List of Otago representative cricketers

This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Otago cricket team.[1] Otago played its first representative match in January 1864 against Southland, before playing the first match in New Zealand which is considered to be first-class later in the same month, a fixture against Canterbury. The team has competed for the Plunket Shield since its inaugural season in 1906/07, played its first List A cricket match in 1971 and its first Twenty20 cricket match in 2006. It has played in every senior cricket competition in New Zealand.[2][3] The modern Otago Cricket Association represents the regions of Otago, Southland and North Otago of New Zealand's South Island and is one of six first-class teams in the country.

Players are listed in alphabetical order. Seasons given are the first and last seasons the player played at senior level for the side. Players may not have played in every intervening season and many players will have appeared for other sides during their career.

As of 20 October 2023

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Notes
  1. Allan played in three first-class matches for Otago, scoring 33 runs and taking three wickets. He was born at Dunedin in 1928 and died of cancer there in 1962 aged 33. He was educated at King's High School, Dunedin and worked as a salesman.[4][5][6]
  2. Allen, who was born at Dunedin in 1850, played as a wicket-keeper in seven first-class matches for Otago as well as one other match, against a touring English side led by John Lillywhite, in 1877. He died at Dunedin in 1897.[7][8]
  3. John Henry Allen (1903–1961) is only known to have played in a single cricket match in his career, a wartime first-class match between Otago and Canterbury played in February 1945. He was born and died at Dunedin.[9][10]
  4. Hayden Anderson played in two first-class matches for Otago in the 1999/2000 Shell Trophy, scoring 75 runs.[11][12]
  5. Lawrence "Lon" Anderson played in two List A matches for the side, scoring a total of seven runs and taking a single wicket. He had played under-23 cricket for Central Otago and Otago in the 1960s and worked as a finance manager.[13][14][15]
  6. Leslie Anderson played a single match for Otago against a touring New South Wales side―the only match he is known to have played. He was born at Dunedin in 1891 and died there in 1979 aged 87.[16][17]
  7. Andrew, who was born in Scotland in 1843, played the only match he is known to have taken part in for Otago in 1873. He died at Roxburgh in Otago in 1927.[18][19]
  8. Aris played a single match for Otago, scoring three runs―the only cricket match he is known to have played in. He was born in England in 1843 and died at Palmerston North in 1927 aged 84.[20][21]
  9. Baker played in two first-class matches for Otago as well as in five of the side's non first-class matches against Southland between 1940/41 and 1945/46. He was born at Dunedin in 1920 and died there in 1997 aged 76.[22][23]
  10. Barron played seven first-class matches for the side, scoring a total of 140 runs. He was born at Dunedin in 1900 and died there in 1990 aged 90.[24][25]
  11. Black was born at Dunedin in 1873. He played a single match for Otago against a touring New South Wales side―the only cricket match he is known to have played. He died at Auckland in 1920.[26]
  12. James Blair was born in Tasmania in 1900. He played a single match for Otago, a Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in 1927. His nephew Roy Blair and great nephews Bruce Blair and Wayne Blair all played for Otago at senior level. Blair died at Karitane in 1961 aged 60.[27][28]
  13. Jim Blakely played for Otago four times in the Plunket Shield, including twice in 1950/51. He also played a number of minor association matches for South Island, Otago and Canterbury sides and in the 1963/64 Hawke Cup for North Canterbury. He was born in 1922 at Ranfurly and died at Christchurch in 1994 aged 72. His brother John Blakely also played for Otago.[29][30]
  14. John Blakely played in two first-class matches for Otago. He was born at Ranfurly in 1914 and died at Dunedin in 1985 aged 71. His brother Jim Blakley also played for Otago.[31][32]
  15. Bligh, who was born at Akaroa in 1961, played four List A matches for Otago in the 1989/90 Shell Cup. He played a number of Hawke Cup matches for South Canterbury.[33][34]
  16. George Robinson Bottomley played twice for the side in 1889–90, once against a touring new South Wales side and once against Canterbury. He scored a total of 14 runs with a highest score of 10. He was born at Sketlon in Yorkshire in 1846 and worked in New Zealand as a gatekeeper. His date of death is unknown.[35][36][37]
  17. Bouch is known to have only played a single cricket match, a first-class fixture between Otago and Canterbury in January 1877. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[38][39]
  18. Brady, who was born at Auckland in 1951, played in two first-class matches, one for a New Zealand under-23 side in 1970/71 and one for Otago in 1971/72, scoring 47 runs against the New Zealand under-23 side. He also played a number of age-group matches for Otago sides.[40][41]
  19. Donald Cameron was born in 1908 at Dunedin, the elder brother of Harold Cameron. He played in one first-class match, a January 1931 Plunket Shield match against Canterbury, scoring six runs and taking one wicket. He worked as a director in an insurance company and died in 1990 at Dunedin.[42][43]
  20. Campbell played in Otago's 1868–69 match against Canterbury, the only first-class match played during the season. Other than his name no biographical details are known.[44][45]
  21. A left-handed batsman born at Nelson in 1980, Davies played two first-class matches for Otago, scoring 27 runs.[46][47]
  22. Gale was born at Glasgow in Scotland in 1892 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. He played for a North Otago side against a touring New South Wales side in 1924 and made his only first-class appearance in a Plunket Shield match for Otago against Canterbury in February 1930. He worked as a clerk and died at Dunedin in 1965.[48][49][50]
  23. An Australian, Green played in two of Otago's three Plunket Shield matches in 1926/27, both over the Christmas and New Year period. He was the wicket-keeper in both matches but after breaking a rib in the second match was replaced in the team by Arthur Symonds. No other biographical details are known and CricInfo identifies him only as L Green.[51][52][53]
  24. Hart, who was born at Hamilton in 1977, kept wicket for Otago in one first-class match, scoring a single run and taking give catches. He had previously played for Northern Districts age-group and second XI sides.[54][55]
  25. Henry, who was born at Mataura in Southland in 1970, played twice for the team as a wicket-keeper scoring at total of nine runs and taking six catches. He was educated at St Peter's College, Gore and played Hawke Cup cricket for Southland between 1989/90 and 1992/93. He later worked as a real estate agent.[56][57][58]
  26. Kemp played age-group and Second XI cricket for Otago, but only appeared once for the First XI, playing in a match against a touring Queensland side in December 1987. He took one wicket and scored a single run. He was born at Dunedin in 1962.[59][60]
  27. Kindley made his debut for Otago in a List A match in 2022/23.[61]
  28. Lynch is known to have played in a single match, a first-class fixture against Canterbury in 1874, scoring 51 runs in his only innings. No other biographical details are known.[62][63]
  29. MacDonald, who was born in Victoria, Australia, played in a single first-class match, scoring 12 runs and taking 10 wickets, including a five-wicket haul, against Canterbury in January 1864—the first cricket match to be played in New Zealand which has been accorded first-class status. Later in the year he played three other matches against an English touring side led by George Parr, two for Otago XIs and one for a combined Otago and Canterbury team. No other biographical details are known.[64][65]
  30. McGregor played in all three of Otago's first-class matches in 1884/85, scoring a total of 76 runs with a highest score of 30 not out. He is known to have played in one other match, an 1882 fixture against a touring English side led by Alfred Shaw. No other biographical details are known.[66][67]
  31. Mitchell, who was born at Southend-on-Sea in England, was the wicket-keeper in Otago's only first-class matches in the 1881/82 and 1882/83 seasons. Both matches were against Canterbury. Mitchell scored 37 runs and was responsible for eight dismissals during the matches, seven catches and one stumping. No other biographical details are know.[68][69]
  32. Reddington was born at Queenstown in 1972. He played twice for Dunedin Metropolitan in the 1999–00 Hawke Cup before making a single first-class appearance for Otago in 2002–03, taking a single wicket. He has since worked as a schoolteacher.[70][71][72]
  33. Richardson played in only one first-class match, a fixture against Canterbury in February 1866. This was the third first-class match to be played in New Zealand and the only one played during the 1865/66 season. He scored 33 runs and took four wickets. No other biographical details are known.[73][74]
  34. Sutcliffe was a left-handed batsman who had been born in Lancashire in England. He scored two runs in his only first-class match, a January 1876 fixture against Canterbury. He is also known to have played in non-first-class matches against two touring sides, one an English team led by James Lillywhite in 1877 and the other a touring Australian side in 1878.[75][76]
  35. Wills played his only first-class match against Canterbury in December 1869, scoring a single run. He had played a non-first-class match for Canterbury in 1864 against a touring English side led by George Parr. No other biographical details are known.[77][78]

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