Cluden Cricket Club has been around since 1923 when the then owner of Cluden Estate, which encompassed an area stretching between Nepean Highway and Wilson Street, sub-divided and sold off most of the estate.

 

Cluden house remains, as does Cluden Street in Brighton East.

 

Part of the estate was willed to the community with the condition that it be used for public recreation, thus Cluden Cricket Club was born.

 

Where is Cluden?
The most common question asked about our club is 'Where is Cluden?' - with many assuming it is a suburb of Melbourne. 

 

Cluden Cricket Club has been around since 1923 when the then owner of Cluden Estate, which encompassed an area stretching between Nepean Highway and Wilson Street, sub-divided and sold off most of the estate.

 

The origins of the name Cluden stems from Dumfries in Scotland where there is still an East Cluden and the river, Cluden Water, with the name itself going back to 1127 and Lincluden Castle.

 

On the site currently is the ruins on Lincluden Abbey, also now as Lincluden Collegiate House.

 

Lincluden Collegiate Church, know earlier as Lincluden Priory or Lincluden Abbey, is a ruined religious house, situated to the north of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Scotland. Situated in a bend of the Cluden Water, at its confluence with the River Nith, the ruins are on the site of the Bailey of the very early Lincluden Castle, as are those of the later Lincluden Tower. 

 

This religious house was founded around 1160 and was used for various purpose, until its abandonment around 1700. The remaining ruins are protected as a Category A listed building and as a scheduled monument.