Achievements
Since the commencement of the club, it has produced eight First Eleven District Players with four at Footscray (Mark Mitchell, Jamie Rubeli, Grant Burns, Paul Murray), two at North Melbourne (Trent Said, Ian Timms), one at University (Greg Kennedy) and one at Richmond (Brodie Andrew). Two of these players have represented Victoria at state level (Mark Mitchell in the Under 19’s and Paul Murray in the Under 21’s). Englishman Stuart Broad played for the team in the winter of 2004-05, and went on to play first-class cricket for Leicestershire, the England U-19 team in 2005 and England A in 2006. Broad played his first One Day International for England against Pakistan in 2006 and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2007. Englishman Matthew Boyce, who also represented Leicestershire recently against Pakistan played for the club in its 2003-04 season.
The club has had numerous junior cricketers represented in the various representative sides available within Victoria.
Currently the club fields 7 senior turf sides and 14 junior teams and has won 51 premierships across both junior and senior teams in 28 years of cricket. The club is the largest turf cricket club in Victoria and one of the largest junior clubs in the State.
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