The Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club , nicknamed the Lions, play cricket in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as Victorian Premier Cricket . The club was formed by a 1986 amalgamation of Fitzroy Cricket Club, a foundation member of Victorian Premier Cricket in 1905, and Doncaster Cricket Club, a Victorian Sub-District Association team formed in 1864. The Lions play at Schramms Reserve in Doncaster.
Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club One Day name Fitzroy Doncaster Lions Captain Ejaaz Alavi Coach Matthew Bremner Bowling coach Sean Pietersz Chief executive Matthew Elliott Colors Maroon and gold Gegründet 1861 (Fitzroy Cricket Club) Home ground Schramms Reserve 1st XI Two Day wins 10 1st XI One Day wins 1 (2015-16) 1st XI T20 Cup wins 0 Other XI Wins wins 13 Official website fitzroydoncastercc.com.au
1939/40
1957/58
1960/61
1961/62
2017/18
Premierships and Runners-up for all the clubs elevens since the clubs induction into the VCA in 1906.[ 1]
Team
Two-day
One-Day
T20
Premiers
Runners-up
Premiers
Runners-up
Premiers
Runners-up
Firsts
10
1
1
0
0
1
Seconds
3
0
1
0
0
0
Thirds
9
0
0
0
0
0
Fourths
0
0
1
0
0
0
Two Day Premierships
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1st XI – 1930/31, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1953/54, 1960/61, 1966/67, 1993/94, 2001/02, 2015/16, 2016/17
2nd XI – 1909/10, 1934/35, 2007/08, 2013/14
3rd XI – 1954/55, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1970/71, 2001/02
One Day Premierships
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1st XI – 1993/94 (CUB Shield – No Final Played), 2015–16
2nd XI – 2003/04, 2010/11
4th XI – 2010/11
Player
Career
Batting
Bowling
Fielding
Career
Matches
Innings
Not Outs
Runs
Average
High Score
Wickets
Runs
Average
Best Bowling
Catches/Stumpings
Arthur Liddicut
1914-1937
237
229
43
6585
35.40
132*
542
9266
17.09
8/26
89
Ray Harvey
1941-1961
247
290
38
9146
36.29
205*
217
4553
20.98
6/43
183
Eddie Illingworth
1957-1978
233
218
28
2666
14.03
61*
599
11144
18.60
8/18
91
The Hall of Fame was announced at the club's 150 Year anniversary dinner celebrated in 2013. Eligible players had to adhere to the following criteria in order to qualify:
Players had retired from playing at least five years.
Players had to have played at least 100 games, including representative games.
In the case of a batsman a minimum of 4500 runs was achieved.
In the case of a bowler a minimum of 300 wickets were taken.
In the case of an all-rounder a points system was used.
Player
Career
Batting
Bowling
Fielding
Career
Matches
Innings
Not Outs
Runs
Average
High Score
Wickets
Runs
Average
Best Bowling
Catches/Stumpings
Ted McDonald
1912-1930
89
95
5
1338
14.86
101
360
5542
15.39
9/47
44
Merv Harvey
1933-1955
207
238
12
6602
29.21
166*
21
560
26.66
4/78
94
Neil Harvey
1943-1957
104
117
8
4044
37.10
254
3
135
45.00
1/0
34
Bill Jacobs
1937-1956
265
255
74
2765
15.27
100*
2
55
27.50
2/24
269/179
Jack Potter
1954-1968
95
110
20
3609
40.10
170
21
619
29.47
5/25
69
Gary Watts
1975-2001
322
344
38
12933
42.26
260*
8
461
57.62
3/43
129/3
Leigh Watts
1981-2000
201
262
38
6889
30.75
131*
155
4534
29.25
7/59
100
Brendan Joyce
1989-2004
216
223
34
7442
39.37
155
2
86
43.00
1/12
73
Bernie Considine
1946-1959
117
87
26
363
5.95
28*
242
4650
19.21
6/17
23
Tim Considine
1979-1989
131
100
18
1069
13.03
58
247
6045
24.47
6/51
23
International Representatives
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Players who have represented their country and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.
Victorian Representatives
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Players who have represented the Victorian Bushrangers and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.
We are the boys from old Fitzroy,
We wear the colours maroon and gold,
We will always strive for victory,
We will be both strong and bold.
Win or lose we do or die,
And in defeat we always try,
Fitzroy Fitzroy the team we love so dear,
Premiers we'll be this year.
Harvey Watts Development Academy
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The Harvey-Watts Development Squad was established in 2004. Its purpose is to immerse up-and-coming cricketers in a Premier Cricket environment. It is aptly named after the two most prolific and successful families of the Fitzroy and Fitzroy-Doncaster Cricket Clubs.[ 11]
Record
Opposition
Year
Highest score for
4/457
Dandenong
1994/95
Highest score against
2 dec. 744
East Melbourne
1902/3
6/455
St Kilda
1994/95
Lowest score for
30
Carlton
1971/2
Lowest score against
13
Carlton
1899/1900
Player
Record
Highest aggregate – career
G. M. Watts
12,052
Highest aggregate – season
B. A. Joyce
958 (2001/02)
Highest individual score
G. M. Watts
260* vs Dandenong (1994/95)
Wkt
Runs
Batsmen
Versus
Season
1
216
C. McKenzie (123) and C. Kiernan (121)
Essendon
1911/12
2
278
M. Bremner (122) and P. Dickson (162)
Camberwell Magpies
2011/12
3
259*
J. W. Scaife (172*) and L. A. Wynne (109*)
North Melbourne
1933/34
4
242
J. Potter (170) and D. J. Anderson (78)
Hawthorn East Melbourne
1967/68
5
204
C. J. Dart (177) and D. Martin (84)
North Melbourne
1968/69
6
166
D. R. Plumpton (103*) and Hague (86)
Ringwood
1997/98
7
140*
E. Tait (103*) and G. Brosnan (57*)
Northcote
1919/20
8
166
W. Carkeek (80) and L. Cogle (81*)
South Melbourne
1899/1900
9
166
J. Travaglia (68) and B. Waterman (102*)
Melbourne University
2003/04
10
107
L. A. Childs (104) and S. Street (10*)
Camberwell Magpies
1999/2000
Player
Record
Highest aggregate – career
E. P. Illingworth
599
Highest aggregate – season
C. B. D. Street
67 wickets at 14.63 (2002/03)
Best analysis – innings
M. W. Sievers
9/34 vs Melbourne (1941/42)
H. A. E. Shillinglaw
9/38 vs Prahran (1953/54)
Best analysis – match
A. E. Liddicut
14/49 (8/26 and 6/23) vs Prahran (1929/30)
Wicketkeeping records
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Player
Record
Most dismissals – career
W. L. Jacobs
448 (279 ct 169 st)
Most dismissals – season
P. J. Roach
46 (44 ct 2 st) 2005–06
Most dismissals – innings
W. L. Jacobs
6 (4 ct 2 st) v. St K. 1939/40
J. B. Kline
6 (6 ct) v. St. K. 1989/90
Most dismissals – match
L Banthorpe
8 (7 ct 1 st) v. Greenvale 2017/8
B. A. Kline
7 (4 ct 3 st) v. N. Melb. 1960/1 (SF)
W. L. Jacobs
7 (4 ct 3 st) v. N. Melb. 1940/1
W. L. Jacobs
7 (4 ct 3 st) v. H.E.M. 1939/40
W. L. Jacobs
7 (5 ct 2 st) v. St K. 1951/2(SF)
W. L. Jacobs
7 (1 ct 6 st) v. Ess. 1941/42
Record
Opposition
Year
Highest score for
5/192
St. Kilda
2010/11
Highest score against
4/209
Dandenong
2008/09
Lowest score for
9/76
Prahran
2010/11
Lowest score against
66
St Kilda
2010/11
Highest individual score
Lloyd Mash – 88* off 42 balls
Frankston Peninsula
2008/09
Best bowling
Steven Duckworth – 4/9
St Kilda
2010/11
Season
Batting
Bowling
1986–87
G Watts
L Watts
1987–88
G Watts
T Considine
1988–89
R Watts
L Watts
1989–90
L Watts
C McKissack
1990–91
I Wheeler
M Ridgway
1991–92
G Watts
M Ridgway
1992–93
G Watts
M Ridgway
1993–94
L Watts
D Hampton
1994–95
L Watts
D Hampton
1995–96
B Joyce
A Melbourne
1996–97
G Watts
A Muir
1997–98
D Plumpton
L Childs
1998–99
G Watts
J Renkin
1999-2000
G Watts
C Street
2000–01
B Joyce
L Childs
2001–02
D Plumpton
C Street
2002–03
B Joyce
C Street
2003–04
D Plumpton
B Waterman
2004–05
L Mash
B Waterman
2005–06
L Mash
J Fagg
2006–07
P Dickson
J Fagg
2007–08
P Dickson
J Fagg
2008–09
P Dickson
G Maxwell
2009–10
L Mash
B Waterman
2010–11
G Maxwell
B Waterman
2011–12
P Dickson
J Fagg
2012–13
L Mash
P Dickson
2013–14
T Sheehan
S Duckworth
2014–15
M Frith
A Perrin
2015–16
P Dickson
A Perrin
2016–17
L Mash
T Lawford
2017–18
Schramms Reserve is the Home of the Lions, also known as "The Lions' Den". In 1993/94 the Main Oval was voted the best ground in Premier Cricket, while the bottom ground was awarded the same honour in 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1998/99.[ 12]
Brunswick Street Oval
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The Brunswick Street Oval , currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. The ground was the home of Fitzroy Cricket Club up until its amalgamation 1986 with the Doncaster Cricket Club, Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA from 1883 to 1897, and the home of the club in the VFL from 1897 until 1966, with the last game being played there on Saturday 20 August 1966 against St Kilda, a game which the Lions lost by 84 points.
Season
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Coach
1986–87
A Magee
K Kearney
F Cahill
G Watts
1987–88
R Wood
K Kearney
N Craven
G Watts
1988–89
R Wood
K Kearney
N Craven
W Scholes
1989–90
R Wood
K Kearney
N Craven
W Scholes
1990–91
M Smith
K Kearney
N Craven
W Scholes
1991–92
M Smith
K Kearney
N Craven
W Scholes
1992–93
M Smith
K Kearney
J Brock
W Scholes
1993–94
M Smith
K Kearney
J Brock
W Scholes
1994–95
M Smith
K Kearney
J Brock
W Scholes
1995–96
M Smith
K Kearney
M Catanzariti
W Scholes
1996–97
M Smith
K Kearney
M Catanzariti
L Watts
1997–98
M Smith
K Kearney
M Catanzariti
L Watts
1998–99
M Smith
K Kearney
M Catanzariti
G Gardiner
1999-2000
M Smith
E Taylor
S Dalton
G Gardiner
2000–01
M Smith
E Taylor
S Dalton
L Watts
2001–02
M Smith
E Taylor
F Cahill
S Helmot
2002–03
M Smith
M Turner
F Cahill
S Helmot
2003–04
M Smith
M Turner
F Cahill
S Helmot
2004–05
R Kelly
M Turner
F Cahill
K Hannam
2005–06
R Kelly
M Turner
F Cahill
K Hannam
2006–07
R Kelly
M Turner
F Cahill
C Reidy
2007–08
R Kelly
M Turner
F Cahill
C Reidy
2008–09
R Kelly
M Turner
F Cahill
A Walton
2009–10
T Considine
M Turner
F Cahill
A Walton
2010–11
T Considine
M Turner
F Cahill
L Mash
2011–12
T Considine
M Turner
F Cahill
L Mash
2012–13
T Considine
M Turner
F Cahill
L Mash
2013–14
G Cook
M Duckworth
A Steenberg
L Mash
2014–15
G Cook
M Duckworth
A Steenberg
M O'Sullivan
2015–16
G Cook
A Barrow
A Steenberg
M O'Sullivan
2016–17
G Cook
A Barrow
A Steenberg
M O'Sullivan
2017–18
G Cook
A Barrow
A Steenberg
M O'Sullivan