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This is a list of cricketers who have played first–class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for the Auckland cricket team in New Zealand.[1] Seasons given are the first and last seasons the player appeared for the side in a senior match; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.

As of 2 April 2025

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  1. ^ Aitken, who is thought to have been born in 1959, played age-group and B team cricket for Auckland between 1979–80 and 1981–82 as well as against Northland in a non-first-class match. His three List A appearances for the provincial side all came during the 1980–81 season. He scored a total of 90 runs, including a highest score of 54, and took a single wicket. No other biographical details are known.[2][3]
  2. ^ Beveridge (1875 – 31 July 1947) was born in the Sydney suburb of Glebe. He made his first-class cricket debut for Auckland in February 1919 at the age of 43 or 44. He scored 93 not out and 24 against Wellington in his second match, which Auckland won, but he never played again.[4][5]
  3. ^ All three of Brook's matches for Auckland came in early 1914 after he was chosen for the team after playing cricket in Whangārei. He made his provincial debut against Canterbury in January and after playing against Wellington later in the month he made his final appearance for Auckland the following month against the touring Australians. He scored a total of 117 runs and took one wicket. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[6][7]
  4. ^ A wicket-keeper, Hayward played two first-class matches for Auckland in 1910–11. He took two catches and scored a single run against Wellington on debut in December, before taking a single catch and not scoring in either of his innings against Canterbury at the end of January. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[8][9]
  5. ^ Jones played twice for Auckland during the 1911–12 season. He made his debut against Otago at Carisbrook in mid-February 1912 before playing his second match later in the month against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. Primarily a bowler, he took four first-class wickets, including 3/30 on debut, and scored a total of 20 runs in three innings. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[10][11]
  6. ^ Lee, who was born at Wellington in 1971, played Hawke Cup cricket for Horowhenua in 1988–89 and 1989–90, for Central Districts age-group sides, and was a member of the New Zealand development squad. He made his first-class debut for Wellington in February 1992, substituting for Gavin Larsen who had been called in to the New Zealand national side. he took a single wicket in the only innings in which he played. He played again for Wellington the following season, before moving to play for Auckland between 1993–94 and 1996–97, making six first-class and five List A appearances for the side. He also played a first-class match for a New Zealand XI against the touring Pakistan team in 1993–94. He took a total of 18 first-class wickets and scored 174 runs, including a top score of 111 not out made against Otago in 1994–95, again in a match in which he appeared as a substitute, this time for Dipak Patel who had also been called in to the New Zealand side. His previous highest first-class score was 17 runs.[12][13]
  7. ^ Lewis played wartime cricket for Auckland sides, before making his only first-class appearance in 1949–50. He made scores of three and nine against Wellington at Eden Park. Born at Auckland in 1923, he died at the city in 1985. An obituary was published in the 1986 edition of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[14][15]
  8. ^ Lintott, who was born at Auckland in 1973, played four List A matches for the team, three in 1997–98 and one the following season, taking two wickets. He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Auckland-Waitakere in 1997–98.[16][17]
  9. ^ The brother of Stephen Lynch, Robert Lynch played age-group cricket for Auckland, under-19 cricket for New Zealand, and Second XI cricket in England for MCC Young Cricketers, before making his first-class debut for Auckland against Wellington in March 2002. He made scores of 13 and 20 on debut and played once more for the representative side the following season, scoring two and five against Central Districts. Born at Auckland in 1982, he was educated at Auckland Grammar School in the city.[18][19]
  10. ^ A wicket-keeper, Lyon played three first-class and six List A matches for Auckland during the 1997–98 season, having previously played age-group matches for the side. He was born at Auckland in 1975.[18][20]
  11. ^ Born at Ahmedabad in India in 1997, Majithia played age-group cricket for Gujarat and captained the Ahmedabad under-19 side. He was educated at St Kabir School before moving to New Zealand where he played for the Auckland A side between 2017–18 and 2019–20. He made a single List A appearance for the senior Auckland side, scoring two runs opening the batting against Central Districts in November 2018.[21][22]
  12. ^ Born at Auckland in 1937, Alexander Ross Morrison played for Auckland teams before making his first-class debut against Canterbury in December 1965. he played ten first-class matches for the side, five each during the 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons, scoring 322 runs. His only half-century, a score of 53, came against Northern Districts in January 1966.[23][24]
  13. ^ Mudford had previously played Twenty20 cricket in Ireland for Leinster Lightning during 2023.[25]
  14. ^ Nicholson played a single match for Auckland against a touring New South Wales side in January 1894. He scored eight not out in his first innings and four in his second. Other than a surname and initials no biographical information is known.[26][27]
  15. ^ Born at Auckland in 1970, Nielsen played seven first-class and one List A match for the side, taking six first-class wickets and scoring 135 runs. He made his senior debut in March 2002 against Canterbury, before playing all of his other representative matches for Auckland the following season.[27][28]
  16. ^ Putt, who was born at Auckland in 1927, played twice for the team, once in 1947–48 against Fiji and once in 1950–51 against Central Districts. He later acted as a selector for the Auckland side. He died in 2007 at Tauranga in Bay of Plenty.[29][30]
  17. ^ Restieaux played three matches for Auckland in 1900–01, taking five wickets with this right-arm medium paced deliveries. He was born at Christchurch in 1865 and worked as a bookmaker in Auckland. He died in the city in 1918.[31][32]
  18. ^ A wicket-keeper, Ritchie, who was the brother of Dawson Ritchie, played 12 first-class matches for Auckland between 1951–52 and 1959–60. Born at Auckland in 1925, he died in the city in 1995.[33][34]
  19. ^ The brother of Aubrey Ritchie, Dawson Ritchie played twice for Auckland during 1943–44 scoring 115 first-class runs. He was born at Auckland in 1920 and died in the city in 1994.[33][35]
  20. ^ Roberts served in Europe during World War II and made his first-class debut for a New Zealand Services team in England in September 1945. He played one match for Auckland during the 1947–48 season. Born at Sandrngham in Auckland in 1922, he died aged 92 in Richmond, British Columbia in 2015.[36][37]
  21. ^ Sands was born in Yorkshire in England[38] and emigrated to Australia where he met cricketer Sammy Jones in Sydney. Jones moved to New Zealand in 1904 and coached the Grafton club and at Auckland Grammar School; in the following season he was employed as a coach by the Auckland Cricket Association.[39] The Association employed Sands to assist Jones as their second coach for the 1905–06 season[40] and he played for the North Shore cricket club.[41] He made his only first-class appearance for Auckland in a January 1906 match against Hawke's Bay, taking four wickets and recording a duck in the only innings in which he batted.[42][43] Little else is known about his life, with some doubt as to his first initial and sources disagreeing over his place of birth.[44]
  22. ^ Silva played three matches for Auckland in 2001–02. He had previously played three matches for Central Districts during the previous season and, prior to that, both first-class and List A cricket in his native Sri Lanka. He was born at Colombo in 1970 and played primarily as a medium-paced bowler.[45]
  23. ^ Born at Auckland in 1929, Brian Sorenson played 12 first-class matches for the team between 1955–56 and 1957–58, scoring 221 runs as a wicket-keeper. A left-handed batsman, Sorenson had a club foot which, according to Andrew McCarron, did not affect his wicket-keeping ability. He had played for Auckland Colts sides as early as the 19050–51 season. He died in 2009 at Auckland. His brother, Bob Sorenson, played two first-class matches for Auckland in 1943–44.[46][47]
  24. ^ Stafford played three first-class matches for Auckland in 1884–85, scoring 128 runs and taking six wickets. He took a five-wicket haul against Otago on his first-class debut and scored his only first-class half-century, an innings of 63 runs, in his final first-class match against Wellington. He had previously played for an Auckland side against the touring Australians in 1880–81. Other than a middle initial of S, no biographical details are known.[48][49]
  25. ^ A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium paced bowler, Williams played a single match for Auckland in 1927–28, taking two wickets against Otago. He played for an Auckland veterans side in 1940–41 and was an Auckland selector, but other than a middle initial of G no biographical details are known.[50][51]
  26. ^ Woods played two first-class matches for Auckland, both in January 1914. Playing primarily as a bowler, he took a total of eight wickets, three on debut against Canterbury and five against Wellington in his second match. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known.[52][53]
  27. ^ Wright played three times for Auckland, once against Hawke's Bay in March 1913 and twice the following January. A batsman, he made scores of 35 and 88 on debut, but scored only 19 runs in four innings the following season. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[54][55]

References

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  1. ^ Auckland players, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  2. ^ RA Aitken, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-20. (subscription required)
  3. ^ McCarron, p. 145.
  4. ^ "Wellington v Auckland 1918-19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  5. ^ McCarron, p. 19.
  6. ^ JF Brook, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-20. (subscription required)
  7. ^ McCarron, p. 25.
  8. ^ G Hayward, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-19. (subscription required)
  9. ^ McCarron, p. 65.
  10. ^ AO Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-19. (subscription required)
  11. ^ McCarron, p. 74.
  12. ^ McCarron, p. 79.
  13. ^ Chris Lee, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  14. ^ McCarron, p. 80.
  15. ^ Max Lewis, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  16. ^ McCarron, p. 146.
  17. ^ Johnathan Lintott, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  18. ^ a b McCarron, p. 82.
  19. ^ Rob Lynch, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  20. ^ Brendan Lyon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  21. ^ Raj Majithia, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  22. ^ Bezbaruah A (2014) Majithia makes it big, scores 3 tons on the trot, Times of India, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  23. ^ McCarron, p. 95.
  24. ^ Ross Morrison, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  25. ^ Riley Mudford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-01-18. (subscription required)
  26. ^ JA Nicholson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-19. (subscription required)
  27. ^ a b McCarron, p. 99.
  28. ^ Bradley Nielsen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  29. ^ McCarron, p. 109.
  30. ^ Albert Putt, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  31. ^ McCarron, p. 112.
  32. ^ Charles Restieaux, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  33. ^ a b McCarron, p. 112.
  34. ^ Aubrey Ritchie, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  35. ^ Dawson Ritchie, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  36. ^ McCarron, p. 113.
  37. ^ Allen Roberts, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-24. (subscription required)
  38. ^ Cricket, New Zealand Herald, vol. XLII, issue 13015, 4 November 1905, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2016-06-22.)
  39. ^ Cricket, The New Zealand Herald, vol. XLIII, issue 13277, 8 September 1906, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2016-06-22.)
  40. ^ Cricket, The Evening Post, vol. LXX, issue 127, 25 November 1905, p. 14. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2016-06-22.)
  41. ^ Cricket, The New Zealand Herald, vol. XLII, issue 13045, 9 December 1905, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2016-06-22.)
  42. ^ R Sands, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-20. (subscription required)
  43. ^ R Sands. CricInfo. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  44. ^ McCarron, p. 117.
  45. ^ Sanjeewa Silva, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-25. (subscription required)
  46. ^ McCarron, p. 124.
  47. ^ Brian Sorenson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-23. (subscription required)
  48. ^ McCarron, p. 125.
  49. ^ Charles Stafford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-23. (subscription required)
  50. ^ McCarron, p. 140.
  51. ^ Arthur Williams, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-23. (subscription required)
  52. ^ ER Woods, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-20. (subscription required)
  53. ^ McCarron, p. 142.
  54. ^ H Wright, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-20. (subscription required)
  55. ^ McCarron, p. 143.

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