1936–37 Plunket Shield season

The 1936–37 Plunket Shield season was the sixteenth season where the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand, was competed as a league. Auckland won the championship.

1936–37 Plunket Shield

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Auckland
Participants	4
Matches	6
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Table

Table^[1]

Team	Played	W	L	DWF	DLF	Pts
		8		4	2
Auckland	3	2	0	0	1	18
Otago	3	1	1	0	1	10
Canterbury	3	0	1	2	0	8
Wellington	3	0	1	1	1	6

Results

	Auckland	Canterbury	Otago	Wellington
Auckland				5-9 Feb Auckland 3 wickets
Canterbury	25-29 Dec Match drawn			1-5 Jan Match drawn
Otago	31 Dec-4 Jan Auckland inns & 175	19-23 Feb Otago 66 runs
Wellington			25-29 Dec Match drawn

Home team won

Visiting team won

Match drawn

Round 1

25–29 December 1936 Scorecard

Canterbury (H)	v	Auckland
280 (136.1 overs)		278 (88 overs)
164 (70.5 overs)

Match drawn Lancaster Park, Christchurch

• There was no play on the third day
• 27 December was taken as a rest day

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25–29 December 1936 Scorecard

Wellington (H)	v	Otago
249 (102.1 overs)		142 (64.4 overs)
125/7d (56 overs)		127/7 (47 overs)

Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington

• There was no play on the first or third days
• 27 December was taken as a rest day

Round 2

31 December 1936 – 4 January 1937 Scorecard

Auckland	v	Otago (H)
550/5d (130.2 overs)		181 (126.4 overs)
		194 (f/o) (92.4 overs)

Auckland won by an innings and 175 runs Carisbrook, Dunedin

• There was no play on the second day
• 3 January was taken as a rest day

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1–5 January 1937 Scorecard

Wellington	v	Canterbury (H)
183 (98.5 overs)		430/6d (132 overs)
194/3 (102 overs)

Match drawn Lancaster Park, Christchurch

• There was no play on the fourth day
• 3 January was taken as a rest day

Round 3

5–9 February 1937 Scorecard

Wellington	v	Auckland (H)
445 (150.4 overs)		438 (129.4 overs)
337 (117.4 overs)		347/7 (122.2 overs)

Auckland won by 3 wickets Eden Park, Auckland

• 7 February was taken as a rest day

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19–23 February 1937 Scorecard

Otago (H)	v	Canterbury
124 (38.5 overs)		243 (115.4 overs)
451 (132.3 overs)		266 (107.2 overs)

Otago won by 66 runs Carisbrook, Dunedin

• 21 February was taken as a rest day

Statistics

Most Runs

Most Wickets