Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand.[1] The tournament began in 1935–36, as a first-class competition, but is now played as a 50-over competition, with six provincial teams taking part: Auckland, Canterbury, Central Districts, Northern Districts, Otago and Wellington. The tournament now runs alongside the Twenty20 Women's Super Smash.[2]

Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
CountriesNew Zealand New Zealand
AdministratorNew Zealand Cricket
FormatLimited overs cricket (50 overs per side)
First edition1935–36
Latest edition2023–24
Tournament formatDouble round-robin
Number of teams6
Current championOtago Sparks
Most successfulCanterbury (39 titles)
WebsiteHallyburton Johnstone Shield

The most successful side in the history of the competition are Canterbury, with 38 outright title wins and 1 shared title. The holders are Otago, who beat Wellington in the final of the 2023–24 season.

History

The tournament began in 1935–36 as the Hallyburton Johnstone Challenge Shield, after the interest generated from England's tour of New Zealand in 1934–35. Hallyburton Johnstone, from Auckland, gave a trophy to Auckland and any other team was allowed to challenge them for the title.[2] The first match was played in February 1936, with Wellington beating Auckland by 10 wickets.[3]

From then until 1945–46, the tournament was played on a "challenge basis", with teams challenging the holders of the title. In 1946–47 the tournament was played as a round-robin tournament and renamed simply the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, with 4 teams competing: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. Matches at this point were mainly 2-day games, with some years using 3- or 4-day matches. North Shore joined the competition in 1965–66 and Central Districts in 1979–80. In 1981–82, they played 60-over matches as preparation for the World Cup that year.[2]

In 1982–83 the tournament was renamed the Hansells Cup. In 1983–84, Southern Districts replaced Otago for five seasons, and then afterwards the tournament went back to 5 teams competing. In 1990–91, the tournament was renamed the Pub Charities National Tournament and from 1996–97 onwards matches have always been 50-over games. Canterbury dominated this period, winning 20 out of 21 titles between 1978–79 and 1998–99.[2]

In this period, various new teams competed: Canterbury B played for two seasons in 1990–91 and 1991–92 before being replaced by a Pub Charities XI for four seasons. North Shore were replaced by North Harbour in 1990–91, who competed until 1993–94. In 1992–93, a final was added for the top two teams in the group stage: prior to this, the winner of the group was the overall winner.[2]

From 1998–99, the tournament became the State Insurance Cup, and then the State League from 2001–02 to 2008–09. The competition was named the Action Cricket Cup in 2010–11 and 2011–12 and the New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition between 2012–13 and 2016–17. From 2017–18 the tournament name reverted to the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield.[2]

From 2007–08, the Twenty20 Super Smash began, and games from both tournaments were often played over the same weekend.[2]

Canterbury (39 titles), Auckland (20 titles) and Wellington (18 titles) have been the most dominant sides in the history of the competition. North Shore won 3 titles between 1968–69 and 1971–72 and Central Districts have also won 3 titles, with their first coming in 2005–06. Otago have won four titles, in 1964–65, 2013–14, 2021–22 and 2023–24.[2]

Tournament names

PeriodName
1935–36 to 1945–46Hallyburton Johnstone Challenge Shield
1946–47 to 1981–82Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
1982–83 to 1989–90Hansells Cup
1990–91 to 1997–98New Zealand Pub Charities National Tournament
1998–99 to 2000–01State Insurance Cup
2001–02 to 2008–09State League
2009–10New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition
2010–11 to 2011–12Action Cricket Cup
2012–13 to 2016–17New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition
2017–18 to presentHallyburton Johnstone Shield

Teams

TeamFirstLastTitles
Auckland1935–362023–24
20
Canterbury1938–392023–24
39
Canterbury B1990–911991–92
0
Central Districts1979–802023–24
3
Combined XI[a]1965–661965–66
0
Northern Districts1999–002023–24
0
North Harbour1990–911993–94
0
North Shore1965–661989–90
3
Otago1939–402023–24
4
Pub Charities XI1992–931993–94
0
Southern Districts1983–841987–88
0
Wellington1935–362023–24
18

The Canterbury and Wellington totals include one shared title.

Results

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch formatRef
1935–36WellingtonAuckland2 days[3]
1937–38WellingtonAuckland2 days[4]
1938–39WellingtonCanterbury2 days[5]
1939–40AucklandWellington2 days[6]
1940–41AucklandWellington3 days[7]
1943–44CanterburyWellington2 days[8]
1944–45CanterburyWellington3 days[9]
1945–46CanterburyWellington2 days[10]
1946–47AucklandWellington3 days[11]
1947–48AucklandWellington4 days[12]
1948–49AucklandCanterbury4 days[13]
1949–50WellingtonAuckland2 days[14]
1950–51WellingtonCanterbury2 days[15]
1951–52AucklandCanterbury3 days[16]
1952–53WellingtonAuckland3 days[17]
1953–54WellingtonAuckland3 days[18]
1954–55AucklandCanterbury3 days[19]
1955–56CanterburyAuckland2 days[20]
1956–57AucklandWellington2 days[21]
1957–58AucklandOtago2 days[22]
1958–59WellingtonAuckland2 days[23]
1959–60WellingtonCanterbury2 days[24]
1960–61CanterburyOtago2 days[25]
1961–62CanterburyAuckland2 days[26]
1962–63OtagoAuckland2 days[27]
1963–64CanterburyOtago2 days[28]
1964–65AucklandWellington2 days[29]
1965–66AucklandCanterbury2 days[30]
1966–67CanterburyAuckland2 days[31]
1967–68WellingtonAuckland2 days[32]
1968–69North ShoreWellington2 days[33]
1969–70WellingtonNorth Shore2 days[34]
1970–71North ShoreCanterbury2 days[35]
1971–72North ShoreWellington2 days[36]
1972–73CanterburyNorth Shore2 days[37]
1973–74WellingtonCanterbury2 days[38]
1974–75WellingtonCanterbury2 days[39]
1975–76CanterburyNorth Shore2 days[40]
1976–77WellingtonAuckland2 days[41]
1977–78WellingtonCanterbury2 days[42]
1978–79CanterburyWellington2 days[43]
1979–80CanterburyAuckland2 days[44]
1980–81CanterburyWellington2 days[45]
1981–82CanterburyWellington60 overs[46]
1982–83CanterburyCentral Districts2 days[47]
1983–84CanterburyNorth Shore2 days[48]
1984–85CanterburyNorth Shore2 days[49]
1985–86CanterburyNorth Shore2 days[50]
1986–87CanterburyNorth Shore2 days[51]
1987–88CanterburyNorth Shore60 overs[52]
1988–89CanterburyNorth Shore60 overs[53]
1989–90WellingtonCanterbury2 days[54]
1990–91CanterburyWellington2 days[55]
1991–92CanterburyWellington2 days[56]
1992–93CanterburyAuckland50 overs[57]
1993–94CanterburyWellington50 overs[58]
1994–95CanterburyAuckland3 days, 50 overs[59]
1995–96CanterburyAuckland3 days, 50 overs[60]
1996–97CanterburyAuckland50 overs[61]
1997–98CanterburyAuckland50 overs[62]
1998–99CanterburyAuckland50 overs[63]
1999–00AucklandCanterbury50 overs[64]
2000–01AucklandCanterbury50 overs[65]
2001–02AucklandCanterbury50 overs[66]
2002–03AucklandCanterbury50 overs[67]
2003–04Title shared between Canterbury and Wellington50 overs[68]
2004–05CanterburyAuckland50 overs[69]
2005–06Central DistrictsCanterbury50 overs[70]
2006–07CanterburyWellington50 overs[71]
2007–08CanterburyCentral Districts50 overs[72]
2008–09CanterburyWellington50 overs[73]
2009–10Central DistrictsWellington50 overs[74]
2010–11CanterburyWellington50 overs[75]
2011–12AucklandCanterbury50 overs[76]
2012–13CanterburyAuckland50 overs[77]
2013–14OtagoAuckland50 overs[78]
2014–15AucklandCanterbury50 overs[79]
2015–16AucklandWellington50 overs[80]
2016–17CanterburyAuckland50 overs[81]
2017–18AucklandWellington50 overs[82]
2018–19Central DistrictsAuckland50 overs[83]
2019–20AucklandNorthern Districts50 overs[84]
2020–21CanterburyAuckland50 overs[85]
2021–22OtagoWellington50 overs[86]
2022–23WellingtonCanterbury50 overs[87]
2023–24OtagoWellington50 overs[88]

See also

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