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Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club or BWCUCC is a cricket club who play at Burnside Park, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, and is one of the oldest Cricket Clubs in Christchurch have been established in 1905.

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As of the start of the 2016/17 season The club has 11 adult teams which play in several grades in the Christchurch Metropolitan Cricket Association who look after club cricket as well as having 10 junior Saturday Teams in the Christchurch Junior Cricket Association leagues. They also have a very well supported Friday night league for younger cricketers whose school years are 1-3 who are just being introduced to the game.

While the club has benefited from several mergers over the years from the West Christchurch Cricket Club, which then merged with University Cricket who were at Ilam Fields, Christchurch , and then subsequently they merged with Burnside Cricket to form the new club and to further establish Burnside Park, or as cricketers would call it, Burnside Oval.

BWCUCC has had several players represent both the provincial team of Canterbury cricket team and internationally with the New Zealand national cricket team

History of the Club

The first meeting of the West Christchurch club was held on August 31, 1905 at Municipal Chambers Building on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace. Canon Hare presided over by Canon Hare. The colours of the club were registered as dark and light blue with a crest. The crest was the rampant lion with the raised tail that is still part of the present club's emblem.

Committee Members

At the 111th AGM of the club in 2016 the following positions were passed. The Chairman is Greg Belton-Brown, Doug Allcock (Treasurer), Gareth Gibson (Secretary), David Robertson, Peter Burke, Brett Thomson, Shane Young and Dan Vedder all form the committee. The club has an annual AGM, usually in October, for the election of officers.

Notable players

  • Tom Latham (cricketer)
  • George Worker
  • Justin Boyle
  • David Farrant
  • Anthony Farrant
  • Brian Hastings
  • Graham Dowling
  • Peter Sharp (cricketer)
  • Arthur Donnelly
  • Martin Donnelly (cricketer)
  • Jack Kerr (cricketer)
  • Dan Reese
  • Roger Blunt
  • Harold Lusk
  • Gary Bartlett
  • Sammy Guillen
  • David Trist
  • Terry Jarvis
  • Club Patron's

  • 1906-07 Canon Hare
  • 1907-34 Sir Henry Wigram
  • 1934-35 Lady Wigram
  • 1935-54 Sir Arthur Donnelly
  • 1954-61 WS MacGibbon
  • 1961-62 Prof FLlewellyn
  • 1962-66 Dr LL Pownall
  • 1967-77 Prof NC Phillips
  • 1977-05 Jack Kerr (cricketer)
  • 2005-15 Graham Dowling
  • 2015- Grant Dickson
  • References

    Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club Wikipedia