Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club
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Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club or BWCUCC is a cricket club that plays at Burnside Park, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Christchurch, having been established in 1905.[1]
As of the start of the 2016/17 season the club has 11 adult teams which play in several grades in the Christchurch Metropolitan Cricket Association. The club also has 10 junior Saturday teams in the Christchurch Junior Cricket Association leagues. They also have a very well supported Friday night league for younger cricketers (school years 1–3) who are just being introduced to the game.
While the club has benefited from several mergers over the years from the West Christchurch Cricket Club, which then merged with University Cricket who were at Ilam Fields, Christchurch, and then subsequently they merged with Burnside Cricket to form the new club and to further establish Burnside Park, or as cricketers would call it, Burnside Oval.
BWCUCC has had several players represent both the provincial team of Canterbury cricket team and internationally with the New Zealand national cricket team
History of the Club
The first meeting of the West Christchurch club was held on 31 August 1905 at Municipal Chambers Building on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace, presided over by Canon Hare. The colours of the club were registered as dark and light blue, and the crest was the rampant lion with the raised tail that is still part of the present club's emblem.[2]
Notable players
Club Patrons
- 1906-07 Canon Hare
- 1907-34 Sir Henry Wigram
- 1934-35 Lady Wigram
- 1935-54 Sir Arthur Donnelly
- 1954-61 WS MacGibbon
- 1961-62 Prof FLlewellyn
- 1962-66 Dr LL Pownall
- 1967-77 Prof NC Phillips
- 1977-05 Jack Kerr
- 2005-15 Graham Dowling
- 2015- Grant Dickson
References
- ^ "Burnside Cricket". Burnsidecricket.org. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ Adams, Brian (December 2004). From Hagley to Burnside, 100 Years of Cricket 1905 to 2005 (PDF). Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club. pp. 2, 3.
- ^ "Tom Latham Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "George Worker Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Justin Boyle Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Brian Hastings Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Graham Dowling Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Peter Sharp Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Martin Donnelly Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Jack Kerr Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Dan Reese Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "Roger Blunt Player Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ "CricInfo Player Profile".
- ^ "GA Bartlett Cricinfo player profile".
- ^ "Sammy Guillen Player Profile CricInfo".
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