This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Otago cricket team. [1] Otago played its first representative match in January 1864 against Southland, before playing the first match in New Zealand which is considered to be first-class later in the same month, a fixture against Canterbury. The team has competed for the Plunket Shield since the competition's inaugural season in 1906–07, played its first List A cricket match in 1971 and its first Twenty20 cricket match in 2006. It has played in every senior cricket competition in New Zealand. [2] [3] [4] The modern Otago Cricket Association represents the regions of Otago, Southland and North Otago of New Zealand's South Island and is one of six first-class teams in the country. [5]
Players are listed in alphabetical order. Seasons given are the first and last seasons the player played at senior level for the side. Players may not have played in every intervening season and many players will have appeared for other sides during their career.
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.
Bradley Esmond Scott is a New Zealand former first-class cricketer. He played over 200 top-level matches for Otago and Northern Districts between the 2000–01 and 2012–13 seasons.
Derek Charles de Boorder is a New Zealand former cricketer who played primarily for Otago.
James Michael McMillan is a New Zealand former professional cricketer. He played for Otago between the 2000–01 and 2014–15 seasons.
Iain Anthony Robertson is a New Zealand former first-class cricketer who played for Canterbury and Otago between the 2005–06 season and 2014–15.
Lawrence Raymond James Eckhoff is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was born at Dunedin in Otago in 1952 and educated at Otago Boys' High School where he played cricket.
James Edward Hume was a Scottish-born cricketer. He played a single first-class match in New Zealand for Otago during the 1880–81 season.
Thomas Speight Parker was an English-born cricketer who played two first-class matches for Otago in New Zealand during the 1860s.
Thomas Livingstone was a New Zealand cricketer who played three first-class matches for Otago during the 1917–18 season.
Richard Cameron Torrance was a New Zealand cricket umpire and player. He stood in one Test match and played 42 first-class matches for Otago between the 1905–06 and 1927–28 seasons.
Stuart Thornbury Jones was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1953–54 season.
James MacFarlane was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago between the 1887–88 and 1895–96 seasons.
William Morrison was a Scottish-born cricketer. He played two first-class matches in New Zealand for Otago, one in each of the 1876–77 and 1880–81 seasons.
John Michael O'Sullivan was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Otago during the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons.
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.
Nicholas George Stanley Smith is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Otago during the 1969–70 season and Auckland in 1971–72.
Graeme Bruce Thomson is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 47 first-class and 13 List A matches, almost all of them for Otago between the 1974–75 and 1980–81 seasons.
Francis Joachim Toomey was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Otago in the 1934–35 and 1935–36 seasons.
John Walls was an Australian-born cricketer. He played one first-class match in New Zealand for Otago during the 1886–87 season.
Frank Williams was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 26 first-class matches as a wicket-keeper for Otago between the 1898–99 and 1908–09 seasons.