Melbourne Cricket Club (Jamaica) Explained

Melbourne Cricket Club
Oneday Name:Kangaroos
Founded:1892
Ground:Melbourne Oval
Title1:Senior Cup
Title1wins:1908, 1909, 1912, 1919, 1929, 1935,
1952, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975*,
1978, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1991,
1992, 1996, 1998, 2000

Melbourne Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the city of Kingston, Jamaica. The club was established on 3 May 1892 to provide a club for men of "modest means". It was the third cricket club established in Kingston, after Kingston Cricket Club and Kensington Cricket Club.[1] In that time the club has produced 13 cricketers who represented the West Indies and another 27 players who have represented Jamaica.[2]

Melbourne has traditionally been one of the strongest clubs in Jamaica, winning the Kingston competition (Senior Cup) seven years in a row but was less successful in the early 2000s.

Cricketers from Melbourne CC who have represented the West Indies include:

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Notes and References

  1. News: Bertram . Arnold . Reflections on the 110th anniversary of the Senior Cup . https://web.archive.org/web/20080923012628/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070311/news/news4.html . dead . 23 September 2008 . 24 June 2011 . Jamaica Gleaner . 11 March 2007 .
  2. News: Soni. Paresh. Returning to their Jamaican roots. 24 June 2011. BBC Sport. 25 March 2007.