South Australian Grade Cricket League
- South Australian Grade Cricket League
The South Australian Grade Cricket League (previously known as the South Australian District Cricket League) is the semi-professional State league based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. The league is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA), the organisation responsible for promoting and developing the game of cricket in South Australia.
Competitions
There are 13 clubs in the SACA Grade cricket competition.
All clubs field four senior teams and 12 of the clubs have four junior teams competing in regular weekend competitions. Clubs also have teams involved in various competitions including:
* XXXX Gold Grade Cricket; Premium State cricket competition;
* XXXX Gold Cup; one-day competition;
* XXXX Gold Twenty20 Cup, Twenty20 competition.
* BankSA shield; Under 17 one-day competition. Played on weekdays during the Summer school holidays.
* Under 16's, Red's(1st XI) and Whites (2nd XI) competition. Premium Underage competition;
* Under 14's, Red's(1st XI) and Whites (2nd XI) competition. Premium Youth Development competition;
* Ray Sutton Shield; year 6 and 7 students one-day competition, Premium Primary school competition.
Grade Clubs
*Adelaide Cricket Club (Adelaide Buffalos)
*East Torrens Cricket Club (Eastern Reds)
*Glenelg Cricket Club (The Seahorses)
*Kensington Cricket Club (The Browns)
*Port Adelaide Cricket Club (Port Adelaide Magpies)
*Prospect Cricket Club (The Pirates)
*Northern Districts Cricket Club (The Jets)
*Southern Districts Cricket Club (The Stingrays)
*Sturt Cricket Club (The Blues) - formerly Unley CC
*Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club (The Bulls)
*Adelaide University Cricket Club (The Blacks)
*West Torrens Cricket Club (Western Eagles) - formerly Hindmarsh CC
*Woodville Cricket Club (The Peckers)
Premierships
The A-Grade competition has been contested since the 1873-1874 season, and the "District", or electorate, club system since 1897-1898. The following list shows the premiership side for each season. [cite book |last=Harte |first=Chris |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The History of the South Australian Cricket Association |year=1990 |publisher=Sports Marketing (Australia) |location=Australia |id=ISBN 0-958-7980-3-6 | pages=p. 441 ]
ee also
*Grade cricket for like competitions in other states
External links
* [http://www.cricketsa.com.au/SubHome.aspx?p=83 SACA official site]
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
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