Toombul District Cricket Club

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. The Club 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 three of Bradman’s 1948 Invincibles). These players were Don Tallon, Bill Brown and Colin McCool. 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: Ron Oxenham, Ken Mackay, Lindsay Hassett, Percy Hornibrook, Jeff Thomson, Wally Grout, Harry Frei, Ryan Harris, Cameron Boyce and Peter Clifford.

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, Tasmania Tigers, Hobart Hurricanes and Australian T20 leg spinner Cameron Boyce

In 1972, two Toombul men – Errold La Frantz and Cec Anstey – were instrumental in the formation of the junior cricket competition in north Brisbane, the Brisbane North Junior Cricket Association.

Queensland Cricket’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.