Harry Barker Reserve
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| Location | Te Hapara, Gisborne, New Zealand | ||
| Establishment | 1969 (first recorded match) | ||
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| As of 2 November 2011 Source: Ground profile | |||
Harry Barker Reserve is a cricket and hockey ground in Te Hapara, Gisborne, New Zealand. It occupies 9.3 hectares and includes six cricket fields and nine hockey pitches.[1]
The Gisborne City Council purchased the Turanganui Golf Course in 1962, and developed it into a housing estate on the Pacific Coast Highway. The houses surround a substantial recreational area, which the council named the Harry Barker Reserve after a former mayor of Gisborne.[2][3]
Cricket
Harry Barker Reserve held its first first-class match when Northern Districts played Otago in the 1974–75 Plunket Shield. As of April 2025 the ground has held 28 first-class matches, the most recent in January 2014.[4] The first List A match there was in the 1981–82 Shell Cup when Northern Districts played Wellington. As of April 2025 the ground has held 11 List A matches, the most recent in January 2015.[5] A three-day match between a New Zealand XI and the touring Zimbabwean team was played at the ground in January 2012.[6]
As well as the main cricket ground there are several other pitches spread out across the reserve. The Poverty Bay Cricket Association often holds an entire senior three-match round of club cricket on the reserve simultaneously. It is the headquarters and main home ground of the Association.[7]