Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club


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 and Runners-up for all the clubs elevens since the clubs induction into the VCA in 1906.

Two Day Premierships

Club Legends

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:
Players who have represented their country and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.
Players who have represented the Victorian Bushrangers and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.
The medal awarded to the best Premier Cricket player of the final voted by the umpires.
The medal awarded to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.
The award is presented to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.
The award is presented to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.
The award is presented to the best Premier Cricket player of the season voted by the umpires.
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. 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.
SeasonWinnerVotes1st XI2nd XI3rd XI4th XI
2011-12Steven Duckworth43Steven DuckworthMatthew BrightAndrew McCormackNed Taylor
2012-13Lloyd Mash & Peter Dickson48Lloyd Mash & Peter DicksonMatthew JacksonAndrew McCormackJohn Hayes
2013-14Shane Findlay59Peter DicksonMatthew BrightMatthew GraceMark Sheedy
2014-15James Considine54Andrew PerrinJack RuddJames ConsidineKieran Vanderwal
2015-16Andrew Perrin55Andrew PerrinJack RuddMitch ChappellVasish Vasan
2016-17Trent Lawford50Trent LawfordMatthew GraceAlex SmithBrendan Grace
2017-18Trent Lawford60Trent LawfordJoshua WhiteJoel ReidCameron Clark

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 always see it through.

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.

Records

Club records

Batting records

Partnership records

Bowling records

Wicketkeeping records

Twenty20 records

1st XI Honour Roll

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.

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 1883–97, 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.

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