Golden Grove Cricket Club

The current incarnation of the Golden Grove Cricket Club was formed in 1994 by Rob Wallace and became the 64th senior club and 54th junior club to join the Para Districts Cricket Association (PDCA) in 1995/96. In 1998/99 – our First XI’s final year in PDCA – the Club won the PDCA Grade 2 premiership, defeating Braham Lodge by 98 runs. Current players 2 Ian Henderson (captain) and Gavin Lynch were part of that team. Golden Grove CC’s Daryl Webster was named Best Player of the final. The Club played out of various home grounds during the first few years, eventually settling at Gleeson College in Golden Grove as our main oval and training ground. In 1999/00, the Club played its First XI matches out of Argana Park (second oval), Elizabeth East, during our first season in the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association taking over both ovals in 2001/02 when Northern Districts DCC moved their Third and Fourth XI teams to the Paddocks. During this time, we continued to train at Gleeson College and enter teams in the PDCA. During the 1999/00 season, Golden Grove entered an Under 17 team in the ATCA Gleeson College was converted to a turf wicket for the 2002/03 season for the home matches of the First and Second XI. The first turf match played at Gleeson College was between GGCC’s First XI and Pembroke OS (we think). It all gets a bit hazy here…for several years between 1999/00 and about 2008/09, Golden Grove entered senior teams in the ATCA, PDCA and Independent Central Cricket Association in various combinations. Further research is being conducted, but we can confirm that from that first season in the ATCA, Golden Grove’s First and Second XI teams played on turf in the ATCA. During this time (possibly prior to the 2002/03 season), Golden Grove Cricket Club became known as the Brumbies.