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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield – Wellington v Canterbury

Description: These images were taken (but not published) by the Evening Standard between the 30th and 31st of December 1980. They depict players and the scorers table at the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2-day match between the Canterbury and Wellington women’s cricket teams. The match was drawn.

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).