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History Of Cricket In New Zealand
The history of cricket in New Zealand dates back to 1832 as a mention in the diary of Archdeacon Henry Williams. *History of cricket in New Zealand to 1890 * History of cricket in New Zealand from 1890–91 to 1918 * History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918–19 to 1945 *History of cricket in New Zealand from 1945–46 to 1970 *History of cricket in New Zealand from 1970–71 to 2000 * History of cricket in New Zealand from 2000–01 See also *Cricket in New Zealand References See also * Sport in New Zealand * History of New Zealand * Cricket in New Zealand Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand, second only in total sporting popularity to rugby. New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket. History The beginnings of cricket in New Zealand Th ... * {{NewZealand-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Williams (missionary)
Henry Williams (11 February 1792 – 16 July 1867) was the leader of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission in New Zealand in the first half of the 19th century. Williams entered the Royal Navy at the age of fourteen and served in the Napoleonic Wars. He went to New Zealand in 1823 as a missionary. The Bay of Islands Māori gave Williams the nickname ''Karu-whā'' ("Four-eyes" as he wore spectacles). He was known more widely as ''Te Wiremu''. ('Wiremu' being the Māori form of 'William'). His younger brother, William Williams, was also a missionary in New Zealand and known as "the scholar-surgeon". Their grandfather, the Reverend Thomas Williams (1725–1770), was a Congregational minister at the Independent Chapel of Gosport. Although Williams was not the first missionary in New Zealand – Thomas Kendall, John Gare Butler, John King and William Hall having come before him – he was "the first to make the mission a success, partly because the others had opened up the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
