List of Wellington representative cricketers
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This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Wellington cricket team. Wellington played its first first-class match in November 1873 against Auckland at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The team has competed for the Plunket Shield since the competition's 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. The modern Wellington Cricket Association represents the metropolitan Wellington area and the Hutt Valley in New Zealand's North 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 team. Players may not have played in every intervening season and many players will have appeared for other teams during their career.
As of 8 November 2025
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
William Ingle, 1879/80
Ernest Izard, 1890/91–1894/95
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
Fraser Quarterman, 2007/08
William Quee, 1899/00–1904/05
John Quinn, 1913/14
R
S
T
U
Ernest Upham, 1892/93–1909/10
Kenneth Uttley, 1951/52
V
W
Y
Peter Younghusband, 2014/15–2025/26
Z
Spiro Zavos, 1958/59
Yahya Zeb, 2024/25
Notes
References
Bibliography
McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010.
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