The Wickets
5 reports at 3 addresses in Hillmorton, the first in 2025, the latest 2026. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on The Wickets, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Hillmorton.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The addresses on it
- 3 The Wickets, 3 reports
- 8 The Wickets, 1 report
- 3A The Wickets, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
Year by year
- 2025, 3 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 121 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 28 October 1854)
· Papers Past,
…uguration of the ciub the practice meetings of the club are to take place on thursday and the wickets will be pitched at 2 oclock piksident magistrate court cihust chukcii tuuisdav oct 13tl present h…
- CRICKET. (Star, 19 December 1870)
· Papers Past,
…es in the field while on the lincoln side the whole of the boys acquitted themselves well the wickets though themselves off the road allowed no chance for the backstopping of swift balls as the ruts o…
- Local and General. (Star, 24 January 1872)
· Papers Past,
…strange s j simpson t h bone t de la mare d mackintosh j simpson h l dartnall and m digby the wickets are to be pitched at the same hour as lasfc week the challenge by the fire brigade to the press cl…
- THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. (Bruce Herald, 16 November 1877)
· Papers Past,
…cli has been plwyed ah home between the castleton and ltushholmo clubs the former went to the wickets first and sored 484 runs for the loss of only three wickets this on a dead ground and in fie hours…
- CRICKET. (Timaru Herald, 31 December 1877)
· Papers Past,
…terprovincial match commenced to-day canterbury won the toss and godby and wilson went to the wickets opposed to robinson and lynch godby struck out freely wileon remaining mostly on the defensive and…
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 26 March 1878)
· Papers Past,
…nents secured 55 mgachie in a measure avenged the defeat of the team by making havoc with the wickets of the bakers although his exertions could not materially affect the result it must however be rec…
- Untitled (Auckland Star, 22 April 1878)
· Papers Past,
…ll-toppers aud thames club took place at parawai on saturday the former going in first at the wickets in their first innings they obtained a total of 79 mr robinson heading the list with 89 a whitaker…
- CRICKET. (Star, 17 February 1879)
· Papers Past,
…o th unpunctuality of several of the colonials the englishmen went in first and stayed af the wickets for what was left of the after noon the cricket shown all round was onlj moderate but the wicket w…
- CRICKET. (Otago Witness, 03 January 1880)
· Papers Past,
…captained by mr g a johnson and the dunedin by mr glasgow the opera players went first to the wickets and ran up the very respectable total of 101 beaumont not the tenor of tbat name however and barra…
- AUSTRALIAN. (Thames Star, 13 December 1880)
· Papers Past,
…ped for 50 spofforth was caught for 38 boyle was caught for 55 the victorian team went to the wickets for their second innings and when stamps were drawn for the day had lost four wickets for 197 runs…
- AUSTRALIAN. (Auckland Star, 13 December 1880)
· Papers Past,
…ed for 50 spofforth caught for 38 and boyle caught for 55 the victorian team then went to the wickets for their second innings and when the stumps were drawn for the day had lost tour wickets for 167…
- AUSTRALIAN. (Evening Post, 13 December 1880)
· Papers Past,
…ed for 50 spofforth caught for 38 and boyle caught for 55 the victorian team then went to the wickets for their second innings and when the stumps were drawn for the day had lost four wickets for 167…
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Questions, answered briefly
In Hillmorton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
5 reports at 3 addresses, most often water & drains (3), rubbish & dumping (1), roads & footpaths (1).
2025, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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