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Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club
One Day nameFitzroy Doncaster Lions
Personnel
CaptainEjaaz Alavi
CoachMatthew Bremner
Bowling coachSean Pietersz
Chief executiveMatthew Elliott
Team information
ColorsMaroon   and gold  
Founded1861 (Fitzroy Cricket Club)
Home groundSchramms Reserve
History
1st XI Two Day wins10
1st XI One Day wins1 (2015-16)
1st XI T20 Cup wins0
Other XI Wins wins13
Official websitefitzroydoncastercc.com.au

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.

Honours

Club Championships

Premierships

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

One Day Premierships

Player Honours

Club Legends

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

Hall of Fame

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:

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

Players who have represented their country and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.

Victorian Representatives

Players who have represented the Victorian Bushrangers and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.

John Scholes Medal winners

The medal awarded to the best Premier Cricket player of the final voted by the umpires.

Jack Ryder Medal winners

The medal awarded to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.

Premier Cricket Team of the Season

2nd XI Player of the Season

The award is presented to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.

3rd XI Player of the Season

The award is presented to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.

4th XI Player of the Season

The award is presented to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.

Don Patrick Medal

The Don Patrick Medal is an award voted by the players. After every round, three players from each team vote on their three best performed players in the game. At the end of the season, the votes are tallied up and the winner is crowned the player's Most Valuable Player (MVP). Don Patrick, whom the award is named after is a club stalwart, a person who has been involved in the club since the amalgamation in 1986.

Season Winner Votes 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI 4th XI
2011-12 Steven Duckworth 43 Steven Duckworth Matthew Bright Andrew McCormack Ned Taylor
2012-13 Lloyd Mash & Peter Dickson 48 Lloyd Mash & Peter Dickson Matthew Jackson Andrew McCormack John Hayes
2013-14 Shane Findlay 59 Peter Dickson Matthew Bright Matthew Grace Mark Sheedy
2014-15 James Considine 54 Andrew Perrin Jack Rudd James Considine Kieran Vanderwal
2015-16 Andrew Perrin 55 Andrew Perrin Jack Rudd Mitch Chappell Vasish Vasan
2016-17 Trent Lawford 50 Trent Lawford Matthew Grace Alex Smith Brendan Grace
2017-18 Trent Lawford 60 Trent Lawford Joshua White Joel Reid Cameron Clark
2018-19 Michael Sacchetta TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
2019-20 Joe Blyth TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
2020-21 Jack Rudd TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
2021-22 Jack Arandt TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
2022-23 Max Sacristani TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
2023-24 Callum McIlveen 50 TBC TBC TBC TBC

Club

Club song

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

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]

Records

Club records

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

Batting records

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)

Partnership records

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

Bowling records

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

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

Twenty20 records

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

1st XI Honour Roll

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

Grounds

Schramms Reserve

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

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.

Admin

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

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