Taranaki cricket team explained

Taranaki cricket team
Founded:1877
Ground:Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
Owner:Taranaki Cricket Association
Title1:Hawke Cup
Title1wins:6
Website:https://www.taranakicricket.co.nz/

The Taranaki cricket team represents the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It competes in the Hawke Cup.

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 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]

Current status

Taranaki reunited in the mid-1920s, and since 1926–27 they have competed in the Hawke Cup. In their first challenge match Taranaki beat Wanganui, Charles Clark taking 13 wickets.[15] 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 in 2007.

The Taranaki Cricket Association is based in New Plymouth. The Association forms part of the Central Districts cricket team, which 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Other Matches played by Taranaki. CricketArchive. 6 November 2011. 10 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110021124/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/355/Other_Matches.html. dead.
  2. News and Notes . Hawera & Normanby Star . 29 March 1894 . 2 .
  3. Taranaki Cricket Association . Taranaki Herald . 2 October 1894 . 2 .
  4. Fixtures of the Taranaki Cricket Association . Taranaki Herald . 18 January 1895 . 2 .
  5. Web site: Auckland v Taranaki 1882–83. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  6. Web site: Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1891–92. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  7. Web site: Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1891–92. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  8. Web site: Taranaki v Fiji 1894–95. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1894–95. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  10. Web site: Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1896–97. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  11. Web site: Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1897–98. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  12. Web site: Taranaki v Canterbury 1897–98. CricketArchive. 7 January 2017.
  13. Web site: subscription . North Taranaki . CricketArchive. 7 December 2021.
  14. Web site: subscription . South Taranaki . CricketArchive. 7 December 2021.
  15. Web site: Wanganui v Taranaki 1926–27. CricketArchive. 8 January 2017.