Club History

The Cornwall Cricket Club Inc was formed in 1989 after the amalgamation of the Old Boys Hastings and the Whakatu Mahora Cricket Clubs. Both clubs have origins going back to 1901.

The amalgamation took place to provide one strong cricket club in Hastings. It is the only Premier Cricket Club in Hastings City.

The club is based at Cornwall Park, and it is here that we have our Pavilion. Built in 1996 this modern building is an asset to our club members, to the game of cricket and to the community of Hastings.

Some of our club members have achieved Top Level National honours. Mark Greatbatch, Ian Smith and Andrew Penn in cricket and Taine Randell and Danny Lee in Rugby, with many other club members gaining New Zealand age group, National First Class - mainly Central Districts, Hawke’s Bay and District Honours.

We take pride in our commitment as a club to nurture our young cricketers. Many talented cricketers have moved into a successful first class career.

One of our women cricketers, Erin McDonald, played for the NZ Women's team when it won The World Cup in 1999.  More recently Sarah McGlashan has represented the NZ National team and Zara McWilliams and Aroha Northover have been selected in NZ A. McWilliams, Kelly Sutherland and Megan Graham are current Central Districts Stags representative.

Peter McGlashen, Michael Taiaroa and Brad Patton have represented New Zealand in the under 19 age group.

Cornwall represented the Central Districts region in The National Club Finals in the 2001/02 season.