This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who played first-class cricket for the Southland cricket team in New Zealand. The team played its first representative match against Otago in 1864Otago cricket history, Evening Star, issue 21864, 30 October 1934, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 23 February 2024.) but was not considered a Major Association until allowed to complete for the Plunket Shield for the first time during the 1914–15 season.McCarron p. 4.Carman AH ed (1981) A guide to first-class matches played in New Zealand 1863 to 1980, p. 14. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 12 September 2024.) It played eight first-class matches between then and the 1920–21 season, six of which were against the neighbouring Otago team.Southland match recalls some notable cricketers, Otago Daily Times, issue 26948, 7 December 1948, p. 9. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved on 23 June 2023.)Carman AH ed (1981) A guide to first class matches played in New Zealand, 1863 to 1980, pp. 14. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online . Retrieved 23 February 2024.) At the end of the 1920–21 season both Southland and Hawke's Bay were re-classified as Minor Associations, the New Zealand Cricket Council choosing to only include the four Major Associations that could reliably afford to travel to take part in an annual round robin tournament for the Plunket Shield.N.Z. Cricket Council, The Press, volume LVII, issue 17174, 17 June 1921, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 3 March 2024.) The province has played in the Hawke Cup since the inaugural competition in 1910–11 and were the first winners of the trophy.
The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he played first-class matches for the team. Many players will have played Hawke Cup and other matches for Southland and some may have represented other teams besides Southland.Southland players, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 20 February 2022.
A Ralph Abercrombie (1920/21)
B Hugh Bannerman (1914/15) Thomas Battersby (1914/15–1918/19) Thomas Bogue (1919/20–1920/21) Stanley Brown (1917/18)
C Robert Camm (1919/20–1920/21) William Cockroft (1914/15)
D James Darragh (1919/20) David Dixon (1919/20) Jack Doig (1914/15–1920/21) Alfred Driscoll (1914/15–1918/19)
F Robert Fogo (1914/15–1919/20)
G James Gilbertson (1914/15–1920/21) John Gilbertson (1914/15–1918/19) Horace Gleeson (1917/18–1920/21) Thomas Groves (1914/15-1920/21)
H Dick Hallamore (1918/19) Archie Hamilton (1914/15–1920/21) Don Hamilton (1919/20) George Hammond (1920/21) Alick Handford (1914/15) Gilbert Heley (1917/18)
J H. Jackson (1918/19)
K Edward Kavanagh (1914/15–1920/21) Ernest Kemnitz (1914/15) George Kingston (1917/18)
M Andrew McBeath (1919/20) Dan McBeath (1919/20–1920/21) G McBeath (1919/20)
O Horace Owles (1917/18)
P Francis Petrie (1920/21) Arthur Poole (1914/15–1920/21) Thomas Pope (1920/21)
R Stanley Raines (1919/20)
S Edward Smith (1917/18)
T Cecil Tapley (1914/15–1918/19)
W Alfred Washer (1919/20) Steve Wilson (1917/18–1918/19)
Notes
References
Bibliography McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.)
External links Southland Cricket Association website