Quokkas Cricket Club

Quokkas CC 191-1 (Tugboat 85no, Faggie 65no, Arunav 27) beat North Stifford CC 187-7 (Seagull 2-9, Skip 1-12)

It’s that time of the year again, when I have a good old moan about the world’s ills, outline the long and painful winter that I’ve had, before providing a short description of the first Quokkas defeat of the season. However, my winter wasn’t all bad this time around. Saints were obviously woeful (I’d put a fork in us back in February) and lost most weeks. The Eagles lost in the Superbowl. My freedom to protest was lost, as was my ability to swim in our waterways and move freely in Europe. However, I did move one step closer to becoming an Olympian, acquired my first trombone and ploughed my way through several cases of a lovely Chateauxneuf Du Pape.

Date: Sunday, March 6th, 2023 Location: Fairlea West, Fairfield Time: 10 a.m. start
Captain: Big Dave

Captains Log

Our biggest day of the year was set up to be a scorcher, Quokkas v the Standard @ Fairlea West.

No toss was necessary as they wanted to bowl and we wanted to bat, after a cheeky pre-game pump up net sesh. The standard brought out their best bowling of the year, smashing through our top order, with Radar caught at long on going after a loose delivery in the first over.

Match Facts:
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2023
Location: Nerrena Cricket Ground, Nerrena (Gippsland), VIC
Time: 1.00pm start

The Big Picture:

After a couple of years away from the scenic capital of the Cricket calendar (say that ten times fast), The Quokkas return to Nerrena this weekend for another celebration of inclusive Cricket while admiring the vista.

I can’t actually remember how many times we’ve made the trip down there (5? 6?), but it isn’t nearly enough.

Match Facts

Date: Sunday, February 21st, 2023
Location: Poplar Oval, Royal Park, VIC Time: 1pm start
Captain: Alex

Match Report

The weather was perfect. The oval was idyllic. The other team was late. We batted first. Most of us contributed with the bat. Rohan and I made 30. They had a few great bowlers. They took some wild catches. As a bowling attack they were a very decent I reckon, so well done us.

Match Facts

Date: Sunday, february 12th, 2023
Location: Poplar Oval, Royal Park, VIC
Time: 1pm start
Captain: Alex

The Big Picture

Being a pub cricketer is a life of dichotomy. You love the game and want to play, just not at the expense of anything else you have in your life. A warm Summers day spent at the markets may lead you to think “This’d be a great day for cricket” wistfully, and then you move on to the fish aisle.