Western Province cricket team is the team representing Western Cape

Western Cape

The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...

 province in domestic first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been Newlands

Newlands Cricket Ground

Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It's the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the SuperSport Series, MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Pro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches. Newlands is regarded as one of the most beautiful cricket...

 in Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

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Honours

• Currie Cup (18) - 1892–93, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1908–09, 1920–21, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2003–04; shared (3) - 1921–22, 1969–70, 1989–90
• Standard Bank Cup (5) - 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2002–03
• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (1) - 2010–11
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -
• Gillette Cup/Nissan Shield
  Nissan Shield (Cricket)
  The Nissan Shield was a one day cricket tournament in South Africa. This was a knockout competition based on the English Gillette Cup.The first one was played in the 1969-70 season and was won by a Eddie Barlow XI representing Western Province...
  
   (5) - 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89

Club history

Under the reorganisation of professional South African cricket in the 1990s and more recently, Western Province joined with Boland to form the side that now plays in the SuperSport Series

SuperSport Series

The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title...

 under the name Cape Cobras

Cape Cobras

The Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras often shortened to Cape Cobras or Cobras is the name used since the 2005–06 season by the combined Western Province and Boland first class cricket teams in South African domestic cricket. The joint Western Province and Boland team was named Western Province Boland for...

 and divides its time between Newlands and the Boland Park

Boland Park

Boland Bank Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Boland cricket team and the Cape Cobras both stage home matches at the ground. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000...

 ground in Paarl

Paarl

Paarl is a town with 191,013 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its the third oldest European settlement in the Republic of South Africa and the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington...

. Western Province still competes under its provincial name in the UCB Provincial series.

As Western Province, the team won the SuperSport Series (under its previous names, as the Currie Cup and the Castle Cup) 18 times.

Venues

Venues have included:

• Newlands, Cape Town (main venue 1890–present)
• RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town (occasional venue Nov 1976 - Oct 1991)
• Boon Wallace Oval, Cape Town (occasional venue Dec 1985 - Jan 1992)
• PP Smit Stadium, Bellville, Cape Town (occasional venue Dec 1997 - Oct 2002)