St Kilda Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
St Kilda Cricket Club is a cricket
club in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as Victorian Premier Cricket
.
Its home ground is the St Kilda Cricket Ground, often called the Junction Oval.
It played its first season of premier cricket in 1906–07. Along with MCC
, it is the most successful club in the competition with 18 first-XI premierships.
The club’s famous players include: Bert Ironmonger
, Jack Hill, Don Blackie
, Shane Warne
and Michael Beer
.
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 in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as 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...
.
Its home ground is the St Kilda Cricket Ground, often called the Junction Oval.
History
The club was founded in 1855, beginning as an amateur club.It played its first season of premier cricket in 1906–07. Along with MCC
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....
, it is the most successful club in the competition with 18 first-XI premierships.
The club’s famous players include: Bert Ironmonger
Bert Ironmonger
Herbert Ironmonger was a Victorian and Australian cricketer....
, Jack Hill, Don Blackie
Don Blackie
Donald Dearness Blackie was an Australian Test cricketer who played only three Tests in the summer of 1928-29. At 46 years 253 days of age at the time of his Test debut, Blackie remains the oldest debutant in Australian Test cricket.-External links:*...
, Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
and Michael Beer
Michael Beer
Michael Anthony Beer is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He made his Test debut in the final match of the 2010–11 Ashes series.-Early life:...
.