BWCUCC History Series: Amalgamation and War Years

In the early decades of the 20th century, world events shaped Christchurch cricket as much as local rivalries. The two World Wars and the Great Depression took a heavy toll on clubs at Hagley Park, but they also forged a determination to endure.

Club historians note that in the 1900s, merging teams in the wake of “depressions and World Wars” was considered “paramount to maintaining the standard of local cricket”. In practice, this meant smaller clubs had to combine resources if they wanted to field full teams and keep competition alive at Hagley.

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