St Albans Cricket Club Explained

St Albans Cricket Club was a cricket club in New Zealand. A St Albans Cricket Club had been created by 1872.^[1] A district club was created in 1905 to play district cricket, and played in Canterbury Cricket Association games.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The club won the Senior Championship in, in particular, the 1910–1911 season,^[5] the 1925–1926 season,^{[6] [7] [8]} the 1949–1950 season,^[9] the 1954–1955 season, the 1956–1957 season,^[10] the 1963–1964 season,^[11] and the 1964–1965 season.^{[12] [13]} The club won the Senior Championship, now called the Trust Bank Trophy, in, in particular, the 1986–1987 season,^[14] the 1987–1988 season,^[15] and the 1988–1989 season.^{[16] [17]}

The club had clubrooms at the Hagley Oval.^[18]

The club was sponsored by Kinetic Investments from 1988^[19] and Imperial Cut Price Liquor Store in 1989.^[20]

The men's club merged with the women's club in 1977.^[21] St Albans won the senior grade women's championship during the 1938–1939 season^[22] and the 1939–1940 season,^[23] and the Christmas women's competition in 1985.^[24]

Players

The following have played for St Albans in the past:^[25]

• C. W. Allard.
• Dr Arthur B. O'Brien
• Cyril Crawford
• Ernest Crawshaw
• Roger Ford^[26]
• Keith Ollivier
• Tom Reese
• Don Sandman

References

• John Coffey. 75 not out. 1980.
• "Cricket: Canterbury Association". Lyttelton Times. 23 March 1911. p 8.
• "Christchurch Champions: St Albans on Top". NZ Truth. 25 February 1926  p 12.
• St. Albans Takes Lead in Senior Championship". The Press. 29 October 1963. p 12.
• "Rain Helps St. Albans Increase Its Lead". The Press. 23 December 1963. p 16.
• "Dramatic senior cricket win by St Albans". The Press. 16 November 1970. p 17.
• "St Albans extends its first-grade lead". The Press. 22 December 1986. p 28.
• John Coffey. "Points main aim". The Press. 3 October 1987. p 92.
• "Cricket title in the balance". The Press. 11 March 1989. p 14.
• "St Albans set to win cricket". The Press. 18 March 1989. p 96.
• John Coffey. "Cricket captain confident of equaling record". The Press. 6 October 1989. p 52.

Notes and References

1. "St Albans Cricket Club" in "Town and Country".Lyttelton Times. 15 January 1872. p 2.
2. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19791004.2.117 "Anniversary season"
3. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19550309.2.133.3 "St Albans Club's Jubilee"
4. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19050721.2.41 "The Canterbury Association: District Scheme Adopted"
5. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19110403.2.6.1 "Saturday's Grade Matches: St. Albans wins the Championship"
6. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19260429.2.51 "Come to Dinner said Sid Hickmott: so St Albans Men joined in merrily"
7. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19260325.2.90 "Christchurch Season Ends: St Albans Suffer Their Only Defeat"
8. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19260322.2.39 "Cricket: Senior Competition: Close of the Season"
9. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19500327.2.13 "St Albans wins Championship"
10. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570325.2.166 "Senior Championship won by St Albans"
11. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19640323.2.164 "Senior Title duly won by St.Albans"
12. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19650329.2.153 "St Albans Wins"
13. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19650329.2.152 "All-Round Strength Was St. Albans Secret"
14. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870309.2.118.1 "St Albans regains cricket title"
15. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19880328.2.115.6 "Comfortable win to St Albans"
16. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890320.2.102.1 "Trophy hat trick for St Albans"
17. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890929.2.124.3 "St Albans chases fourth successive club cricket title"
18. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770603.2.210 "Cricket club expands"
19. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19880922.2.177 "Sponsorship for Club"
20. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890928.2.134.2 "Sponsorship for Club"
21. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770609.2.73 "St Albans is fourth merger"
22. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19390306.2.42 "Women's Games: St Albans wins Senior Championship"
23. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19400304.2.21 "St Albans assured of the Championship"
24. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19851223.2.154.1 "St Albans wins women's title"
25. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19110403.2.6.1 The Press, 3 April 1911
26. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870123.2.108 "Ford wins place"