Tasmanian Grade Cricket

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Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian grade competitions all come under the administration of the Tasmanian Cricket Association.

Grade Cricket in Australia is the next level below First class cricket, and as such players seeking selection for Tasmania's representative side, the Tasmanian Tigers, must first prove themselves in the Tasmanian Grade Competition.

The club cricket competition in Tasmania is divided up into three main regional zones, South, North and North-west. Grade sides also compete for a number of competitions in first class cricket, one-day cricket and Twenty20 versions of cricket.

Contents

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Southern Clubs

[edit] Northern Clubs

[edit] North-Western Clubs

[edit] Representative Sides

  • Chairman's XI
  • TCA
  • NTCA
  • NWTCA
  • Jamie Cox Plate XI
  • Tasmanian Under 19's

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Grade Cricket

Grade cricket is one level below first class cricket competition and consists of games played over at least two days, but sometimes, three, often played over two weekends. In Tasmania there are three senior grades, known simply as "1st Grade", "2nd Grade", and "3rd Grade", and two junior grades, "Under-17" and "Under-15". There are also sometimes unofficial "4th grade" and "5th grade" games.

[edit] Kookaburra Cup

The Kookaburra Cup is Tasmania's grade cricket limited overs competition. Games are 50 overs per side, and are played in accordance with current ICC regulations for One Day International.

[edit] Jamie Cox Plate

The Jamie Cox Plate is an opportunity for young Tasmanian players of talent to showcase their abilities. It was first held in 2003 and has since become an annual competition held between select XI's of talented players representing the TCA, NTCA, NWTCA and Tasmanian under-19 teams. Previous Winners:

  • 2003-2004 - NTCA
  • 2004-2005 - TCA
  • 2005-2006 - TCA
  • 2006-2007 - TCA

[edit] Grade Twenty/20 Comp

The Twenty/20 comp is a new competition held between Tasmanian club sides according to the rule of the innovative Twenty20 version of cricket. It is designed to equip developing players to play that version of the game at inter-state, and possibly international level later in their careers, as well as giving an exciting new attraction to the grade season.

[edit] Greater Northern

In the current absence of an NTCA competition there is a combined table which incorporates the NTCA clubs and the NWTCA clubs and goes towards deciding an overall "Greater Northern" champion.

[edit] Current Grade Tables

[edit] South

WKT LST RUN FOR WKT TKN RUN AGNST PTS
1 South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club 75 1904 87 1194 44.00
  2 Kingborough Cricket Club 66 1502 85 1681 40.00
  3 North Hobart Cricket Club 59 1685 91 1735 34.00
  4 Glenorchy Cricket Club 71 1578 71 1620 30.00
  5 Clarence District Cricket Club 81 2065 65 1782 30.00
  6 University of Tasmania Cricket Club 86 1740 87 1481 28.00
  7 Lindisfarne Cricket Club 87 1397 63 1929 6.00
  8 New Town Cricket Club 95 1451 71 1900 0.00

WKT LST = wickets lost by team; RUN FOR = runs scored by team; WKT TKN = wickets taken by team; RUN AGNST = runs conceded by team; PTS = Points;

[edit] Greater Northern

WKT LST RUN FOR WKT TKN RUN AGNST PTS
1 Launceston Cricket Club 36 1374 52 715 57.00
  2 Riverside Cricket Club 38 860 50 657 43.00
  3 Mowbray Cricket Club 47 992 52 954 37.00
  4 Ulverstone Cricket Club 45 828 41 863 33.00
  5 Westbury Cricket Club 37 829 51 856 27.00
  6 Devonport Cricket Club 39 844 43 924 27.00
  7 Latrobe Cricket Club 33 705 44 951 25.00
  8 Wynyard Cricket Club 50 889 44 850 22.00
  9 Sheffield Cricket Club 51 797 44 942 16.00
  10 South Launceston Cricket Club 46 868 36 909 12.00
  11 Georgetown Cricket Club 45 757 32 791 8.00
  12 Burnie/Yeoman Cricket Club 55 819 33 1150 8.00

WKT LST = wickets lost by team; RUN FOR = runs scored by team; WKT TKN = wickets taken by team; RUN AGNST = runs conceded by team; PTS = Points;

[edit] North-West

WKT LST RUN FOR WKT TKN RUN AGNST PTS
1 Ulverstone Cricket Club 16 652 30 494 91.00
  2 Wynyard Cricket Club 17 580 40 571 91.00
  3 Devonport Cricket Club 32 475 22 582 53.00
  4 Latrobe Cricket Club 24 570 21 522 49.00
  5 Sheffield Cricket Club 31 425 26 580 46.00
  6 Burnie/Yeoman Cricket Club 39 546 20 499 27.00

WKT LST = wickets lost by team; RUN FOR = runs scored by team; WKT TKN = wickets taken by team; RUN AGNST = runs conceded by team; PTS = Points;

[edit] The Premier Club

The Premier Club is the list of clubs who have been TCA champions. Up to the start of the 2006-07 season the complete list of the Premier Club looks like this:

  • Break O'Day - 17
  • North Hobart - 17
  • Wellington - 16
  • Glenorchy - 14
  • New Town - 13 (inc record seven in a row)
  • Clarence - 11
  • Kingborough - 6
  • South Hobart - 5
  • University - 5
  • East Hobart - 4
  • North West - 3
  • Sandy Bay - 3
  • Kingston - 3
  • West Hobart - 1
  • East Suburbs - 1
  • Lindisfarne - 1

[edit] External links