New Town Cricket Club
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Team Colours: | Grey/Green |
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Home Ground: | New Town Oval |
Current Captain: | Matt Day |
Current Coach: | Nathan Wegman Nathan Wegman Nathan Wegman in Launceston, Tasmania is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays his club cricket for New Town Cricket Club.He is a tall fast bowler with a whipping action, who produces deceptive pace... |
2010/11 Position: | 8th |
TCA Titles: | 13 |
New Town Cricket Club (NTCC), also known as "The Bucks", is a Grade level cricket club representing New Town
New Town, Tasmania
New Town is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located about 4 km north of the central business district of Hobart. One of the city's oldest suburbs, it is now an inner city residential suburb. Many of its streets are lined with Federation style cottages...
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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NTCC play their home games at New Town Oval, in New Town, a suburb of 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...
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New Town have won 13 premierships, including a remarkable 7 in a row in the 1960s, making them 5th on the overall winners list. Many talented players have played for New Town including three by the names of Joe Darling
Joe Darling
Joseph "Joe" Darling CBE was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905. As captain, he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests, winning seven and losing four. In Test cricket, he scored 1657 runs at an average of 28.56 per innings, including...
, Len Maddocks
Len Maddocks
Leonard Victor Maddocks is a former Australian cricketer and cricket administrator who played in 7 Tests from 1954 to 1956...
and Roger Woolley
Roger Woolley
Roger Douglas Woolley is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1983 to 1984. He was a wicket-keeper, and was the third Tasmanian born Test cricketer...
who also represented Australia at test level.
Honours
TCA PremiershipsTasmanian Grade Cricket
Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...
: (13) 1925-26,1926–27,1927–28,1929–30,1930–31,1938–39,1961–62,1963–64,1964–65,1965–66,1966–67,1967–68,1968–69,1969-70.