Prospect Cricket Club

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**Prospect Pirates**

Full name	Prospect Cricket Club
Nickname	The Pirates
Strip	Maroon and White
Founded	1928-29 (SACA)
Sport	Cricket
League	South Australian Grade Cricket League
First season	1928-29
Ground	Prospect Oval
Club song	The Pirates Song [1]
President/Chair	Graeme Hill
Coach	Simon Cain
Captain	Callum Ferguson
2006/07

Prospect Cricket Club (the "Pirates") are a Grade Cricket team located in Adelaide, South Australia.

Prospect competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). 'A' Grade players in this competition vie for selection in South Australia’s Pura Cup State team, which leads to possible selection in the Australian Cricket team.

The club currently fields 4 senior and 6 junior teams and uses Prospect Oval for its A and B grade Home matches.

1 History
2 Records
3 Notable Players
4 External links

[edit] History

The Prospect District Cricket Club draws on the history of two predecessors, the Prospect Cricket Club and the North Adelaide Cricket Club.

The Prospect Cricket Club was formed during the 1880's and joined the Adelaide and Suburban Cricketing Association as a foundation member at the start of the 1899/00 cricket season.[2]. In 1924 Prospect Cricket Club, based at Prospect Oval, was admitted to the SACA B Grade Competition.

The North Adelaide Cricket Club was originally formed in 1867 as North Adelaide Young Men's Society. It was a foundation member of the SACA competition and won four premierships between 1879 and 1896.[3] It was based at Adelaide Oval.

A decision of the SACA to revise the District boundaries for the 1928-29 season led to discussions between the two clubs, the SACA and the Prospect Council, which eventually resulted in the amalgamation of the two clubs. The new Club would continue in the SACA A Grade competition, with its home base at Prospect Oval. On 1st May 1928, the Prospect District Cricket Club was born.

The club won its first SACA premiership in the 1936-37 season under the captaincy of A. E. Cole.[4]

[edit] Records

Prospect has won eight 'A' Grade premierships in the Two-Day version of the game, the first being in 1960/61 and the most recent in 2000/2001.

The club also has won their One-Day Premiership in 1997/98.

[edit] Notable Players

The Club has hosted and nurtured some very notable local, interstate and international players in the past, including C.E.Pellew, C.W.Walker, T.W.Wall, G.S.Sobers, A.A.Mallett, T.J.Jenner, J.R.Hammond, R.M.Hogg, B.A.Richards, G.J.Cosier, Younis Ahmed, A.L.Logie, A.K.Zesers, G.S.Blewett and L.Vincent while over 40 players represented the South Australian State Team.