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Eden Cricket Club ground

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Eden Cricket Club ground

By 1907, when this photograph of Cabbage Tree Swamp was taken, the area had been purchased by the Eden Cricket Club, which played summer games there.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 7-A11963

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Jock Phillips, Sports and leisure – Organised sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25550/eden-cricket-club-ground (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 15 January 2010, updated 1 September 2015.