Quokkas Cricket Club

Match Facts

Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024
Location: Johnny Mullagh Oval, Harrow, VIC
Time: 1pm start

The Big Picture

A bit of a big weekend coming up, not only will this be the 15th year of The Quokkas in Australia, but it will also be a visit to a very significant place in Australian and Cricketing circles.

For those not in the know, Harrow is the home of Johnny Mullagh and many of the Indigenous Australians that made up the unofficial 1868 tour to England. This was the first Australian cricket tour to England, was made up completely of Indigenous players and, amongst other things, was completely unauthorised by Australian authorities (such that they were at the time).

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.