1934–35 Plunket Shield season

1934–35 Plunket Shield
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Canterbury
Participants	4
Matches	6
← 1933–34 1935–36 →

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]
Team	Played	W	L	DWF	DLF	Pts
		8		4	2
Canterbury	3	2	0	0	1	18
Auckland	3	1	1	1	0	12
Wellington	3	1	2	0	0	8
Otago	3	0	1	1	1	6

Results

	Auckland	Canterbury	Otago	Wellington
Auckland				Auckland 438 runs
Canterbury	Canterbury 5 wickets			Canterbury 10 wickets
Otago	Match drawn	Match drawn
Wellington			Wellington 8 wickets

Home team won	Visiting team won	Match drawn

Round 1

24–26 December 1934
Scorecard

Otago	v	Wellington (H)
255 (63.5 overs) CJ Elmes 94 ED Blundell 6/82 (26.5 overs)		242 (66.5 overs) JR Lamason 103 FT Badcock 6/98 (28.5 overs)
133 (42.4 overs) CK Saxton 23 ED Blundell 5/48 (18.4 overs)		148/2 (52.2 overs) EWT Tindill 82* GR Dickinson 1/28 (12.2 overs)

Wellington won by 8 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: LT Cobcroft and C Moore

Otago won the toss and elected to bat

25–28 December 1934
Scorecard

Auckland	v	Canterbury (H)
279 (108.1 overs) HG Vivian 70 S Andrews 3/41 (23 overs)		230 (101.5 overs) FWJ Bellamy 77 LF Townsend 5/66 (32.5 overs)
187 (93.3 overs) RG Bush 55 M Graham 3/27 (18 overs)		237/5 (95.3 overs) FWJ Bellamy 49 J Cowie 3/66 (29 overs)

Canterbury won by 5 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: T Burgess and J Forrester

Auckland won the toss and elected to bat

Round 2

31 December 1934 – 2 January 1935
Scorecard

Canterbury (H)	v	Wellington
323 (106.4 overs) FWJ Bellamy 113 ED Blundell 4/113 (34 overs)		155 (62.1 overs) JA Ell 41 FWJ Bellamy 5/31 (17.1 overs)
74/0 (22.5 overs) JL Kerr 44*		241 (f-o) (88 overs) JR Lamason 90 S Andrews 6/59 (25 overs)

Canterbury won by 10 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: T Burgess and J Forrester

Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat

31 December 1934 – 3 January 1935
Scorecard

Otago (H)	v	Auckland
278 (100.1 overs) KFM Uttley 62 LF Townsend 5/83 (35.1 overs)		450 (191.2 overs) HG Vivian 101 CJ Elmes 4/72 (26 overs)
42/2 (29 overs) CK Saxton 22* J Cowie 1/7 (4 overs)

Match drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: W Mackersey and A Downes

Otago won the toss and elected to bat

Round 3

18–22 January 1935
Scorecard

Auckland (H)	v	Wellington
401 (135.5 overs) PE Whitelaw 115 JR Lamason 5/101 (29 overs)		255 (101.1 overs) EG McLeod 69 LF Townsend 5/89 (37.1 overs)
431/7d (117 overs) PE Whitelaw 155 JR Lamason 4/109 (32 overs)		139 (73.5 overs) EWT Tindill 37 LF Townsend 7/25 (19.5 overs)

Auckland won by 438 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DL Ryan and OR Montgomery

Auckland won the toss and elected to bat
20 January was taken as a rest day.

22–26 February 1935
Scorecard

Otago (H)	v	Canterbury
248 (83 overs) FT Badcock 136 M Graham 5/76 (27 overs)		141 (84.4 overs) WA Hadlee 37 GR Dickinson 5/26 (22 overs)
241/7d (71.1 overs) RO Talbot 69 M Graham 4/50 (22 overs)		151/5 (55 overs) JL Kerr 59 GR Dickinson 2/27 (11 overs)

Match drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: G McQueen and W Butler

Otago won the toss and elected to bat
There was no play on the first day
24 February was taken as a rest day.

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]

References

^ "Plunket Shield 1934-35 Table". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1934/35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "Bowling in Plunket Shield 1934/35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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