1948–49 Plunket Shield season

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1948–49 Plunket Shield
The Plunket Shield trophy
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
ChampionsCanterbury (5th title)
Participants4
Matches6

The 1948–49 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.

Canterbury won the championship, finishing at the top of the points table at the end of the round-robin tournament between the four first-class sides, Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington. Eight points were awarded for a win, four points for having a first innings lead in a draw and two points for a first innings deficit in a draw.[1]

Table[edit]

Below are the Plunket Shield standings for the season:[1]

Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points NetRpW
Canterbury 3 1 1 1 12 -0.930
Otago 3 1 1 1 12 -4.202
Wellington 3 1 1 1 10 3.973
Auckland 3 0 0 3 8 3.030

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Plunket Shield 1948/49 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2023.