Clarence District Cricket Club
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Founded: | 1956 |
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Team Colours: | Maroon/White |
Home Ground: | Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia... |
Current Captain: | Shannon Tubb Shannon Tubb Shannon Ben Tubb was an Australian cricket player, who played for Tasmania and South Australia. He was a right-handed batsman and slow left arm chinaman spin bowler who first represented the Tasmania in 1999.... |
Current Coach: | Scott Kremerskothen Scott Kremerskothen Scott Paul Kremerskothen in Launceston, Tasmania is an Australian cricketer, who has played for Tasmania. He plays his club cricket for Clarence District Cricket Club... |
2010/11 Position: | 2nd |
TCA First Grade Titles: | 11 |
Clarence District Cricket Club (CDCC) is a Grade level cricket club representing the city of Clarence 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...
's Grade Cricket Competition
Tasmanian Grade Cricket
Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...
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CDCC are based at, and play their home games at Bellerive Oval
Bellerive Oval
Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...
, Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
's Test Cricket
Test cricket
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ground, although it is often required for first class cricket, forcing the club to play many 'away' games. Clarence District Cricket Club have strong affiliations with the Clarence Roos football club, whom they share Bellerive Oval with.
CDCC celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2006. CDCC were at their most dominant in the 1980s, when the team won 8 of their 11 titles including two "4-in-a-row's".
Clarence have been TCA Premiers 11 times despite only joining the competition in 1956 and not winning their first title for 26 years, making them currently sixth on the overall winners list.
Currently the club field teams in the first, second and third grades of the TCA competition, as well as a team in the Southern Tasmanian Cricket League. There are also a large number of junior teams.
Honours
TCA PremiershipsTasmanian Grade Cricket
Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...
: (11) 1981-82,1982–83,1983–84,1984–85,1987–88,1988–89,1989–90,1990–91,1994–95,2002–2003,2003–2004