1960–61 Plunket Shield season
Appearance
Cricket format | First-class |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | Wellington (10th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 15 |
The 1960–61 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.
Wellington won the championship, finishing at the top of the points table at the end of the round-robin tournament between the six first-class sides, Auckland, Canterbury, Central Districts, Northern Districts, Otago and Wellington. Ten points were awarded for a win, five points for having a first innings lead in a draw, three points for having a first innings lead in a loss and one point 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 | Net RpW |
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Wellington | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6.788 |
Canterbury | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 5.867 |
Otago | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1.456 |
Central Districts | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | −3.654 |
Auckland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −2.674 |
Northern Districts | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −11.483 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Plunket Shield 1960/61 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2023.