1934–35 Plunket Shield season explained

1934–35 Plunket Shield
Cricket Format:First-class
Tournament Format:Round-robin
Champions:Canterbury
Participants:4
Matches:6
Previous Year:1933–34
Previous Tournament:1933–34 Plunket Shield season
Next Year:1935–36
Next Tournament:1935–36 Plunket Shield season

The 1934–35 Plunket Shield season was the fourteenth season where the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand, was competed as a league. Canterbury won the championship.

Table

Table[1]
width=175 TeamPlayedWLDWFDLFPts
8 4 2
Canterbury3 2 0 0 1 18
Auckland3 1 1 1 0 12
Wellington3 1 2 0 0 8
Otago3 0 1 1 1 6

Results

Statistics

Most runs

Paul Whitelaw of Auckland was the highest scorer with 384 runs at an average of 76.80. He was the only player to score two centuries.[2]

Most wickets

Les Townsend, playing for Auckland, was the leading wicket-taker with 24 at an average of 13.91.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plunket Shield 1934-35 Table . . 28 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1934/35 . CricketArchive . 12 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Bowling in Plunket Shield 1934/35 . CricketArchive . 12 November 2018.