EDUCATION EXHIBITIONS / DISPLAYS • Many more exhibits than I expected and excellently displayed. School and Community Group Visits • To be able to show an overseas visitor one of our ‘Power Play’ Multi-Media Touch-Screen Interactive NEW ZEALAND A total of 37 school and community group visits took place treasures. This innovative project was completed and installed in late March in time for in 2011/12. The total number of groups visiting the museum • Fantastic display of cricket memorabilia, persons, and statistics the New Zealand v South Africa Test Match at the Basin Reserve. The interactive equalled the previous record of 37 groups established in relating to the game of cricket. and accompanying wall-mounted murals were installed in a specially designed CRICKET MUSEUM 2009/10 and 2010/11. The reference to visitation figures • DVD’s for some displays portrayed a lot of information quickly. kiosk immediately adjacent to the Oakley Gallery. The second phase of the project noted in the Annual Survey which showed that there was a • Learnt a lot about cricket history. was completed in April when the interactive became ‘live’ on the New Zealand substantial increase in local and regional visitors from 7% to • Well laid out displays. Cricket/ Museum website. The ‘Power Play’ full web-based 26% in 2011/12 was not reflected in school and/or community • The vast amount of memorabilia on show. interactive project development adds a new dimension to the museums profile, group visitations for 2011/12. and considerably advances the ‘museum without walls’ concept being developed • I got engrossed in some of the commentaries. I spent more time for the museum in a wider public engagement arena. However, the most significant feature was the visit of 416 here than expected. Loved hearing about great NZ cricketers of Vintage Cricket Carnival participants and their partners in the past. The interactive has been designed to be very ‘user-friendly’ and in that regard 12 groups to the museum in March. This co-jointly planned • Really good layout and a really nice museum. is operating very well with users across all age groups enjoying the ease and activity contributed $2,000 to the museums income streams. • The videos of historical matches was hugely interesting and flexibility of navigating and guiding themselves through the players, broadcasters/ The museums Annual Survey results also revealed that 95% of informative. commentators, music, comedy, and poetry sections of the interactive without any visitors viewed the educational/research value of exhibitions • Spacious layout of the museum and it was a good size. instructions from museum staff or volunteers. The final tranche of 13 Radio NZ as either excellent (65%) or good (30%). Staff knowledge was • Found everything to be very interesting/fascinating. Only regret Sound Archives recordings that has been delayed because of the Christchurch rated as excellent by 75% of visitors, and 19% as good, with was I wish I had more time!! earthquake in February 2011 will become available at the end of July for inclusion 6% indicating they didn’t know, or didn’t use, the staff service • Great photographs and statistics of leading players. in the interactive. offered to them. • The friendly approach from the staff. What Visitors Like About the Museum • Being welcomed. Having some details pointed out. Being able to look round at my own pace. The comprehensiveness of the 74 of 100 visitors responded to the question ‘What, if exhibits. anything, did you like about your visit to this museum today’ in the museums Annual Survey. Here is a selection of their Also, under the question ‘Is there anything you would like to add?’ responses. • The dedication and attention to detail were excellent and I would • The large amount of items and information about all things put the museum on a par with the Lord’s museum. cricket. • A real gem. • Very thorough and imaginative presentation. Easy to move • I only came along because my husband wanted to come but was around. pleasantly surprised to find that I enjoyed my visit. • Recent/New Exhibitions/Facts on History/Origins of Cricket.

VISITS TO THE MUSEUM Phone: 04 385 6602 Email: [email protected] The Old Grandstand, Basin Reserve, Wellington Website: www.nzcmuseum.co.nz Power Play Interactive – Players Swipe Screen 2012 Swipe Screen – Players Interactive Play Power Photographer: Mark Coote NZCM Archives Public Hours Basin Reserve Tours Summer Season: 10.30 – 3.30pm Monday to Sunday and all match Tours can be organised to the New Zealand Cricket Museum, the days i.e. 01 November to 30 April. R.A. Vance Stand, the Groundsmen’s Shed and the perimeter of the Winter Season: 10.30 – 3.30pm Weekends only i.e. 01 May to 31 ground to view famous historical cricket plaques. October or by special arrangement. Facilities Schools & Group Hours Museum toilet including disabled toilet. Summer Season: Open Monday to Friday 10.30 – 3.30pm by prior Bus & car parking adjacent to the museum. arrangement (not match days). Museum shop stocks a variety of books, postcards, miniature cricket Winter Season: As above but by special arrangement. bats, balls etc. Admission Charges Lending Library $7 adults; $3 students/children. Children (12 years & under) free The library is available for lending, research and study purposes. if accompanied by an adult. Hours by arrangement. A cornucopia of cricket history. School groups $2 per student and $4 per adult. Guided tours $5 per How To Find Us student and $10 per adult. Other group visits by arrangement. By Car: Drive in/enter by the southern (J.R. Reid) Gate at the Basin Bookings Reserve. The museum welcomes school/group visits by prior arrangement. By Bus: Stagecoach Wellington. Buses 1, 42, 43, 44 travel to/from Power Play Interactive Kiosk (detail) 2012 Photographer: Mark Coote NZCM Archives We appreciate at least two weeks notice to enable successful liaison Kent and Cambridge Terrace to the Central Railway Station.

time with the Host/Guide and to ensure that you are able to book the By Rail: NZ Tranz Metro units depart from the Central Railway Station. 2012 – Music Swipe Screen Interactive Play Power Photographer: Mark Coote NZCM Archives most suitable times. By Foot: Enter the Basin by the northern or southern Gates and proceed to museum. Note: The museum can comfortably accommodate 25 students and The museum is very grateful for the funding support from New Zealand Community Winter/Spring Newsletter 2012 accompanying teachers and adults, split into two groups, at one General Trust and the Wellington Cricket Trust for assisting the museum with this project time. Smoking, food or drink are not permitted. and helping to turn the vision into a reality. COLLECTION MANAGEMENT NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HISTORY BRIEFLY

Cricket Bats Project – Equipment & Clothing Collection New Zealand v South Africa (Third Test) Mon 1st Jan Annual Survey Results A major project has commenced to fully document the museums cricket bats (Equipment & Clothing Collection) by further New Years Day, and a lot of handshaking amongst the team. A fine day The museums Annual Survey results for Newlands, Cape Town, 1, 2, 3, 4 January 1962 2011/12 completed in May were again very researching and updating the museums early records of cricket bats, and along with more detailed records of the last nine years, with a fair amount of wind. John [Reid] won the toss in this game on a pleasing in terms of visitor’s appraisal of transferring this information to the museums Vernon Collection database. This process also involved Mike Lewis photographing New Zealand’s First Victory in 31 Tests perfect track. Noel (McGregor) made a good 68, John R. 92 unlucky the museum. There was a 100% visitor every bat in the collection – front and back – to provide a visual, as well as a textual record, of each and every bat. Played Overseas not to get a . This sure is John’s batting track, and at stumps we are satisfaction rating (36% excellent, 48% 337 for 4 wckts. Zin [Zinzan Harris] 91 n.o. and Chaps [Murray Chapple] very good, 16% good) for the seventh year 2012 is the 50th Anniversary of this historic New Zealand victory, in a row, and the Overall Quality ‘excellent’ Bat presented by George Carr The museum has a wide and diverse range of cricket bats, with a significant on 58 n.o. We are all looking forward to Zin making a most popular century and only the second in its test history. A reunion of the players rating figure was 71%. Also, 67% of visitors to John Kissling 1864 number of aged and modern bats either signed by the great and good, tomorrow, altogether a good day for NZ. Tonight there’s nothing arranged rated the way objects and exhibits are All England XI v Otago XXII who toured , Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South national and international teams, or associated with epic individual and team for us. [signed ‘F.J.C’. – Frank Cameron] displayed as excellent, with 29% rating Photographer: Mike Lewis Africa in 1961-62 was held during the New Zealand v South them as good (100% in total). Equipment & Clothing achievements and events. The most notable bat in the collection is the repaired, Africa 3rd Test Match at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on the nd Collection, NZCM strengthened and wormed bat, inscribed “Addington XI 1743” (and weighing Tuesday 2 January Digital Newsletter 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 March 2012. It was decided at this function Accession No 2012.102.1 a mere 2lb. 7oz.,) that was purchased by a museum benefactor at a Christie’s Today, a day of mixed fortunes for the N.Z. side. Hopes of a declaration The NZ Cricket Museum Trust Board that the touring teams log be gifted to the New Zealand Cricket has decided that this newsletter will be auction in London in October 1987 for £1,600, in time to coincide with the mid-afternoon for about 500 were dashed by the new South African stock Museum. The following account of the test match is taken Pre-Tour Catching Practise 10.9.1961 the penultimate printed newsletter. The museums opening in November 1987. This bat is understood to be the third bowler Sid Burke, who took 6 for 128 off 53 overs; our total was still directly and verbatim from the team log. L. to R.: G.T. Dowling, J.W. Guy, F.J. Cameron, P.G.Z. Harris, R.C. Motz, following Summer/Autumn 2012/13 is oldest still extant, with the earliest surviving bat being the 1729 bat housed in a pleasing 385. Zin completed a fine century, a controversial stumping at S.N. McGregor, P.T. Barton scheduled to be the last printed newsletter the Pavilion at The Oval, London. 101 terminating his first test century. Better was to follow, for the Springboks Photographer: The Dominion, Wellington before the move to a solely digital one as New Zealand Cricket Museum Archives currently appears on the www.nzcmuseum. were bundled out for 190 between 12.40 and 5.40. Frank Cameron took 5 Other significant vintage bats in the museums collection are the Cobbett bat co.nz website. for 48 off 24 overs, and Jack Alabaster 4 for 61 off 21 overs. Good bowling c.1830; the bat presented by George Carr, of the All England XI, to John Thursday 4th January was supported by excellent fielding, no catches going astray. N.Z., 0 for 8 Possible Temporary to Long-Term Kissling, reputedly the highest scorer on the Otago side, at the conclusion of “Great Day for the Kiwis” – headlines in the local newspaper. 27 Move Silver Plaque, bat presented at stumps. Tonight most of the team were entertained by B.P. films being the All England XI v the Otago XXII cricket match, in 1864; and the 1905 bat minutes before time N.Z. gained her first overseas test match victory The museum was tagged as an ‘earthquake by G. Carr, captain, shown of motor cycle and grand prix racing, and of the South Africa – N.Z. belonging to the great Australian batsman Victor Trumper. by 72 runs. Early in the day a draw seemed likely, as only Waite fell prone building’ in February this year All England XI to John Kissling rugby test series of 195 [?]. Most enjoyable and relaxing. as the ‘highest scorer’ for the in the first session of play; four hours play, seven wickets to fall. Then, by Wellington City Council. Reports by Otago XXII, 1864 The collection features many signature bats of touring teams to New Zealand engineers have determined that the Old rd a brilliant 113 in 175 minutes by McLean, backed by good knocks by Photographer: Mike Lewis in tandem with New Zealand team signatures, and also of New Zealand touring Wednesday 3 January Grandstand, in which the museum is McGlew (63) and Bland (42) put South Africa well in the game, housed, has a 14% earthquake code rating Equipment & Clothing teams in tandem with their overseas opponents. A signature bat that could claim Another very warm day, with a crowd of five thousand compared with the Collection, NZCM needing to score a run a minute, with six wickets in hand. However, which places it at the high probability to be a pride of place bat goes to the New Zealand Women’s Cricket Team that ten thousand on each of the two previous days (public holidays). Our hopes end of at least the roof collapsing if there Accession No 2012.102.1 John Reid achieved a break-through, and S.A. went from 5-315 to won the 2000 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Among the many bats of interest are are based on the increasing turn, which was apparent today. N.Z. scored 212 was a major earthquake in Wellington. all out 335. Jack Alabaster (4 for 119 off 50 overs), Gary Bartlett (2 for Discussions have taken place about a limited edition ‘82/100’ New Zealand 200 Club bat 1999 with the in the second innings, giving S.A. the desired 400+ to get to avoid defeat. 40) and John Reid (2 for 21) were the best of an accurate attack. The whether the museum might need to move signatures of Martin Donnelly, Burt Sutcliffe, , , Once again the lower half of the batting order scored as many as the top jubilation among the sixteen and supporters is difficult to describe to a temporary location if a decision was , Brian Young and Mathew Sinclair; and a BlackCaps v West Indies New Zealand Cricket Team 1961/62 half, with Artie Dick scoring a valuable and attractive 50. Jack Alabaster eventually made to demolish the building, Tour of Australia, Rhodesia & South Africa but easy to imagine. The work that each member of the side had put 2008/09 signature bat severely damaged in the Christchurch earthquake of took two cheap wickets before the close of play, giving us a full day to take rather than mothball or restore the Old Standing – L. to R.: P.G.Z. Harris, J.C. Alabaster, B.W. Yuile, G.A. Bartlett, in before and since leaving N.Z. had been well rewarded. Partly due Grandstand. February 2011. eight wickets for victory. South Africa are also in the hunt, requiring 350 J.T. Ward, A.E. Dick, R.C. Motz, F.J. Cameron, G.T. Dowling, J.W. Guy, P.T. Barton to the exhortations of Mitch McLennan, and largely due to chance, Seated – L.to R.: S.N. McGregor, J.R. Reid (captain), J.G. Leggat (Manager), in 360 minutes for victory. Our survival at Kimberley depends on success in Visitors to the Museum the team assembled at the station at 7.30 and left for Kimberley – M.E. Chapple, J.T. Sparling this test. What is noteworthy from the results of the Victor Trumper Bat 1905 ‘New Zealand Test Cricket Photographer: Frank Thompson, Crown Studios, Wellington hardly the popular choice. Further celebrations were the order of museums Annual Survey 2011/12 is the Presented to F.C. Raphael, 200 Club’ Bat 1999 Photography Collection, NZCM the evening. significant drop of international visitors Secretary, NZCC Signed, Limited Edition – from 69% to 45% - with the difference being made up by an increase in local and Photographer: Mike Lewis Bat 82/100 NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA regional visitors from 7% to 26%. National Equipment & Clothing Martin Donnelly, , First Innings Second Innings First Innings Second Innings visitors have also increased – from 24% Collection, NZCM Graham Dowling, Glenn Turner, S.N. McGregor b Burke 68 run out 20 D.J. McGlew c Bartlett b Motz 14 c Dick b Bartlett 63 to 27% in the survey period. In marketing Accession No 2012.103.1 Martin Crowe, Bryan Young, G.T. Dowling lbw Lawrence 0 c Barlow b Burke 12 E.J. Barlow c Harris b Alabaster 51 c Reid b Alabaster 16 terms 29% found out about the museum in Mathew Sinclair J.T. Sparling c Elgie b Burke 19 c Waite b Burke 9 W.S. Farrer c Dick b Alabaster 11 c Dowling b Alabaster 20 J.R. Reid c Bromfield b McKinnon 92 c Bromfield b Burke 14 J.H.B. Waite c Chapple b Cameron 33 lbw Alabaster 21 a number of different ways, with another Photographer: Mike Lewis P.G.Z. Harris st Waite b Bromfield 101 c Bland b Burke 30 R.A. McLean c Dick b Cameron 20 c Harris b Bartlett 113 18% through the Lonely Planet Guide, 20% Equipment & Clothing M.E. Chapple c Waite b Burke 69 b Burke 33 K.C Bland b Alabaster 32 lbw Reid 42 through recommendations (up from 14%), Collection, NZCM A.E. Dick c Waite b Burke 4 (8) 50 M.K. Elgie c Chapple b Alabaster 6 c Harris b Cameron 12 13% through the museums newsletter and Accession No 03/12 G.A. Bartlett c Waite b Burke 12 (7) st Waite b McKinnon 29 S.F. Burke c Dick b Cameron 0 c Motz b Sparling 12 brochure, and 5% through the museums R.C. Motz b Burke 0 c Barlow b Bromfield 0 G.B. Lawerence c Reid b Cameron 4 c Harris b Reid 0 website (up 4%). J. C. Alabaster c Farrer b Bromfield 1 st Waite b McKinnon 4 A.H. Mckinnon not out 9 b Alabaster 4 F.J. Cameron not out 2 not out 10 H.D Bromfield lbw Cameron 1 not out 0 Governance Extras: lb 8, nb 9 17 Extras: b 1 1 Extras: b 6, lb 2, nb 1 9 Extras: b 14, lb 13, nb 1, w 4 32 The museums governance structures Total 385 Total (for 9 wickets declared) 212 Total 190 Total 335 continue to be updated, and in this respect Fall of wickets: 15, 59, 116, 209, 357, 367, Fall of wickets: 28, 38, 44, 61, Fall of wickets: 36, 67, 85, 124, 157, 164, Fall of wickets: 37,54, 100, 201, we are now waiting for the application 369, 370, 385 106, 127, 158,159, 163 165, 173, 185, 190 273, 315, 317,331, 335, 335 to register the museum as a charitable O M R W O M R W O M R W O M R W Heroes of the Newlands Test trust, and to incorporate as a board, to be Burke 53.5 19 128 6 27.1 10 68 5 Motz 11 2 30 1 24 9 69 0 Victory (Day 1 & 2) 2.1.1962 Lawrence 23 7 46 1 Cameron 24.4 10 48 5 26 14 42 1 received back from the Companies Office/ McKinnon 19 6 42 1 17 7 32 2 Alabaster 21 4 61 4 50 12 119 4 Zin Harris (left) scored 101 and Charities Commission. Also, a funds Barlow 9 0 40 0 20 2 53 0 Bartlett 5 1 17 0 22 8 40 2 Frank Cameron took 5 for 48 development strategy is being initiated Bromfield 46 11 94 2 24 3 58 1 Sparling 6 1 22 0 6 3 12 1 Photographer: Louis Duffus with the purpose of developing an annual Christchurch Earthquake Elgie 7 2 18 0 Chapple 1 0 3 0 Photography Collection, NZCM plan for fundraising and sponsorship etc to Damaged Signature Bat 2011 Reid 14.2 8 21 2 help the staff and Board set realistic goals BlackCaps v West Indies Test with respect to making the museum more NZ Women’s Cricket Team Signature Bat 2000 Series 2008/09 Jack Alabaster – Pre-Tour Bowling Practise 10.9.1961 Alabaster took 8 wickets for 180 in the Newlands Test Victory sustainable on a long-term basis. The plan Women’s Cricket World Cup Winning Team Photographer: Mike Lewis L. to R.: B.W. Yuile, G.A. Bartlett, J.C. Alabaster, M.E. Chapple would outline the strategic steps required Photographer: Mike Lewis Equipment & Clothing to meet these goals, as well as staff and Equipment & Clothing Collection, NZCM Collection, NZCM Photographer: The Dominion, Wellington Board responsibilities in accomplishing Accession No 2012.106.1 Accession No 2012.33.1 New Zealand Cricket Museum Archives the plan.