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St Kilda Cricket Club is a cricket club playing in Victorian Premier Cricket, the elite club cricket competition in Melbourne, Australia.The club's home ground is the St Kilda Cricket Ground, more commonly known as Junction Oval.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Adam J Crosthwaite |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1855 |
| Home ground | Junction Oval |
History
editThe club was founded in 1855, beginning as an amateur club.[1]
It played its first season of premier cricket in 1906–07. It is the second-most successful club in the competition with 18 first-XI premierships and 52 premierships across all grades.
The club's colours, as adopted in the 1915/16 season, are red, black and yellow. The colours were previously red, black and white, but they were changed during World War I from those the enemy German Empire to those of ally Belgium,[2] and were never changed back.
Notable players
editThe club's famous players include:
References
edit- ^ Piesse, Ken (2005). St Kilda Cricket Club : the first 150 years. St Kilda: St Kilda Cricket Club. ISBN 0-646-44753-X.
- ^ "Sports and games". The Prahran Telegraph. Prahran, VIC. 18 September 1915. p. 2.
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