St Kilda Cricket Club

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St Kilda Cricket Club
Personnel
CaptainEd Newman
CoachGlenn Lalor
Team information
Founded1855
Home ground Junction Oval
History
1st XI wins18
Junction Oval, the club's home ground Junction Oval New Stand 001.JPG
Junction Oval, the club's home ground

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.

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History

The 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. [2]

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, [3] and were never changed back.

The Saints won their most recent First XI premiership back in the 2005/06 season, defeating Fitzroy Doncaster by seven wickets. [4]

Notable players

The club's famous players include:

References

  1. ↑ Piesse, Ken (2005). St Kilda Cricket Club : the first 150 years. St Kilda: St Kilda Cricket Club. ISBN   0-646-44753-X.
  2. ↑ "St Kilda Cricket Club - City of Port Phillip". www.portphillip.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sports and games". The Prahran Telegraph. Prahran, VIC. 18 September 1915. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Play Cricket". play.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
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