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

  • 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, 2024/25
  • 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, 2015–16
  • 2nd XI – 2003/04, 2010/11
  • 4th XI – 2010/11

Player Honours

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.

Victorian Representatives

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

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.

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 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.