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Hawke Cup
The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11, 1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup, the challengers must beat the holders, either outright or on the first innings in a drawn match, on the holders' home ground. Teams from New Zealand's four main centres, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, have not usually competed for the Hawke Cup, although they did participate in the latter half of the 1990s. They were excluded again from the 2000–01 season. From 2000 to 2010 the team from Hamilton, New Zealand's fourth-largest urban area, was the most successful. Since then the title has changed hands numerous times, Manawatu, Hawke's Bay and Bay of Plenty being especially prominent. In 2012-13 Hamilton conceded the highest-ever score in the Hawke Cup of 701 against Bay of Plenty. This record score was equalled again by Bay of Plenty against Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Manukau Cricket Team
The Counties Manukau cricket team represents the southern part of the Auckland Region, including the Auckland outer suburbs of Manurewa, Manukau and Papakura and the surrounding rural areas, and including Tuakau in the Waikato region. It competes in the Hawke Cup. Its base is in Manurewa, where its home ground is Weymouth Oval. Teams that previously represented the area in the Hawke Cup were Franklin (1957 to 1977) and Counties (1979 to 1994). Counties Manukau began playing in 1996. History Franklin and Counties teams Cricket was played in the region in the late 1850s, and possibly earlier. The Mauku Cricket Club, which still competes at senior level, was established in 1859. There was a Franklin Cricket Association in the 1890s and 1900s, and the Warin Cup was instituted for competition between the region's clubs beginning with the 1911–12 season. The Association lapsed but was revived in 1921. Franklin, based in Pukekohe, was a part of the Auckland team's region until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Holland
Chester Arthur Holland (26 August 1888 – 10 November 1976) was a New Zealand cricketer who played one match for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket. Early life and career Holland was born in Bunnythorpe and educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School. He moved to Wanganui in 1907. An opening bowler who also often made useful runs in the middle and lower order, Chester Holland spent most of his career playing non-first-class cricket for Wanganui. In 1909-10 he took 6 for 58 against the touring Australians. In 1912-13, when Wanganui played their first match in the Hawke Cup, Holland took 5 for 14 and 3 for 11 against South Taranaki, in a match Wanganui won by an innings and 393 runs. In 1913-14 Wanganui dominated the Hawke Cup, winning all three matches, Holland taking 33 wickets at an average of 8.39. He took 4 for 79 for Wanganui against the touring Australians in February 1914, and after New Zealand's loss to Australia in the first of two inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin McVicar
Colin Cameron McVicar (3 June 1916 – 17 February 1987) was a New Zealand cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Central Districts between January 1951 and January 1952. An opening batsman, Colin McVicar made his first-class debut at the age of 34 in Central Districts' second match in the 1950-51 season. It was also Central Districts' debut season, and they had lost their first match, but this time, playing for the first time at home, they won, defeating Canterbury at Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North. In a low-scoring match McVicar top-scored in the first innings with 42 and took three catches in Canterbury's first innings. Central Districts also won their next match, another low-scoring match, McVicar making 29 and 40. In subsequent matches he was less successful with the bat, and lost his spot after five matches. McVicar had already had a long and successful career for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup during Manawatu's period of dominance from 1934-35 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Spence (cricketer)
David Victor Spence (born 8 January 1930) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts from 1955 to 1962. Dave Spence played five matches for Central Districts in 1955–56, one in 1960–61, and five more in 1961–62. A middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler, he took his best bowling figures of 5 for 38 in a victory over Wellington in the second match of the 1955–56 Plunket Shield season, then made his highest score of 61 in an innings victory over Otago in the next match 11 days later. At the time he was considered a potential Test player. However, after that season he played only six more first-class matches, in which he took five wickets. Spence also played Hawke Cup cricket for Hawke's Bay from 1950 to 1953, and for Nelson from 1954 to 1967. He was the captain of the Nelson side that held the Hawke Cup during its record title run from 1958 to 1965, and he was named in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century in 2011. In 34 Hawke Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southland Cricket Team
The Southland cricket team represents the Southland Region of New Zealand. They compete in the Hawke Cup. Early history Southland first played interprovincial cricket in 1864, and often played against touring teams from Australia, Fiji and England. The Southland Cricket Association was formed in 1892, leading to an increase in representative matches, including the annual match against Otago, which began in 1893–94 and continued until the 1980s. In 1910–11 Southland were the first winners of the Hawke Cup. They retained it in 1911–12 but surrendered it in 1912–13 when they did not take part. First-class matches Southland had first-class status from 1914–15 to 1920–21. They played eight first-class matches, winning one, losing five and drawing two. In 1914–15 they played two matches against Otago, losing the first and drawing the second. In the first match, at Rugby Park, Invercargill, Otago made 166 ( Jack Doig taking 7 for 46) and 85 for 3 declared, and Southl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northland Cricket Team
The Northland cricket team represents the Northland region of New Zealand. It competes in the Hawke Cup. History The first mention of cricket in the history of New Zealand is from Northland: a game on the beach at Paihia, in the Bay of Islands, in December 1832. However, it was not until 1926 that a regional cricket body, the North Auckland Cricket Association, was established. The first match for the Dargaville Shield, contested by clubs within the Association, was played in January 1927, when Mangonui beat Northern Wairoa. North Auckland, captained by W. J. Dunning, played their first representative match when they drew a two-day match with Auckland in Auckland in April 1928. The Association applied for affiliation with the New Zealand Cricket Council in 1932 in order to be eligible to compete for the Hawke Cup. The NZCC granted Northland minor association status in 1936. Northland (playing as North Auckland) challenged for the Hawke Cup for the first time in April 1939, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago Country Cricket Team
The Otago Country cricket team represents the Central Otago and South Otago regions of New Zealand. It competes in the Hawke Cup. Its parent organisation is the Otago Country Cricket Association, which is based in Alexandra. Central Otago The Central Otago Cricket Association was formed in 1946. It achieved Minor Association status with the New Zealand Cricket Council in 1956. Central Otago competed in the Hawke Cup from 1963 to 2006. They won the title once, when, captained by Ken McKnight, they defeated Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth D ... in January 1996, Richard Hoskin scoring 74 and 162 and Shayne O'Connor taking eight wickets. Otago Country In the early 2000s the Central Otago Cricket Association was renamed the Otago Country Cricket Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Cricket Team
The Hamilton cricket team represents the city of Hamilton in New Zealand. It is one of the 21 New Zealand teams that compete in the Hawke Cup, and the only one that just represents an urban area. Its parent organisation is the Hamilton Cricket Association. History When Hamilton township was formed in 1864, cricket was already being played in the Waikato region. Cricket was soon established in the town. The first Hamilton Cricket Association was formed in 1899. After numerous reorganisations of cricket in the region, in 1975 the Hamilton Cricket Association was established in its current form, covering the Hamilton metropolitan area and eligible to compete in the Hawke Cup. Hamilton began competing in the Hawke Cup in the 1976-77 season. Waikato had represented the area until 1974-75, and for most of the period before World War Two South Auckland had done so. All three teams had Seddon Park in Hamilton as their home ground. Hamilton's home ground since 2000 has been Galloway P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Anderson (New Zealand Cricketer)
Robert Wickham Anderson (born 2 October 1948) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1976 and 1978. Anderson was born at Christchurch in 1948.Robert Anderson Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-31. Domestic career Anderson began his career began in 1967–68 for , playing in three |
North Otago Cricket Team
The North Otago cricket team represents the North Otago region of New Zealand, with its headquarters in Oamaru. It competes in the Hawke Cup, which it won most recently in early 2021. Its parent body, the North Otago Cricket Association, was founded in 1899. History In 1864 the Oamaru Cricket Club was established. The club represented the region in matches against touring teams from Australia and England in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1892 the Waitaki Cricket Association was formed to regulate and manage cricket in the Ashburton, South Canterbury and North Otago areas, but it soon lapsed. North Otago's first match, against South Canterbury in 1896, raised interest in forming another cricket association in the area, and in 1899 the North Otago Cricket Association was formed. Since the establishment of the Association, North Otago have played regular matches against other provincial teams and occasional matches against touring teams. In 1927–28 Carl Zimmerman was the only New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlborough Cricket Team
The Marlborough cricket team represents the Marlborough Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It competes in the Hawke Cup. Its base is in Blenheim. History Early years A Marlborough Cricket Club was formed in Blenheim in late 1860. The first properly organised match in the region appears to have been held at Blenheim in January 1862, between Blenheim and Picton, in a paddock belonging to the Resident Magistrate, S. L. Muller. Picton won. Marlborough teams travelled to play interprovincial matches against Nelson in Nelson in March 1863 and against Wellington in Wellington in March 1866. Marlborough lost both matches, by 42 runs and 45 runs respectively. The Marlborough Cricket Association was formed in October 1886 by five clubs from Blenheim, Picton, Spring Creek, Wairau and Havelock. Apart from establishing a local competition, the main intention was that Marlborough should be able to host a match against the touring English team later that season, but that tour di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Country Cricket Team
The Canterbury Country cricket team represents the rural areas of the northern part of the Canterbury Region in the South Island of New Zealand. It covers the area east of the Southern Alps, between the Clarence River in the north and the Rakaia River in the south, excluding metropolitan Christchurch. It competes in the Hawke Cup and has its base in Rangiora. History Early years Cricket was played in Rangiora and Kaiapoi in the 1850s. The first North Canterbury Cricket Association was formed in Rangiora in August 1892, and the competition that season comprised six clubs: Cust, Oxford, Ashley County, Ohoka, Amberley and Woodend; Amberley won the first title. The association's name was changed to Ashley County Cricket Association in September 1896, then back to North Canterbury Cricket Association in September 1911. The association's representative team frequently played against other Canterbury associations. An annual competition among them was established in the 1920s, and a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |