Quokkas Cricket Club

Match Report: Empress Quokkas CC v Blackbridge CC

Walhalla Tour

Date: Sunday, November 18, 2025
Location: Walhalla Oval, Walhalla, Victoria
Time: 10.30 a.m. start
Captain: Rev

Another tour game gone, another loss. That, however, is about the only downside to game against Blackbridge CC.

A startlingly beautiful location, a fun opposition and some great times made this into a tour game to remember and a good reminder of why we do it.

As is the way with all tour games, some of the squad arrived very early (Ed, F1, Gelder, Dusty), some arrived the day before (Maxy, Fargo, TBC, Rev), some arrived on the day (Animal, Radar) and some didn’t arrive at all (Daisy).

Posted by Quokkas Cricket Club on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Match Report: Quokkas CC v Rocky Ridge

An Ode to Greatness

First game of the season was against Rocky ridge
We kept them to 157 so the chase was a cinch

But the Quokkas were collapsing with wickets and woe
Until til the crease entered the wonder boy Hendo

The boy from Brunswick west was in the town
And the ridge bowlers were smashed all around

79 of the most glorious runs
Which through the gloom brought us the sun

Posted by Quokkas Cricket Club on Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Match Preview: Quokkas CC v Blackridge CC

The Big Picture

Walhalla is not widely known outside of Victoria, but those that know it are inevitably aware of the mystery that is synonymous with the place.

Not only does it share a name that has a verisimilitude to Valhalla, but it is also supposed to be the most haunted place in the State.

The Cricket Ground in the town also carries a sense of intrigue, having had the MCC (including Warwick Armstrong) play on it and being located on top of a mountain that is only accessible by foot / sherpa.

Posted by Quokkas Cricket Club on Monday, November 10, 2025

Match Preview: Empress Quokkas CC v Rocky Ridge (not the ice cream)

The Big Picture

Welcome back dear reader, we trust you have begun the start of Season 2025/26 with the annual mix of hope, optimism and delusion.

This summer will be The Quokkas 16th (?) in the YPCA. Where once we were the young, brash, talentless kids in town, we are now older and still without talent.

The YPCA organised (and sanctioned) T10 competition was cancelled due to lightning in the skies, rather than the sort on the field, so this match will be our first of the season.

Posted by Quokkas Cricket Club on Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Almost got a roasting

Reigate CC 133–8 (Faggie 3-15, Ali 2-19, Irfan 2-28) beat Quokkas CC 125 all out (Faggie 14, Seagull 18 not out)

I realise now that I have been wasting my life. Rather than spend my weekends standing in a field, basically watching other people play cricket, I should have been emulating Lord Gravy by hunting out the best roast dinner money can buy. He suggests The George in the Strand is the place to go, but unless they serve Yorkshire’s as the starter, I have my doubts it reaches the required Seagull standard. Due to having the back of an 80-year-old man, I have spent most the of Quokkas season perfecting my own Sunday roast rather than playing. I’m confident I’d win Master Chef, assuming they have a roast dinner category – I wouldn’t know, as I draw the line at watching civilians cook food as a form of entertainment.

Posted by Quokkas Cricket Club on Sunday, August 31, 2025