Full name | Kensington District Cricket Club |
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Nickname | The Browns |
Sport | Cricket |
Founded | 1871 |
First season | 1871/72 |
League | South Australian Cricket Association |
Home ground | Parkinson Oval |
Colours | Brown, Gold |
Anthem | "Kensy Boys Are Happy" |
President | Grant Chapman |
Head coach | Ben Johnswood |
Captain | Jake Brown |
2010/11 | Premiers |
Website | http://www.kensingtonbrowns.com.au |
The Kensington District Cricket Club ("The Browns") is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA).
In 1963, the Burnside City Council relocated the club from the Kensington Oval to the Kensington Gardens Reserve. The club has leases over the three cricket ovals, (Parkinson Oval, Ford Oval and Col. Waite Oval) in perpetuity as compensation for this relocation.
Kensington has an extremely rich past player history, dominated by the presence of Sir Donald Bradman and Clarrie Grimmett who played for the club in the 1930s. Other famous names to play for Kensington include Sam Parkinson, Peter Brinsley, John Inverarity, Kevin Wright, Brian Hurn, Ian Glover, Neil Dansie, Rex Sellers, Bob Lloyd, Ashley Woodcock, Terry Jenner, Jeff Hammond, Howard Mutton, James Brayshaw, Tim May, Jamie Siddons, Mark Cleary, Greg Blewett, Dean Waugh and Michael Klinger.