South Australian Grade Cricket League

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South Australian Grade Cricket (previously known as South Australian District Cricket) is the semi-professional State league based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. It is currently the highest level of cricket played in South Australia outside first-class cricket. The league is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA), which is the organisation responsible for promoting and developing the game of cricket in South Australia.

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Competitions

There are 13 clubs in the SACA Grade cricket competition.

All clubs field four senior teams and 12 of the clubs have four junior teams competing in regular weekend competitions. Clubs also have teams involved in various competitions including:

Grade Clubs

Premierships

The A-Grade competition has been contested since the 1873–1874 season, and the "District", or electorate, club system since 1897–1898. The following list shows the premiership side for each season. [1]

A-Grade Premierships
SeasonClub
1873–1874Norwood
1874–1875Kensington
1875–1876Norwood
1876–1877Norwood
1877–1878Norwood
1878–1879Norwood
1879–1880North Adelaide
1880–1881Hindmarsh
1881–1882Norwood
1882–1883Norwood
1883–1884Hindmarsh
1884–1885Norwood
1885–1886Norwood
1886–1887Norwood
1887–1888Norwood
1888–1889Norwood
1889–1890Norwood
1890–1891Norwood
1891–1892Norwood
1892–1893South Adelaide
1893–1894South Adelaide
1894–1895North Adelaide
1895–1896North Adelaide
1896–1897Norwood
1897–1898East Torrens
1898–1899East Adelaide
1899–1900East Adelaide
1900–1901East Adelaide
1901–1902North Adelaide
1902–1903Sturt
1903–1904North Adelaide
1904–1905Sturt
1905–1906Adelaide
1906–1907Sturt
1907–1908North Adelaide
1908–1909East Torrens
1909–1910East Torrens
1910–1911North Adelaide
1911–1912East Torrens
1912–1913East Torrens
1913–1914East Torrens
1914–1915Adelaide
1915–1916No Matches due to WWI
1916–1917No Matches due to WWI
1917–1918No Matches due to WWI
1918–1919No Matches due to WWI
1919–1920East Torrens
1920–1921East Torrens
1921–1922East Torrens
1922–1923East Torrens
1923–1924East Torrens
1924–1925Sturt
1925–1926University
1926–1927Kensington
1927–1928Port Adelaide
1928–1929Port Adelaide
1929–1930Port Adelaide
1930–1931Glenelg
1931–1932Sturt
1932–1933West Torrens
1933–1934East Torrens
1934–1935East Torrens
1935–1936West Torrens
1936–1937West Torrens
1937–1938Adelaide
1938–1939West Torrens
1939–1940West Torrens
1940–1941West Torrens
1941–1942West Torrens
1942–1943Competition Not Held
1943–1944Prospect
1944–1945Prospect
1945–1946Kensington
1946–1947Sturt
1947–1948Glenelg
1948–1949Sturt
1949–1950Sturt
1950–1951Sturt
1951–1952Glenelg
1952–1953Kensington
1953–1954Glenelg
1954–1955West Torrens
1955–1956Sturt
1956–1957West Torrens
1957–1958West Torrens
1958–1959Adelaide
1959–1960Kensington
1960–1961Prospect
1961–1962West Torrens
1962–1963Prospect
1963–1964Prospect
1964–1965Kensington
1965–1966Woodville
1966–1967Prospect
1967–1968Port Adelaide
1968–1969Prospect
1969–1970Prospect
1970–1971Prospect
1971–1972Kensington
1972–1973Kensington
1973–1974Glenelg
1974–1975Adelaide
1975–1976East Torrens
1976–1977Salisbury
1977–1978Woodville
1978–1979Sturt
1979–1980Kensington
1980–1981Salisbury
1981–1982Salisbury
1982–1983Kensington
1983–1984Salisbury
1984–1985East Torrens
1985–1986Kensington
1986–1987Salisbury
1987–1988Salisbury
1988–1989Salisbury
1989–1990Sturt
1990–1991East Torrens
1991–1992Salisbury
1992–1993University
1993–1994Salisbury
1994–1995University
1995–1996Tea Tree Gully
1996–1997Kensington
1997–1998University
1998–1999Adelaide
1999–2000Kensington
2000–2001Prospect
2001–2002Kensington
2002–2003Kensington
2003–2004Adelaide
2004–2005Northern Districts
2005–2006Sturt
2006–2007West Torrens
2007–2008Woodville
2008–2009Woodville
2009-2010Sturt
2010-2011Kensington
2011-2012Woodville
2012-2013Glenelg
2013-2014Port Adelaide
2014-2015Tea Tree Gully
2015-2016Southern District
2016-2017West Torrens
2017-2018Tea Tree Gully
2018-2019Kensington
2019-2020Kensington
2020-2021University

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References

  1. Harte, p. 441.

Sources

SA Grade Cricket Premiers (up to date) http://premiercricket.sa.cricket.com.au/1st-Grade-Premierships.aspx?rw=c