The Hastings Cricket Club had also matched United's record at the start of the World War I in 1914-15 to 1918-19, since the competition began in 1882-83, although records were kept only since 1883-84 according to NTOB president David Caldwell.
In 1990-91 NTOB almost folded because of dwindling numbers, an affliction that had got hold of Napier Old Boys' Marist club and Napier Boys' High School.
One night at the church hall at Wycliffe St in the winter of 1990 they had gathered to merge with Napier Marist club.
A lawyer and former first-class cricketer, Andrew Morrison, from the firm of Sainsbury Logan, had revealed to the gathering that former club member Jack Minett had bequeathed a handsome sum of money to the club.
Part of the condition of receiving that fiscal fillip ($250,000) was to ensure NTOB remained a single entity, which warded off any efforts to merge.
The Jack Minett Technical Cricket Trust was formed and funds were grown from investments through it.
That was how Napier Marist and Napier High School Old Boys evolved into NOBM.
