While the origins of the start of the Attrill Cup have become clouded in time, a Bay of Plenty Times report of 1938 said Tauranga had relieved Opotiki of the Attrill Cup after the Eastern Bay side had held the symbol of Bay of Plenty Sub-Association cricket for seven years.
The Attrill Cup spent the winter in the Eastern Bay of Plenty after the Eastern Bay side relieved Rotorua of the prestigious trophy last season, and it will be played for by the four associations in a round-robin competition format.
2012 Attrill Cup teams
Mount Maunganui/Te Puke: Daniel Hill (captain), Peter Drysdale, Tim Clarke, Russell Williams, Mark Divehall, Nick Smith, Dale Swan, Tony Goodin, Ben Guild, Jeremy Bates, Josh Dwight, Mitch McCann.
Tauranga: Jono Boult (captain), Joe Carter, Cory Anderson, Ben Christensen, Shane Wineti, Brett Hampton, Thomas MacRury, Zac Scott, Cameron Neil, Henry Conway, Sean Davey, Tom Clout.
Eastern Bay of Plenty: Team not available.
Rotorua: Team not available.
2012 Attrill Cup Draw
October 20: Eastern BOP v Mount Maunganui/Te Puke, Rex Morepeth Park, Whakatane; Rotorua v Tauranga, Smallbone Park, Rotorua
October 27: Tauranga v Mount Maunganui/Te Puke, Ferguson Park 1, Tauranga
Eastern BOP v Rotorua, Ferguson Park 3
October 28: Tauranga v Eastern BOP, Ferguson Park 1; Rotorua v Mount Maunganui/Te Puke, Ferguson Park 3.
