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Donnybrook Cricket Club crestDonnybrookCricket Club · Est. 1975
Donnybrook's Athol Attwater Shield premiership team with their medals, March 2024

Est. 1975 · Kalkallo Recreation Reserve

Everyone plays at Donnybrook

Fifty years on, the Brookers field ten senior sides across the NWMCA and VTCA, junior boys and girls teams, Cricket Blast, and senior women on turf this summer.

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Premiers Athol Attwater Shield, 2023/24

1975The year it all started
10Senior sides on PlayHQ in 2026/27
3Premierships since 2021/22
16Sponsors backing 2026/27

NWMCA · VTCA · Summer 2026/27

This weekend

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2025/26 honour roll

Last summer's standouts

Three hundreds, a league medal, a 300 run stand and a junior bowling award.

Puneet Sharma with his bat and helmet741runs

Puneet Sharma

1st XI, Russell Pollock Shield (VTCA)
  • Average of 61.75
  • Three centuries
  • Best of 156 off 189 balls, with 14 fours and 5 sixes
Gurjinder Sandhu, Matt Cervetto Medal winnerMVP

Gurjinder Sandhu

Matt Cervetto Medal
  • Most valuable player in the Vic Kyte Shield
  • Voted by the umpires
Sukhdeep Gill and Paramjit Singh after their 300 run partnership300run stand

Sukhdeep Gill and Paramjit Singh

Graham Muir Shield v Ascot Vale
  • Sukhdeep 177
  • Paramjit 103 not out
Upraj Kaura holding a cricket ballU16bowling award

Upraj Kaura

VMCU Under 16 Boys, K McKay Shield
  • Winner of the bowling award for the NWMCA side

Leading the way in 2026/27

Our captains

Jaskirat Dhatt in the club's blue playing shirt

Jaskirat Dhatt

Graham Muir Shield

Harinder Bal in the club's blue playing shirt

Harinder Bal

Vic Kyte Shield

Jitender Singh in the club's blue playing shirt

Jitender Singh

2nd XI turf, VTCA

The DCC girls at pre-season training in the indoor nets at Mickleham

Girls and women

Wear the navy, play with pride

Senior women and junior girls both have a place at Donnybrook in 2026/27. Our All Girls Under 14s went through last summer unbeaten and won the North East premiership, and the girls were back in the nets at Mickleham Indoor Sports Centre for pre-season.

  • Senior women playing in the turf competition in 2026/27
  • Junior girls teams, with the Under 14s defending a flag
  • All ages, all abilities, all welcome
Female Cricket CoordinatorShiv Attri0430 960 786girls.cricket@donnybrookcricketclub.com.au

Registrations open

Play for Donnybrook

All ages, all abilities, all welcome. Register online through PlayHQ, or call Parry on 0433 801 201 if you have questions.

Senior cricket

Ten senior sides across the NWMCA and VTCA, on turf and synthetic, plus the Premier T20 Cup.

  • NWMCA: Vic Kyte, Athol Attwater, Graham Muir, Brian Moss and Musgrove Shields
  • VTCA: 1st and 2nd XI turf in Division 5
Registrations close 28 February 2027
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Junior cricket

Boys and girls teams in the NWMCA junior competition, plus the Junior Smash Series.

  • Junior training on Wednesday evenings
  • Coached by Parry Kaura and the junior team
Registrations close 31 January 2027
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Cricket Blast

Cricket Australia's starter program for younger kids. Bats, balls and plenty of fun, no experience needed.

  • The first step into club cricket
  • Register online through PlayHQ
Registrations close 31 January 2027
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Our story

Fifty years of the Brookers

  1. 1975

    The club starts

    Donnybrook Cricket Club is founded in Melbourne's outer north.

  2. 2017

    The first Inclusion Cup

    A day of T20 cricket against university students, run in rainbow colours, to show everyone is welcome at the club.

  3. 2021/22

    Under 12 B premiers

    A junior flag in the NWMCA, with a pennant to prove it.

  4. 2023/24

    Athol Attwater Shield

    A senior premiership for the Brookers in March 2024.

  5. 2025

    Fifty years

    Half a century of cricket in Melbourne's north, celebrated with the club's 50th season.

  6. 2025/26

    Unbeaten girls and 741 runs

    The All Girls Under 14s go through the season unbeaten, and Puneet Sharma makes three hundreds for the 1st XI.

  7. 2026/27

    Ten senior sides

    Ten senior teams on PlayHQ, juniors and girls teams, and senior women in the turf competition.

Our partners

The businesses behind the club

Sixteen businesses are backing Donnybrook in 2026/27. Support them and they keep supporting us.

Gold sponsor

The Singh Group

Home, car, investment and business loans, led by Authorised Credit Representative Shahbaz Riar.

Call 0412 955 135

SKAD Real Estate

Sales, leasing and property management in Thomastown and Craigieburn.

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Balmain

The masterplanned community right here in Donnybrook.

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Doaba Homes

Custom home builders. "We build your dream homes."

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M.A.R Pest Control

Mark Baker's family business, which donates $5 from every treatment to charity.

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Nice Backyard

Synthetic grass, sheds, decking and fencing across Melbourne.

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Also backing the Brookers

  • KFC
  • Snappys Pizza & Kebab
  • Bundoora Motor Panels
  • V For Photography
  • Expert Concrete Solutions
  • Dreamz Homes
  • Creative Events
  • C.Square Real Estate
  • Good Guys Painting
  • Bajwa Immigration Consultants

Put your business in front of the club

Ten senior sides, juniors, girls and a growing community in Melbourne's north.

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Where to find us

The club

Kalkallo Recreation Reserve

45 Toyon Road, Kalkallo

Our home ground, where most of our sides play their home games.

Directions →

Olivine Recreation Reserve

Cycad Avenue, Donnybrook

Home ground for some of our NWMCA sides.

Directions →

Committee

Safe cricket for everyone

Every player deserves to feel safe, valued and supported. Donnybrook Cricket Club endorses the Victorian Cricket Integrity Policies and is committed to best practice in child safety and member protection, on and off the field.

Our Child Safety Officer is David Vidic: 0439 031 241 or admin@donnybrookcricketclub.com.au.

In 2017 the club held its first Inclusion Cup, a day of T20 cricket in rainbow colours, because everyone is welcome at Donnybrook.