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] 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. [4]
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.
Paul John Wiseman is a New Zealand former international cricketer. "Wiz", as he was nicknamed, was an off spinner who took nine wickets in an innings for Canterbury against Central Districts in Christchurch to record the second best figures in New Zealand domestic cricket bowler. Internationally, however, he was unable to forge a significant career due to the incumbency of first-choice spinner Daniel Vettori. Wiseman was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.
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.
Stuart James McCullum is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 1976–77 season and 1990–91. A left-handed opening batsman who occasionally kept-wicket, he is the father of former New Zealand international cricketers Brendon and Nathan McCullum.
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.
William Carson was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1884–85 and 1887–88 seasons.
Stuart Thornbury Jones was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1953–54 season.
Colin John McDonald was a New Zealand cricketer and journalist. He played two first-class matches for Otago during the 1968–69 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.
Gordon George McGregor was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1935–36 and 1939–40 seasons.
Nathan Douglas Morland is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 34 first-class and 38 List A matches, mainly for Otago, between the 1996–97 and 2003–04 seasons.
John Michael O'Sullivan was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Otago duirng 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.
Shane Andrew Robinson is a former cricketer from New Zealand. He played 45 first-class and 39 List A matches for Otago between the 1984–85 and 1996–97 seasons.
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.