1954/55 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
RT Dowker	4	366
JR Reid	4	362
MB Poore	4	315
JB Morris	4	280
HB Cave	4	279

Recorded innings through 1955-01-21. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1954/55 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RW Blair	4	27
AR MacGibbon	4	23
AM Moir	4	23
DB Clarke	4	23
JR Reid	4	20

Recorded innings through 1955-01-21. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1954/55

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 · 72 players

Plunket Shield 1954/55 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
RT Dowker	Canterbury	4	8	0	366	122	45.75	—	2	1
JR Reid	Wellington	4	8	2	362	106	60.33	—	1	1
MB Poore	Canterbury	4	8	0	315	142	39.38	—	2	1
JB Morris	Auckland	4	8	0	280	53	35.00	—	1	0
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	7	1	279	102	46.50	—	1	1
ME Chapple	Canterbury	4	8	0	259	64	32.38	—	2	0
NS Harford	Central Districts	4	7	0	253	91	36.14	—	2	0
WS Haig	Otago	4	8	1	253	102	36.14	—	1	1
B Sutcliffe	Otago	4	8	0	249	113	31.13	—	1	1
L Watt	Otago	4	8	1	237	73	33.86	—	2	0
JK Everest	Auckland	4	8	0	221	103	27.63	—	0	1
LSM Miller	Wellington	4	8	0	218	68	27.25	—	2	0
JA Gill	Otago	4	8	1	218	91	31.14	—	2	0
SN McGregor	Otago	4	8	2	195	72	32.50	—	1	0
PGZ Harris	Canterbury	3	6	0	189	62	31.50	—	1	0
DS St John	Wellington	4	8	0	189	88	23.63	—	1	0
JW Guy	Central Districts	4	7	0	179	87	25.57	—	2	0
EA Watson	Otago	4	8	1	179	53	25.57	—	2	0
LD Smith	Otago	4	8	1	168	95	24.00	—	2	0
EM Meuli	Central Districts	4	7	0	162	43	23.14	—	0	0
EW Dempster	Wellington	3	6	4	154	75*	77.00	—	1	0
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	8	0	148	66	18.50	—	1	0
NM Uluiviti	Auckland	4	8	2	141	48*	23.50	—	0	0
RT Barber	Wellington	3	6	0	138	71	23.00	—	1	0
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	7	0	133	38	19.00	—	0	0

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Plunket Shield 1954/55 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
JG Leggat	Canterbury	4	8	0	132	42	16.50	—	0
DW Bowden	Central Districts	3	5	0	129	44	25.80	—	0
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	4	127	32	31.75	—	0
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	1	123	38*	17.57	—	0
PT Barton	Wellington	4	8	0	122	34	15.25	—	0
RA Vance	Wellington	4	8	0	112	45	14.00	—	0
GO Rabone	Auckland	2	4	0	106	75	26.50	—	1
DD Taylor	Auckland	3	6	0	101	24	16.83	—	0
RW Blair	Wellington	4	8	2	101	59	16.83	—	1
EC Petrie	Auckland	4	8	1	94	41	13.43	—	0
SC Guillen	Canterbury	4	8	1	92	30*	13.14	—	0
JH Worrall	Auckland	3	6	0	65	33	10.83	—	0
AM Moir	Otago	4	8	2	60	27*	10.00	—	0
AA Hunter	Central Districts	3	5	0	60	31	12.00	—	0
JS Waddingham	Auckland	3	6	0	49	37	8.17	—	0
FLH Mooney	Wellington	4	8	0	48	22	6.00	—	0
BD Morrison	Wellington	4	8	1	47	37	6.71	—	0
RF Broom	Wellington	3	6	0	47	21	7.83	—	0
CG Graham	Otago	2	4	0	41	39	10.25	—	0
IA Colquhoun	Central Districts	4	7	1	40	17*	6.67	—	0
DB Clarke	Auckland	4	8	2	40	23	6.67	—	0
JA Hayes	Canterbury	3	6	1	38	21	7.60	—	0
BJ Postles	Auckland	2	4	0	36	14	9.00	—	0
FJ Cameron	Otago	4	8	0	35	30	4.38	—	0
RE Brown	Central Districts	1	2	0	35	26	17.50	—	0
BA Haworth	Canterbury	2	4	0	34	22	8.50	—	0
FE Fisher	Central Districts	3	5	0	33	14	6.60	—	0
GC Burgess	Auckland	1	2	0	33	22	16.50	—	0
IB Leggat	Central Districts	2	3	0	31	21	10.33	—	0
JEF Beck	Wellington	1	2	0	27	27	13.50	—	0
GWF Overton	Otago	4	8	1	26	17*	3.71	—	0
DD Coleman	Auckland	1	2	0	25	17	12.50	—	0
AF Lissette	Auckland	3	6	2	24	9	6.00	—	0
EHJ Cameron	Otago	2	4	1	24	17*	8.00	—	0
JF Jones	Central Districts	2	4	1	22	12	7.33	—	0
GG Coull	Canterbury	2	4	0	20	13	5.00	—	0
BA Turner	Central Districts	1	2	0	18	18	9.00	—	0
HN Dellow	Canterbury	2	4	0	14	7	3.50	—	0
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	—	0
RS Challies	Central Districts	1	2	1	6	5	6.00	—	0
WJ Brown	Auckland	2	4	1	5	4	1.67	—	0
RH Scott	Canterbury	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0
WB Bridgman	Canterbury	2	4	2	4	4*	2.00	—	0
BL Jones	Central Districts	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	—	0
JA McKeown	Wellington	2	4	2	2	2*	1.00	—	0
DR Tarrant	Central Districts	1	2	2	2	1*	—	—	0
GF Cresswell	Central Districts	2	3	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 46 players

Plunket Shield 1954/55 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RW Blair	Wellington	4	8	861	36	390	27	14.44	31.89	2.72	1	6/50
AR MacGibbon	Canterbury	4	8	1,127	39	475	23	20.65	49.00	2.53	2	7/56
AM Moir	Otago	4	7	1,072	26	601	23	26.13	46.61	3.36	1	5/89
DB Clarke	Auckland	4	7	1,272	45	507	23	22.04	55.30	2.39	0	4/45
JR Reid	Wellington	4	8	1,045	80	283	20	14.15	52.25	1.62	1	5/31
TB Burtt	Canterbury	4	8	996	58	388	18	21.56	55.33	2.34	1	5/43
GWF Overton	Otago	4	7	846	48	290	18	16.11	47.00	2.06	1	7/88
HB Cave	Central Districts	4	7	906	35	318	17	18.71	53.29	2.11	0	4/44
JA Hayes	Canterbury	3	6	565	20	245	14	17.50	40.36	2.60	0	4/23
AF Lissette	Auckland	3	6	659	24	286	14	20.43	47.07	2.60	0	4/28
DD Beard	Central Districts	4	8	906	57	300	13	23.08	69.69	1.99	0	3/20
BD Morrison	Wellington	4	8	846	39	343	12	28.58	70.50	2.43	0	3/56
FE Fisher	Central Districts	3	6	423	16	218	11	19.82	38.45	3.09	0	4/55
FJ Cameron	Otago	4	7	808	39	316	11	28.73	73.45	2.35	0	4/52
TS Hambrook	Auckland	4	7	654	26	231	8	28.88	81.75	2.12	0	3/29
GO Rabone	Auckland	2	4	462	22	213	7	30.43	66.00	2.77	0	3/45
EW Dempster	Wellington	3	6	576	32	247	7	35.29	82.29	2.57	0	2/33
DR Tarrant	Central Districts	1	2	229	9	91	7	13.00	32.71	2.38	0	4/51
MB Poore	Canterbury	3	4	304	22	103	6	17.17	50.67	2.03	0	2/18
RF Broom	Wellington	3	6	330	27	114	6	19.00	55.00	2.07	0	3/18
JF Jones	Central Districts	2	4	258	10	130	6	21.67	43.00	3.02	0	4/58
GF Cresswell	Central Districts	2	4	420	32	154	5	30.80	84.00	2.20	0	3/81
WJ Brown	Auckland	2	3	354	8	178	5	35.60	70.80	3.02	0	2/75
EA Watson	Otago	3	4	108	4	46	5	9.20	21.60	2.56	0	3/18
WS Haig	Otago	3	4	156	9	55	4	13.75	39.00	2.12	0	3/33

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Plunket Shield 1954/55 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
JA McKeown	Wellington	2	3	150	2	131	4	32.75	37.50	5.24	4/60
WB Bridgman	Canterbury	2	4	228	5	144	3	48.00	76.00	3.79	2/63
EHJ Cameron	Otago	2	4	216	6	81	3	27.00	72.00	2.25	2/46
HN Dellow	Canterbury	2	3	142	1	114	3	38.00	47.33	4.82	2/45
DD Taylor	Auckland	2	3	180	6	124	2	62.00	90.00	4.13	2/81
EM Meuli	Central Districts	4	6	155	6	68	2	34.00	77.50	2.63	1/7
LD Smith	Otago	4	7	180	6	112	2	56.00	90.00	3.73	1/6
NM Uluiviti	Auckland	4	7	342	17	157	2	78.50	171.00	2.75	1/18
IB Leggat	Central Districts	2	2	66	3	36	1	36.00	66.00	3.27	1/14
RE Brown	Central Districts	1	2	65	2	24	1	24.00	65.00	2.22	1/1
RS Challies	Central Districts	1	2	54	1	53	1	53.00	54.00	5.89	1/33
BL Jones	Central Districts	1	1	42	3	11	1	11.00	42.00	1.57	1/11
RH Scott	Canterbury	1	2	96	6	46	0	—	—	2.88	0/11
B Sutcliffe	Otago	3	3	36	2	21	0	—	—	3.50	0/0
ME Chapple	Canterbury	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3
NS Harford	Central Districts	2	2	30	0	17	0	—	—	3.40	0/4
AG Duckmanton	Canterbury	1	2	48	1	35	0	—	—	4.38	0/15
JK Everest	Auckland	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
CG Graham	Otago	2	3	48	1	33	0	—	—	4.13	0/0
AA Hunter	Central Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
JB Morris	Auckland	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0/3

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 1954/55. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1954/55 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Wellington	4	4	0	0	1,669	67	24.91	292	1,578	80	19.73
Canterbury	4	2	1	1	1,837	79	23.25	313	1,685	68	24.78
Central Districts	4	1	2	1	1,457	70	20.81	310	1,524	68	22.41
Otago	4	1	1	2	1,796	52	34.54	453	1,655	67	24.70
Auckland	4	0	4	0	1,457	80	18.21	273	1,774	65	27.29

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 · 1954/55

Latest 10 of 10 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1955-01-21 to 1955-01-24 · Sportsground, Palmerston North

Central Districts: 285 & 127
Auckland: 133 & 144

Central Districts won by 135 runs

1955-01-13 to 1955-01-15 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 205 & 179
Wellington: 159 & 228/8

Wellington won by 2 wickets

1955-01-07 to 1955-01-10 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Central Districts: 183 & 250
Wellington: 228 & 207/6

Wellington won by 4 wickets

1955-01-07 to 1955-01-10 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 202 & 162
Canterbury: 273 & 187

Canterbury won by 96 runs

1955-01-03 to 1955-01-05 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 265 & 156/5
Canterbury: 286 & 134

Wellington won by 5 wickets

1955-01-03 to 1955-01-05 · Carisbrook, Dunedin

Otago: 256 & 82/2
Central Districts: 310

Match drawn

1955-01-01 to 1955-01-31 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 161 & 313
Central Districts: 91 & 211

Canterbury won by 172 runs

1955-01-01 to 1955-01-31 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 273 & 202
Otago: 453/7d & 23/0

Otago won by 10 wickets

1954-12-25 to 1954-12-28 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 134 & 292/8d
Auckland: 115 & 226

Wellington won by 85 runs

1954-12-25 to 1954-12-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 256 & 227/9
Otago: 392/9d & 206/4d

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1954/55 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	2
Eden Park, Auckland	2
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	2
Sportsground, Palmerston North	1
Trafalgar Park, Nelson	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 1954/55, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1954/55 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MB Poore	142	Central Districts	1955-01-01
RT Dowker	122	Auckland	1955-01-07
B Sutcliffe	113	Auckland	1955-01-01
JR Reid	106	Central Districts	1955-01-07
JK Everest	103	Canterbury	1955-01-07

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1954/55 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AR MacGibbon	7/56	Auckland	1955-01-07
GWF Overton	7/88	Central Districts	1955-01-03
RW Blair	6/50	Auckland	1954-12-25
JR Reid	5/31	Auckland	1954-12-25
AR MacGibbon	5/31	Central Districts	1955-01-01

* 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.

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Plunket Shield standings

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Batting · 72 players

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