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Nelson cricket team is a cricket team representing the Nelson Region of New Zealand. It played first-class cricket from 1874 to 1891, and currently competes in the Hawke Cup.

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Playing history

Cricket was first reported as being played in Nelson in the Nelson Examiner in March 1844, in a match between the Surveyors of the Land Company and Nelson. [1] Nelson as a representative team played interprovincial cricket as early as 1862, [2] later first playing first-class cricket in 1873-74 against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, becoming the fifth team to play first-class cricket in New Zealand. This match is also notable for having ended in a tie, the eighth time this had happened and one of sixty occasions overall that a first-class match has ended in such a result. [3]

Over the coming seasons, Nelson averaged one first-class match a year, all but one of them against Wellington, before appearing in first-class cricket for a final time in 1891 against Wellington at Trafalgar Park. Nelson played 17 times in first-class cricket, winning nine and losing seven. [4] Nelson used three home grounds during this period, all of them in the city of Nelson: Victory Square, the Botanical Gardens and Trafalgar Park.

The 17 matches were extremely low-scoring affairs. Only twice did a side reach 200, and on 40 occasions a side was dismissed for under 100. Nelson's highest team score was 238 at Wellington in 1880-81, when Louis Balmain, in his only first-class match, top-scored with 40, having also top-scored with 50, Nelson's first individual fifty, in the first innings. [5] Nelson's only other fifty was a 52 made by Andrew Bennett at Wellington in 1886-87. [6] The best innings and match figures were 9 for 43 and 5 for 20 (14 for 63 in the match) by Thomas Eden in 1875-76. [7] Bennett, in his only other first-class match, took 6 for 13 and 6 for 5 for Nelson in 1885-86. [8]

The origin of the "Nelson" superstition in cricket is unknown. However, in both Nelson's first [9] and last [10] innings in first-class cricket they were dismissed for 111 – "Nelson".

Current status

Nelson today compete in the Hawke Cup, which is played below first-class level. Nelson have won the competition several times, and hold the record for the longest period of holding the trophy, from December 1958 to February 1965. [11] They also held the title from 1979 to 1983. [12]

In 1963-64, defending their title against Waikato, Nelson made 632, a Hawke Cup record. [13] [14] The record stood until Nelson beat it in 1983-84, when they scored 641 for seven defending their title against Taranaki. [15] In their next match, in 1984-85, they beat it again, scoring 649 against Wairarapa. The record stood until Manawatu beat it with 650 all out in 1993-94. [16] [17]

The Nelson Cricket Association relocated from Trafalgar Park to Saxton Oval in 2009. The Nelson Cricket Association forms part of the Central Districts cricket team, which competes in first-class, List A and Twenty20 domestic cricket competitions.

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References

  1. ↑ Barclays World of Cricket, 2nd edition, Collins Publishers, 1980, ISBN   0-00-216349-7, p90.
  2. ↑ "Other Matches played by Nelson". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Wellington v Nelson, 1873/74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Nelson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  5. ↑ Wellington v Nelson 1880-81
  6. ↑ Wellington v Nelson 1886-87
  7. ↑ Wellington v Nelson 1875-76
  8. ↑ Nelson v Wellington 1885-86
  9. ↑ Wellington v Nelson 1873-74
  10. ↑ Nelson v Wellington 1891-92
  11. ↑ Martin, Wayne (21 February 2017). "Nelson hold an esteemed place in annals of Hawke Cup history". Nelson Mail. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Martin, Wayne (20 February 2012). "The allure of the Hawke". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "Nelson v Waikato 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Record Hawke Cup Cricket Score". photonews.org.nz. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Nelson v Taranaki 1983-84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Nelson v Wairarapa 1984-85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Manawatu v South Canterbury 1993-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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