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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield – Wellington v Canterbury

Description: These images were taken by the Evening Standard on the 30th of December 1980, the first of which was published the same day. They depict a moment of action from the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2-day match between the Canterbury and Wellington women’s cricket teams. The match was drawn.

The caption read: “CANTERBURY'S Ann McKenna attempts to glance the ball to leg in her team's match against Wellington during the Hallyburton Johnstone tournament in Palmerston North today. Jackie Lord waits close in anticipation.”

Canterbury 1st Innings
Score – 144
Top score – L. J. Shankland 57
Best bowling – M. H. Peters 2/36

Wellington 1st Innings
Score – 226
Top score – B. L. Bevege 77
Best bowling – K. L. Gilray 3/88

Canterbury 2nd Innings
Score – 221
Top score – S. J. Rattray 55
Best bowling – D. A. Atterton 2/36

From New Zealand Cricket: The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield was New Zealand's first women’s domestic competition, and it began in the 1935/36 season. It evolved in 1946/47 to become a robin formatted competition and is still contested today between the six major regions: Northern Districts, Auckland, Central Districts, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago (including Southland).