1958–59 Plunket Shield season

1958–59 Plunket Shield
	The Plunket Shield trophy
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Auckland (10th title)
Participants	6
Matches	15
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.

Auckland 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

Below are the Plunket Shield standings for the season:^[1]

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points	Net RpW
Auckland	5	3	0	2	36	7.784
Otago	5	3	1	1	35	4.185
Wellington	5	3	2	0	30	−0.862
Canterbury	5	1	2	2	22	−1.106
Northern Districts	5	0	2	3	14	−4.479
Central Districts	5	0	3	2	2	−7.143

References

^ ^a ^b "Plunket Shield 1958/59 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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[Table-1] "Plunket Shield 1958/59 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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