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1953–54 Plunket Shield
	The Plunket Shield trophy
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Central Districts (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	10
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.

Central Districts won the championship, finishing at the top of the points table at the end of the round-robin tournament between the five first-class sides, Auckland, Canterbury, Central Districts, Otago and Wellington. Eight points were awarded for a win, four points for having a first innings lead in a draw and two points 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	NetRpW
Central Districts	4	3	0	1	28	4.642
Auckland	4	2	1	1	20	1.792
Otago	4	2	2	0	16	-0.038
Canterbury	4	1	2	1	10	5.144
Wellington	4	0	3	1	2	-13.263

References

^ ^a ^b "Plunket Shield 1953/54 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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[Table-1] "Plunket Shield 1953/54 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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