Mowbray Cricket Club

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Mowbray Cricket Club
NicknameThe Eagles
Founded1955
Home ground Invermay Park
Colours Maroon and Gold
ChairmanScott Plummer
Head coachJohn Hayes
CaptainSpencer Hayes
202425TBA

Mowbray Cricket Club (MCC), also known as Mowbray Eagles, is a cricket team which represents the northern suburbs of Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition, in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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There is evidence of a cricket club in the Mowbray district as early as 1922. [1] The current Mowbray cricket club was established in 1955 and has a history of nurturing outstanding Tasmanian talent including Australian representatives, Ricky Ponting and Greg Campbell, as well as Tasmanian Tigers representatives dating back to the 1950s.

In 1998-99, Mowbray CC became the first club in NTCA history to win Premierships from 1st to 4th grade in a single season.

Australian Representatives

Greg Campbell
Ricky Ponting

Tasmanian Representatives

Kevin Badcock
Ray Biffin
Roger Brown
Greg Campbell
Troy Cooley
Terry Cowley
Rex Davidson
Jarrod Freeman+
Bill Hird
Ricky Ponting+
Scott Plummer
Stan Reid
Michael Sellers
Richard Soule
Peter Warren
+ Also represented the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL

Other Notable Players To Represent Mowbray

John Abrahams
Harry Frei
Jack Simmons
Franklyn Stephenson

Premierships

FIRST GRADE [2] SECOND GRADE [3]
1955-561982-832010-11
1956-571991-922016-17
1961-621997-982017-18
1974-751998-99
1975-762002-03
1981-822004-05
1986-872005-06
1998-992006-07
2015-162008-09

References

  1. "CRICKET". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 23 October 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Club Honour Boards
  3. Club Honour Boards