1 ANCESTRY OF SYDENHAM CRICKET CLUB AT PAPERS PAST BY FLAGON PARK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A number of cricket clubs catered for younger cricketers of Sydenham over the years. SYDENHAM SCHOOL SYDENHAM YOUTHS CRICKET CLUB (1) SYDENHAM YOUTHS CRICKET CLUB (2) SYDENHAM JUVENILE DRUIDS CRICKET CLUB SYDENHAM JUVENILE ODDFELLOWS CRICKET CLUB SYDENHAM YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION SYDENHAM MISSION CRICKET CLUB Sydenham School at first was known as the Colombo Road School. It formed offsite in 1872 until school buildings under construction on Colombo Road were completed. It played its first cricket match in 1873. Many good cricketers made their start in Sydenham's teams, the name Billy PATRICK immediately springing to mind, the long- time Sydenham & Addington United and Sydenham member who captained Canterbury and New Zealand. A Druids lodge was formed in Sydenham in 1879. A Sydenham Juvenile Druids cricket team played 1888 for a few seasons. Sydenham Juvenile Oddfellows lasted at least a season. In 1897 the Baptist church formed a Sydenham Young Men's Association which had a cricket team. A Sydenham Mission Cricket Club was playing games during the 1897-98 season. There were two Sydenham Youths cricket clubs. The first, a strong team, formed by the 1878-79 season, seems to have petered out after the 1881-82 season with a number of its players joining the second Sydenham Cricket Club formed in 1882. A second Sydenham Youths Cricket Club formed in 1884 lasting at least the 1884-85 season. It is possible that some members could have gone to the second Sydenham club after that, but I am not sure. Some members of the first Sydenham Youths team became well known in later years as 2 players of ability in various cricket clubs. Easily their best player was Johnny FOWKE (John Nicholls FOWKE) who in later years ended up as a stalwart of the Sydenham & Addington United Cricket Club and then the Sydenham District Cricket Club, having played for senior clubs Midland and then Lancaster Park previously. He played for Canterbury and Auckland (for whom he had a stint as captain), and for a New Zealand side against New South Wales. W. ALLARDYCE will be Billy ALLARDYCE (William Murison ALLARDYCE). He was especially well known for his lengthy stint with the Sydenham Football Club (rugby), of which he was a founder member and long time administrator including all positions except Secretary. Billy's son Ivan ALLARDYCE played cricket for Sydenham and represented both Canterbury and Wellington Notice in the items below that the Sydenham Youths Cricket Club, at a meeting held on 17 April 1879, formed a Sydenham Youths Football Club three seasons before the formation of the Sydenham Football Club in 1882. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FIRST SYDENHAM YOUTHS CRICKET CLUB 1878-1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The item below has Richmond playing the Sydenham Cricket Club but, judging by the playing personnel, the Sydenham team is probably the Sydenham Youths Cricket Club side. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18781123.2.30&srpos=70&e=-------100- LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--0fowke-- Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4158, 23 November 1878, Page 4 Cricket Fixtures. A match will be played today between the Richmond and the Sydenham Cricket Clubs. The following will comprise the Richmond: — Messrs Marr (captain), Moody, Grant, Hardie, Elderidge, Allan, Mant, Jones, M'Leary, Winloch, and Lanagher. Emergencies Hill and Butler. The following team will represent Sydenham:--C. Wagstaff (captain). J. Fowke, A. Lye, W. Dunham, J. Rowe, W. H. Smith T. obson, J. Shierlaw, J. Walsh, S. Hadfield, and A. Lawrence. Emergencies: F. Debenham, H. Wagstaff, and G. Forsyth. Play will commence at 1.30 p.m. punctually. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18781129.2.13&srpos=71&e=-------100- 3 LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--0fowke-- Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4163, 29 November 1878, Page 2 Cricket Fixtures.....on Saturday next..... .....A match will be played on the same day between the Hagley Oakleaf and Sydenham clubs on the ground of the former. Play to commence at 2 o'clock sharp. The following will represent thc H.O.L.C.C. :— Messrs Board, Beattie, Brunt, Dougal, Fisher, Hepworth, Alfred Johnson, Jones, Nevin, Washer, Thomson. The match between the Midland and the above club will also be continued on Saturday, players to be on the ground at 2 p.m. sharp. The following team will represent Sydenham Youths' Club against the H.O.L.C.C : C. Wagstaff (Captain), J. Fowke, W. H. Smith, J. Rowe, J. Walsh, T. Robson, F. Steel, A. Lye, B. Jackson, J. Shierlaw, and E. White. Emergencies— S. Hadfield and C. Lawrence. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18781202.2.22&srpos=1&e=-------100- LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--2sydenham+youths+-- Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4165, 2 December 1878, Page 3 SYDENHAM YOUTHS v. H.O.L.C.C. The above match took place on Saturday, and after a very exciting game, ended in a win for the Sydenham club by 5 runs and one wicket to spare. The scores were:— H.O.L.C.C., 23 and 32 total, 55. S.Y.C.C., 33 and 27 total, 60. For the H.O.L., Fisher with 15 and Lusk 12 reached double figures, whilst Smith with 11 was the only one to get double figures for S.Y.C. The bowling of Board and Fisher for the former and Fowke and Smith for the latter was very good. [ H.O.L.C.C. above is the Hagley Oak Leaf Cricket Club ] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18781216.2.11&srpos=2&e=-------100- LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--2sydenham+youths+-- Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4177, 16 December 1878, Page 2 The Sydenham Youths' Club will play the Wairarapa Club today on the Cattle Show Ground. The following will be their representatives:— Wagstaff (captain) Fowkes, Smith, Rowe, Butler, Forsyth, Walsh, Robson, Hadfield, Herman, Debenham. Play will commence at 10 a.m. punctually. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18781218.2.11&srpos=3&e=-------100- LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--2sydenham+youths+-- Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4179, 18 December 1878, Page 2 4 The Sydenham Youths played the Wairarapa club on Monday, and defeated them in one innings and 31 runs. The- scores were— S.Y.C., 94; W.C.C., 14, 49— 63. The batting of Fowke 33, Rowe 18, and Forsyth 15, for the former, was very good, whilst in the bowling department Fowke, Wagstaff, and Forsyth, were effective, the latter taking four wickets for 1 run. No double figures were obtained on the losing side, but the bowling of Philpott and Langdon is worthy of mention. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18790131.2.9&srpos=84&e=-------100- CHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--0waltham+cricket-ARTICLE- Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4215, 31 January 1879, Page 2 Cricket FIXTURES-The following will comprise the Sydenham Youths' team in their match against the Normal School on Saturday next:— Messrs C. Wagstaff (captain), J. Fowke, W. H. Smith, J. Walsh, H Jones, T. Flowers, T. Robson, J. Butler, S. Hadfield, H. Herman, and J. Rowe; Emergencies— Shierlaw and G. Robson. The match will be played on the Waltham ground at 1.30 pm. sharp. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18790207.2.7&srpos=11&e=-------100- CHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--0%22j+wheatley%22-- Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4221, 7 February 1879, Page 2 Cricket Fixtures.— The following will comprise the Sydenham Youths' team against Avonville on Saturday:— Messrs C. Wagstaff, J. Fowke, W. H. Smith, H. Jones, T. Robson, T. Flowers, J. Butler, J. Walsh, J. Rowe, C. Lawrence, and A. Lye. Emergencies:— Hadfield and Shierlaw. The match will be played on tbe Waltham ground, commencing at 1.30 p.m. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18790214.2.10&srpos=13&e=-------100- LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--2sydenham+youths+-- Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4227, 14 February 1879, Page 2 Cricket Fixtures. .....The following will represent the Sydenham Youths' Club against the Ashley C.C. on Saturday next :— Messrs C. Wagstaff, J. Fowler, W. H. Smith, T. Robson, J. Rowe, H.Jones, J. Butler, J. Walsh, A. Lye, E. White, S. Hadfield; emergency, A. Forsyth, H. Wagstaff, G. Robson, The Ashley team will be :— Messrs Croft (captain), Dixon, Banks, Watson, Gurney, Dench, Howard, Jos. Thompson, Carr, P. Graham, Brock; emergencies, J. Thompson, S. Waller, J. Banks. The Sydenham Youths are requested to be at the station at 7.15 a.m. sharp. 5 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi- bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18790311.2.28.1&srpos=85&e=-------100- LT%2cCHP%2cTS-1-byDA-on--0fowke-- Star , Issue 3406, 11 March 1879, Page 4 SYDENHAM YOUTHS V. M.C.C.C. The match was concluded on Saturday, and ended in a very easy victory for the Sydenham Club. The bowling of Fowke and Wagstaff was good, and the batting of the senior club miserable. The following are the scores:- M.C.C.C. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. Thompson, b Fowke 0; absent 3 Palairet, b Wagstaff 5; c Ashby, b Fowke 1 T. Jones, b Fowke 8; run out 4 E. Jones, b Fowke 0; c Smith, b Wagstaff 0 Whiting, b Fowke 1; b Wagstaff 4 Hislop, b Fowke 2; b Fowke 0 Monck, b Wagstaff 0; c Wagstaff, b Fowke 5 Hill, b Wagstaff 0; b Wagstaff 0 Watkins, run out 4; b Wagstaff 0 Bull, b Wagstaff 1; b Fowke 0 Ritso, not out 6; not out 0 Extras 1; Extras 0 28; 23 Grand total 51 SYDENHAM YOUTHS' C.C.