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competition in

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. 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:

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and

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. The tournament now runs alongside the

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. 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 2021–22 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.

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, from Auckland, gave a trophy to

and any other team was allowed to challenge them for the title. The first match was played in February 1936, with

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

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and renamed simply the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, with 4 teams competing: Auckland, Wellington,

and

. 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

joined in 1979–80. In 1981–82, they played 60-over matches as preparation for the

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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

Super Smash began, and games from both tournaments were often played over the same weekend. Canterbury (39 titles), Wellington (20 titles) and Auckland (17 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 three titles, in 1964–65, 2013–14 and 2021–22.

Tournament names

Teams

''The Canterbury and Wellington totals include one shared title.''

Results

Notes

References