Cricket
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Albert Hartkopf was one of the great all round sportsmen of his day. Born to German migrants in 1889,...
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Croxton Youth Club was formed in the late 1950s by six young people who lived in the area. The club...
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The Darebin Women’s Sports Club has Australian football, soccer, cricket, eight ball and Gaelic...
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Ernest Charles Yeomans was always known as “Son” and it is quite probable that few who knew him...
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Frank Leslie Lugton (1893-1916) was a promising young cricketer with the Northcote Cricket Club, a member of...
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Frank Thorn (1912-1942) was one of four Victorian first-class cricketers who are known to have lost their...
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Gary Cosier, born in 1953, was an aggressive middle order batsman and useful medium pace bowler who debuted...
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The earliest record of an organised cricket club in Northcote originates from 1874. There is evidence of an...
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Coburg born Jack Potter was a versatile sportsman, representing Australia at both cricket and baseball. In...
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Most land titles in Melbourne’s northern suburbs still cite Jika Jika as the parish in which they are...
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Jim (J.J.) Morris was on of the great sportsmen of Northcote’s early days. In particular he was a superb all...
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Jack Ryder played most of his long and distinguished career for the Collingwood Cricket Club but, in the...
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John Harry was born in Northcote in 1857, living his entire life in Westgarth, whilst working as a saddler in...
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Malcolm Gray was born in Preston in May 1940, the son of Alex (Alec) Gray, a prominent city real estate agent...
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The Northcote Cricket Club was founded in the mid 1870s. The club was briefly known as the Northcote Star...
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Plant's Paddock was located on the east side of High Street Northcote at the base of Rucker's Hill. Owned...
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The Preston Cricket Club can trace its history directly to a 1901 meeting at the Preston Shire Hall. At that...
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In the early 20th century All Saint’s Anglican Church fielded a cricket club that was considered to be...
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Rodney Hogg was born in Richmond in 1951 and would go on to a controversial career that started at Northcote...
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Ron Bowtell, a wicket-keeper and opening batsman, played 205 consecutive games in Northcote’s first XI...
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The mid to late 1880’s were a boom time for land speculators in Northcote, with large blocks being sold off...
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The West Preston Cricket Club began in 1916 as the West Preston Methodist Church Cricket Club. It's initial...
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William (Bill) Morris Lawry was born in Thornbury on 11 February 1937, the youngest of three children by 14...
