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Canterbury 1945/46 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 1945/46; Tests are excluded.

LA Butterfield leads the displayed batting table with 236 runs. RH Scott leads the bowling table with 17 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
3
Recorded players
14
Wins
2
Recorded venues
2

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

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 1945/46 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
LA Butterfield3236
WM Anderson3230
RCSA Shand3205
RH Scott3148
KFM Uttley3106

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

Leading wicket takers

Canterbury Plunket Shield 1945/46 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
RH Scott317
DAN McRae313
TB Burtt313
LA Butterfield311
IB Cromb22

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

Player statistics · 1945/46

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 · 14 players

Canterbury 1945/46 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
LA ButterfieldCanterbury3602367639.33—2061
WM AndersonCanterbury36023013738.33—01100
RCSA ShandCanterbury3602057734.17—2030
RH ScottCanterbury3611487229.60—1030
KFM UttleyCanterbury3611064721.20—0000
FP O'BrienCanterbury120856042.50—1060
IB CrombCanterbury360844314.00—0020
J SmithCanterbury120715135.50—1070
TB BurttCanterbury363532017.67—0000
DAN McRaeCanterbury3633827*12.67—0000
AEL BrittonCanterbury36030185.00—0000
CV WalterCanterbury24029137.25—0000
AT BurgessCanterbury12013106.50—0000
HEH DenhamCanterbury120221.00—0000

Bowling · 7 players

Canterbury 1945/46 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
RH ScottCanterbury36743323071718.0643.712.4825/38
DAN McRaeCanterbury36841563081323.6964.692.2004/50
TB BurttCanterbury36901413721328.6269.312.4804/65
LA ButterfieldCanterbury36792592091119.0072.001.5804/17
IB CrombCanterbury24138286243.0069.003.7401/10
HEH DenhamCanterbury1266328128.0066.002.5501/28
AT BurgessCanterbury11180110——3.6700/11
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 1945/46. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Canterbury 1945/46 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Canterbury320101,4505327.363391,4276023.78

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

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

Otago v Canterbury

Otago
183 & 255
Canterbury
335 & 188

Canterbury won by 85 runs

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

Canterbury v Wellington

Canterbury
339 & 162/6
Wellington
173 & 324

Canterbury won by 4 wickets

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

Canterbury v Auckland

Canterbury
281 & 145/7
Auckland
269 & 223

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Canterbury 1945/46 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch2
Carisbrook, Dunedin1

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 for Canterbury, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1945/46 batting innings records for Canterbury
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
WM Anderson137Otago1946-02-01
RCSA Shand77Auckland1945-12-24
LA Butterfield76Auckland1945-12-24
RCSA Shand75Wellington1946-01-01
RH Scott72Wellington1946-01-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1945/46 bowling innings records for Canterbury
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
RH Scott5/38Wellington1946-01-01
RH Scott5/65Auckland1945-12-24
LA Butterfield4/17Otago1946-02-01
DAN McRae4/50Auckland1945-12-24
TB Burtt4/65Wellington1946-01-01

* 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.

Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

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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.