The Auckland cricket team represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams. Governed by the Auckland Cricket Association they are the most successful side having won 28 Plunket Shield titles,ten wins in The Ford Trophy and the Super Smash four times. The side currently play their home games at Eden Park Outer Oval.
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket from the 1890–91 season until 1918.
Charles Peter Howden was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Otago. He was born and died at Auckland.
The Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand from February to April 1910 and played seven first-class matches including two against the New Zealand national cricket team. New Zealand at this time had not been elevated to Test status.
Robert Edward James Menzies was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played 17 first-class matches between 1936 and 1946,mainly for Canterbury and Wellington in New Zealand domestic matches.
Daniel Jason McBeath was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket between the 1917–18 and 1926–27 seasons. He was born at Malvern in the Canterbury Region in 1897.
Harold Butler Lusk was a New Zealand cricketer,golfer and schoolmaster. He played first-class cricket from 1899 to 1921,and was Headmaster of King's College,Auckland,in the 1940s.
Alfred Ernest Hadden was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Auckland from 1906 to 1911,and played for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Donald McKay Sandman was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1910 to 1927 and played several times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Vernon Scott Sale was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Auckland from 1934 to 1940.
Thomas Richard Southall was an English-born New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1913 to 1915.
Charles Ernest Howden was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 13 first-class matches,11 of them for Otago,between the 1902–03 and 1908–09 seasons.
Charles William Wordsworth was an English-born cricketer and cricket coach who played in both Australia and New Zealand during the early 20th century. He played first-class cricket for New South Wales and Otago between the 1907–08 and 1909–10 seasons.
William Brook-Smith was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 29 first-class matches for Auckland between 1905 and 1923.
Andrew Nesbit Colin "Nessie" Snedden was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland between 1909 and 1928,and captained New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Bernard George Griffiths was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington in New Zealand between 1931 and 1938. He played for New Zealand,but not in Test matches.
The 2018–19 Plunket Shield was the 90th season of the Plunket Shield,the domestic first-class cricket competition in New Zealand. It took place between October 2018 and March 2019. Unlike the previous edition of the competition,the tournament featured eight rounds of matches,instead of ten. Central Districts were the defending champions. Up to eleven international players,including New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson,were available for the opening round of the tournament.
William Rae "Ray" Buchan was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1943 to 1946.
Tristan Freitas Hegglun was a New Zealand rower,rugby union player,and local-body politician. He rowed for his country at the 1950 British Empire Games,and won two national rowing titles. A front-row forward and lock,he played provincial rugby for both Wellington and Marlborough,and was involved in services matches during World War II. He later served as a Blenheim borough councillor.
