Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club or BWCUCC is a cricket club that plays at Burnside Park, Christchurch,

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. It is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Christchurch, having been established in 1905. As of the start of the 2016/17 season the club has 11 adult teams which play in several grades in the Christchurch Metropolitan Cricket Association. The club also has 10 junior Saturday teams in the Christchurch Junior Cricket Association leagues. They also have a very well supported Friday night league for younger cricketers (school years 1–3) who are just being introduced to the game. While the club has benefited from several mergers over the years from the West Christchurch Cricket Club, which then merged with University Cricket who were at Ilam Fields, Christchurch, and then subsequently they merged with Burnside Cricket to form the new club and to further establish Burnside Park, or as cricketers would call it, Burnside Oval. BWCUCC has had several players represent both the provincial team of

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and internationally with the

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History of the Club

The first meeting of the West Christchurch club was held on 31 August 1905 at Municipal Chambers Building on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace, presided over by Canon Hare. The colours of the club were registered as dark and light blue, and the crest was the rampant lion with the raised tail that is still part of the present club's emblem.

Notable players

* Tom Latham *

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* Justin Boyle * David Farrant * Anthony Farrant *

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* Arthur Donnelly * Martin Donnelly * Jack Kerr * Dan Reese *

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Sammy Guillen Simpson Clairmonte "Sammy" Guillen (24 September 1924 – 1 March 2013) was one of the few men to have played Test cricket for two countries. He played five Test matches for the West Indies and three for New Zealand in the 1950s, including New ...

* David Trist *

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Club Patrons

* 1906-07 Canon Hare * 1907-34 Sir

Henry Wigram Sir Henry Francis Wigram (18 January 1857 – 6 May 1934) was a New Zealand businessman, politician and aviation promoter. He is best known for his role in developing a public transport system in Christchurch and as a key player in the establishme ...

* 1934-35 Lady Wigram * 1935-54 Sir Arthur Donnelly * 1954-61 WS MacGibbon * 1961-62 Prof FLlewellyn * 1962-66 Dr LL Pownall * 1967-77 Prof NC Phillips * 1977-05 Jack Kerr * 2005-15

* 2015- Grant Dickson

References

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