The North Otago cricket team represents the
North Otago
North Otago in New Zealand covers the area of Otago between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama (which has experienced rapid growth as a developing centre for astronomy and for glid ...
region of New Zealand, with its headquarters in
Oamaru
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. It competes in the
Hawke Cup
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, 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
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and
England
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in the 1870s and 1880s.
In 1892 the Waitaki Cricket Association was formed to regulate and manage cricket in the
Ashburton,
South Canterbury
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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.
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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 Zealander to score a century against the touring Australian team, when he scored 117 ]not out
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for North Otago.
North Otago began competing in the Hawke Cup in 1958–59. They won it for the first time in March 2010 when they beat Manawatu by 159 runs, with centuries
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A centennial or ...
to Duncan Drew
Duncan Drew (born 11 November 1976) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between 2000 and 2002.
Drew is a wicketkeeper-batsman who has worked as a physiotherapist. He has played Hawke Cup cricket for North ...
and Darren Broom
Darren John Broom (born 16 September 1985) is a New Zealand cricketer. Broom is a right-handed batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler. A brother of Neil Broom, he played Twenty20 and one day cricket for Canterbury and Otago. In the ...
. Their next victory was in February 2016, when they beat Buller by 133 runs, Francois Mostert taking 13 wickets for 53. This match was notable in that Buller and North Otago were the two Hawke Cup teams with the smallest population bases. North Otago's third victory was over Nelson
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by 250 runs in February 2021.
North Otago players are eligible to represent Otago
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in the Plunket Shield
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History
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. Of those who have done so, some have also played for New Zealand
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, including John Reid and David Sewell
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Sewell was born in Christchurch. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. ...
.
Senior teams
The Borton Cup has been awarded since 1920 to the winners of the North Otago senior competition.[ Seven clubs currently compete:]
References
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Cricket teams in New Zealand
Sport in Oamaru
Cricket in Otago