Cornwall Cricket Club
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| Ground information | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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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.
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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