34-648: The Auckland cricket team represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams. Governed by the Auckland Cricket Association they are the most successful side having won 28 Plunket Shield titles, ten wins in The Ford Trophy and the Super Smash four times. The side currently play their home games at Eden Park Outer Oval . The limited overs side, known as
68-464: A bone whilst fielding in Canterbury's first innings and came in at number nine in the batting order. He smashed 60 as he led the tail in a remarkable fightback that saw Auckland gain first innings by one run. If not impressive enough Wallace also pulled a calf muscle when on 26 going for a hook shot. In the second innings Auckland required six runs with six wickets in hand. Wallace did not expect to bat and
102-409: A population density of 364 people per km . Auckland Region had a population of 1,656,486 in the 2023 New Zealand census , an increase of 84,768 people (5.4%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 240,936 people (17.0%) since the 2013 census . There were 818,262 males, 832,188 females and 6,036 people of other genders in 544,083 dwellings. 3.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+ . The median age
136-601: A tea room, so the many sportsmen who dropped in could stay for advice or a chat and could bring their wives or children. It became a popular meeting place for sporting people. In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours , Wallace was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit , for services to cricket. He was awarded the Bert Sutcliffe Medal in 2005. The Old Members Stand at the Eden Park Outer Oval
170-469: Is now held by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene ). Auckland cricket was developing fast and producing a number of world-renowned players, but World War II saw the Plunket Shield suspended and many promising cricketers shipped overseas. A number of these players died whilst serving the armed services overseas including double All Black Bill Carson. After Auckland won the Plunket Shield in 1947,
204-460: Is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand , which takes its name from the eponymous urban area . The region encompasses the Auckland metropolitan area , smaller towns, rural areas, and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf . Containing 34 percent of the nation's residents, it has by far the largest population and economy of any region of New Zealand, but the second-smallest land area. On 1 November 2010,
238-565: Is the most successful major association in New Zealand cricket history. The Auckland side has won the Plunket Shield 28 times, including a four-year winning streak between 1936 and 1940. The large population base that Auckland have to pick from has contributed to the side's success and produced a large number of the national team's players. Since the introduction of List A cricket in the 1970s, Auckland have won twelve one-day competitions with
272-578: Is the summit of Little Barrier Island , at 722 metres. Prior to the merger into the Auckland Council on 1 November 2010, the Auckland Region consisted of seven territorial local authorities (TLAs); four cities and three districts: The Auckland Region is home to at least 23 known species or subspecies exclusively found in the region. This includes plant species such as the Waitākere rock koromiko ,
306-1010: The Auckland Aces , have a predominantly light blue kit with a navy and white trim. Their One Day Championship shirt sponsors are Ford whilst their major T20 sponsor is Mondiale. They won the Men's Super Smash competition in the 2015–16 season, their 4th domestic Twenty20 title overall, making them become the most successful team in New Zealand. Plunket Shield (24) 1907–08*, 1908–09*, 1909–10*, 1911–12*, 1919–20*, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1946–47, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2015/16, 2021–22 The Ford Trophy (12) 1972–73, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1989–90, 2006–07, 2010–11 , 2012–13 , 2017–18 , 2019–20 Men's Super Smash (4) 2006–07, 2010–11 , 2011–12 , 2015–16 , 2023–24 The Auckland Cricket Association
340-657: The New Zealand Expeditionary Force , but was invalided out due to stomach muscle problems caused by an appendix operation. The peak years of his cricketing career were lost to the Second World War , and he did not play Test cricket again until March 1946. He played in New Zealand's first Test against Australia, in Wellington in March 1946, which Australia won by an innings within two days. He also played against
374-478: The Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy . New Zealand domestic sides are allowed to sign as many overseas players as required for the Super Smash , but only two imports are allowed in the side at any one time. Source: Auckland cricket New Zealand England Sri Lanka Canada West Indies Australia Hong Kong See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records Auckland Region Auckland ( Māori : Tāmaki Makaurau )
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#1733085848908408-399: The 1920s Auckland produced some of the early greats of New Zealand cricket such as Jack Mills and Ces Dacre . The region kept producing high-calibre players in the 1930s like Merv Wallace , Paul Whitelaw , Bill Carson and Jack Cowie . Whitelaw and Carson also secured themselves a personal honour with a then world record partnership for the third wicket against Canterbury (this record
442-529: The Auckland region became a unitary authority administered by the Auckland Council , replacing the previous regional council and seven local councils. In the process, an area in its southeastern corner was transferred to the neighbouring Waikato region. Since then, the Auckland Council has introduced a system of local boards to divide the region for local government. On the mainland, the region extends from
476-541: The English tourists in 1947. He joined the four-Test tour to England in 1949 as vice-captain to Walter Hadlee . He scored 1,722 first-class runs at an average of 49.20, including centuries against Yorkshire, Worcester, Leicester, Cambridge University and Glamorgan. He scored 910 runs before the end of May, narrowly failing to join Donald Bradman (twice) and Glenn Turner as the only touring batsmen to pass 1,000 runs before
510-748: The Point Chevalier Cricket Club, and then the Auckland under-20 side. He made his first-class debut for Auckland in the Plunket Shield in December 1933. Wallace toured England in 1937 as part of a New Zealand team weakened by a policy of refusing to select professional cricketers. He scored two half-centuries (52 and 56) on his Test debut, at Lord's . He headed the tour batting averages , scoring 1,641 runs at an average of 41.02. He scored 211, his highest first-class score, against Canterbury in January 1940, making his runs in 292 minutes. He joined
544-429: The census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 330,039 (24.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 571,350 (42.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 345,828 (25.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $ 44,700, compared with $ 41,500 nationally. 194,880 people (14.6%) earned over $ 100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
578-429: The competition became more even, with Otago and Wellington dominating the next decade of competition. Also in the 1950s Central Districts and Northern Districts entered the competition. This period is not known for the success of Auckland, but for the astonishing performances of individuals. In a 1951 game against Canterbury, Merv Wallace remarkably steered the side to victory under extreme circumstances. Wallace broke
612-524: The end of May . He was less successful in the Tests. He made his Test best score of 66 against England at Christchurch in 1951, and played his last two Tests as captain against the touring South Africans in 1953. Short but quick, he was able to score all round the wicket, with a particularly notable cover drive . His Test batting average of 20.90 was widely considered to fail to reflect his batting abilities. Wallace began coaching in his early twenties, when he
646-634: The first edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy , scheduled to start in October 2018. After winning the 2010-11 HRV Cup, the Aces qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 . They were knocked out in the qualifying stage where they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset. The Aces again qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 where they defeated the Sialkot Stallions and Hampshire to top
680-423: The first season of the challenge competition, in 1907–08, Auckland defeated Canterbury to win their first title. They held the Plunket Shield several times between 1908 and 1921, when the competition was changed to a round-robin format. The 1920s and 1930s are often known as the golden years of Auckland cricket. The side won seven Plunket Shield titles, four of them in consecutive years. As well as local success in
714-495: The most recent in the 2021/22 season. Auckland were the first New Zealand team to visit another province, travelling to Wellington to play Wellington in a one-day match in March 1860, which Auckland won. The Auckland Cricket Association was founded in 1873. Auckland played their first first-class game against Canterbury the same year. They were the third major association founded in New Zealand after Canterbury and Otago , and just before Wellington. The match against Canterbury
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#1733085848908748-759: The mouth of the Kaipara Harbour in the north across the southern stretches of the Northland Peninsula , through the Waitākere Ranges and the Auckland isthmus and across the low-lying land surrounding the Manukau Harbour , ending within a few kilometres of the mouth of the Waikato River . It also includes the islands of the Hauraki Gulf . It is bordered in the north by the Northland Region , and in
782-635: The qualifying stage and made it through to the group stage. They defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match and lost to the Titans and the Perth Scorchers while the game vs Delhi Daredevils ended without a result. They finished last in the table. At the beginning of each season Auckland Cricket announces 16 contracted players, this does not include players who hold a New Zealand Cricket contract. They are allowed one overseas professional for
816-688: The south by the Waikato region. The Hunua Ranges and the adjacent coastline along the Firth of Thames were part of the region until the Auckland Council was formed in late 2010, when they were transferred to the Waikato region. In land area the region is smaller than all the other regions and unitary authorities except Nelson . The region's coastline is 3,702 kilometres (2,300 mi) long. It has about 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi) of rivers and streams, about 8 percent of these in urban areas. Its highest point
850-660: The undesccribed Mokohinau gecko , insect species such as the Little Barrier giant wētā , and bird species known to roost exclusively in the Auckland Region, such as the New Zealand storm petrel . Many endemic species are found exclusively within the Waitākere Ranges , on Great Barrier Island , Little Barrier Island and the Mokohinau Islands . Auckland Region covers 4,941.16 km (1,907.79 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,798,300 as of June 2024, with
884-567: Was 35.9 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 318,843 people (19.2%) aged under 15 years, 346,938 (20.9%) aged 15 to 29, 770,949 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 219,750 (13.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 49.8% European ( Pākehā ); 12.3% Māori ; 16.6% Pasifika ; 31.3% Asian ; 2.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English
918-592: Was a New Zealand cricketer and former Test match captain. Former New Zealand captain John Reid called him "the most under-rated cricketer to have worn the silver fern." He was nicknamed "Flip" by his teammates, because that was the strongest expletive they ever heard him say. Wallace was born in Grey Lynn , Auckland . He left school aged 13, and was coached at Eden Park by Ted Bowley and Jim Parks . He played cricket with his brother, George Wallace , with
952-413: Was dressed casually ready to celebrate with his teammates. Following a monumental collapse he only had time to put his whites on over the top as he came to the wicket with Auckland nine down and needing one run to win. He hit the winning run off his first ball, cementing his place as an immortal in Auckland and New Zealand cricket history. In September 2018, they were one of the six teams invited to play in
986-566: Was employed by the Auckland sporting gods store Wisemans to coach in schools. He continued to coach at school and club level for most of his life. During the 1949 tour of England he acted as unofficial team coach. Wallace was the official coach of New Zealand's first victorious Test team, against the West Indies at Eden Park in 1956. He was retained for the series against the Australian team in 1956-57 . Afterwards, however, his coaching prowess
1020-478: Was overlooked by the New Zealand administrators. John Reid , the captain of the unsuccessful touring team to England in 1958 , said it was a mistake not to include Wallace as player-coach in the team: "Our 1958 team was desperately short of experience and technical expertise. In those circumstances, Merv would have been a priceless asset." Wallace ran a sports shop in Auckland with tennis player Bill Webb from 1947 to 1982. The Wallace & Webb Ltd shop included
1054-499: Was part of the first tour undertaken by a New Zealand provincial team, when over three weeks in November and December 1873 Auckland played in Dunedin , Christchurch , Wellington and Nelson , winning all four matches. It was not until 1906-07 that the team first competed in structured competition after the donation of the Plunket Shield by the then Governor-General , William Plunket . In
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1088-481: Was renamed the Merv Wallace Stand in his honour. Merv Wallace married Yvonne ("Vonnie") Page in Auckland on 10 March 1948 – a Wednesday, so that their friends, most of whom were cricketers and busy on Saturdays, could attend. His brother, George Wallace, and son, Gregory Wallace , both played first-class cricket for Auckland . His daughter, Adele, married rugby union player Grant Fox ; one of their children
1122-557: Was spoken by 92.3%, Māori language by 2.6%, Samoan by 4.5% and other languages by 29.4%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.5, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 34.9% Christian , 5.4% Hindu , 2.9% Islam , 0.9% Māori religious beliefs , 1.9% Buddhist , 0.3% New Age , 0.2% Jewish , and 2.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 44.8%, and 6.2% of people did not answer
1156-407: Was that 712,110 (53.2%) people were employed full-time, 161,946 (12.1%) were part-time, and 43,947 (3.3%) were unemployed. The eponymous city (urban area) of Auckland has a population of 1,531,400 as of June 2024, making up 85.2% of the region's population. Other urban areas in the Auckland region include: Merv Wallace Walter Mervyn Wallace MNZM (19 December 1916 – 21 March 2008)
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