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Canterbury 1929/30 cricket statistics and records

Canterbury in Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1929/30; Tests are excluded.

AW Roberts leads the displayed batting table with 265 runs. WE Merritt leads the bowling table with 12 wickets.

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Showing 1929/30 · Plunket Shield · Canterbury

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 18
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1929-12-28 to 1930-03-01. 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 1929/30. 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 1929/30

Figures earned for Canterbury only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1929/30 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AW Roberts	3	265
JL Powell	3	235
RO Talbot	3	210
JL Kerr	2	200
IB Cromb	3	123

Recorded innings through 1930-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1929/30 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
WE Merritt	2	12
IB Cromb	3	6
RO Talbot	3	6
SG Lester	1	5
JT Burrows	1	4

Recorded innings through 1930-03-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1929/30

All recorded players for Canterbury in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 18 players

Canterbury 1929/30 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s
AW Roberts	Canterbury	3	5	1	265	76	66.25	—	3	0
JL Powell	Canterbury	3	5	1	235	164	58.75	—	1	1
RO Talbot	Canterbury	3	5	0	210	113	42.00	—	1	1
JL Kerr	Canterbury	2	3	0	200	70	66.67	—	3	0
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	5	0	123	45	24.60	—	0	0
ML Page	Canterbury	2	4	1	117	78	39.00	—	1	0
N Dorreen	Canterbury	1	1	1	105	105*	—	—	0	1
PF Allen	Canterbury	2	4	0	78	59	19.50	—	1	0
SG Lester	Canterbury	1	2	0	76	64	38.00	—	1	0
WE Merritt	Canterbury	2	4	0	75	57	18.75	—	1	0
CG Crawford	Canterbury	1	1	0	35	35	35.00	—	0	0
J Jacobs	Canterbury	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	—	0	0
CM Harris	Canterbury	2	4	0	14	5	3.50	—	0	0
GW Simmonds	Canterbury	2	4	2	13	12	6.50	—	0	0
RC Burns	Canterbury	2	4	0	11	8	2.75	—	0	0
JT Burrows	Canterbury	1	1	1	3	3*	—	—	0	0
CS Gibbs	Canterbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0
GL Talbot	Canterbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Canterbury 1929/30 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
WE Merritt	Canterbury	2	3	636	10	350	12	29.17	53.00	3.30	1	5/133
IB Cromb	Canterbury	3	5	450	12	223	6	37.17	75.00	2.97	0	3/29
RO Talbot	Canterbury	3	4	300	10	148	6	24.67	50.00	2.96	0	3/19
SG Lester	Canterbury	1	2	162	7	101	5	20.20	32.40	3.74	0	3/56
JT Burrows	Canterbury	1	2	174	8	59	4	14.75	43.50	2.03	0	2/23
GW Simmonds	Canterbury	2	3	389	12	204	3	68.00	129.67	3.15	0	2/64
GL Talbot	Canterbury	1	2	67	1	28	3	9.33	22.33	2.51	0	2/24
CS Gibbs	Canterbury	1	2	150	6	63	1	63.00	150.00	2.52	0	1/23
ML Page	Canterbury	1	1	42	0	30	0	—	—	4.29	0	0/30
AW Roberts	Canterbury	2	2	48	2	25	0	—	—	3.13	0	0/6
CM Harris	Canterbury	2	3	138	2	79	0	—	—	3.43	0	0/15

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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1929/30. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1929/30 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	3	1	1	1	0	1,666	39	42.72	523	1,397	44	31.75

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 · 1929/30

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1930-03-01 to 1930-03-28 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 523/7d
Otago: 172 & 124

Canterbury won by an innings and 227 runs

1930-01-03 to 1930-01-07 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 485/5d
Canterbury: 394 & 152/2

Match drawn

1929-12-28 to 1929-12-31 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 366/9d & 250
Canterbury: 209 & 388

Wellington won by 19 runs

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1929/30 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	1
Eden Park, Auckland	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 1929/30 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1929/30 batting innings records for Canterbury
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JL Powell	164	Otago	1930-03-01
RO Talbot	113	Wellington	1929-12-28
N Dorreen	105*	Otago	1930-03-01
ML Page	78	Auckland	1930-01-03
AW Roberts	76	Auckland	1930-01-03

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1929/30 bowling innings records for Canterbury
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
WE Merritt	5/133	Wellington	1929-12-28
WE Merritt	4/74	Wellington	1929-12-28
RO Talbot	3/19	Otago	1930-03-01
IB Cromb	3/29	Otago	1930-03-01
SG Lester	3/56	Wellington	1929-12-28

* 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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Competitions and other teams

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Plunkett Shield · 1907-12-14 to 2026-03-27

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Canterbury in 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.