Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club
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| One-day name: | Fitzroy Doncaster Lions |
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| Captain: | Peter Dickson |
| Coach: | Michael O'Sullivan |
| Bowling coach: | Sean Pietersz |
| Colors: | Maroon and gold |
| Founded: | 1861 (Fitzroy Cricket Club) |
| Home ground: | Schramms Reserve |
| Chief executive: | Graeme Cook |
| 1st XI 2 Day wins: | 9 |
| 1st XI One Day wins: | 1 (2015-16) |
| 1st XI T20 Cup wins: | 0 |
| Other XI Wins wins: | 13 |
| Official website: | fitzroydoncastercc |
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.
Premierships and Runners-up for all the clubs elevens since the clubs induction into the VCA in 1906.
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 season voted by the umpires.
The medal awarded to the best Premier Cricket player of the final 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 (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.
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.
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.
Schramms Reserve is the Home of the Lions, also known as "Planet Schramms" and "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.
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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