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Devonport is located a ferry ride across the Waitemata Harbour from Auckland city. It was originally established as a naval base during the early days of Auckland and, as a result, a township grew up around it to service its needs.

When the fleet was in, rival crews would often come ashore to play games against each other. The local community would watch these contests with curiosity and eventually they challenged the crews to a game. Devonport became known as the cradle of New Zealand sport as many top athletes from cricket, rugby, league, yachting and horse racing, all had their early beginnings there.

The North Shore Cricket Club was established in 1864, primarily by military and civil officers who brought the love of game with them from England. The first club captain was Captain G. Wynyard of the 68th Regiment. The first recorded inter-club game was in 1867 against a city club called Blackstones, which was made up of lawyers and law clerks.

A return game was played at Auckland Domain the following year with the North Shore players travelling across the harbour in rowboats. Unfortunately, it rained and a soggy North Shore team had to row home again, the game abandoned.

It was not until 1870 that another inter-club game was played, as the owner of the land where the club's pitch was laid wanted it for hay. Forced to move, the club laid a new pitch on the Cheltenham Flat, a popular sporting area just to the east of where Tainui Road is today, behind the sandhills, which then skirted Cheltenham Beach. Here matches were played every Saturday during the summer months.

The pitch was watered from a well dug about 500 metres away, local boys were employed at the rate of a penny a bucket to carry the water. Through the 1880s the land was being sold for private housing and the club went into a period of inactivity.

In 1890, the newly formed Devonport Borough Council met with the club and agreed that a pitch would be laid on a reclaimed mangrove swamp nestled between three extinct volcanoes, if the club matched its commitment to forward fifty pounds to the project.

The minutes of the meeting record several conditions. One was that the club would have "just claim on the ground for 100 years and that no other games which will damage the ground be played thereon". Apart from ensuring that public would have free access, no heavy stock were to be grazed on the prepared ground for at least 100 years. In the end not one but two pitches were laid, both of which are still in use today and are stand-alone (they do not have winter sport played over them).

The ground was for many years known simply as "the cricket ground" but was named the Devonport Domain sometime later. It wasn't long before two more grass wickets were laid.

There are many colourful stories recorded - like the time the club decided it needed a new roller and, having seen one parked in Albert Park in the city, decided to "borrow" it. The club members commissioned to perform the task found that while rolling it down the hill from Albert Park to the Devonport ferry was not a problem, getting it onto the ferry was. It is said that the ferry listed severely to starboard all the way across the Waitemata Harbour to Devonport. However, the roller eventually resided for many years at Devonport Domain, providing good service to the club, without anyone coming to reclaim it.

The current clubrooms, which were built in 1966, are the second to be built on the Domain.

North Shore Cricket Club

Privacy Policy

North Shore Cricket Club (“NSCC”) takes your privacy seriously and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store and disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy has been created in accordance the Privacy Act 2020.

Collection of information
When you register with us to become a member of NSCC or to participate in activities conducted by us, we collect your personal information, which may include your name, date of birth, postal address, email address and telephone number (“Personal Information”). 

Use and disclosure of information
We will use your personal information to enable you to be a member of NSCC and/or to participate in activities conducted by us, and for the purposes of delivering to you all associated services and products (“Purpose”).  We may also use your Personal Information to contact you, including via newsletters and to advise you of offers and other information we think may be of interest to you.

We may disclose your Personal Information to other cricket and sporting organisations (including New Zealand Cricket and the Auckland Cricket Association) and to our trusted third party service providers as is reasonably necessary for the Purpose.

Security and storage of information

We will ensure that all of your Personal Information is held securely in accordance with data protection laws, regulations and best practice. We take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss of Personal Information.

Access and Correction

You are entitled to obtain confirmation of whether or not we hold any Personal Information about you and to obtain access to that information. You may request the correction of your Personal Information at any time. We will inform you of any steps taken by us in response to your request for a correction.

If you have any questions about your personal information or want to amend your details you can contact us by email (administration@northshorecricket.co.nz) or by post (North Shore Cricket Club, PO Box 32423, Devonport 0624, Auckland).

Information retention

The Personal Information we collect about you will be retained for the duration of your membership of North Shore Cricket Club and for a period of five years thereafter.

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Third Party Websites

The NSCC website may contain links to third party websites The links are for your convenience and are not governed or endorsed by us. NSCC has no control of either the content or the privacy policies of these third party websites and encourages users to review such policies prior to submitting any personal information to them.

Updates to our information practices

From time to time we make changes to our information practices or alter the functionality of our website. We always update this statement accordingly, so we encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on privacy practices at NSCC.
If you have any questions about our privacy policies or any other matter, please contact us.

June 2021