Quokkas Cricket Club

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.

Match Facts

Date: Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
Location: Fairfield Oval , Fairfield, VIC
Time: 1pm start
Captain: Local

The Big Picture

…And so we come to the last YPCA regular-season game of what has felt like a very busy season. A look back at the stats shows that we haven’t played that many matches; we’ve had one rained off and one interrupted by rain.

That being said, we’ve travelled to Harrow, played in a YPCA 10-over thing, enjoyed the Bat Bar, and had a few ripper training sessions too.

Date: Sunday, February 2, 2025
Location: Fairfield Oval , Fairfield, VIC
Time: 1.45pm start
Captain: Sizzle

Conditions

It was hot, faaaaarkin hot. Our usual start time was moved from 12:30 to 47 degrees AEST.

Details

During the week we had more than a full squad. Come game day, we just scraped an XI together. Ice Man knows how to leave the ball but apparently not a 23rd beer the night before a match. Other withdrawals were more understandable but questionable nonetheless. Hair appointment anyone?

Match Facts

Date: Sunday, February 2, 2025
Location: Fairfield Oval , Fairfield, VIC
Time: 1.45pm start
Captain: Sizzle

The Big Picture

The Quokkas go into their second match of 2025 with an 0-1 record and an “oh what fun” mindset. The first game of 2025, against The Curtin, was played in appalling conditions, with lightning and occasional downpours causing us to be on-and-off more often than Rachel and Ross.

As a result, we did only manage a 17-over game, so this Sunday should be our first actual YPCA match for the year. Huzzah.

Match Facts

Date: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Location: Fairfield Oval , Fairfield, VIC
Time: 1pm start
Captain: Prez

The Big Picture

Hello to 2025. We are now into the 15th season of The Quokkas (Australian edition), which is still providing laughs and entertainment, with some story and character arcs developing and others being as flat as the horizon.

We kick off this year with a game against our old friends, The John Curtin Hotel. We’ve had a number of memorable games against The Curtin, not least; their first win, Rowdy’s 84*, their last game in the league*, my first 6 (that was actually caught by man-mountain Cassidy on the boundary), and many more.