The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Manawatū were holders of the cup in 1937.
Players names, deciphered from original photograph: JD Murchison, F Hubbard (Umpire?), RA Brace (secretary), W Norris, NH (Gallichan, C C McVicar, W Pollitt, G Robertson, L Wrigley, Dar Moloney, J Heelebard (?), JA Ongley, MA Ongley, C Houlihan (?), AE Manusford (President). LM Woodham and Giverfinch were possibly the umpires. Other names mentioned elsewhere: Pritchard and Berquist.