The Otago cricket team,nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season,are a New Zealand first-class cricket team which first played representative cricket in 1864. The team represents the Otago,Southland and North Otago regions of New Zealand's South Island. Their main governing board is the Otago Cricket Association which is one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket to 1890.
William Henry Tracey Campbell Penney Vallange was an English cricketer and medical doctor who played one first-class match in New Zealand for Otago.
Christopher Mace was an English-born cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match in Australia for Victoria in the 1861–62 season and one in New Zealand for Otago during the 1863–64 season,the first match played in New Zealand which has been given first-class status.
Alexander Cairns was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Otago between the 1867–68 and 1870–71 seasons. All three matches he played in were against Canterbury and were the only first-class matches played in New Zealand during these seasons,although Cairns did not play in the 1869–70 season's match between the two sides. He scored a total of 39 runs and took eight wickets.
Wilfred Elles Bannerman was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class cricket matches for Otago between the 1911/12 and 1914/15 seasons.
Clement Henry Beck was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1884/85 and 1890/91 seasons.
Robert William Brown was a New Zealand sportsman. He played one first-class cricket match for Otago during the 1870–71 season.
William Carson was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1884–85 and 1887–88 seasons.
Daniel Patrick Claffey was a New Zealand sportsman. He played two first-class cricket matches for Otago,one in each of the 1888–89 and 1889–90 seasons,and played provincial rugby union for the Otago side.
Alexander Dawes was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago,one in each of the 1884–85 and 1894–95 seasons.
John Hope was a New Zealand sportsman. He played 22 first-class cricket matches for Otago between the 1885–86 and 1899–1900 seasons and played representative rugby union for the Otago and Southland Rugby Football Unions. He was later a prominent sports administrator in the province.
William Johnston was a Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer. He played 20 first-class matches for Otago between the 1889–90 season and 1902–03.
Arthur Deloitte MacCormick was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match in New Zealand for Otago in the 1888–89 season.
Henry Dyer Maddock was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between 1864 and 1869. Born in Canada,he practised law in New Zealand and Australia.
Charles Morris was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1863–64 season.
William Henry Parker was an Australian-born cricketer. He played 25 first-class matches in New Zealand for Otago between the 1880–81 and 1896–97 seasons.
John Patrick Spring was an Irish cricketer and soldier in the British Army. While living in New Zealand,he played eight first-class matches for Otago between the 1877–78 and 1884–85 seasons.
Walter Wilson Strang was a New Zealand cricketer and businessman. He played one first-class match for Otago in 1929–30,when he captained the team in the final match of that season's Plunket Shield.
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