A Deed of Conveyance of the Basin Reserve between the Crown and the Governor-General of New Zealand to the Wellington City Council was approved in 1884 that established that the ground was to be "forever used for the purposes of a cricket and a recreation ground by the inhabitants of Wellington." As the game developed the resources of the Wellington Cricket Association expanded. A new grandstand was opened on New Year's Day 1925 at a cost of €16,710. Today this houses the New Zealand Cricket Museum. In 1979-80 the present configuration of an oval shape, the R.A Vance Stand, the eastern bank and the current seating were undertaken. In 2003 the Wellington City Council undertook to restore the William Wakefield Memorial and after public consultation resolved to return as near as possible to its original location inside the ground. Restoration work began on the memorial in May 2006. It was finally relocated in September 2006 and its restoration officially celebrated on 7 October 2006. A new electronic replay scoreboard, named after New Zealand cricket historian Don Neely, was installed at the end of 2007 and was officially opened on 11 January 2008. The ground continues to play host to First Class and Test Match cricket. It is the home of the State Wellington Firebirds and continues as the players’ favourite ground in New Zealand.
To find the cache you will need to find and solve the following questions. All the question relate to plaques that can be found walking the boundary of the cricket field. The published co-ordinates are bogus so please DON'T go there. Please stay off the field unless you have been invited to play cricket.
All the answers can be found within 100 metres of the published co-ordinates
Please note that the grounds are no longer open 24/7 and is closed off to pedestrians and cyclists between the hours of 21:00 and 06:00 until further notice due to vandalism.
First Victory
At this point you will need to gather the following information to give you to help you find the final - ABC degrees true DEFG metres
A = How many wickets did R O Collinge get in each innings of this match.
B = R O Collinge was third to get how many test wickets, take the last digit.
C = R J Hadlee got how many wickets total in this match divided by 2.
D = The second digit that you will find on this plaque.
E = The digit that appears the most frequently on the second line of this plaque.
F = How many years did it take and how many tests, divided the years by the test + 1.
G = How many test has New Zealand won at the Basin Reserve that is written on this plaque.
World Record - Partnership
At this point you will need to gather the following information to give you to help you find the final - HIJ degrees true KLMN metres
H = M D Crowe's first digit in the number of runs that he scored.
I = J G Wright scored how many runs, first digit.
J = A H Jones scored how many runs, take the first digit and add it to the second digit.
K = The second digit of the date minus the third digit of the date in the year at this point
L = W Watson got how many wickets for how many runs. Take the sum of the digits of the runs and subtract it by the number of wickets.
M = D K Morrison got how many wickets divide this by the second digit of the number of runs that he gave away
N = P A de Silva's scored how many runs in this match last digit - 2
First Played
At this point you will need to gather the following information to give you to help you find the final - OPQ degrees true RSTU metres
O = The first digit on this plaque
P = The gate taking for this match was how much, third digit.
Q = The partnership between C.S. Dempster and J D Mills is still the highest for any wicket for how many test against England. First digit.
R = The year this match was played last digit.
S = Number of runs C.S. Dempster scored first digit - first innings.
T = How many runs did England score in their second innings take the first digit.
U = The most common digit in the number of runs that New Zealand scored in both innings.
World Record Number
At this point you will need to gather the following information to give you to help you find the the next waypoint - VWX degrees true YZ@$ metres
V = How many runs did J R Reid score take the first digit in Wellington's first inning.
W = How many runs did J R Reid score take the last digit in Wellington's first inning.
X = Who held the record previously, take the first date and add the last two digits together.
Y = How many wickets did Wellington win by, last digit.
Z = How many sixes was the previous record number, sum of digits divide by 2.
@ = How many sixes did J R Reid score, add the digits together in Wellington's first inning.
$ = What year did Northern District win the Plunket Shield, last digit.
Final
To find the cache you need to go to 083 degrees true for 5 metres
The cache is a camo container containing a logbook and pencil. When retrieving the cache there is no need damage any of the surround where this cache is being placed. Please note that the cache is in a VERY HIGH MUGGLE location so retrieval must be done very discretely. Discreet replacement and naturalisation is required to avoid this cache being muggled. Please replace EXACTLY how you found it as we don't want it to be muggles and we want others to enjoy this experience.
Please NOTE that if you must sign the logbook for each individual cachers or proof of a photo for group logs, otherwise your log may be deleted.
PLEASE NO PHOTOS or logs of the final please as this is a Puzzle Cache and we dont really want to spoil it for all the other cachers otherwise your log may be deleted
Please hide the cache exactly how you found it as we dont really want it to get muggled as they can appear without notice