The Cornwall Cricket Club, known formally as the Cornwall Districts Cricket and Sports Association Incorporated,[1] is a cricket club which was founded in 1895 in Auckland, New Zealand, as Ponsonby Cricket Club. It claims the largest membership of any cricket club in New Zealand.
Ground information | |
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Location | 210 Green Lane West, Epsom. Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand |
Establishment | 1895 as Ponsonby Cricket Club |
International information | |
First women's Test | 28 March–1 April 1969: New Zealand v England |
Last women's Test | 11–15 January 1992: New Zealand v England |
First WODI | 10 January 1982: New Zealand v England |
Last WODI | 14 January 1982: New Zealand v India |
As of 24 November 2009 Source: CricketArchive |
The club's cricket ground is in Cornwall Park opposite the showgrounds at 210 Green Lane West, Epsom where it has been since 1952.[2] Cornwall comes from the park's name given by the Duke of Cornwall later George V when visiting Auckland in 1901.[3]
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1958, when England women played a New Zealand women's touring team.[4] The ground has also hosted three Women's Test matches[5] and three Women's ODIs at the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.[6][7]
Max Cricket, invented by Martin Crowe, was launched here in 1996. The first match was televised on Sky and watched by a crowd of 8,000.[8][9] The club twice held a Guinness World Record for the longest cricket marathon - 55 hours in 2008 followed up by playing for 100 hours non stop in 2010.[citation needed]
Notable players include Dave Crowe, Jeff Crowe, Martin Crowe, Ian Gould, Adrian Dale, Paul Collingwood, Rob Nicol, Peter Webb,[10] Adam Parore, Mark Greatbatch, Rodney Redmond and Graham Vivian.[11]
Club officers include businessman Roger Kerr.
References edit
- ^ Incorporated Society 221666
- ^ "Cornwall Cricket Club". Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ Cornwall Park. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 138, 12 June 1901, p. 5
- ^ "Cornwall Park - List of matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "Records / Women's Test matches / Team records / Most matches on a single ground". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Cornwall Park - Women's Test matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "Cornwall Park - Women's ODI matches". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ Cameron, Don, ed. (2004). "Snippets". Cornwall Cricket 1954 - 2004: Celebrating 50 years of Cricket. Cornwall Cricket Club. p. 110.
- ^ Voerman, Andrew (5 February 2016). "Martin Crowe's Cricket Max turns 20". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Cameron, Don, ed. (2004). "Snippets, Representatives". Cornwall Cricket 1954 - 2004: Celebrating 50 years of Cricket. Cornwall Cricket Club. pp. 107–117.
- ^ Mali, Viraj (29 April 2016). "Cornwall Cricket Club - New Zealand". Global Cricket Community. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Further reading edit
- Cameron, Don, ed. (2004). Cornwall Cricket 1954 - 2004: Celebrating 50 years of Cricket. Cornwall Cricket Club.
External links edit
- Cornwall Cricket Club Home
- Cornwall Park, Auckland at CricketArchive
- Cornwall Park, Auckland at Cricinfo
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