Valley District Cricket Club Explained

Valley District Cricket Club
League:Queensland Premier Cricket
Colours:Navy blue, sky blue & gold
Coach: Brad Murphy
Captain: Andrew Gode
Founded:1897
Ground:Ashgrove Sportsground Park
Capacity:5,000
Title1:Grade
Title1wins:11
Title2:1-Day
Title2wins:6
Title3:T20
Title3wins:3
Website:valleydcc.qld.cricket.com.au

Valley District Cricket Club is a cricket club playing in the Bulls Masters premiership, the leading club cricket competition in Queensland, Australia. The club was established on 16 August 1897 and is one of only four remaining foundation clubs (along with South Brisbane, Redlands and Toombul). They have historically been located in the inner Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley and now play home matches at the Ashgrove Sportsground Park.

Australian Test cricketers to play for the Valley club include Matthew Hayden, Allan Border, Don Tallon, Kepler Wessels, Usman Khawaja, Stuart Law and England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones OBE (in third grade).

Notable Queenslanders to play for Valley include Lee O'Connor, Roy Levy, Otto Nothling, Malcolm Francke, Joe Dawes, Geoff Foley, Lee Carseldine and Luke Feldman.

Current contracted Queensland Bulls players are Usman Khawaja, Lachlan Pfeffer, Mark Steketee and Jack Wildermuth, along with Queensland Fire players Mikayla Hinkley, Georgia Prestwidge and Jessica Jonassen

Valley is the largest club in Australia in player numbers and is believed to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest cricket club in the world; it currently (2019/20 season) has over 1,300 junior players, 200 senior players, including 180 female players.

Success

Valley is one of Brisbane's most successful cricket clubs in both senior and junior competitions. They have recently won the following:

First Grade Premiers94/95, 96/97, 13/14
First Grade One-Day Premiers95/96, 96/97, 00/01, 18/19
First Grade T20 Premiers12/13, 13/14, 19/20
Second Grade Premiers03/04
Third Grade Premiers01/02, 03/04, 05/06, 07/08
Fourth Grade Premiers98/99, 00/01, 01/02, 03/04, 04/ 05, 05/06, 06/07, 14/15, 15/16, 17/18
Fifth Grade Premiers03/04, 09/10, 14/15, 16/17, 17/18
Sixth Grade Premiers92/93, 12/13, 13/14, 14/15, 15/16, 17/18, 18/19
Lords Taverners Premiers99/00
Women's First Grade Premiers94/95, 95/96, 96/97, 21/22
Club Champions96/97, 00/01, 01/02, 02/03

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