Country Cricket New South Wales
SportCricket
JurisdictionRegional New South Wales
MembershipCricket NSW
AbbreviationCCNSW
Founded1859; 165 years ago (1859)
AffiliationCricket Australia
HeadquartersSydney Cricket Ground
Official website
www.ccnsw.nsw.cricket.com.au
New South Wales
Australia

Country Cricket New South Wales is responsible for the development of cricket in regional New South Wales. It is under control of the governing body Cricket NSW.

Overview

Country Cricket New South Wales is an administrative organisation responsible for the promotion, development and organisation of cricket in regional New South Wales (i.e. all areas outside of the Sydney metropolitan area). It is divided into multiple zones. These are:

History

In country New South Wales, one of the earliest clubs was the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club, being officially formed in 1863[1] but having played games as a less formally structured club against teams from local towns through the 1850s.[2][3][4][5][6]

Cricket was first played in the region now known as the Central Coast in 1858. With the Ourimbah (Blue Gum Flat) cricket club prevalent, and clubs at Gosford, Kincumber and Wyong joining in, social matches were played throughout the remainder of the 19th Century. Competitions were conducted and concluded in 1899-1900 and 1906-07. In 1911-12, the Narara Cricket Club entered the Newcastle District Cricket Association Senior Grade competition. Strengthened by a few players from other local clubs, the side won the competition, Arthur Brown from Jilliby scoring 243 not out in the final against Wickham. The Wyong District Cricket Association began regular and sustained competitions in 1912-13, and was joined by the Gosford DCA in 1920-21. The two ran in parallel for most of the next fifty years. The amalgamated GWDCA became the Central Coast Cricket Association early in the new millennium. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Representative Competitions

Country Cricket NSW hosts many representative tournaments for regional NSW. These include:

Grade Cricket Zones, Competitions & Clubs

Cricket ACT

Grade Clubs include:

Source: Cricket ACT Clubs

Barrier D.C.L.

Grade Clubs include:

Source: Barrier DCL Clubs

Central Coast Cricket Association

Website: Central Coast CA

Club First Grade Premierships & Spans Lower Grade
Premierships
Currently Est. Previously Earliest
Known
Match 		pre
1971 		post
1970 		Seasons in First Grade pre
1971 		post
1970
Brisbane Water 2013 merger of… - 0 2016-17 - 1
Gosford 1874[13] 8 3 1899–1900, 1906–07, 1919-20 to 1940-41, 1944-45 to 2007-08, 2008-09 as Gosford-Mountains, 2009–10 and 2010-11 7 15
Mountains-Kariong 1960 2 1960-61 to 1969-70, 1970-71 to 1981-82 as Matcham-Mountains, 1982-83 to 2007-08, 2008-09 as Gosford-Mountains, 2009-10 to 2012-13 0 9
Kincumber-Avoca 1860s Kincumber 1872[14] 8 7 1899–1900, 1906–07, 1920-21 to 1933-34, 1937-38 to 1940-41, 1949-50 to 1954-55, Kincumber-Avoca 1960-61 to now. 0 35
absorbed Avoca 1955 0 - 1956-57 to 1959-60 0 -
Lisarow-Ourimbah 1944 merger of… 3 4 1944-45 to now 5 28
Lisarow 1921[15] 13 - 1921-22 to 1939-40, 1940-41 as Narara-Lisarow 6 -
Ourimbah 1862[16] 3 - 1899–1900, 1906–07, 1912-13 to 1915-16, 1918-19 to 1939-40 3 -
Narara-Wyoming 1898 Narara 1898[17] 6 12 1899–1900, 1906–07, 1911–12 and 1912-13 in Newcastle, 1913–14 and 1915-16 as Lisarow, 1918-19 to 1939-40, 1940-41 as Narara-Lisarow, 1949-50 to 1955-56, 1960-61 to 1965-66, Narara-Wyoming 1966-67 to now. 7 40
absorbed Wyoming 1926[18] 0 - 1926-27 to 1929-30 0 -
Northern Power 2013 merger of… - 0 2013-14 to now - 6
Toukley 1950s 3 4 1956-57, 1957–58, 1961-62 to 1970-71, 1974-75 to 2012-13 2 28
Doyalson-Wyee 1975 - 0 1976-77 to 1979-80, 1981-82 to 2010-11, 2012-13 - 5
Southern Spirit 2014 merger of… - 0 2014-15 to now - 3
Woy Woy 1915[19] 1 0 1915-16,1920–21, 1928-29 to 1935-36, 1937–38, 1946–47, 1959–60, 1960-61 to 2012-13 6 9
Umina 1967 - 9 1970-71, 1972-73 to 2011-12, 2013-14 0 9
Terrigal-Matcham 1947 Matcham-Holgate 1947[20] 2 2 1949-50 to 1956-57, 1961-62 to 1968-69, 1970-71 to 1981-82 as Matcham-Mountains, 1982-83 to 2002-03 as Matcham-Holgate, Terrigal-Matcham 2003-04 to now 7 22
The Entrance 1913 1913 7 3 1913-14, 1914–15, 1924–25, 1932-33 to 1937-38, 1947-48 to now 1 22
Warnervale 2007 2007 - 0 2010-11, 2016-17 - 9
Wyong District 1968 merger of… - 2 1968-69 to now - 18
Wyong 1871[21] 12 - 1899–1900, 1906–07, 1912-13 to 1915-16, 1918-19 to 1938-39, 1944-45 to 1967-68 1 -
Tuggerah 1898[22] 9 - 1912-13, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1926–27, 1930-31 to 1934-35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1947-48 to 1967-68 3 -

Source: Central Coast CA Clubs

See the List of NSW Central Coast Cricket First Grade Premiers

Central Northern Cricket

This zone comprises both the Hunter Valley Cricket Council and the Northern Inland Cricket Council

Cessnock DCA

Maitland DCA

Singleton DCA

Upper Hunter DCA

Illawarra Cricket Association

Website: Cricket Illawarra

Grade Clubs include:

Newcastle Cricket Zone

This zone comprises the Newcastle District Cricket Association and the Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association

District Competition

North Coastal Zone

This zone encompasses the Far NSW North Coast, North Coast and Mid North Coast and comprises multiple councils and districts. These include:

Far North Coast Cricket Council

Junior Competitions

North Coast Cricket Council

Clarence River CA
Coffs Harbour District CA
Lower Clarence CA
Nambucca Valley CA

Mid North Coast Cricket Council

Mid North Coast Cricket Council Two Rivers Cup
Hastings River District CA
Macleay Valley CA
Manning River District CA

Riverina Zone

This zone is divided into four councils of multiple districts:

Cricket Albury Wodonga Country Cricket Council

Cricket Albury Wodonga Provincial


Cricket Albury Wodonga District


Cricket Albury Wodonga Hume

Murrumbidgee Cricket Council

Ardlethan Barellan CA
Griffith DCA
Hay DCA
Hillston DCA
Lake Cargelligo DCA

West Wyalong DCA

Junior Competitions

Northern Riverina Cricket Council

Cootamundra DCA
Gundagai DCA
Tumut DCA
Wagga Wagga DCA
Yass DCA

Junior Associations

Southern Riverina Cricket Council

Murray Valley DCA
Victorian Competitions Managed by CCNSW

Southern Zone

Website: Southern Zone

This zone is divided into eight districts. These are:

Eurobodalla DCA

Far South Coast

Crookwell DCA

Goulburn DCA

Highlands DCA

Monaro DCA

Shoalhaven DCA

South Coast DCA

Western Zone

Website: Western Zone

This zone is divided into 3 Councils covering multiple districts:

Lachlan Cricket Council

Cowra DCA

Forbes DCA

Parkes DCA

Junior Comps

Macquarie Valley Cricket Council

Bourke DCA
Cobar DCA

T20:

Dubbo DCA
Gilgandra DCA
Narromine DCA
Nyngan DCA
Walgett DCA
Warren DCA
Wellington DCA

Central West Cricket Council

Bathurst DCA
Blue Mountains DCA
Gulgong DCA
Lithgow DCA
Molong DCA
Mudgee DCA
Orange DCA

Country Cricket NSW Staff

Administration

Regional Cricket Staff

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cricketing Meeting", The Golden Age, Queanbeyan, vol. IV, no. 122, p. 3, January 8, 1863, retrieved 2 October 2013
  2. ^ "Grand Cricket Match between Queanbeyan and Braidwood", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, Sydney, vol. XVI, no. 464, p. 2, February 19, 1959
  3. ^ "Country News. Queanbeyan.", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser, Goulburn, vol. IX, no. 430, p. 4, September 27, 1856
  4. ^ "Queanbean and Goulburn", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser, Goulburn, vol. X, no. 638, p. 2, March 26, 1859
  5. ^ "The Cricket Match at Queanbeyan", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser, Goulburn, vol. IX, no. 514, p. 2, January 16, 1858
  6. ^ "Cricket. Queanbeyan and Yass", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser, Goulburn, vol. X, no. 638, p. 2, March 26, 1859
  7. ^ "Brisbane Water History". Gosford Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 22 Nov 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Cricket". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Cricket". Gosford Times. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 24. 9 Mar 1900.
  10. ^ "Cricket". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 12 Apr 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Cricket". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 25 Mar 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Annual Dinner". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 11 Mar 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Gosford". Empire. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 23 Feb 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Cricket". The Sydney Mail. NSW: National Library of Australia. 22 Jun 1872. p. 782. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Cricket". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 13 Oct 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Cricket". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Cricket". Gosford Times. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 24. 11 Feb 1898.
  18. ^ "Cricket". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 16 Sep 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Woy Woy Cricket Club". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 19 Feb 1915. p. 7. Retrieved 26 Jun 2017.
  20. ^ "Gosford Cricket Draw". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 11 Oct 1947. p. 12. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Cricket". The Sydney Mail. NSW: National Library of Australia. 11 Nov 1871. p. 1165. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Local and General". Gosford Times. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 24. 16 Dec 1898.

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