Valley District Cricket Club

Cricket team

Valley District Cricket Club

League| Queensland Premier Cricket
Personnel
Captain|  Hugh Weibgen
Coach|  Andrew Gode
Team information
Colours|
Founded| 1897
Official website| http://valleycricket.org.au

Valley District Cricket Club is a cricket club playing in the Queensland Premier Cricket competition, the leading club cricket competition in Queensland, Australia. The club was established on 16 August 1897 and is one of only four remaining foundation clubs in Queensland.

Valleys when founded was located in the inner Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley now resides at Ashgrove Sportsground Park.

Valleys is the largest cricket club in Australia in player numbers and is believed to be one of the biggest clubs in the world; boasting 1,400 junior players & 250 senior players.

Australian Test cricketers to play for Valleys include Matthew Hayden, Allan Border, Don Tallon, Kepler Wessels, Usman Khawaja, Stuart Law and England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones OBE.

Current contracted Queensland Bulls players are Usman Khawaja, Hugh Weibgen, Mark Steketee, Max Bryant, Callum Vidler, Jack Wildermuth & Tom Straker along with Queensland Fire players Jessica Jonassen, Sianna Ginger & Kira Holmes

Notable Queenslanders to play for Valley include Lee O'Connor, Roy Levy, Otto Nothling, Malcolm Francke, Joe Dawes, Geoff Foley, Lee Carseldine & Luke Feldman.

## Success

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Valley is one of Brisbane's most successful cricket clubs in both senior and junior competitions. They have recently won the following:

First Grade Premiers  | 94/95, 96/97, 13/14

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First Grade One-Day Premiers  | 95/96, 96/97, 00/01, 18/19
First Grade T20 Premiers  | 12/13, 13/14, 19/20, 24/25
Second Grade Premiers  | 03/04, 23/24
Third Grade Premiers  | 01/02, 03/04, 05/06, 07/08
Fourth Grade Premiers  | 98/99, 00/01, 01/02, 03/04, 04/ 05, 05/06, 06/07, 14/15, 15/16, 17/18
Fifth Grade Premiers  | 03/04, 09/10, 14/15, 16/17, 17/18
Sixth Grade Premiers  | 92/93, 12/13, 13/14, 14/15, 15/16, 17/18, 18/19
Lords Taverners Premiers  | 99/00
Women's First Grade Premiers  | 94/95, 95/96, 96/97, 21/22, 23/24
Club Champions  | 96/97, 00/01, 01/02, 02/03, 23/24

## See also

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* Cricket portal
* Queensland portal

* Cricket in Queensland

## References

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## External links

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* Official club website
* Official Facebook page