National First XI Cricket Championship Records

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Next week at Lincoln in Christchurch the National First Xi cricket championships will take place. Here is a rundown of the event’s records.


Winners
1990: Palmerston North Boys’ High School
1991: St. Kentigern College
1992: Otago Boys’ High School
1993: Otago Boys’ High School
1994: Whangarei Boys’ High School
1995: Wanganui Collegiate School
1996: St. Patrick’s College (Silverstream)
1997:  Wanganui Collegiate School
1998: Palmerston North Boys’ High School
1999: King’s College/Christchurch Boys’ High School
2000: Auckland Grammar School
2001: Wellington College
2002: Hamilton Boys’ High School
2003: Hamilton Boys’ High School
2004: Palmerston North Boys’ High School/King’s College
2005: Christchurch Boys’ High School/Tauranga Boys’ College
2006: Christchurch Boys’ High School/King’s College
2007: Christchurch Boys’ High School
2008: Hamilton Boys’ High School
2009: Christchurch Boys’ High School
2010: King’s College
2011: King’s College
2012: Christchurch Boys’ High School
2013: Christchurch Boys’ High School
2014: Christchurch Boys’ High School


Close Victories
2007: Wanganui Collegiate tied with Kavanagh College but won because lost less wickets
1991: Matamata College defeated St Kentigern College by one run
1996: St Patrick’s College (Silverstream) defeated Wanganui CS by one run
2000: Auckland Grammar School defeated King’s High School by two runs
2003: Hamilton BHS defeated Otago BHS by two runs
2004: Palmerston North BHS defeated Christchurch BHS by two runs
1990: Palmerston North BHS defeated Auckland Grammar School by one wicket
1994: Whangarei Boys’ High School defeated New Plymouth BHS by one wicket
2000: Palmerston North BHS defeated King’s High School by one wicket
2003: Otago BHS defeated Wanganui Collegiate by one wicket


Large Victories
2004: Palmerston North BHS beat St Paul’s Collegiate by 10 wickets.
2006:  King’s College beat Tauranga BC by 9 wickets.
2008: Westlake BHS beat Wanganui Collegiate by 9 wickets.
2008: Wellington College beat Hamilton Boys’ High School by 9 wickets.
2007: Christchurch BHS beat Wanganui Collegiate by 230 runs.
2009: Christchurch BHS beat St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream by 200 runs
2008: Hamilton BHS beat Otago BHS by 190 runs.


Match Records
Highest team total – 355/6 Hamilton Boys’ High School v Kavanagh College – 2007
Highest chasing total to win – 237/6 King’s College v St Paul’s Collegiate 235/9 – 2004
Highest chasing total to lose – 298/8 Kavanagh College v Westlake BHS 307/7 – 2007.
Highest match aggregate – 605 Westlake BHS v Kavanagh College – 2007


Individual Batting Performances
2015: Mitchell Murray (King’s College) 171
2011: Simon Hickey (King’s College) 136
2015: Mitchell Murray (King’s College) 134
2015: Joel Harden (Nelson College) 134
2013: Anthony Burnett (Christchurch BHS) 132
2011: Simon Hickey (King’s College) 129*
2014: Troy Johnson (HIBS) 125
2013: Chander Ravi (Scots College) 124
2007: Harry Boam (Wellington College)  123
1997: Jamie Rae (Wanganui Collegiate) 122*
1997: James Marshall (King’s College) 121
2004: Peter-John Cairns (King’s College) 121
2006: Kane Williamson (Tauranga Boys’ College) 120*


Note: There have been 34 centuries made in the National tournament.


Individual Bowling Performances
2000: Mark Pearson (Auckland Grammar) 7/32
1997: Angus MacDonald (King’s College) 6/15
2004: Duan White (Palmerston North Boys’ High School) 6/24
1993: Brett Davis (Palmerston North Boys’ High School) 6/27
2006: Tim Southee (King’s College) 6/31


Hat-trick
1995: Charles Fraser (Wanganui Collegiate) v Southland Boys’ High School


Wicket keeping Dismissals
1995: Scott Aspinall (Wanganui Collegiate) 4c/2st
2005: Andrew Horrell (Christchurch Boys’ High School) 5c


Record Partnerships
1. 184 – Tom Griffin (118) & Liam Cotton (93), Otago BHS v Hutt Valley HS, 2012
2. 147 – Dane Cleaver (97) & George Worker (111), Palmerston North BHS v Hamilton BHS, 2007
3. 150 – Matthew Short (80) & Jarred Cunningham (62), Palmerston North BHS  v Christchurch BHS, 2004
4. 165 – Cameron Neal (107) & Joshua Dwight (57), Tauranga BC v HIBS, 2011
5. 202 – Simon Hickey (136) & Michael Haddleton (101),  Kings College v Otago BHS,  2011
6. 139 – Corey Anderson (86) and Tyler Bleyendaal (73), Christchurch Boys’ High School v Wanganui Collegiate  2004
7.114  – Michael Collins (105) & Scott Hunter (29), Otago BHS v Christ’s College  2011
8. 90* – Chad Law (94*) & James Cleland (25*), Palmerston North BHS v St Patrick’s Silverstream, 2006
9. 54 – Joe Austin-Smellie (53*) & Sam Lawson (17), Wellington College v Tauranga Boys’ College  2007
10. 61 – Joseph Carter (27*) & Josh Dwight (24), Tauranga BC v Hamilton BHS, 2008


Geoffrey Palmer Cup (Player of the Tournament)
1990: Robert Lawson – Otago Boys’ High School
1991: Matthew Stevens – St Kentigern College
1992: Chris Finch – Otago Boys’ High School
1993: Grant Billcliff – Otago Boys’ High School
1994: Matthew Bell – Whangarei Boys’ High School
1995: Scott Aspinall – Wanganui Collegiate
1996:  Ben Giesen – Wanganui Collegiate
1997: Jamie Rae – Wanganui Collegiate
1998: Jamie How – Palmerston North Boys’ High School
1999: No award made
2000: Brendon McCullum – King’s High School
2001: James Hill – Wellington College
2002:  Bradley Watling – Hamilton Boys’ High School
2003:  Anthony Bullick – King’s College
2004: Peter-John Cairns – King’s College
2005: Phillip Banks – Christchurch Boys’ High School
2006: Corey Anderson -Christchurch Boys’ High School/Tim Southee – King’s College
2007: Kane Williamson -Tauranga Boys’ College
2008: Adam Milne – Palmerston North Boys’ High School
2009: Matthew Rowe – Christchurch Boys’ High School
2010: Simon Hickey – King’s College
2011: Simon Hickey – King’s College
2012: Jarrod Pike – Hutt Valley High School
2013: Aditya Dhadwal – Mt Albert Grammar School
2014: Mitchell Murray – King’s College


International Reps
BLACKCAPS - Matthew Bell, Neil Broom, Jamie How, Robert Kennedy, Brendon McCullum, Hamish Marshall, James Marshall, Jacob Oram, Andrew Penn, Mathew Sinclair, Tim Southee,  Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Doug Bracewell, Roneel Hira, Rob Nicol, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson, Adam Milne, Todd Astle, Corey Anderson
Note: Ian Billcliff, through birthright, represented Canada at the ICC World Cup in 2003 and 2007, while Regan West represented Ireland in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2009

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