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St Kilda Cricket Club is a cricket club playing in Victorian Premier Cricket, the elite club cricket competition in Melbourne, Australia.The club's home ground is the St Kilda Cricket Ground, more commonly known as Junction Oval.

St Kilda Cricket Club
Personnel
CaptainAdam J Crosthwaite
Team information
Founded1855
Home groundJunction Oval
Junction Oval, the club's home ground

History

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The club was founded in 1855, beginning as an amateur club.[1]

It played its first season of premier cricket in 1906–07. It is the second-most successful club in the competition with 18 first-XI premierships and 52 premierships across all grades.

The club's colours, as adopted in the 1915/16 season, are red, black and yellow. The colours were previously red, black and white, but they were changed during World War I from those the enemy German Empire to those of ally Belgium,[2] and were never changed back.

Notable players

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The club's famous players include:

References

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  1. ^ Piesse, Ken (2005). St Kilda Cricket Club : the first 150 years. St Kilda: St Kilda Cricket Club. ISBN 0-646-44753-X.
  2. ^ "Sports and games". The Prahran Telegraph. Prahran, VIC. 18 September 1915. p. 2.
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