The Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club, nicknamed the Lions, play cricket in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as

Victorian Premier Cricket Victorian Premier Cricket is the highest level club cricket competition in the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, administered by Cricket Victoria. Each club fields four teams (firsts through to fourths) of adult players and usually play ...

. 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

* 1939/40 * 1957/58 * 1960/61 * 1961/62 * 2017/18

Premierships

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

Two Day Premierships

* 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

* 1st XI – 1993/94 (CUB Shield – No Final Played), 2015–16 * 2nd XI – 2003/04, 2010/11 * 4th XI – 2010/11

Player Honours

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 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.

International Representatives

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

Neil Harvey Robert Neil Harvey (born 8 October 1928) is an Australian former cricketer who was a member of the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement. A ...

* Rob Bailey *

Roshan Mahanama Deshabandu Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (, ; born 31 May 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former ICC match referee. He was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka. He is the first man to have stood as a ma ...

* John Stephenson *

Dirk Nannes Dirk Peter Nannes (born 16 May 1976) is an Australian-Dutch cricket commentator and former cricketer who has played internationally for both Australia and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent multiple international teams. From ...

Glenn Maxwell Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer. He has played for the Australia national cricket team in all formats of the game since 2012, although he is primarily a One Day International and Twenty20 Inter ...

Alex Hales Alexander Daniel Hales (born 3 January 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batter who represented the England cricket team across all formats and played domestically for Nottinghamshire. He made his One Day International ...

Victorian Representatives

Players who have represented the

Victorian Bushrangers The Victoria cricket team is an Australian first-class men's cricket team based in the Australian state of Victoria. The men’s team, which first played in 1851, represents the state of Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield first-class ...

and have also played for the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club. * John Scholes * Gary Watts *

Darren Berry Darren Shane Berry (born 10 December 1969) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who was known for his sharp skills as a wicketkeeper, first with South Australia and then Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and ING Cup domestic compe ...

* Lloyd Mash *

Sam Elliott

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.

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 The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is an Australian rules football and cricket ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia. History Aust ...

, 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

References

External links

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LionsTV
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