It covers the greater Waikato region and extends from Coromandel in the north to Te Kuiti and Mangakino in the south.
[2] The South Auckland Cricket Association was formed in February 1911, with a view to competing in the Hawke Cup competition, which had just been inaugurated.
[3] In 1912–13, their first Hawke Cup season, South Auckland won all three of their matches, including a victory over Marlborough in the final.
[8] South Auckland won the Hawke Cup in December 1930, when they defeated Rangitikei,[9] and they resisted 11 challenges before losing to Nelson in January 1933.
[10] South Auckland won again in February 1938,[11] and held the title at the end of the 1937–38 season after a victory over Wanganui in March.
[15] Purely on the basis of his form for Waikato, McMahon was selected to play for New Zealand in an unofficial Test against Australia shortly afterwards.
[16] Waikato was one of the constituent associations that made up the Northern Districts team, which began competing at first-class level in the Plunket Shield in the 1956–57 season.
Seven Waikato players – James Everest, Doug Gray, Peter Smith, Tom Puna, Eric Petrie, Allen Lissette and David Hoskin – were all members of Northern Districts' inaugural Plunket Shield team in late December 1956.
[17] All seven players had been part of the Waikato team that won the Hawke Cup earlier that month by defeating Northland.