Hawke Cup

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The Hawke Cup is a cricket competition for New Zealand's District Associations. Apart from 1910/11, 1912/13 and 2000/01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. In order to win the Hawke Cup the challenger must beat the holder on their home ground. Teams from New Zealand's 4 "main centres", Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin have not usually competed for the Hawke Cup, although they did participate for the latter half of the 1990s. They were excluded again from the 2000/01 season. Since then, the team from Hamilton, the city at the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, has been the strongest team in the competition.

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[edit] Recent History

Season Challenge Matches Holder at End of Season.
2000/01 Semi-Finals Hamilton v Canturbury Country, Hawke's Bay v Bay of Plenty, Final Hamilton v Hawkes Bay Hamilton
2001/02 Hamilton v North Otagao, Hamilton v Hawkes Bay, Hamilton v Northland, Hamilton v Canturbury Country, Hamilton v Manawatu Manawatu
2002/03 Manuwatu v Hawkes Bay, Hawkes Bay v Northland, Northland v Canturbury Country Northland
2003/04 Northland v Hamilton, Northland v Mid-Canturbury, Mid-Canturbury v Taranaki Mid-Canturbury
2004/05 Mid-Canturbury v Canturbury Country, Canturbury Country v Nelson, Canturbury Country v Hamilton Hamilton
2005/06 Hamilton v Taranaki, Hamilton v Northland, Hamilton v Southland, Hamilton
2006/07 Hamilton v Northland, Hamilton v Canturbury Country, Hamilton v Taranaki, Taranaki
2007/08 Taranaki v Canturbury Country, Canturbury Country v Hawkes Bay, Canturbury Country v Hamilton Hamilton

The current Holder's are Hamilton.

[edit] Records

Current players can only play a maximum of 3 Hawke Cup Challenge macthes a season, and that is only for members of the team holding the Hawke Cup and defeating every challenger. Historically there have only been between 2 and 6 Hawke Cup Challenge matches every year for the holders, so it has been difficlut for players to build much of a record unless they have been part of a strong team and have had a lengthy career.

Nevertheless, 18 players have scorded more than 1000 runs and 8 players have taken more than 90 wickets.

The only current player who has more than 1000 runs is G.G. Robinson of Hamilton. (April 2008)

Player Team(s) Career Mat Inn NO HS Runs Ave
Leggat I.B. Nelson 1948-68 38 56 1 130 1968 35.78
Reade L.B. Nelson 1958-73 35 57 2 117 1951 35.47
Lowans G.E. Nelson 1958-73 30 48 1 130 1811 38.53
Anderson R.W. Northland & Southland 1970-77 16 31 6 255 1773 70.92
McVicar C.C. Manawatu 1935-54 28 44 1 180 1754 40.79
Spence D.V. Hawkes Bay & Nelson 1949-67 34 51 8 151 1574 36.60
Robinson G.G. Hamilton 2001- 14 22 2 268 1482 74.1

[edit] Current Structure

There are 4 regional zones in the Hawke Cup.

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4
Hamilton Hawke's Bay Mid Canterbury Central Otago
Northland Marlborough Buller North Otago
Counties-Manukau Nelson Canterbury Country Southland
Bay of Plenty Horowhenua Kapiti South Canterbury
Poverty Bay Manawatu West Coast
Waikato Valley Taranaki
Wairarapa
Wanganui

After a round robin within each zone, the winners of Zone 3 and the winners of Zone 4 play each other and the winner of that game challenges the holder. The winners of Zone 1 and 2 also challenge the holder. Hawke Cup games are played over 3 days. To win the Hawke Cup a challenger must beat the holder outright or win on the first innings on the holder's home ground.

[edit] Former Teams

These are the former teams that have played in the Hawke Cup in the past. They are:

  • North Harbour
  • Auckland-Waitakere
  • Auckland-Manukau
  • Thames Valley
  • Midlands
  • Rangitikei
  • Southern Hawke's Bay
  • Hutt Valley
  • Wellington City
  • Dunedin Metropolitan

[edit] External links

A scoreboard of almost every Hawke Cup Challenge game ever played [1]

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