Hawthorn-Monash University Cricket Club
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The Hawthorn-Monash University Cricket Club is an Australia
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Cricket
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 club based at Monash University, Clayton campus
Monash University, Clayton campus
Monash University, Clayton Campus is the main campus of Monash University located in Clayton, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria....

, situated in Clayton, Victoria
Clayton, Victoria
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. They play in 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 competition in the state.

History

Inaugural club, originally known as East Melbourne, amalgamated with Hawthorn (Sub-District) in 1912 and moved to Glenferrie Oval, while in 1989 it moved to Central Reserve Waverley upon the amalgamation of Waverley and Dandenong at Dandenong. Then it amalgamated with Monash University (Sub-District) in 2003 and moved to the Monash University Sports Complex in Clayton in 2004.

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