Transvaal cricket team

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Transvaal cricket team aka Gauteng cricket team is the first-class cricket team of the province of Transvaal (now Gauteng) in South Africa.

For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Gauteng has merged with North West (formerly Western Transvaal to form the Highveld Lions or, more simply, "the Lions".

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[edit] Honours

  • Currie Cup (25) - 1889-90, 1894-95, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1906-07, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1929-30, 1934-35, 1950-51, 1958-59, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1999-00; shared (4) - 1921-22, 1937-38, 1965-66, 1969-70
  • Standard Bank Cup (6) - 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2003-04
  • UCB Provincial Cup () -
  • UCB Provincial Shield () -
  • Gillette/Nissan Cup (9) - 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1990-91

[edit] Club history

Under the main competition's various names – the Currie Cup, then the Castle Cup, now the SuperSport Series – Transvaal/Gauteng cricket team has been the most successful of the South African domestic sides, winning 25 times.

Gauteng was called Transvaal from April 1890 to April 1997; it has formed part of the Lions from Oct 2004.

[edit] Venues

Venues have included:

  • Old Wanderers, Johannesburg (1891 - 1946)
  • Berea Park, Pretoria (occasional venue Dec 1906 - Jan 1932; Northerns venue from 1937)
  • Willowmoore Park, Benoni (occasional venue Dec 1923 - Dec 1931; Northerns venue from 1948)
  • Ellis Park, Johannesburg (1946 - 1956)
  • New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (1956 - present)
  • Vereeniging Brick and Tile Recreation Ground (one game in 1966)
  • New Wanderers No 1 Oval, Johannesburg (occasional venue Nov 1968 - Dec 1991)
  • Strathvaal Cricket Club A Ground, Stilfontein (occasional venue Dec 1963 - March 1976)
  • South African Defence Force Ground, Potchefstroom (one game in Dec 1972)
  • Lenasia Stadium, Johannesburg (occasional venue Jan 1977 - Nov 2002)
  • George Lea Sports Club, Johannesburg (two games in 1983)
  • Dick Fourie Stadium, Vereeniging (two matches 1989 - 1991)
  • NF Oppenheimer Ground, Randjesfontein (three matches 1995 - 2004)

[edit] References

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South African first-class cricket clubs
Franchise teams: Cape Cobras | Dolphins | Eagles | Lions | Titans | Warriors

Provincial association teams: Boland | Border | Easterns | Eastern Province | Free State | Griqualand West | Gauteng | Kei | KwaZulu-Natal | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North West | Northerns | South Western Districts | Western Province

Namibia and Rhodesia have also competed in South African domestic competitions as first-class teams
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