Redan Cricket Club

The Redan Cricket Club was formed in September 1887.

History
The Redan Cricket Club was competing on March 1876: "A cricket match will be played on the Miners' Racecourse to-day, between the first eleven of the Redan Cricket Club and the second eleven of the Queen Victoria Cricket Club. The following are the names from which the respective teams will be chosen, viz. : — Redan Cricket Club — Hain, Flanagan, Dunstan, Hemp, Downey, Mason, W. Flannery, Norman, Campbell, Aird, Hoban, Rowe, Hicks, O. Mason, Hopkins. Queen Victoria Cricket Club — Madder, J. Nettie, Woods, J. Moore, C. Madder, Moore, Roberts, Reily, Ritchie, W. Moore, Williams, Blight, Weaver, Sneddon, Harvey. The match will commence at half-past one o'clock."

A meeting was held at a meeting at the Redan Club Hotel in September 1887 with the goal of forming a club to compete in the Bennett Brothers Cup. "A meeting was held at the Redan Club hotel on Friday evening last, for the purpose of forming a Cricket Club at Redan. The following members were elected as officer bearers for the season : Patrons, Messrs F. M'Kay M. Cody, J. Laird, and F. Duggan. President Mr W. Hicks; vice-presidents, Messrs A. Gilpin, G. J. Carroll, J. Richards, H. Williams, and J. A. Blight; secretary, Mr J. Hicks. It was unanimously decided to compete for the Bennett Brothers’ trophy; the entrance fee was fixed at 5s. The Secretary was instructed to write to the committee of the Miners' Racecourse, asking permission to use the south-east corner as a practising ground."

In November 1890 the Ballarat Miner's Turf Club agreed to allow the cricket club to use their land: "The president, referring to an application from the Redan Cricket Club to use the ground, stated that there would be no objection to any club using the ground providing that they shared in the expenses of management, &c."

In January 1954 the captain of the club. V. Cahill, was chosen to be captain of the Ballarat team playing in the annual Country Cricket week in Melbourne.