Adelaide Cricket Club
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Adelaide Cricket Club or is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide
, South Australia
. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League
, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association
(SACA). The Adelaide Cricket Club was formed on 12 September 1905.
Many great names of Australian and South Australian cricket have played for the Adelaide Cricket Club: Badcock, Causby, Cunningham, Gillespie
, Grimmett
, Giffen
, Hogg
, Hammond, Nobes, Sincock and Woodcock
have played. International Test Cricketers who have played for Adelaide include Chauhan, Greenidge
, Mendis and White. All in all the Adelaide Cricket Club has provided the State with 64 representatives, more than any other grade Club.http://www.adelaidecricketclub.org.au/clubhistory.htm
The club plays its Senior Home Games at Glandore Oval, Glandore, South Australia
. Other grounds used by the club include the Bone Timber Reserve, Cabra Dominican College Oval and the Marion Primary School Oval.
Today the club fields four senior men's teams and six junior boy's teams in the South Australian Cricket Association competition.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Grade 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...
, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association
South Australian Cricket Association
The South Australian Cricket Association is the peak body for the sport of cricket in South Australia. The association runs Adelaide Oval and the Southern Redbacks based in Adelaide, South Australia. SACA is the controlling body for the South Australian Grade Cricket League...
(SACA). The Adelaide Cricket Club was formed on 12 September 1905.
Many great names of Australian and South Australian cricket have played for the Adelaide Cricket Club: Badcock, Causby, Cunningham, Gillespie
Jason Gillespie
Jason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also a competent...
, Grimmett
Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin,...
, Giffen
George Giffen
George Giffen was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin, Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and...
, Hogg
Rodney Hogg
Rodney Malcolm Hogg is a former Victorian, South Australian and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Tests and 71 ODIs between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets at an average of 28.47.-Career:...
, Hammond, Nobes, Sincock and Woodcock
Ashley Woodcock
Ashley James Woodcock is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test and one ODI in 1974.-See also:*One Test Wonder...
have played. International Test Cricketers who have played for Adelaide include Chauhan, Greenidge
Gordon Greenidge
Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team.Greenidge was an opening batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1974 and continued playing internationally until 1991. He was half of the West...
, Mendis and White. All in all the Adelaide Cricket Club has provided the State with 64 representatives, more than any other grade Club.http://www.adelaidecricketclub.org.au/clubhistory.htm
The club plays its Senior Home Games at Glandore Oval, Glandore, South Australia
Glandore, South Australia
Glandore is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, partly in the City of Marion and partly in the City of West Torrens. The name is believed to come from Glandore in County Cork, Ireland, from whence came the family of John O'Dea, one of the original property owners of the area.Glandore lies...
. Other grounds used by the club include the Bone Timber Reserve, Cabra Dominican College Oval and the Marion Primary School Oval.
Today the club fields four senior men's teams and six junior boy's teams in the South Australian Cricket Association competition.