page_title: Hagley Oval
section_title: The Canterbury Cricket Trust
hierarchical_section_title: Hagley Oval / The Canterbury Cricket Trust
caption_attribution_description: English: 1st Match, Canterbury v England, Hagley Park - February 1864
context_page_description: Hagley Oval is a cricket ground located in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team. Canterbury used the ground infrequently from then through until the 1920s, but hardly stopped during World War I.
  The first match in the Plunket Shield was played there in December 1907, when Canterbury played Auckland. Canterbury returned there in 1979, and played a number of their 1993/94 Shell Cup home matches at the ground.
context_section_description: The Canterbury Cricket Trust is a registered charitable trust formed specifically for the long-term benefit of cricket in Canterbury. The Trust is an entity closely linked to the Canterbury Cricket Association but operating independently from it. The members of the Board of Trustees are all prominent business people who share a love of cricket and the ability to drive and realise a vision for the future of cricket in Canterbury.
  The first major project for the Trust was to raise funds through the Hagley Oval Foundation to establish an international-standard quality ground at Hagley Oval. The success of this project has provided a permanent home for Canterbury Cricket and enabled Christchurch to once again play host to prestigious international matches.
  The Trust administers the Hagley Oval Members Club where Members enjoy unlimited access to domestic and international matches from the comfort of the Members Lounge and Hadlee Pavilion.
  The next initiative is to raise funding to purchase lights for the Oval to enable day-night games to once again be hosted in Christchurch.
caption: 1st Match, Canterbury v England, Hagley Park – February 1864
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