Cricket has continously been played on Memorial Park, the home of Motueka Cricket Club for over 165 years. MCC was officially established in 1857, and the clubs first game played on Memorial was recorded by the Motueka Evening Star against Riwaka on Feburary 1st, 1857. It has been establised that the MCC is the oldest surviving cricket club in New Zealand.

Precious documents showing when the club was established are held at the National Cricket Museum at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, along with other very old score books and various interesting cricket memorabilia. A group of early settlers went about forming the club and establising a ground for cricket go be play on in 1854, specifically John Greenwood, his two brothers and their father, Dr Greenwood were the main protagonists. They acquired the rights of lease to the land where Memorial Park is now and spent the next few years clearing that land by hand. There are still trees around the boundary that were not felled in those early years and are a big part of what makes Memorial Part a historical, classic and special cricket ground.

During those 165+ years MCC has developed many great players, the most notable being Bevan Congdon, arguably NZ's best all-rounder cricketer. He also capatained NZ for quite a few years, including NZ's first win over Australia in Christchurch, March 1974. It was not un-heard of (according to old scrore books the club has passed onto the museum) to have nearly half of the MCC senior mens's team in the early 1960's to have the surname Congdon. We have also had Tony Blain and Kate Pulford play for NZ plus many CD representatives over the years. Dennis Aberhart is part of this CD rep list who was also NZ Cricket Coach in the early 2000's. Motueka Cricket Club is very proud of it's long history and will continue to provide cricket to the local community to the best of it's abilities into the future. We are immensly appreciative of all the support and help we have received in the past from our members, volunteer's, and sponsors.