Taranaki cricket team

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Taranaki cricket team
Personnel
CoachChris Coombe
OwnerTaranaki Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1877
Home ground Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
History
Hawke Cup  wins7
Official website Taranaki Cricket Association

The Taranaki cricket team represents the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It is one of the 21 teams from around New Zealand that compete in the Hawke Cup.

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Taranaki as a representative team played as early as 1877. [1] The Taranaki Cricket Association was formed in Hāwera in March 1894, [2] and its first annual meeting was held in Hāwera in September 1894. [3] The clubs in the association at the time were Hawera, Hawera Star, New Plymouth, Clifton, Stratford, Unity and Opunake. [4]

First-class matches

Between 1883 and 1898 Taranaki played eight matches that are now considered first-class. They won one match, lost six and drew one.

1882–83

1891–92

1894–95

1896–97

1897–98

Taranaki's 13 innings totals (63, 55, 70, 39, 35, 29, 91, 135, 246, 124, 172, 108, 109) add up to 1276 runs for 130 wickets, an average of 9.81 runs per wicket. Their opponents scored 1649 runs for 88 wickets, an average of 18.73.

South Taranaki and North Taranaki

In the early 1900s Taranaki cricket split into South Taranaki (centred in Hāwera) and North Taranaki (centred in New Plymouth). The two teams competed separately in the Hawke Cup from 1910–11 to 1922–23. Neither won the title. [13] [14] Occasionally a united team played during this period. In 1909–10 they played the touring Australian team and drew a close match in which the Taranaki bowler Tom Southall took 11 wickets. [15]

Current status

Taranaki reunited in the mid-1920s, and since 1926–27 they have competed in the Hawke Cup. In their first challenge match, captained by Charles Kingstone, Taranaki beat Wanganui, Charles Clark taking 13 wickets. [16] They thus gained the title, which they held until Wanganui defeated them in the next season. Taranaki have held the title several times since, most recently by defeating Hawke's Bay in February 2025. [17]

The Taranaki Cricket Association is based in New Plymouth. The Association forms part of the Central Districts cricket team, which began taking part in the Plunket Shield in 1950–51 and now competes in first-class, List A and Twenty20 domestic cricket competitions. Since the 1920s Taranaki have played most of their home matches at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth, which is also regularly used by Central Districts.

See also

References

  1. "Other Matches played by Taranaki". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  2. "News and Notes". Hawera & Normanby Star: 2. 29 March 1894.
  3. "Taranaki Cricket Association". Taranaki Herald: 2. 2 October 1894.
  4. "Fixtures of the Taranaki Cricket Association". Taranaki Herald: 2. 18 January 1895.
  5. "Auckland v Taranaki 1882–83". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1891–92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. "Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1891–92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  8. "Taranaki v Fiji 1894–95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  9. "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1894–95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  10. "Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1896–97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  11. "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1897–98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  12. "Taranaki v Canterbury 1897–98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  13. "North Taranaki" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  14. "South Taranaki" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  15. "A Story Worth Telling: The Lost Years". TCA. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  16. "Wanganui v Taranaki 1926–27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  17. "The Post". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2025.