Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. 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.

The most successful side in the history of the competition are Canterbury, with 38 outright title wins and 1 shared title. The current holders are Otago, who beat Auckland in the final of the 2024–25 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. The first match was played in February 1936, with Wellington beating Auckland by 10 wickets.

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.

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 onwards matches have always been 50-over games. Canterbury dominated this period, winning 20 out of 21 titles between 1978–79 and 1998–99.

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.

From , 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 the tournament name reverted to the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield.

From , the Twenty20 Super Smash began, and games from both tournaments were often played over the same weekend.

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.

Tournament names PeriodName1935–36 to 1945–46Hallyburton Johnstone Challenge Shield1946–47 to 1981–82Hallyburton Johnstone Shield1982–83 to 1989–90Hansells Cup1990–91 to 1997–98New Zealand Pub Charities National Tournament1998–99 to 2000–01State Insurance Cup2001–02 to 2008–09State League2009–10New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition2010–11 to 2011–12Action Cricket Cup2012–13 to 2016–17New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition2017–18 to presentHallyburton Johnstone Shield

Teams TeamFirstLastTitlesAuckland1935–362025–26Canterbury1938–392025–26Canterbury B1990–911991–92Central Districts1979–802025–26Combined XI1965–661965–66Northern Districts1999–002025–26North Harbour1990–911993–94North Shore1965–661989–90Otago1939–402025–26Pub Charities XI1992–931993–94Southern Districts1983–841987–88Wellington1935–362025–26

The Canterbury and Wellington totals include one shared title.

Results Season Winners Runners-up Match format Ref1935–36 Wellington Auckland 2 days 1937–38 Wellington Auckland 2 days 1938–39 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1939–40 Auckland Wellington 2 days 1940–41 Auckland Wellington 3 days 1943–44 Canterbury Wellington 2 days 1944–45 Canterbury Wellington 3 days 1945–46 Canterbury Wellington 2 days 1946–47 Auckland Wellington 3 days 1947–48 Auckland Wellington 4 days 1948–49 Auckland Canterbury 4 days 1949–50 Wellington Auckland 2 days 1950–51 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1951–52 Auckland Canterbury 3 days 1952–53 Wellington Auckland 3 days 1953–54 Wellington Auckland 3 days 1954–55 Auckland Canterbury 3 days 1955–56 Canterbury Auckland 2 days 1956–57 Auckland Wellington 2 days 1957–58 Auckland Otago 2 days 1958–59 Wellington Auckland 2 days 1959–60 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1960–61 Canterbury Otago 2 days 1961–62 Canterbury Auckland 2 days 1962–63 Otago Auckland 2 days 1963–64 Canterbury Otago 2 days 1964–65 Auckland Wellington 2 days 1965–66 Auckland Canterbury 2 days 1966–67 Canterbury Auckland 2 days 1967–68 Wellington Auckland 2 days 1968–69 North Shore Wellington 2 days 1969–70 Wellington North Shore 2 days 1970–71 North Shore Canterbury 2 days 1971–72 North Shore Wellington 2 days 1972–73 Canterbury North Shore 2 days 1973–74 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1974–75 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1975–76 Canterbury North Shore 2 days 1976–77 Wellington Auckland 2 days 1977–78 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1978–79 Canterbury Wellington 2 days 1979–80 Canterbury Auckland 2 days 1980–81 Canterbury Wellington 2 days 1981–82 Canterbury Wellington 60 overs 1982–83 Canterbury Central Districts 2 days 1983–84 Canterbury North Shore 2 days 1984–85 Canterbury North Shore 2 days 1985–86 Canterbury North Shore 2 days 1986–87 Canterbury North Shore 2 days 1987–88 Canterbury North Shore 60 overs 1988–89 Canterbury North Shore 60 overs 1989–90 Wellington Canterbury 2 days 1990–91 Canterbury Wellington 2 days 1991–92 Canterbury Wellington 2 days 1992–93 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 1993–94 Canterbury Wellington 50 overs 1994–95 Canterbury Auckland 3 days, 50 overs 1995–96 Canterbury Auckland 3 days, 50 overs 1996–97 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 1997–98 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 1998–99 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 1999–00 Auckland Canterbury 50 overs 2000–01 Auckland Canterbury 50 overs 2001–02 Auckland Canterbury 50 overs 2002–03 Auckland Canterbury 50 overs 2003–04Title shared between Canterbury and Wellington 50 overs 2004–05 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 2005–06 Central Districts Canterbury 50 overs 2006–07 Canterbury Wellington 50 overs 2007–08 Canterbury Central Districts 50 overs 2008–09 Canterbury Wellington 50 overs 2009–10 Central Districts Wellington 50 overs 2010–11 Canterbury Wellington 50 overs 2011–12 Auckland Canterbury 50 overs 2012–13 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 2013–14 Otago Auckland 50 overs 2014–15 Auckland Canterbury 50 overs 2015–16 Auckland Wellington 50 overs 2016–17 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 2017–18 Auckland Wellington 50 overs 2018–19 Central Districts Auckland 50 overs 2019–20 Auckland Northern Districts 50 overs 2020–21 Canterbury Auckland 50 overs 2021–22 Otago Wellington 50 overs 2022–23 Wellington Canterbury 50 overs 2023–24 Otago Wellington 50 overs 2024–25 Otago Auckland 50 overs 2025–26 Northern Districts Wellington 50 overs

See also

Plunket Shield The Ford Trophy Men's Super Smash Women's Super Smash

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