Geelong Cricket Club
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Geelong Cricket Club is an Australia
n cricket
club located in the Victorian
city of Geelong
. The club is part of the Victorian Premier Cricket
, the highest level of cricket in Victoria. Their home ground is Geelong Cricket Ground, Kardinia Park
, just to the north of Skilled Stadium the home of the Geelong Football Club
.
The club was part of a joint venture with North Melbourne Cricket Club from 1985 to 1988 that was seen as assisting their bid for promotion from the sub districts to Victorian Premier Cricket, finally successful in 1993–94. The club is yet to win a premiership; their best effort was runner-up to Ringwood Cricket Club
in 2007–08.
Players from the club who have represented the Victorian Bushrangers
include Clinton Peake
, Liam Buchanan and Aaron Finch
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club located in the Victorian
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
city of Geelong
Geelong, Victoria
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...
. The club is part of the Victorian Premier Cricket
Victorian Premier Cricket
Victorian Premier Cricket is the elite club cricket competition in the state of Victoria, administered by Cricket Victoria. Each club fields four teams of adult players and usually play on weekends and public holidays. Matches are played on turf wickets under limited-time rules, with most results...
, the highest level of cricket in Victoria. Their home ground is Geelong Cricket Ground, Kardinia Park
Kardinia Park
Kardinia Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in South Geelong, Victoria. The stadium is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club. It is nicknamed "The Cattery" by the club's supporters...
, just to the north of Skilled Stadium the home of the Geelong Football Club
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
.
The club was part of a joint venture with North Melbourne Cricket Club from 1985 to 1988 that was seen as assisting their bid for promotion from the sub districts to Victorian Premier Cricket, finally successful in 1993–94. The club is yet to win a premiership; their best effort was runner-up to Ringwood Cricket Club
Ringwood Cricket Club
The Ringwood Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Ringwood, in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It fields four sides in Victorian Premier Cricket as well as a fifth side in the Eastern Cricket Association and several junior sides in the Ringwood & District Cricket Association.-...
in 2007–08.
Players from the club who have represented the Victorian Bushrangers
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
include Clinton Peake
Clinton Peake
Clinton John Peake is a former Australian first-class cricketer.In his early career, Peake, a batsman, was selected as part of the Australian under-19s cricket team, which he captained in the 1994/95 season at 17 years of age...
, Liam Buchanan and Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch
Aaron James Finch is an Australian cricketer who plays for Victoria. A right-handed batsman, he played in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. Finch is a middle order batsman, but has been used up the order when playing for club side Geelong. Finch got his opportunity in the State...
.