Minor Associations cricket team
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The Minor Associations cricket team, representing the Minor Associations in New Zealand
, has appeared once at first-class
level, playing against the touring Australians at the Basin Reserve
in March 1921, losing by an innings and 6 runs. The Minor Associations team contained only two men whose career included more than a handful of first-class games: Ces Dacre
and David Collins
.
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...
, has appeared once at 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...
level, playing against the touring Australians at the Basin Reserve
Basin Reserve
The Basin Reserve , is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand...
in March 1921, losing by an innings and 6 runs. The Minor Associations team contained only two men whose career included more than a handful of first-class games: Ces Dacre
Ces Dacre
Charles Christian Ralph Dacre, more commonly known as Ces Dacre, was a cricket player from New Zealand who also represented the New Zealand in football . He was born 15 May 1899 in Devonport, Auckland and died there on 2 November 1975...
and David Collins
David Collins (New Zealand cricketer)
Dr David Charles Collins was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 53 first-class matches between 1905–06 and 1926–27, the bulk of these being for Wellington in New Zealand and Cambridge University in England; he won a blue for Cambridge and headed their batting averages in 1910.After...
.