St Albans Cricket Club
St Albans Cricket Club repeatedly won the senior championship in New Zealand.
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 1956-1957 season, the 1963-1964 season,[6] the 1964-1965 season,[7][8] and the 1986-1987 season.
St Albans also won the senior grade women's championship during the 1938-1939 season[9] and the 1939-1940 season,[10] and the Christmas women's competition in 1985.[11]
The club had clubrooms at the Hagley Oval.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770603.2.210
References
- John Coffee. 75 not out. 1980.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.