Tasmanian Grade Cricket

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.

Clubs

outhern Clubs

*Clarence District Cricket Club (CDCC)
*Glenorchy Cricket Club (GCC)
*Kingborough Cricket Club (KCC)
*Lindisfarne Cricket Club (LCC)
*New Town Cricket Club (NTCC)
*North Hobart Cricket Club (NHCC)
*South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club (SHSBCC)
*University of Tasmania Cricket Club (UTCC)

Northern Clubs

*Georgetown Cricket Club (GTCC)
*Mowbray Cricket Club (MCC)
*Launceston Cricket Club (LCC)
*Riverside Cricket Club (RSCC)
*South Launceston Cricket Club (SLCC}
*Westbury Cricket Club (WCC)

North-Western Clubs

*Burnie/Yeoman Cricket Club (BYCC)
*Devonport Cricket Club (DCC)
*Latrobe Cricket Club (LCC)
*Sheffield Cricket Club (SCC)
*Ulverstone Cricket Club (UCC)
*Wynyard Cricket Club (WCC)

Representative Sides

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

Competitions

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.

*2006/07 Winners: Kingborough Cricket Club

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.
*2006 Winners: Glenorchy Cricket Club
*2007 Winners: South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club

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

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.
*2006 winners: University of Tasmania Cricket Club
*2007 winners: South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club
*2008 winners: South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club

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.

Current Grade Tables

outh

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;

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

ee also

*Grade cricket for like competitions in other states

External links

* [http://www.tascricket.com.au/ Tasmanian Cricket Association Official Site]