Harry Cave
Henry Butler Cave (10 October 1922 – 15 September 1989) was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in nine of his 19 Test matches. His Test career extended from 1949 to 1958, and he played first-class cricket from 1945 to 1959. Early life Harry Cave was born into a family of farmers and cricketers from the Wanganui area. His father had a farm at Westmere, north of Wanganui. His uncle Ken Cave umpired all four matches in New Zealand's first Test series in 1929–30. Harry went to school at Westmere before attending Wanganui Collegiate School. He took up farming after leaving school. Cricket career 1940s Cave's cricket career was often interrupted by the demands of his farming life, where he was supported by his brother and farming partner Tom. An all-rounder, six feet two inches tall, Cave bowled accurate medium-pace and batted in the middle or lower order. He first played for Wanganui in his teens, and became one of their leading players in the Hawke Cup. In th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wanganui
Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a list of cities in New Zealand, city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the List of New Zealand urban areas by population, 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of as of . Whanganui is the ancestral home of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other Whanganui Māori tribes. The New Zealand Company began to settle the area in 1840, establishing its second settlement after Wellington. In the early years, most European settlers came via Wellington. Whanganui greatly expanded in the 1870s, and freezing works, woollen mills, phosphate works and wool stores were established in the town. Today, much of Whanganui's economy relates directly to the fertile and prosperous farming hinterland. Like several New Zealand ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plunket Shield
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield. History The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in October 1906 with the donation of a shield by William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, who was the Governor-General of New Zealand from 1904 to 1910. For the 1906–07 inaugural season, the Shield was allotted by the New Zealand Cricket Council "to the Association whose representative team it considers to have the best record for the season". After the Council awarded the Shield to Canterbury cricket team, Canterbury, chiefly because Canterbury were the only provincial team to beat the Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in New Zealand in 1906–07, visiting MCC, Auckland cricket team, Auckland representatives complained that Auckland should have received the Shield as their team was superior but had not had the chance to prove it as none of the ot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don Neely
Donald Owen Neely (21 December 1935 – 16 June 2022) was a New Zealand cricket historian, administrator and player. He served as president of New Zealand Cricket and wrote or co-wrote over 30 books on New Zealand cricket. Early life Neely was born in Wellington in 1935 and attended Rongotai College from 1947 to 1953, where he played 1st XI cricket. He later played in the senior grade for Wellington's Kilbirnie Cricket Club, which has since amalgamated with MSP (Midland St. Pat's) and become Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club. The Eastern Suburbs clubrooms in Kilbirnie Park are now home to the Kilbirnie honours boards that record Neely's successes with the club. Playing career Neely's first-class career lasted from 1964 to 1971 and consisted of 34 matches, played in four seasons with Wellington Firebirds, Wellington (three as captain) and three seasons with Auckland Aces, Auckland. He was a right-handed middle-order batsman, and he scored one century (cricket), century and seven fif ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Zealand Cricket Team In India In 1955–56
The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1955–56 season. The teams played five Test cricket, Tests. India won the series 2–0 with three Tests drawn. Before the series, the New Zealand team had played New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56, a three-Test series in Pakistan, losing that series 0–2. Squads Every player played at least one Test in the series. Cave, Reid, Guy, Hayes, MacGibbon and Sutcliffe played all five Tests. The team was managed by Henry Cooper (educator), Henry Cooper, who was at the time headmaster of Auckland Grammar School, and had previously played three first-class matches for Auckland cricket team, Auckland. Tour matches Three-day: West Zone v New Zealanders Electing to bat upon winning the toss, the New Zealanders made 162 on a grassy wicket. Harry Cave and Alex Moir offered any resistance to West Zone's bowling. In reply, West Zone lost three early wickets Nari Contractor and Bapu Nadkarni struck a 62-run partnership ta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Zealand Cricket Team In Pakistan In 1955–56
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan in October and November 1955 and played a three-match Test cricket, Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. It was the first Test series between the two teams. Pakistan won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by Harry Cave and Pakistan by Abdul Hafeez Kardar. After the Test series, the team went on to India, where they played New Zealand cricket team in India in 1955–56, a five-Test series. New Zealand team * Harry Cave (captain) * John Richard Reid, John Reid (vice-captain) * Jack Alabaster * John Guy (New Zealand cricketer), John Guy * Noel Harford * Zin Harris * John Hayes (cricketer), Johnny Hayes * Graham Leggat * Tony MacGibbon * Noel McGregor * Trevor McMahon * Alex Moir * Eric Petrie * Matt Poore * Bert Sutcliffe Every player played at least one Test in the series. Cave, Reid, MacGibbon, McGregor, Moir, Poore and Sutcliffe played all three Tests. The team was ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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English Cricket Team In New Zealand In 1954–55
The England cricket team toured New Zealand in March 1955 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand team. The series was part of a longer tour which began in September 1954 and included a match in Colombo against Ceylon and a full tour of Australia during which the England team retained The Ashes, their first series win in Australia for 22 years.MCC in Australia and New Zealand, 1954-55 '''', 1956. Retrieved 2018-04-04. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; , colloquially known as Palmerston or Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatū Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatū River, from the river's mouth, and from the end of the Manawatū Gorge, about north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's List of New Zealand urban areas, eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of The estimated population of Palmerston North city is The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges; including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatū Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively. The city covers a land area of . The city's location was once little more than a clearing in a forest and occupied by small communities of Māori peopl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Auckland Cricket Team
The Auckland cricket team represent the Auckland Region, Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic First class cricket, first class cricket teams. Governed by the Auckland Cricket Association they are the most successful side having won 28 Plunket Shield titles, ten wins in The Ford Trophy and the Super Smash (men's cricket), Super Smash four times. The side currently play their home games at Eden Park, Eden Park Outer Oval. The limited overs side, known as the Auckland Aces, have a predominantly light blue kit with a navy and white trim. Their One Day Championship shirt sponsors are Ford Motor Company, Ford whilst their major Twenty20 Cricket, T20 sponsor is Mondiale. They won the Men's Super Smash competition in the 2015–16 Super Smash, 2015–16 season, their 4th domestic Twenty20 title overall, making them become the most successful team in New Zealand. Honours Plunket Shield (24) 1907–08*, 1908–09*, 1909–10*, 1911–12*, 1919–20*, 1921–22, 1926� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The city has a rich Māori people, Māori, Scottish people, Scottish, and Chinese people, Chinese heritage. With an estimated population of as of , Dunedin is New Zealand's seventh-most populous metropolitan and urban area. For cultural, geographical, and historical reasons, the city has long been considered one of New Zealand's four main centres. The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour. The harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean. Archaeological evidence poin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Otago Volts
The Otago cricket team, nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season, are a New Zealand first-class cricket team which first played representative cricket in 1864.Otago cricket history, '' Evening Star'', issue 21864, 30 October 1934, p. 4.Available onlineat Papers Past. Retrieved 23 February 2024.) The team represents the Otago, Southland and North Otago regions of New Zealand's South Island. Their main governing board is the Otago Cricket Association which is one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 4. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) Cricket was first played in Otago in 1849, the year after the province was settled by Europeans, and the Otago Cricket Association was founded in 1876.Sixty years of cricket, ''Otago Daily Times'', issue 23114, 13 February 1937, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ian Leggat
Ian Bruce Leggat (born 7 June 1930) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played in one Test match in 1954. He was a middle-order batsman, a medium-pace bowler, and a slips fieldsman. His cousin, Gordon Leggat, also played Test cricket for New Zealand in the 1950s. Early life Leggat was born in Invercargill, New Zealand. He attended Nelson College from 1944 to 1948, where he was a prefect and played for the school's 1st XI cricket and 1st XV rugby teams. After leaving school, he worked as a survey draftsman. Cricket career Leggat played first-class cricket for Central Districts from 1950–51 to 1961–62. In 1952–53 he and Harry Cave added 239 for the ninth wicket for Central Districts against Otago at Dunedin. Leggat scored 142 not out batting at number 10. It was his first fifty in first-class cricket; he did not score another until 1958–59. This innings helped him to score 212 runs at 53.00 in 1952–53; he also took 7 wickets at 40.14. He was a surprise selection f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1952-53 New Zealand Cricket Season
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establishes his headquarters and the colonies th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |