Harry Barker Reserve
Encyclopedia
Harry Barker Reserve is a cricket
ground in Te Hapara
, Gisborne
, New Zealand
which is named after the former mayor of Gisborne. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1948 when Poverty Bay played Hawkes Bay in the 1948/49 Hawke Cup
. The local council purchased the ground in 1962, prior to which it formed part of a nine-hole golf course
. The ground held its first first-class
match Northern Districts played Otago in the 1974/75 Plunket Shield. To date the ground has held 25 first-class matches. The first List A match played there came in the 1981/82 Shell Cup when Northern Districts played Wellington. Between the 1981/82 and 2005/05 seasons, the ground held a total of ten List A matches.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Te Hapara
Te Hapara
Te Hapara is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne. It is located in the northwest of the city. It contains one primary school, Te Hapara School, which is located in Mill Road....
, Gisborne
Gisborne Region
The Gisborne Region is an area of northeastern New Zealand governed by the Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority. Its largest settlement, the city also named Gisborne, is located at the northern end of Poverty Bay on the east coast....
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
which is named after the former mayor of Gisborne. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1948 when Poverty Bay played Hawkes Bay in the 1948/49 Hawke Cup
Hawke Cup
The Hawke Cup is a cricket competition for New Zealand's District Associations. Apart from 1910/11, 1912/13 and 2000/01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. In order to win the Hawke Cup the challenger must beat the holder on their home ground...
. The local council purchased the ground in 1962, prior to which it formed part of a nine-hole golf course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
. The ground held its first first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match Northern Districts played Otago in the 1974/75 Plunket Shield. To date the ground has held 25 first-class matches. The first List A match played there came in the 1981/82 Shell Cup when Northern Districts played Wellington. Between the 1981/82 and 2005/05 seasons, the ground held a total of ten List A matches.
External links
- Harry Barker Reserve at ESPNcricinfo
- Harry Barker Reserve at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...