Heidelberg district cricket association
Heidelberg district cricket association is a cricket league based AbOUT 20 minutes from Melbourne's CBD, which contains around 20 teams all from different areas such as Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Banyule, Brunswick, Fitzroy and Viewbank. The league has 7 senior competitions in first, second, third, fourth, One day, Veterans and 20twenty grades. All of the grades are played in the months of November, December, January, February and the finals are held in the start of March but 20twenty is just held at the end of December and the start of January. The clubs who have fielded the most teams in the last 5 years have been Heidelberg, Banyule, East Ivanhoe and West Ivanhoe cricket clubs, these clubs have also fielded many teams in the junior competitions. There are 3 competitive junior age groups and 1 uncompetitive junior age group, The competitive age groups are Under 17s, 15s and 13s all have 2 different divisions Gold the top division and Green the bottom division, Under 11s aren't competitive. The most successful clubs in the past years have been North Brunswick/Rosebank, Heidelberg, Banyule, West Ivanhoe and East Ivanhoe. 1st grade in the season of 2009/10 was won by North Brunswick/Rosebank and 2nd grade was won by West Ivanhoe, if your team wins a grade they get promoted to the next and if they finish last they get demoted to the lower grade. Only 1st and 2nd grade have two umpires while 3rd has one and 4th and the one day comps are umpired by players or coaches of the team batting. The league has produced many district and state players like Mick Lewis who also played for Australia in odi's and Adam Crosthwaite, he's brother James played for the ACT and is playing for Rosanna as of the 2010/11 season.
Clubs
Some clubs below may compete in other leagues, clubs are correct as of season 2010/11 Club:
Banyule Cricket Club
Bellfield Cricket Club
East Ivanhoe Cricket Club
Edinburgh Cricket Club
Greensbourough Cricket Club
Heidelberg Cricket Club
Heidelberg West Cricket Club
North Alphington Cricket Club
North Brunswick/Rosebank Cricket Club
North Heidelberg Cricket Club
Old Ivanhoe Cricket Club
Rosanna Cricket Club
Viewbank Cricket Club
West Ivanhoe Cricket Club
Only Banyule, East Ivanhoe, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Heidelberg West, North Alphington, Rosanna, Viewbank and West Ivanhoe have junior teams participating in the HDCA junior competitions.
Championships
1st Grade
2009/10: North Brunswick/Rosebank
2008/09: Banyule
2007/08: Banyule
2006/07: Heidelberg
2005/06: Rosanna
2004/05: Heidelberg
2003/04: Greensbourough
2nd Grade:
2009/10: West Ivanhoe
2008/09: Heidelberg
2007/08: Heidelberg
2006/07: West Ivanhoe
2005/06: Banyule
2004/05: Rosanna
2003/04: Old Ivanhoe
Statistics
1st Grade:
Most Runs
Brad Shadbolt 3511 runs @39.01 Edinburgh
Brad Grindal 3111 runs @34.57 Heidelberg
Lou Marks 3023 runs @40.85 East Ivanhoe
Brent O'Connor 2998 runs @38.94 Banyule
Luke Anderson 2357 runs @24.30 Rosanna
Most Wickets
Paul McMuarray 241 wickets @12.99 Banyule
John Raywood 213 wickets @16.56 Rosanna
Brent O'Connor 198 wickets @12.25 Banyule
Damien Noonan 191 wickets @13.75 Heidelberg
Brad Grindal 191 wickets @14.34 Heidelberg