1921–22 Plunket Shield season
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Cricket format | First-class |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | Auckland (6th title) |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 6 |
The 1921–22 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.
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 , did not compete.
Table[]
Team | Played | Won | Lost |
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Auckland | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Wellington | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Canterbury | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Otago | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Wellington v Otago 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Bowling in Plunket Shield 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- Plunket Shield
- New Zealand cricket seasons from 1918–19 to 1944–45