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: