This is a list of cricketers who played first-class cricket for the Nelson cricket team in New Zealand.Nelson (New Zealand), CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024. Nelson played a total of 17 first-class matches between the 1873–74 season and 1891–92, all but one of which were played against Wellington.First-class matches played by Nelson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024. McCarron, p. 4.Carman AH (1981) A guide to first-class matches played in New Zealand, 1863 to 1980, p. 12. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 25 December 2024.) The team has competed in the Hawke Cup competition for minor associations from 1921 to 1922.

Players are listed with the seasons in which they played. Some players also appeared in first-class or Hawke Cup matches for other teams.

A Joseph Adcock John Arnold William Arnold James Askew Frederick Atkinson

B Louis Balmain David Barnett Andrew Bennett Alfred Bigg-Wither James Bigg-Wither Edward Boddington Henry Boddington Samuel Bolton Robertson Booth Charles Broad Edward Broad David Burns

C Richard Canney Alfred Coles John Collins Frank Cooke Chris Cross Henry Cross

D Henry Dencker William Denshire

E Jim Eden Thomas Eden William Eden

F Herman Fayen Joseph Firth William Justice Ford George Fowler Louis Fowler Samuel Fowler

G Arthur Green Alfred Greenfield Francis Greenfield

H Charles Halliday Harry Halliday Rayner Hodder Henry Hole William Holmes Joseph Humphries

K Herbert Kissling Charles Knapp Kempster Knapp Harvey Knapp

L Austin Lines William Littlejohn

M Robert Malcolm

N John Naylor

P Leslie Pattie Samuel Powell

R George Richardson

S Robert Satchell Melville Sellon George Silcock James Speed

T Robert Tennent

W BH White James Wigzell Arthur Wix James Wood William Wratt

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.)