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Victoria
One-day Name:	Victorian Bushrangers
Coach:	Greg Shipperd
Captain:	Cameron White
Founded:	1851
Home Ground:	Melbourne Cricket Ground
First-class debut:	Tasmania
	- 1851
	- Launceston
Pura Cup Wins:	26
Ford Ranger Cup Wins:	4
Twenty20 Cup Wins:	2
Official Website:	Victorian Bushrangers

The Victorian Bushrangers is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition. The team competes in three competitions: the Pura Cup (the first-class competition), the Ford Ranger Cup (the limited overs competition), and the more recent Twenty20 competition known as the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

The team first played in 1851 and most recently won the Pura Cup in 2003-04, and made the final in 2005-06. The 2006-07 season captain is Cameron White and the vice-captain is Brad Hodge. Victoria won both of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competitions which have been staged, without losing a match.

The team's home ground is the MCG, subject to availability. The Junction Oval (St Kilda Cricket Ground) is an alternative home venue.

Victoria has provided many players to the Australian team. It played in the initial first-class match in Australia and has a long and successful history. Recent players who have made it to the Australian team include Shane Warne, Shane Harwood, Cameron White and Brad Hodge.

Contents 1 History 2 Current Squad (Including Ford Ranger Cup Number where applicable) 3 Championships 4 Records 5 See also 6 External links

Victoria was the dominant force in the early days of Australian first-class cricket, winning two of the first three Sheffield Shield tournaments and won most of their early domestic friendly games against the other states.

Victoria has hosted a list of greats such as Warwick Armstrong, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Hugh Trumble, Lindsay Hassett, Dean Jones, Merv Hughes, Jack Ryder, Bill Lawry, Bob Cowper, Alan Connolly, Graham Yallop, Keith Stackpole and Ian Redpath. (See for a full listing of past players).

The Bushrangers' proud history dates back to the very start of Australian cricket when the Melbourne Cricket Club was formed in 1838 which was the largest sporting club in Australia at the time. In that same year the MCC played its first match against the Victorian Military but the first official interstate game was contested between Victoria and Tasmania in 1851 in Launceston.

The first game between the great rivals of Victoria and New South Wales was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1856. Playing in that inaugural game was Tom Wills who was considered the best Australian player of the era. He captained the state for many years and his contributions set up the Victorian dominance in Australian first class cricket.

The annual Sheffield Shield tournament first began in the season of 1892-93 between Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Victoria won this tournament by defeating both opponents twice each.

The tradition of cricket on Boxing Day also featured Victoria when they played New South Wales in 1965.

The Victorian Cricket Association was founded in 1895 and is now located in Melbourne across from the MCG.

During the history of the shield Victoria has won 26 titles, the most recent in season 2003/04. Victoria has always been a powerful force in Australian cricket and the Australian team was, until recent decades, never short of Victorians in the line-up.

No	Nickname	Name	Nat	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Notes
2	Stickers	Shane Harwood		RHB
3	Knowlesy	Brad Knowles		LHB
6	Blizz	Aiden Blizzard		LHB
7	Hodgey, Dodgeball, Miltank, Man Boobs, Moobs	Brad Hodge (vc)		RHB		Vice-captain
8	Huss	David Hussey		RHB
9	Whitey, Bear	Cameron White		RHB		Captain
10	Burnie	Gerard Denton		RHB
12		Robert Quiney		LHB
13	Ronnie	Andrew McDonald		RHB
14	Maxy	Michael Klinger		RHB
15	Cass, Jerry	Rob Cassell		LHB
17	Skinny	Adam Crosthwaite		RHB		Wicket-keeper
19	Billy	Mick Lewis		RHB
20	Diggler	Dirk Nannes		RHB
20	Vicious	Peter Siddle		RHB
21		Darren Pattinson		RHB
24	Bangers	Lloyd Mash		LHB
25	Mule	Allan Wise		RHB	LMF
39	Tugga	Nick Jewell		RHB
		Grant Lindsay		LHB
		Bryce McGain		RHB
		Clinton McKay		RHB
	Wadey	Matthew Wade		LHB		(Wicket-keeper)

• Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup (26): 1982/83, 1894/95, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1900/01, 1907/08, 1914/15, 1921/22, 1923/24, 1924/25, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1936/37, 1946/47, 1950/51, 1962/63, 1966/67, 1969/70, 1973/74, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1990/91, 2003/04
• One-Day Competition (4): 1971/72, 1979/80, 1994/95, 1998/99
• KFC Twenty20 Big Bash (2): 2005/06, 2006/07

FIRST CLASS BATTING RECORDS

Match	Player	Runs
124	Dean Jones	10412
107	Matthew Elliott	9684
120	Brad Hodge	8744
99	Bill Lawry	7618
55	Bill Ponsford	6902
73	Lindsay Hassett	6825
87	Graham Yallop	6815
82	Warwick Armstrong	6615
92	Ian Redpath	6103
80	Jack Ryder	5674

FIRST CLASS BOWLING RECORDS

Match	Player	Wickets
92	Paul Reiffel	337
83	Alan Connolly	330
61	Bert Ironmonger	313
105	Tony Dodemaide	309
51	Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	295
83	Merv Hughes	283
114	Ray Bright	279
77	Ian Johnson	270
50	Jack Saunders	264
83	Jim Higgs	264

• Cricket Australia

• Official Website of the Victorian Bushrangers
• Official Website of Cricket Australia

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