St Albans Cricket Club
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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.
- ^ "St Albans Cricket Club" in "Town and Country".Lyttelton Times. 15 January 1872. p 2.
- ^ "Anniversary season". The Press. 4 October 1979. p 14.
- ^ "St Albans Club's Jubilee". The Press. 9 March 1955. p 14.
- ^ "The Canterbury Association: District Scheme Adopted". The Press. 21 July 1905. p 6.
- ^ "Saturday's Grade Matches: St. Albans wins the Championship".The Press. 3 April 1911. p 3.
- ^ "Come to Dinner said Sid Hickmott: so St Albans Men joined in merrily". The Star, Christchurch. 29 April 1926. p 5.
- ^ "Christchurch Season Ends: St Albans Suffer Their Only Defeat". NZ Truth. 25 March 1926. p 15.
- ^ "Cricket: Senior Competition: Close of the Season". The Press. 22 March 1926. p 6.
- ^ "St Albans wins Championship". The Press. 27 March 1950. p 3.
- ^ "Senior Championship won by St Albans". The Press. 25 March 1957. p 14.
- ^ "Senior Title duly won by St.Albans". The Press. 23 March 1964. p 17.
- ^ "St Albans Wins". The Press. 29 March 1965. p 14.
- ^ "All-Round Strength Was St. Albans Secret". The Press. 29 March 1965. p 14.
- ^ "St Albans regains cricket title". The Press. 9 March 1987. p 22.
- ^ "Comfortable win to St Albans". The Press. 28 March 1988. p 22.
- ^ "Trophy hat trick for St Albans". The Press. 20 March 1989. p 21.
- ^ "St Albans chases fourth successive club cricket title". The Press 29 September 1989. p 30.
- ^ "Cricket club expands". The Press. 3 June 1977. p 24.
- ^ "Sponsorship for Club". The Press. 22 September 1988. p 40.
- ^ "Sponsorship for Club". The Press. 28 September 1989. p 34.
- ^ "St Albans is fourth merger". The Press. 9 June 1977. p 6.
- ^ "Women's Games: St Albans wins Senior Championship". The Press. 6 March 1939. p 7.
- ^ "St Albans assured of the Championship". The Press. 4 March 1940. p 4.
- ^ "St Albans wins women's title". The Press. 23 December 1985. p 29.
- ^ The Press, 3 April 1911
- ^ "Ford wins place". The Press. 23 January 1987. p 28.