Toombul District Cricket Club is an Australian cricket club based in Nundah, Queensland, in the city of Brisbane.

Overview

The Toombul District Cricket Club (Toombul DCC or simply TDCC) is a

Queensland Cricket Queensland Cricket, formerly known as the Queensland Cricket Association, is the governing body of Cricket in Queensland, Australia. Formed in 1876, it is directly responsible for the Queensland Bulls, Queensland Fire, Allan Border Field and Que ...

Association cricket club which competes in the

Queensland Premier Cricket Queensland Premier Cricket is the top cricket competition played in Queensland, Australia. The competition was founded under the name Brisbane Electoral Cricket in 1897 and eventually came to be known as Brisbane Grade Cricket, but has since expa ...

competition, the top level of cricket played in Queensland. The

competition has grade levels from Premier Grade to Sixth Grade, with Toombul fielding teams across six senior grades, as well as an U/16 Lords Taverners side. Toombul also has a comprehensive junior club, Toombul DCC - Juniors which fields age-group sides from under 6's to under 16's, and a Milo in2Cricket programme. Toombul is equal with Souths as the most successful cricket club in Queensland, having secured 21 Premier Grade premierships in its history, the most recent coming in the 2012/13 season.

History

Toombul is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia, with records dating the club back to 1882. In 1897/98, Toombul was one of the foundation clubs of what has continued to be the highest level of club cricket played in Queensland, the Queensland Premier Cricket competition. Toombul has been a breeding ground for Test and First Class representatives over the years, and those from Toombul form a who's who of famous cricketing names (including four of

Bradman's 1948 Invincibles The Australian cricket team in England in 1948 is famous for being the only Test cricket, Test match side to play an entire tour of England without losing a match. This feat earned them the nickname of "The Invincibles", and they are regarded ...

).

Toombul's 1948 Invincibles * Don Tallon * Bill Brown *

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Toombul's Bill Brown also has the distinct honour of being the first and only native Queenslander to captain the Australian cricket team. Other famous Toombul players include: * Tim Murtagh *

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* Jeff Thomson *

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* Harry Frei * Peter Clifford * Ryan Harris * Cameron Boyce *

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* Chris Lynn *

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Toombul's Premier Grade Club Record Partnerships contains a "who's who" of famous Toombul names from the post-WWII era. Included are a number of Test and First-Class representatives. * 1st wicket 284 runs SM Milini & KD Murphy v Valley DCC 2009/10 * 2nd wicket 430 runs KD Mackay & AH Carrigan v South Brisbane 1948/49 * 3rd wicket 293 runs KD Mackay & JD Bratchford v South Brisbane 1954/55 * 4th wicket 336 runs PS Clifford & V Snijders v Colts 1986/87 * 5th wicket 205 runs MT Renshaw & CJ Sabburg v Sunshine Coast 2014/15 * 6th wicket 231 runs PWG White & RH McDonald V Sandgate-Redcliffe 2017/18 * 7th wicket 232 runs MM Raadschelders & G Fitness v Gold Coast 2010/11 * 8th wicket 150 runs CJ Boyce & JG Tibbits v Sandgate-Redcliffe 2013/14 * 9th wicket 151 runs SE Carlson & JG Tibbits v Western Suburbs 2011/12 * 10th wicket 106 runs SB Williams & RW McGhee v Wynnum Manly 1991/92 Toombul's 2018/19 season Premier Grade squad includes:
* Australian Test opening batsman Matt Renshaw * Queensland Bulls, Brisbane Heat, and Australian One-Day batsman Chris Lynn * Queensland Bulls bowler Ronan McDonald. In 1972, two Toombul men -

Errold La Frantz Errold Campbell La Frantz MBE (25 May 1919 – 20 February 2015) was an Australian cricketer, administrator, and commentator. He played a single first-class match for Queensland during the 1941–42 season. From Brisbane, La Frantz's sole matc ...

and Cec Anstey - were instrumental in the formation of the junior cricket competition in north Brisbane, the Brisbane North Junior Cricket Association.

's longest serving official scorer, Judy Harris, is a Toombul DCC life member and began scoring Toombul matches in 1971. From 1986 she served as Queensland Cricket's official scorer, until retiring the pencil in 2014, after scoring over 500 First Class matches including 31 Tests and 63 One-Day Internationals. Upon retirement, a room in the Toombul clubhouse was named The Judy Harris Room in honour of her services to the club.

Ground

The Toombul playing ground is named Oxenham Park, after Toombul club legend

. The facility incorporates two fields, the main field Ken Mackay Oval, and the second field La Frantz Oval, named after two more club legends,

and

, respectively. For much of the late 20th century,

Nundah Nundah (previously called German Station) is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It contains the neighbourhood of Toombul. In the , Nundah had a population of 12,141 people. Prior to European settlement, Nundah was i ...

was a low socio-economic area, with public housing and vagrants abundant. Due to the difficulty Toombul Cricket Club faced in maintaining the facilities in the face of vandalism, and the homeless setting up camp at the groundsman's shed, Toombul became affectionately known as The Junkyard. Around the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, gentrification began to take hold in

, as the wealth from the suburbs directly to its south began to flow northwards. This resulted in a much improved suburb, and Toombul was able to improve the club facilities significantly. While the moniker "Junkyard" is no longer applicable, the players and supporters have retained part of the old label, referring to Toombul simply as The Yard. The record attendance for a match at Oxenham Park was on 4 November in the 1931/32 season, when 26,438 people attended to watch Toombul's Second Grade side attempt to bat out a draw and retain 7th spot on the ladder, which they did, much to the delight of the masses of spectators. Unfortunately the fantastic result caused ecstatic jubilation, and eventually utter chaos in the large crowd, which began looting the local shops, and in amongst the mayhem the grandstand, pavilion, and an orphanage near the ground were set alight and burnt down. There was also an unconfirmed report of a fist-fight between several members of the Country Women's Association and the Sisters of Mercy outside the nearby Royal English Hotel. Toombul 1932 Crowd

Facilities

The Toombul clubhouse underwent a capital works programme to develop the rooftop into a rooftop beer garden. Work commenced on 21 January 2017 and were completed on 15 February 2017. The works included new balustrading, stairs, and astroturf flooring. The rooftop is open to the public as well as Toombul club members. The club has ''The Yard Bar'' rooftop beer garden, canteen, bar facilities, air-conditioned clubrooms, as well as plenty of street parking. The rooftop is available for booking through the club directly.

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