The Gold Coast District Cricket Club is a cricket club on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia who play in the Queensland Premier Cricket competition. The club was founded in 1990. It has won the Queensland Premier Cricket First Grade Premiership twice, in the 2002/03 and 2008/09 seasons, the competitions One-Day Premiership twice, in 1992/93 and 2009/10, and the Twenty20 Premiership twice in 2009/10 and 2020/21.[1] They are reigning Queensland Premier Cricket T20 Champions.[2]
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| Nickname(s) | Dolphins |
|---|---|
| League | Queensland Premier Cricket |
| Personnel | |
| Captain |  Matthew Kuhnemann |
| Coach | Chris Swan |
| Team information | |
| Colours | |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Home ground | Kerrydale Oval |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| History | |
| Grade wins | 2 |
| 1-Day wins | 2 |
| T20 wins | 2 |
| Official website | goldcoastdolphins.com.au |
History
editThe club was founded in 1990 to provide development for Gold Coast cricket talent and a pathway to First-class cricket. It entered Brisbane grade cricket as the Colts team had been disbanded shortly prior leaving a vacancy in the competition.[3]
In 2018 the Queensland State Government Female Friendly Facilities Fund provided $500,000 to upgrade changing rooms for players and officials at Bill Pippen Oval, Kerrydale.[4] In 2019 the club was shortlisted for the Australian Premier Cricket Club of the Year at the A Sport for All Awards due to its excellent development of players, creating positive experiences for the community, and pioneering women's and all-abilities cricket.[5]
First-class cricketers
editBelow is a partial list of Gold Coast Dolphins cricketers who have played at First-class level or higher.
- Peter Anderson[6]
- Xavier Bartlett[2]
- Max Bryant[7]
- Greg Campbell[6]
- Ross Chapman[6]
- Daniel Doran
- Sam Hain[8]
- Graeme Hick[6]
- Matthew Kuhnemann[2]
- Ben McDermott[9]
- Greg Moller
- Matthew Mott[6]
- Scott Muller[9]
- Michael Neser
- Bruce Oxenford[6]
- Andrew Robinson
- Billy Stanlake[6]
- John Stephenson[6]
- Nick Stevens
- Steve Storey[6]
- Chris Swan
- Andrew Symonds[9]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Queensland Premier Cricket Premierships Club Archived 22 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Premier Cricket, Retrieved 2021-01-01
- ^ a b c "Dolphins Make T20 Splash". Queensland Cricket. 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ History: The Gold Coast District Cricket Club Archived 15 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine Gold Coast District Cricket Club, Retrieved 2021-01-01
- ^ "Dolphins Welcome Funding". Queensland Cricket. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "A Sport For All QLD Winners Announced". Queensland Cricket. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club". Gold Coast District Cricket Club. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "HEAT LAUNCH SUMMER OF GOLD COAST SPORT". Brisbane Heat. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Sam Hain: The Australian-raised county star looking to play for England". Fox Sport Australia. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gold Coast District Cricket Club - Test Cricketers". Gold Coast District Cricket Club. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
External links
edit- Official website
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- Gold Coast District Cricket Club on Facebook
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