Cornwall Cricket Club
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The Cornwall Cricket Club, known formally as the Cornwall Districts Cricket and Sports Association Incorporated,[1] is a cricket club which was founded in 1895 in Auckland, New Zealand, as Ponsonby Cricket Club. It claims the largest membership of any cricket club in New Zealand.
Ground information | |
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Location | 210 Green Lane West, Epsom. Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand |
Establishment | 1895; 129 years ago (1895) as Ponsonby Cricket Club |
International information | |
First women's Test | 28 March–1 April 1969: New Zealand v England |
Last women's Test | 11–15 January 1992: New Zealand v England |
First WODI | 10 January 1982: New Zealand v England |
Last WODI | 14 January 1982: New Zealand v India |
As of 24 November 2009 Source: CricketArchive |
The club's cricket ground is in Cornwall Park opposite the showgrounds at 210 Green Lane West, Epsom where it has been since 1952.[2] Cornwall comes from the park's name given by the Duke of Cornwall later George V when visiting Auckland in 1901.[3]
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1958, when England women played a New Zealand women's touring team.[4] The ground has also hosted three Women's Test matches[5] and three Women's ODIs at the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.[6][7]
Max Cricket, invented by Martin Crowe, was launched here in 1996. The first match was televised on Sky and watched by a crowd of 8,000.[8][9] The club twice held a Guinness World Record for the longest cricket marathon - 55 hours in 2008 followed up by playing for 100 hours non stop in 2010.[citation needed]
Notable players include Dave Crowe, Jeff Crowe, Martin Crowe, Ian Gould, Adrian Dale, Paul Collingwood, Rob Nicol, Peter Webb,[10] Adam Parore, Mark Greatbatch, Rodney Redmond and Graham Vivian.[11]
Club officers include businessman Roger Kerr.