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Victory Square, Nelson
Victory Square is a sports ground and public meeting place in Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Located a short distance south-west of Nelson's central business district, it is in a public park of the same name bounded by Vanguard, Toi Toi, St Vincent and Northesk streets. Early history The ground was being used for cricket in the 1858-59 season, when clubs from Nelson and the nearby town of Wakefield played each other there. The first interprovincial match there was in 1862-63, when Nelson played Wellington in a one-day match in which 40 wickets fell for 167 runs on a "very fiery pitch". First-class matches Between 1875 and 1886 Nelson played six matches at Victory Square that are now recognised as first-class. Nelson won all five matches against Wellington and lost the other match to Auckland. Scores were extremely low and there were some notable bowling figures. 1874-75 *Wellington 93 and 71 lost to Nelson 100 and 65 for 8 by two wickets. Harry Hole took 8 for 37 and 2 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson, New Zealand
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William Lankham
William Lankham (4 December 1861 – 2 December 1886) was a New Zealand cricketer who played five first-class matches for Auckland before his death at the age of 24. Life and career A tall, strongly-built right-arm opening bowler, Lankham had an outstanding season for the Auckland United club in 1880–81, taking 84 wickets at an average of 3.32, helping Auckland United to an undefeated season. He played for the Auckland XXII against the touring English team in 1881–82, taking 3 for 69 off 87 four-ball overs. The English captain, Alfred Shaw, regarded Lankham as the best bowler the tourists faced in New Zealand. He played his first first-class match in December 1882 for Auckland against Canterbury in Christchurch. He took 7 for 39 in Canterbury's first innings; on the second day, which was also his 21st birthday, he made the second-top score in Auckland's first innings with 27, batting at number ten; then he took 4 for 60. Canterbury nevertheless won by 27 runs. Auckland then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Venues In The Nelson Region
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Grounds In New Zealand
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Mail
''The Nelson Mail'' is a 4-day a week newspaper in Nelson, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It was founded in 1866 as ''The Nelson Evening Mail''; the first edition was published on 5 March 1866. It absorbed another local paper, ''The Colonist'', in about 1906. Awards and nominations In 2018, ''The Nelson Mail'' reporter Nina Hindmarsh won Best Junior Reporter at the 2018 Voyager Media Awards. In 2019, ''The Nelson Mail'' photographer Braden Fastier was the joint winner of Photographer of the Year at the 2019 Voyager Media Awards The 2019 Voyager Media Awards (previously the Canon Media Awards) were held at the Cordis, Auckland on 17 May 2019. Awards were made in the categories of digital, feature writing, general, magazines, health journalism, scholarships, newspapers .... Fastier also won the Best Photography (News and/or Sport) Award at the same event.Also in 2019, Fastier won the News Photography (Regional) Award and the News Photography (Sports) Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham Cup
The Chatham Cup is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's association football. It is held annually, with the final contested in September. The current champions of the Chatham Cup are 2022 winners Auckland City, who defeated Eastern Suburbs 1–0 in the final. History The Chatham Cup is contested by teams from throughout New Zealand, and has been held annually since 1923 with the exception of 1937 and 1941–44. Typically between 120 and 150 teams take part, with extra time and penalty shoot-outs used to decide matches which end in ties. In the past, replays were used, and in the early years of the competition the number of corners won during a game decided tied matches. The cup itself was gifted to the then New Zealand Football Association by the crew of HMS ''Chatham'' as a token of appreciation for the hospitality they had encountered on a visit to New Zealand. The cup, which cost £150, was presented to NZFA President Sir Charles Skerrett by Captain Cecil Burna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Trafalgar Park is a sports ground located beside the Central Business District of Nelson, in New Zealand's South Island. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000, following upgrades completed for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. It takes its name from its location on Trafalgar Street. History Trafalgar Park had its origins in early 1885 when a group of locals formed the Nelson Athletic Ground Company, with the intention of constructing a sports ground "as good as those already formed on the same principle in Christchurch and Dunedin". By its first annual meeting in June 1885, the company had purchased about 15 acres of land on the northern edge of the town between Trafalgar Street and the mouth of the Maitai River. The land was a mud flat, above the high tide line but subject to flooding under exceptional tides. The annual meeting voted to name the ground "Trafalgar Park". The ground was formally opened on 21 April 1888, when a rugby match was played by local teams on a surface marred on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kissling
John Herbert Percy Kissling (3 March 1868 – 11 May 1929) was a New Zealand cricketer and insurance company executive. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Nelson between 1885 and 1890. At the time of his death, Kissling was the General Manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company, for which he had worked since 1884. He married May Tuthill of Melbourne in 1897. She and their two sons and one daughter survived him. See also * List of Auckland representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Auckland cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. A * John Ackla ... References External links * 1868 births 1929 deaths New Zealand cricketers Auckland cricketers Nelson cricketers Cricketers from Blenheim, New Zealand New Zealand businesspeople Colony of New Zealand people {{NewZealand-cricket-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Boddington
Edward Robert Boddington (29 April 1862 – 4 March 1897) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in New Zealand from 1880 to 1888. In the seven low-scoring first-class matches played at Victory Square, Nelson, Boddington hit the highest individual score, 36, for Nelson against Wellington in March 1886, when Nelson made only 101 yet won by an innings and 46 runs. Boddington was educated at Nelson College from 1877 to 1878, and joined the Union Bank of Australia, for whom he worked in Nelson, Wellington and Dunedin before moving to the Perth branch in 1895. He died suddenly in Perth, three months after winning the Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...n tennis championship. He was also a prominent golfer, cyclist and athlete. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Percy Bennett
Andrew Percy Bennett (30 July 1866 – 3 November 1943) was a British diplomat. Early life Andrew Percy Bennett was born in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, where his father, the Reverend Augustus F. Bennett, was an Anglican clergyman. He attended Blackheath College (now Eltham College).''Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905'', Cambridge, 1913, pp. 742-43. New Zealand and cricket career At the start of the 1886 New Zealand school year, at the age of 19, Bennett took up a position as Fourth Master at Nelson College, a boys' school in the city of Nelson, New Zealand. He was later promoted to Third Master. The presence of Bennett, the headmaster William Justice Ford, and another master, William Still Littlejohn, in the College cricket team made it a strong presence among the local clubs. All three also played for Nelson in interprovincial matches. Bennett, a batsman and opening bowler, played twice for Nelson, each time against Wellington. In his first match, in Nel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Silcock
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George Fowler (cricketer)
George Fowler (26 October 1860 – 14 May 1934) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nelson from 1879 to 1887. His brothers Samuel and Louis also played for Nelson. Cricket career George Fowler achieved some remarkable bowling figures, especially in Nelson. Against Wellington at the Botanical Gardens ground in 1883-84 he bowled unchanged through both innings and took 5 for 10 and 5 for 13 (match figures of 28.4–16–23–10; five-ball overs) in a match in which 40 wickets fell for just 183 runs. Nine of his victims were bowled. Nelson won by 39 runs. At a temporary ground on the outskirts of Nelson in 1887–88, also against Wellington, he took 6 for 9 and 5 for 16 (match figures of 23.3–11–25–11; five-ball overs again) to give Nelson a nine-wicket victory in a match which was completed in one day. This time 159 runs were scored for 31 wickets. In the match Nelson played against the touring Australians in 1880-81 at Victory Square in Nelson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
