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|coach = {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Chris Swan]]
|captain = {{Flagicon|Australia}} TBA
|captain = {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Matthew Kuhnemann]]
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'''Gold Coast District Cricket Club''' is a cricket club on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]], Australia. They are also known as the '''Gold Coast Dolphins''' and play in the [[Brisbane Grade Cricket]] competition. The club was founded in 1990. It has won the Queensland Premier Cricket First Grade Premiership twice, in the 2002/03 and 2008/09 seasons, the competitions One-Day Premiership twice, in 1992/93 and 2009/10, and the Twenty20 Premiership once in 2009/10.<ref>[http://premier.qld.cricket.com.au/content.aspx?file=12832|42231t Queensland Premier Cricket Premierships Club] ''Queensland Premier Cricket'', Retrieved 2021-01-01</ref>
The '''Gold Coast District Cricket Club''' is a cricket club on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]], Australia who play in the [[Queensland Premier Cricket]] competition. The club was founded in 1990. It has won the Queensland Premier Cricket First Grade Premiership twice, in the 2002/03 and 2008/09 seasons, the competitions One-Day Premiership twice, in 1992/93 and 2009/10, and the Twenty20 Premiership twice in 2009/10 and 2020/21.<ref>[http://premier.qld.cricket.com.au/content.aspx?file=12832|42231t Queensland Premier Cricket Premierships Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322153836/http://premier.qld.cricket.com.au/content.aspx?file=12832%7C42231t |date=22 March 2024 }} ''Queensland Premier Cricket'', Retrieved 2021-01-01</ref> They are reigning Queensland Premier Cricket T20 Champions.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=21 December 2020 |title=Dolphins Make T20 Splash |url=https://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/dolphins-salute/2020-12-21 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Queensland Cricket |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121222926/https://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/dolphins-salute/2020-12-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The club was founded in 1990 to provide development for Gold Coast cricket talent and a pathway to First-class cricket. It entered Brisbane grade cricket as the Colts team had been disbanded shortly prior leaving a vacancy in the competition.<ref>[http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q History: The Gold Coast District Cricket Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915030703/http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710%7C37130q |date=15 September 2023 }} ''Gold Coast District Cricket Club'', Retrieved 2021-01-01</ref>

In 2018 the Queensland State Government Female Friendly Facilities Fund provided $500,000 to upgrade changing rooms for players and officials at Bill Pippen Oval, Kerrydale.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2018 |title=Dolphins Welcome Funding |url=https://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/dolphins-welcome-funding/2018-05-31 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Queensland Cricket |archive-date=5 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605103643/http://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/dolphins-welcome-funding/2018-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019 the club was shortlisted for the Australian Premier Cricket Club of the Year at the ''A Sport for All'' Awards due to its excellent development of players, creating positive experiences for the community, and pioneering women's and all-abilities cricket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2019 |title=A Sport For All QLD Winners Announced |url=https://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/a-sport-for-all-qld-winners-announced/2019-05-21 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Queensland Cricket }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==First-class cricketers==
==First-class cricketers==
Below is a partial list of Gold Coast cricketers who have played at First-class level or higher.
Below is a partial list of Gold Coast Dolphins cricketers who have played at First-class level or higher.
*[[Peter Anderson (cricketer, born 1961)|Peter Anderson]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Peter Anderson (cricketer, born 1961)|Peter Anderson]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club |url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710%7C37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club |archive-date=15 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915030703/http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710%7C37130q |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Xavier Bartlett]]<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Greg Campbell (cricketer)|Greg Campbell]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Ross Chapman]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Max Bryant]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2019 |title=HEAT LAUNCH SUMMER OF GOLD COAST SPORT |url=https://www.brisbaneheat.com.au/news/heat-launch-summer-of-gold-coast-sport/2019-12-09 |access-date=2020-01-01 |website=Brisbane Heat |archive-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227183226/https://www.brisbaneheat.com.au/news/heat-launch-summer-of-gold-coast-sport/2019-12-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Greg Campbell (cricketer)|Greg Campbell]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Graeme Hick]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Ross Chapman]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Craig McDermott]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=Gold Coast District Cricket Club - Test Cricketers|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37149g |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Daniel Doran (cricketer)|Daniel Doran]]
*[[Matthew Mott]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Scott Muller (cricketer)|Scott Muller]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=Gold Coast District Cricket Club - Test Cricketers|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37149g |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Sam Hain]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 September 2015 |title=Sam Hain: The Australian-raised county star looking to play for England|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/sam-hain-the-australianraised-county-star-looking-to-play-for-england/news-story/913331765f0370e47ca7713ef66e7a89 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Fox Sport Australia}}</ref>
*[[Graeme Hick]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Bruce Oxenford]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Matthew Kuhnemann]]<ref name="auto"/>
*[[John Stephenson (cricketer, born 1965)|John Stephenson]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Steve Storey]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37130q |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Ben McDermott]]<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=Gold Coast District Cricket Club - Test Cricketers |url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710%7C37149g |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112232239/http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710%7C37149g |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Greg Moller]]
*[[Andrew Symonds]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=Gold Coast District Cricket Club - Test Cricketers|url=http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/content.aspx?file=13710|37149g |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Gold Coast District Cricket Club}}</ref>
*[[Matthew Mott]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Scott Muller (cricketer)|Scott Muller]]<ref name="auto2"/>
*[[Michael Neser]]
*[[Bruce Oxenford]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Andrew Robinson (cricketer)|Andrew Robinson]]
*[[Billy Stanlake]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[John Stephenson (cricketer, born 1965)|John Stephenson]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Nick Stevens (cricketer)|Nick Stevens]]
*[[Steve Storey]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Chris Swan]]
*[[Andrew Symonds]]<ref name="auto2"/>


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Cricket|Queensland}}
{{Portal|Cricket|Queensland}}
*[[Cricket Gold Coast]]
*[[Cricket in Queensland]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.goldcoastdolphins.com.au/}}
* {{Twitter|name=Gold Coast Dolphins}}
* {{Facebook User|GCDCC}}


{{Gold Coast Sports Teams}}
{{Gold Coast Sports Teams}}


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Latest revision as of 16:40, 11 November 2024

Gold Coast
Nickname(s)Dolphins
LeagueQueensland Premier Cricket
Personnel
CaptainAustralia Matthew Kuhnemann
CoachAustralia Chris Swan
Team information
Colours   
Founded1990
Home groundKerrydale Oval
Capacity5,000
History
Grade wins2
1-Day wins2
T20 wins2
Official websitegoldcoastdolphins.com.au

The Gold Coast District Cricket Club is a cricket club on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia who play in the Queensland Premier Cricket competition. The club was founded in 1990. It has won the Queensland Premier Cricket First Grade Premiership twice, in the 2002/03 and 2008/09 seasons, the competitions One-Day Premiership twice, in 1992/93 and 2009/10, and the Twenty20 Premiership twice in 2009/10 and 2020/21.[1] They are reigning Queensland Premier Cricket T20 Champions.[2]

History

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The club was founded in 1990 to provide development for Gold Coast cricket talent and a pathway to First-class cricket. It entered Brisbane grade cricket as the Colts team had been disbanded shortly prior leaving a vacancy in the competition.[3]

In 2018 the Queensland State Government Female Friendly Facilities Fund provided $500,000 to upgrade changing rooms for players and officials at Bill Pippen Oval, Kerrydale.[4] In 2019 the club was shortlisted for the Australian Premier Cricket Club of the Year at the A Sport for All Awards due to its excellent development of players, creating positive experiences for the community, and pioneering women's and all-abilities cricket.[5]

First-class cricketers

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Below is a partial list of Gold Coast Dolphins cricketers who have played at First-class level or higher.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Queensland Premier Cricket Premierships Club Archived 22 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Premier Cricket, Retrieved 2021-01-01
  2. ^ a b c "Dolphins Make T20 Splash". Queensland Cricket. 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ History: The Gold Coast District Cricket Club Archived 15 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine Gold Coast District Cricket Club, Retrieved 2021-01-01
  4. ^ "Dolphins Welcome Funding". Queensland Cricket. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "A Sport For All QLD Winners Announced". Queensland Cricket. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History: Gold Coast District Cricket Club". Gold Coast District Cricket Club. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "HEAT LAUNCH SUMMER OF GOLD COAST SPORT". Brisbane Heat. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Sam Hain: The Australian-raised county star looking to play for England". Fox Sport Australia. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Gold Coast District Cricket Club - Test Cricketers". Gold Coast District Cricket Club. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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