Prospect Cricket Club
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Prospect Cricket Club are a Grade Cricket team located in Adelaide
, South Australia
.
Prospect competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League
, administered by the South Australian Cricket Association
(SACA). 'A' Grade players in this competition vie for selection in South Australia’s State team, which leads to possible selection in the Australian Cricket team.
The club currently fields 4 senior and 6 junior teams and uses Prospect Oval
for its A and B grade Home matches.
The Prospect Cricket Club was formed during the 1880s and joined the Adelaide and Suburban Cricketing Association as a foundation member at the start of the 1899/00 cricket season.http://www.prospectcricketclub.org.au/history_pcc.htm. In 1924 Prospect Cricket Club, based at Prospect Oval, was admitted to the SACA B Grade Competition.
The North Adelaide Cricket Club was originally formed in 1867 as North Adelaide Young Men's Society. It was a foundation member of the SACA competition and won four premierships between 1879 and 1896.http://www.prospectcricketclub.org.au/history_nacc.htm It was based at Adelaide Oval.
A decision of the SACA to revise the District boundaries for the 1928-29 season led to discussions between the two clubs, the SACA and the Prospect Council, which eventually resulted in the amalgamation of the two clubs. The new Club would continue in the SACA A Grade competition, with its
home base at Prospect Oval. On 1 May 1928, the Prospect District Cricket Club was born.
The club won its first SACA premiership in the 1936-37 season under the captaincy of A. E. Cole.http://www.prospectcricketclub.org.au/history.htm
The club also has won their One-Day Premiership in 1997/98.
, Charlie Walker
, Tim Wall
, Gary Sobers, Ashley Mallett
, Terry Jenner
, Jeff Hammond
, Rodney Hogg
, Barry Richards, Gary Cosier
, Younis Ahmed
, Gus Logie
, Andrew Zesers
, Greg Blewett
, Callum Ferguson
, Shane Fowles and Lou Vincent
while over 40 players represented the South Australian State Team.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
.
Prospect competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Grade Cricket is the semi-professional State league based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. It is currently the highest level of cricket played in South Australia outside first class cricket...
, administered by the South Australian Cricket Association
South Australian Cricket Association
The South Australian Cricket Association is the peak body for the sport of cricket in South Australia. The association runs Adelaide Oval and the Southern Redbacks based in Adelaide, South Australia. SACA is the controlling body for the South Australian Grade Cricket League...
(SACA). 'A' Grade players in this competition vie for selection in South Australia’s State team, which leads to possible selection in the Australian Cricket team.
The club currently fields 4 senior and 6 junior teams and uses Prospect Oval
Prospect Oval
Prospect Oval is a sports stadium located at Menzies Crescent, Prospect, South Australia. The oval has a capacity of 20,000 people with seated grandstands holding approximately 2,000...
for its A and B grade Home matches.
History
The Prospect District Cricket Club draws on the history of two predecessors, the Prospect Cricket Club and the North Adelaide Cricket Club.The Prospect Cricket Club was formed during the 1880s and joined the Adelaide and Suburban Cricketing Association as a foundation member at the start of the 1899/00 cricket season.http://www.prospectcricketclub.org.au/history_pcc.htm. In 1924 Prospect Cricket Club, based at Prospect Oval, was admitted to the SACA B Grade Competition.
The North Adelaide Cricket Club was originally formed in 1867 as North Adelaide Young Men's Society. It was a foundation member of the SACA competition and won four premierships between 1879 and 1896.http://www.prospectcricketclub.org.au/history_nacc.htm It was based at Adelaide Oval.
A decision of the SACA to revise the District boundaries for the 1928-29 season led to discussions between the two clubs, the SACA and the Prospect Council, which eventually resulted in the amalgamation of the two clubs. The new Club would continue in the SACA A Grade competition, with its
home base at Prospect Oval. On 1 May 1928, the Prospect District Cricket Club was born.
The club won its first SACA premiership in the 1936-37 season under the captaincy of A. E. Cole.http://www.prospectcricketclub.org.au/history.htm
Records
Prospect has won eight 'A' Grade premierships in the Two-Day version of the game, the first being in 1960/61 and the most recent in 2000/2001.The club also has won their One-Day Premiership in 1997/98.
Notable players
The Club has hosted and nurtured some very notable local, interstate and international players in the past, including Nip PellewNip Pellew
Clarence Everard 'Nip' Pellew was an Australian cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1920 to 1921.-References:*...
, Charlie Walker
Charlie Walker (cricketer)
Charles William "Charlie" Walker was a cricketer who played for South Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman, Walker was born in Brompton, an inner-suburb of Adelaide....
, Tim Wall
Tim Wall
Thomas Welbourn 'Tim' Wall was an Australian Test cricketer who played eighteen Tests between 1929 and 1934. Wall died in 1981 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Wall's 10-36 in February 1933 remains the best first-class figures recorded in Australia...
, Gary Sobers, Ashley Mallett
Ashley Mallett
Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...
, Terry Jenner
Terry Jenner
Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...
, Jeff Hammond
Jeff Hammond (cricketer)
Jeffrey Robert Hammond is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests and one ODI from 1972 to 1973.Hammond made his debut for South Australia in 1969 and played until 1980, making tours of England and the West Indies...
, Rodney Hogg
Rodney Hogg
Rodney Malcolm Hogg is a former Victorian, South Australian and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Tests and 71 ODIs between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets at an average of 28.47.-Career:...
, Barry Richards, Gary Cosier
Gary Cosier
Gary John Cosier is a former Australian test cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 9 ODIs from 1975 to 1979. Cosier's star shone very briefly following a sensational test debut, when he became only the ninth Australian to post a century in his first Test.-Cricket career:The stocky, redheaded Cosier...
, Younis Ahmed
Younis Ahmed
Mohammad Younis Ahmed is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1969 to 1987...
, Gus Logie
Gus Logie
Augustine Lawrence Logie is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach....
, Andrew Zesers
Andrew Zesers
Andris Karlis Zesers is a former Australian cricketer. He played as a right-arm specialist fast bowler.The son of a Latvian-born construction worker, Zesers ascended quickly to first-class ranks...
, Greg Blewett
Greg Blewett
Gregory Scott Blewett is a former Australian right handed batsman and a right arm medium fast bowler in cricket who represented the Australian national cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches from 1995 to 2000....
, Callum Ferguson
Callum Ferguson
Callum James Ferguson is an Australian cricketer who currently plays Australian Domestic cricket for South Australia.He represented Australia at Under 19 level and debuted for the Australia one-day side in 2009...
, Shane Fowles and Lou Vincent
Lou Vincent
Lou Vincent is a professional New Zealand cricketer. He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Auckland in New Zealand domestic cricket and Worcestershire and Lancashire in English domestic cricket.-Early and...
while over 40 players represented the South Australian State Team.