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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield – Central Districts v Wellington

Description: This image was taken by the Evening Standard over the weekend of 3/4 January 1981. It depicts a moment of action from the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2-day match between the Central Districts women’s side and the Wellington women’s side. Wellington won by 135 runs.

Caption: “A close call for Wellington bat Barbara Bevege, as she edges a ball from Elizabeth Signal past [t]he leg-stump during play in the Hallyburton-Johnstone national women's cricket tournament on Saturday. Getting very excited is Central Districts captain Vivian Stephens, while wicketkeeper Margaret Page wonders how the ball missed the stumps.”

Wellington 1st Innings
Score – 176
Top score - M. W. Harris – 37
Best bowling - C. M. Leighton – 6/43

CD 1st Innings
Score – 170
Top score - R. J. Signal - 64
Best bowling – M. Peters – 3/40

Wellington 2nd Innings
Score – 237
Top score – P. J. Hyman - 79
Best bowling - C. M. Leighton – 3/52

CD 2nd Innings
Score – 108
Top score - R. J. Signal - 47
Best bowling – L. M. Fraser – 5/45

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).
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