List of Office Bearers 2004
Parnell Cricket Club Incorporated - Established 1858 ANNUAL REPORT, ACCOUNTS and BALANCE SHEET Parnell CC – current holder of the Allan Thompson Memorial Trophy for Runner up in the Premier Two Day Championship 2013 – 2014 1. 150 YEARS AGO Parnell and Hobson Bay, Auckland Charles Heaphy’s sketch of Parnell and Hobson Bay, 7 February 1862. Shore Road is still to be formed. Thomas Bloodworth Park did not come into being until 1948 and Shore Road Reserve was not reclaimed until 2000/01 though Auckland University Rugby Club had a very primitive training ground there from the 1960s. Map courtesy of David Lennard. Dunedin’s Cricket Carnival - Inaugural First Class Match and New Zealand’s First International Cricket Match Dunedin’s Oval – the scene of these earliest games, January and February 1864 1. Otago vs. Canterbury, the first 1st Class game in New Zealand – the two teams are pictured on the verandha. George Parr’s All England Team before sailing to Australia and NZ. Team included notable players EM Grace, Carpenter, Tarrant and Julius Caesar. Parnell’s connection - GK Turton played for Otago in both games, John Kissling umpired the Otago vs Canterbury and played for the Otago XXII vs All England. Both had been Parnell players from 1858 until moving to Dunedin in 1861. Grace, brother of WG, had a cousin, WL Rees, playing for Otago. Rees was a large run holder near Queenstown 2. OFFICE BEARERS 2013/14 PATRON E.K. Smith PRESIDENT R.S. Harvey HON. VICE PRESIDENTS D. Thomas, P.B. McGregor, A.J. Paul, M.M. Benjamin, C.
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