Capital Teams Challenge for Cook Shield
Successful defences = 25
The Cook Shield, which was awarded for winning the Wellington’s mens senior championship for 70 years till 1995 but was discontinued when Wellington amalgamated with Hutt Valley, has been dusted off and given a new lease of life.
The competition will be run much like rugby’s Ranfurly Shield with clubs having to beat the holders outright over two days to win it.
As defending Pearce Cup two-day champions, Eastern Surburbs will hold the shield initially, with Taita getting the first challenge when the two teams clash at Fraser Park over the next two weekends - 29 Nov & 6 Dec 2008.
The trophy will be up for grabs for every match and the holders play, home or away.
Source: The Dominion Post - Fred Woodcock
| Challenger | Dates | Ground | Result |
| HRV Karori | 25 Feb & 3 Mar 2012 | Kilbirnie 1 | Next Challenger |
| Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt |
18 & 19 Feb 2012 | Kilbirnie 1 | Easts 262-5 decl Upper Hutt 77-10 & 112-10 Outright win by Innings & 73 runs Ricky Joseph 6-27 & 4-32, Michael Burns 4-44, Jamie Gibson 130*, Sam McLauchlan 51, Lance Dry 4-40 |
| North City | 4 & 11 Feb 2012 | Kilbirnie 1 | Easts 240-6 decl North City 177-10 & 118-2 Ankur Bassi 94, Chamika Gajanayaka 49, Sam Mclauchlan 39, Lance Dry 4-44 Win on 1st Innings |
| Onslow | 21 & 28 Jan 2012 | Nairnville Park 1 | Easts 227-9 decl & 23-0 Onslow 89-10 & 159-10 Josh Brodie 44, Scott Golder 54, Sam Mclauchlan 65, Nathan Cameron 7-28, Michael Burns 6-56 Win by 10 wickets |
| The Meat House Naenae Old Boys |
10 & 17 Dec 2011 | Naenae 1 | Naenae 98-10 & 11-2 Easts 127-10 Michael Burns 5-41, Jeremy Dean 51 Day 2 Cancelled Drawn Match |
| Karori | 19 & 26 Mar 2011 | Kilbirnie 1 | Karori 236, Easts 98-10 & 123-7, Drawn Match Jeetan Patel 7-99, Ben Orton 54* |
| Taita VIC Cycles | 5 & 12 Mar 2011 | Fraser 1 | Easts 274-10 & 60-6 Taita 247-10 Win by 1st Innings - Drawn Match Scott Golder 97, Sam Mclauchlan 31, Josh Mclauchlan 53, Lance Dry 7-73 & 50 Season Wickets |
| North City | 26 & 27 Feb 2011 | Kilbirnie 1 | Norths 269-10 & 60-2 Easts 445-10 Drawn Match but 1st Innings Win Lance Dry 7-55 & 111*, Jeetan Patel 3-90, Josh Brodie 80, Scott Golder 70, Josh Mclauchlan 68, Ricky Joseph 47 |
| Hutt Districts | 12 & 19 Feb 2011 | Hutt 1 | Hutt 103-10 & 220-10 Easts 250 & 75-2 Win by 8 wickets Ricky Joseph 5-30 & 4-64, Ben Orton 53 & 35, Chamika Gajanayaka 55, Sam Mclauchlan 40, Josh Mclauchlan 44, Jamie Gibson 3-8 |
| Naenae | 29 Jan & 5 Feb 2011 | Kilbirnie 1 | Naenae 240-10 & 178-4 Easts 257-7 decl Drawn match but 1st Innings win Jeetan Patel 6-93 & 42,Ben Orton 40, Niranjan Naguleswaran 54, Josh Mclauchlan 37 |
| Collegians | 15 & 23 Jan 2011 | Kilbirnie 1 | Easts 401-7 decl, Collegians 83-1 Rain Day 2 - Drawn Game Niranjan Naguleswaran 123, Jeremy Dean 39, Sam Mclauchlan 96, David Holt 37 |
| Onslow | 11 & 18 Dec 2010 | Petone 5 | Easts 295-8 decl, Onslow 201-7 Drawn Game Josh Brodie 48, Jeremy Dean 59, Lance Dry 38* & 4-44, Ricky Joseph 34* |
| Taita | 20 & 27 Mar 2010 | Kilbirnie 1 | Easts 360-7 decl & 155-3 decl, Taita 269-2 decl & 234-10 Win by 22 runs Alex Treseder 34, Jeremy Dean 30 & 71, Josh Stuart 60, Lance Dry 60*, Niranjan Naguleswaran 103*, Scott Golder 39, Lance Dry 3-34 |
| Hutt Districts | 6 & 14 Mar 2010 | Petone 5 | Easts 293-3 decl & 57-0, Hutt Districts 84 & 262 Win by 10 wickets Ricky Joseph 7-34, Josh Mclauchlan 30, Jeremy Dean 129* & 50*, Scott Golder 101*, Niranjan Naguleswaran 4-82 Dean/Golder partnerships 221* & 57* |
| Naenae Old Boys |
20 & 27 Feb 2010 | Kilbirnie 2 | Easts 242 & 135-7, Naenae 236 & 240-7 decl Drawn Game Danny Evans 6-91 & 3-71, Josh Brodie 78*, Chamika Gajanayaka 34, Scott Golder 34 & 88 |
| Four Kings University |
13 & 14 Feb 2010 | Kilbirnie 2 | Easts 310, Unversity 131 & 164 Win by Innings & 13 runs Josh Brodie 118, Lance Dry 75 & 3-33, Danny Evans 33, Nathan Cameron 4-23, Ricky Joseph 3-26 |
| North City | 30 Jan & 6 Feb 2010 | Linden | North City 191 & 114-3, Easts 212 Drawn Game Nathan Cameron 5-58, Chamika Gajanayaka 32, Ricky Joseph 60, Joseph/Cameron 10th wkt partnership 67 |
| Karori | 16 & 23 Jan 2010 | Karori 1 | Drawn Game ( rained both days ) |
| Onslow Chameleon Events |
12 & 19 Dec 2009 | Kilbirnie 2 | Onslow 59-10 & 63-10, Easts 240-8 decl Win to Easts by an innings and 118 runs Ricky Joseph 7-28, Scott Golder 103*, Danny Evans 8-24 |
| Upper Hutt | 14 & 21 Mar 2009 | Barton Oval | Easts 160 & 273-8 decl, Upper Hutt 147 & 34 Win to Easts by 252 runs Josh MacLauchlan 51, Steven Spoljaric 32, 5-55 & 157*, Ricky Joseph 3-12 & 49, Phil Parker 36, Roger Fouhy 3-2, Lance Dry 4-5 |
| North City | 28 Feb & 7 Mar 2009 | Kilbirne | Match Drawn - no play in 2 days |
| Naenae | 14 & 21 Feb 2009 | Naenae | Match Drawn - no play in 2 days |
| Karori | 31 Jan & 7 Feb 2009 | Karori | Easts 221-8 decl & 331-3 decl, Karori 316 Drawn Game Tom Jamieson 61, Josh Stuart 36, Lance Dry 30* & 6-47, Richard Gilhooly 3-74, Josh Brodie 111, Phil Parker 116*, Jeremy Dean 87 |
| Onslow | 17 & 24 Jan 2009 | Kilbirnie | Easts 233, Onslow 92 & 71-9 Win to Easts by innings and 70 runs Ricky Joseph 44, Lance Dry 86* & 6-16, Richard Gilhooly 34, Roger Fouhy 3-27 |
| Hutt Districts | 13 & 20 Dec 2008 | Kilbirnie | Easts 163, Hutt Districts 56 & 30-4, Hutt Districts followed on Drawn Game ( rained Day 2 ) Jeremy Dean 50, Phil Parker 31, Richard Pyrah 6-23 |
| Taita | 29 Nov & 6 Dec 2008 | Kilbirnie | Easts 203 & 30-2, Taita 54 & 176 Win to Easts by 8 wickets with Richard Pyrah taking 13 wickets for 91 runs. Josh Stuart 53, Richard Pyrah 37, 7-33 & 6-58, Scott Golder 37 |