style="font-size: larger;" | Launceston Cricket Club

Founded:	1841
Team Colours:	Green Green Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...  & Red Red Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
Home Ground:	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground
Current Captain:	J.G.J. Selby
Current Coach:	Anthony Rist
2005/06 Position:	1st - Premiers
NTCA Titles:

Launceston Cricket Club (LCC) is a 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...

 team which represents the city of Launceston

Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...

 in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association

Tasmanian Grade Cricket

Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...

 grade cricket competition. The club was founded in 1841, making it the second oldest cricket club in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, and the second oldest cricket club in Australia

Australia

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LCC beat Derwent Cricket Club

Derwent Cricket Club

The Derwent Cricket Club was established in 1835 and is the oldest cricket club in Tasmania....

 by 12 runs in the first ever "north v south" match in 1850, and on 11 February and 12 February 1851, they played against Melbourne Cricket Club

Melbourne Cricket Club

The Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia....

 in Launceston

Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...

, in what is now recorded as the first ever first class cricket match in Australia. By 1874 the LCC had organised the first ever "All-England XI" vs "Tasmania

Tasmanian Tigers

The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...

" game in Launceston on 24 February.

In 1878 LCC player, George Bailey

George Bailey (cricketer)

George John Bailey is an Australian cricketer, and the captain of the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian first class cricket...

 was selected to join the Australian cricket team

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

 on their tour to England, and became the first Tasmanian to play for Australia.

The club took possession of the NTCA Ground, then known as the "Launceston Cricket Ground" in 1886 upon the formation of the NTCA. At the time, the club colours were listed as Green and Yellow. The following year LCC won the inaugural NTCA premiership.

From 1907 until 1914 the club was in recess due to political bickering and reorganisation of the NTCA and northern district cricket competitions. The club was reformed in 1914 with changed colours of Oxford Blue only to have the league suspended for the outbreak of World War I

World War I

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. However the club properly returned to the NTCA in 1918 by winning the premiership again.

The club won three premierships in a row by 1922, but again went into recess due to another period of district cricket from 1935-36 to 1940-41.

Launceston Cricket Club and East Launceston Cricket Club merged in 1941 before rejoining the NTCA competition. It was also at this time that the club adopted their current club colours of red and green.

In 1968 club legend Ron ‘Rocky’ Dean retired from Tasmanian Grade Cricket

Tasmanian Grade Cricket

Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...

 with a remarkable career haul of 901 wickets.

In 1975 LCC won their first Kookaburra Cup, and in 1978, LCC player, Bruce Doolan

Bruce Doolan

Bruce Richard Doolan was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Cricket Team. His career was from 1972 until 1978.Doolan was a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper...

 faces Tasmania's

Tasmanian Tigers

The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...

 first ball in their debut Sheffield Shield match. 1979 saw the club win three Kookaburra cup's in a row.

The 1981-82 season saw LCC amass a competition record of 7/527 in the NTCA final, a record which still stands today. From the 1982-83 season until 1985-86 the club won every NTCA premiership, a remarkable 4 in a row.

In the 1983-84 season David Boon

David Boon

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 became the first Launceston Cricket Club player to be selected to play for Australia

Australian cricket team

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, and in 1991 he was honoured to unveil a plaque at the NTCA ground commemorating the club's 150th anniversary.

From 1988-89 until 1993-94 LCC won an incredible 6 Consecutive NTCA Premierships, which is both an NTCA and State Record, including a record innings and 150 runs victory over rivals South Launceston Cricket Club

South Launceston Cricket Club

South Launceston Cricket Club , is a cricket team which represents Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition, in the Australian state of Tasmania.A cult icon at the club is Thomas Gilmour....

 in the 1994 final.

The 1998 NTCA final between LCC and Mowbray Cricket Club

Mowbray Cricket Club

Mowbray Cricket Club , also known as Mowbray Eagles is a cricket team which represents the Launceston suburb of Mowbray in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition, in the Australian state of Tasmania....

 proved to be one of the most remarkable games of cricket in Tasmanian history. Mowbray amassed an incredible record of 7/542, in doing so breaking Launceston's record from 1982. Even more incredibly, the following week in reply LCC made 6/545 to win the game by 4 wickets, and club legend Richard ‘Joey’ Bennett retired with a club record 8640 runs to his name.

The following Grand Final between LCC and Riverside Cricket Club proved to match the previous years when on the last day, Riverside were cruising to a comfortable victory until the last hour of the match when LCC took six wickets, including two in the second last over from 16 year old Xavier Doherty

Xavier Doherty

Xavier John Doherty is an Australian cricketer who plays Australian domestic cricket with the Tasmanian Tigers and for the Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm orthodox bowler...

 to win the game

In 1999, Australian cricket legend David Boon

David Boon

David Clarence Boon MBE , nicknamed Boony, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995...

 played his last ever match for Launceston CC, and the following year 4 LCC players were named in the NTCA "team of the century".

Honours

NTCA Premierships

Tasmanian Grade Cricket

Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...

: 1887-88, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1918-19, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-02