Mowbray Cricket Club (MCC), also known as Mowbray Eagles, is a cricket team which represents the northern suburbs of Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition, in the Australian state of Tasmania.
There is evidence of a cricket club in the Mowbray district as early as 1922. The current Mowbray cricket club was established in 1955 and has a history of nurturing outstanding Tasmanian talent including Australian representatives, Ricky Ponting and Greg Campbell, as well as Tasmanian representatives dating back to the 1950s.
The Mowbray club won the First Grade premiership in its debut season, 1955-56. In 1998-99, Mowbray became the first club in NTCA history to win Premierships from 1st to 4th grade in a single season (the four grades at the time being 1st, 2nd, 3rd & Under 16). The club's most recent success came in the 2025-26 season, winning the Cricket North T20 pennant.https://www.examiner.com.au/story/9138524/mowbray-eagles-break-premiership-drought-in-t20-thriller/
Australian Representatives Greg Campbell Ricky Ponting
Tasmanian Representatives Kevin Badcock Ray Biffin Roger Brown Greg Campbell Troy Cooley Terry Cowley Rex Davidson Jarrod Freeman+ Bill Hird Ricky Ponting+ Scott Plummer Stan Reid Michael Sellers Richard Soule Peter Warren + Also represented the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL
Other Notable Players To Represent Mowbray John Abrahams Harry Frei Jack Simmons Franklyn Stephenson
Premierships Source:Mowbray CC Honour Boards 1ST GRADE 2ND GRADE 3RD GRADE 4TH GRADE U16 GRADE OVER 40 *CN T20 1955-56 1982-83 1984-85 2021-22 1998-99 2018-19 2025-26 1956-57 1991-92 1992-93 2023-24 2019-20 1961-62 1997-98 1993-94 2020-21 1974-75 1998-99 1998-99 2021-22 1975-76 2002-03 2000-01 2023-24 1981-82 2004-05 2019-20 2024-25 1986-87 2005-06 1998-99 2006-07 2015-16 2008-09 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18 CN = Cricket North
Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association/Cricket North Honours Source:NTCA Honour Boards
BEST PLAYER 1991-92 - Richard Soule (joint winner) 1996-97 - Tim Quill 2005-06 - Jerome Illingworth 2013-14 - Justin Reeves
BATTING AVERAGE (TO 1982-83) 1957-58 - Rex Davidson 1961-62 - Terry Cowley 1963-64 - Laurie Farrell 1976-77 - Chris Holt 1981-82 - Stan Reid
BOWLING AVERAGE (TO 1982-83) 1955-56 - Bill Hird 1957-58 - R Butterworth 1958-59 - Terry Cowley 1961-62 - Terry Cowley 1962-63 - Terry Cowley 1974-75 - Brian Swindells 1977-78 - Peter Warren
BEST UNDER 19 PLAYER 1991-92 - Ricky Ponting 1997-98 - Clinton Reid 2017-18 - Jarrod Freeman
LIFE MEMBER 2005 - Ricky Ponting 2016 - Roger Brown
BATTING AVERAGE - WOMEN 2016-17 - Lyn Hendley
Life Members
Mrs Patricia Hird Bill Hird Keith Bain Terry Cowley Rex Davidson Max Rees John Houston Merv Gray Mrs Dawn Hughes Gordon Clarke Brian Swindells Graeme Hodgman Ken Warren Len Jones Michael Sellers David Sarich Brian Lynch Len Walsh Brad Jones Mark Illingworth Mrs Rosemary Tucker Mrs Pat Swindells Richard Soule Troy Cooley Dr Frank Madill Juan Salter Stan Reid Scott O'Byrne Ricky Ponting Clinton Reid Jerome Illingworth Simon Howard Mrs Debbie Reid Darren Price Wayne Richardson Mrs Lyn Bishop Matthew Scolyer Andrew Gower John Le Fevre Nick Hayes Mrs Narelle Scott Dale Scott Peter Warren
External links Mowbray CC Facebook Page Mowbray CC Old Boys Facebook Page Archive of Old Mowbray CC Websites Cricket North Facebook Page Cricket Tasmania Website Tasmanian Tigers Facebook Page Hobart Hurricanes Facebook Page
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