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 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.

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 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.

From 2007–08, 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

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
Auckland1935–362025–2620
Canterbury1938–392025–2639
Canterbury B1990–911991–920
Central Districts1979–802025–263
Combined XI1965–661965–660
Northern Districts1999–002025–261
North Harbour1990–911993–940
North Shore1965–661989–903
Otago1939–402025–265
Pub Charities XI1992–931993–940
Southern Districts1983–841987–880
Wellington1935–362025–2618

The Canterbury and Wellington totals include one shared title.

Results

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch formatRef
1935–36WellingtonAuckland2 days
1937–38WellingtonAuckland2 days
1938–39WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1939–40AucklandWellington2 days
1940–41AucklandWellington3 days
1943–44CanterburyWellington2 days
1944–45CanterburyWellington3 days
1945–46CanterburyWellington2 days
1946–47AucklandWellington3 days
1947–48AucklandWellington4 days
1948–49AucklandCanterbury4 days
1949–50WellingtonAuckland2 days
1950–51WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1951–52AucklandCanterbury3 days
1952–53WellingtonAuckland3 days
1953–54WellingtonAuckland3 days
1954–55AucklandCanterbury3 days
1955–56CanterburyAuckland2 days
1956–57AucklandWellington2 days
1957–58AucklandOtago2 days
1958–59WellingtonAuckland2 days
1959–60WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1960–61CanterburyOtago2 days
1961–62CanterburyAuckland2 days
1962–63OtagoAuckland2 days
1963–64CanterburyOtago2 days
1964–65AucklandWellington2 days
1965–66AucklandCanterbury2 days
1966–67CanterburyAuckland2 days
1967–68WellingtonAuckland2 days
1968–69North ShoreWellington2 days
1969–70WellingtonNorth Shore2 days
1970–71North ShoreCanterbury2 days
1971–72North ShoreWellington2 days
1972–73CanterburyNorth Shore2 days
1973–74WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1974–75WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1975–76CanterburyNorth Shore2 days
1976–77WellingtonAuckland2 days
1977–78WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1978–79CanterburyWellington2 days
1979–80CanterburyAuckland2 days
1980–81CanterburyWellington2 days
1981–82CanterburyWellington60 overs
1982–83CanterburyCentral Districts2 days
1983–84CanterburyNorth Shore2 days
1984–85CanterburyNorth Shore2 days
1985–86CanterburyNorth Shore2 days
1986–87CanterburyNorth Shore2 days
1987–88CanterburyNorth Shore60 overs
1988–89CanterburyNorth Shore60 overs
1989–90WellingtonCanterbury2 days
1990–91CanterburyWellington2 days
1991–92CanterburyWellington2 days
1992–93CanterburyAuckland50 overs
1993–94CanterburyWellington50 overs
1994–95CanterburyAuckland3 days, 50 overs
1995–96CanterburyAuckland3 days, 50 overs
1996–97CanterburyAuckland50 overs
1997–98CanterburyAuckland50 overs
1998–99CanterburyAuckland50 overs
1999–00AucklandCanterbury50 overs
2000–01AucklandCanterbury50 overs
2001–02AucklandCanterbury50 overs
2002–03AucklandCanterbury50 overs
2003–04Title shared between Canterbury and Wellington50 overs
2004–05CanterburyAuckland50 overs
2005–06Central DistrictsCanterbury50 overs
2006–07CanterburyWellington50 overs
2007–08CanterburyCentral Districts50 overs
2008–09CanterburyWellington50 overs
2009–10Central DistrictsWellington50 overs
2010–11CanterburyWellington50 overs
2011–12AucklandCanterbury50 overs
2012–13CanterburyAuckland50 overs
2013–14OtagoAuckland50 overs
2014–15AucklandCanterbury50 overs
2015–16AucklandWellington50 overs
2016–17CanterburyAuckland50 overs
2017–18AucklandWellington50 overs
2018–19Central DistrictsAuckland50 overs
2019–20AucklandNorthern Districts50 overs
2020–21CanterburyAuckland50 overs
2021–22OtagoWellington50 overs
2022–23WellingtonCanterbury50 overs
2023–24OtagoWellington50 overs
2024–25OtagoAuckland50 overs
2025–26Northern DistrictsWellington50 overs

See also

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