League Victorian Premier Cricket Establishment 1855 | Capacity 8,000 | |
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Location Queens Road & Fitzroy Street
St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria Profiles | ||
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.
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, 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, Michael Beer, Rob Quiney and Peter Handscomb.
References
St Kilda Cricket Club Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA