1921–22_Plunket_Shield_season

1921–22 Plunket Shield season

1921–22 Plunket Shield season

Cricket tournament in New Zealand

The 1921–22 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.

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Auckland won the championship. For the first time, the Shield was not contested on the basis of challenge matches but by a single round-robin tournament between four first-class sides, Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington. Hawke's Bay, which had had first-class status and had challenged Auckland for the Plunket Shield in 1920-21, did not compete.

Table

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Statistics

Most runs

Syd Hiddleston, opening the batting for Wellington, scored the most runs, 308, had the highest batting average, 61.60, and made the only century, 118 against Otago.[1][2]

Most wickets

Raoul Garrard, the Auckland leg-spinner, took the most wickets, 23 at an average of 10.34, and had the best figures, 8 for 51 against Canterbury.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Wellington v Otago 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Bowling in Plunket Shield 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Auckland v Canterbury 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.


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