Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin)

Culling Park

Ground information
Location	Musselburgh, New Zealand
International information

Albion Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Founded in 1862, it is reputedly the oldest continuously existing club in either New Zealand or Australia.^[1]

In 2013, Albion stalwart Warwick Larkins, convener of the 150th celebrations, enquired in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and found:

Melbourne Cricket Club [founded in 1838] is older than us, but no-one knew whether they had been continuous or not.

— Warwick Larkins, ^[2]

The club's home ground is at Culling Park in Musselburgh.

List of internationals

Albion's roll of honour contains the names of many current and former international players, among them the following:^[1]

• Brendon Bracewell
• John Bracewell
• Mark Craig
• Alexander Downes
• Harry Graham
• Syd Hiddleston
• Billy Ibadulla
• Andrew Jones
• Brendon McCullum
• Nathan McCullum
• Barry Milburn
• Rachel Pullar
• Mark Richardson
• Ken Rutherford
• Bert Sutcliffe
• Martin Snedden
• Clare Taylor
• Jonathan Trott
• Glenn Turner
• Neil Wagner

Further to this the club boasts several more first class players.

300 Club

One of the many quirks about Albion is the fact it was home to a group of 5 players to have scored first class triple centuries.

• Glenn Turner
• Mark Richardson
• Brendon McCullum
• Bert Sutcliffe
• Ken Rutherford

Banners

The club has won the Dunedin senior cricket banner on thirteen occasions, and shared the honours on three further occasions.^[2]

References

1. Macpherson, Will (June 24, 2014). "Albion CC The club that produced 25 New Zealand internationals". Cricinfo Magazine. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
2. Seconi, Adrian (28 March 2013). "Cricket: Albion to celebrate 150th". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

External links

• Club website