Glenelg Cricket Club
Glenelg Cricket Club (the "Seahorses") are a Grade Cricket team located in Adelaide, South Australia. Their official website is http://www.gdcc.net.au
Glenelg competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, a competition administered by the South Australian Cricket Association. A-grade players in this competition vie for selection in South Australia's Sheffield Shield team, which leads to possible selection in the Australian Cricket team.
The club currently fields 4 senior and 6 junior teams, using Gliderol Stadium, Camden Oval, Immanuel College and Bowker Street Oval as their home grounds across the grades.
The club is situated in the trendy beachside suburb of Glenelg, with its headquarters being less than a kilometre from Glenelg Beach and the well-known Jetty Road precinct.
[edit] Records
Glenelg has won A-grade premierships in the two-day competition in: 1930/31, 1947/48, 1951/52, 1953/54, 1973/74
The club has won A-grade one-day premierships in: 1989/90, 1996/97, 2004/05, 2008/09
[edit] Notable players
The Club has hosted and nurtured some very notable local, interstate and international players in the past, including two Australian Test Cricket captains, brothers Ian and Greg Chappell.
Other notable players include:
- Andrew Hilditch
- Graeme Hole
- Ashley Mallett
- Geffrey Noblet
- David Sincock
- Gavin Stevens
- Mervyn Waite
- Monty Panesar (England)
- John Davison (Canada)
- Joel Garner (West Indies)
Glenelg currently has one member of the Southern Redbacks squad; club captain and spin bowler Cullen Bailey. Glenelg also have three members of the 2010/11 South Australian Under 19 side; spin bowler and vice captain Craig Dand, wicketkeeper Trent Carter and fast bowler Jeremy Allison. Dand has also played a handful of games for the South Australia Under 23s in the Futures League, whilst Allison is a current member of the Australian Under 19 squad.
Between 1987 and 2004 many players came from interstate to play for Glenelg because of its close proximity to the former Australian Cricket Academy in Henley Beach.
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