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Templestowe Cricket Club History
Club formed in 1864At the end of 1891-92 Season Templestowe lost money and rued the fact that had they attended meetings earlier in the season they would have played more matches in the junior competitions. Mr F Rhodes was elected President and VV L Richardson secretary.
Templestowe entered the Reporter District CA in 1905-06
Templestowe fielded teams from 1905-06 to 1913-14; 1915-16; 1917-18 to 1918-19. The club fielded a second XI from 1911-12 to 1913-14. The only explanation for missing 1914-15 is that Templestowe could not get itself organised in time.
The club won four premiers hips during this period. In 1910-11 they went through the season undefeated and won B grade. Promoted to A grade in 1911-12, Templestowe lost only the one game and won the premiership from Mitcham, who had won the previous two premiers hips. Templestowe’s second XI won B grade in 1912-13. Then, in 1918-19, Templestowe defeated Ring wood in the grand final by eight wickets.
Templestowe finished 3rd in A Grade in 1912-13, and A Grade runners-up in 1913-14 and 1915-16. They were certainly one of the strongest sides during this period, and their total win ratio was the highest of all the Reporter clubs.
In 1913-14 the match between Wonga Park and Templestowe had to be abandoned due to bushfires, a number of players in each side were members of the bush fire brigade.
In 1933 the Association changed its name to the Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association
One Lifespan: Thomas Chivers 1844-1942 (p40)
....occasionally visit Tom and Willie. My mother remembered the old Aborigine visiting when she was a child in the 1890's. My sister Isobel was at my grandparents place about 1923 when this old Aboriginal came to visit my grandfather. Grandmother would not let him in the house because he was dirty. The two old men sat on stumps under the shade of a large gum tree talking for hours. By that time both Tom and Billy were about 80 years of age, and both were still fit and active.
After very brief schooling at the Free Presbyterian School (Fergusons), Tom was sent at the age of 10 to work on a relatives farm at Ivanhoe. Because of home-sickness he returned after a few days. At the age of 12 he accompanied his father to try their luck at the Bendigo goldfields. Tom was then sent to relatives at Geelong to learn the trade of sailmaking. This did not last long because he preferred to work around his home district and he came back to work at wood cutting and shearing. He often proudly related that he had shorn sheep with Ned Kelly. He considered a highlight of his youth to have been going to Royal Park in 1860 to see the start of the Bourke and Wills expedition.
He also played in the first recorded cricket match for Templestowe in 1864. In 1870, Tom married Emily Jane Trott at Holy Trinity Church of England, Doncaster. They had met at a social tea in the church and became the first couple to be married at Holy Trinity. Emily remembered Canvas Town at Emerald Hill (Sth Melbourne) where, in the gold rush times, it was a tent city, set up to house the influx of immigrants. She also witnessed Aboriginal corroborees on the land where the St. Kilda Town Hall now stands.
Tom Chivers (far right) who had been a member of Templestowe's first cricket team in 1864 continued playing into his later years as is shown in this photo in 1890's.
In the late 1860's William Trott purchased land in Doncaster between Victoria Street and Church Road. King Street runs through this land today. Here the family spent week-ends and holidays. Doncaster at this period was a popular place for many City people to spend summer holidays. Tom built a two room bush timber house in Chivers Road, on land his father gave him. Into this home Emily brought her fathers' wedding present, a beautiful cherry wood Dining Suite. To stop damp and rot from the earth floor, the furniture legs were placed in treacle tins. One of these original dining chairs is now in my possession. To a bride of 18 years old, reared in a gentle manner, and not being able to cook Emily was to face many problems, but these were met with the help of family and neighbours. As the family grew a new four room section with a wooden floor was built. This was separate from the original kitchen. As a precaution, against fire, from the large open fireplace, some homes still had such separate kitchens when I was young. When a baby was due, one of the older children would be sent to Mrs Rhodes, the local midwife, to say mother was ill. Babies were kept in long clothes covering their feet for several months then put into shorter dresses. This was referred to as shortening the baby. Boys were kept in dresses until two years old.-:The childrens' playpen was a tea-chest, the bassinet a dress basket, and the rattle a tin of stones. Emily also made rag dolls. Tom and Emily had 13 children and the nine boys and two girls who survived infancy were Tom, Will, Alf, Walter, Alice, Arthur, Harry, Charlie, Sid, Bert and Ruby. They all attended the Templestowe School and when a pupil had reached the 'standard' (6th grade) he or she could receive an exemption from further attendance. Charles Chivers received one of these certificates at the age of 11 years. On Sundays, the family went to Church and
Another of the great local institutions was of course cricket, which is recorded as the longest standing sport in the area. My grandfather Tom Chivers always took pride in having played in the first local team formed in 1864. There were many colourful characters who played cricket in the district over many years and below is a picture of the 1912 Templestowe cricket team, containing many names well known in the district.
p60 Standing in the top row from left to right are Tom Cashen, Jim Cashen, Bert Chivers, Alf Chivers, Gilbert Smith and Joe Beale. Seated in the middle row are Leo Fitzsimons, Mick Cashen, the umpire Walter Bilson, Ted Sheahan, and Lew Beale. In the front are Jim Sheahan and Jim Hodgson.
Apart from their common interest in cricket all these men contributed strongly to com-munity life in the middle years, as is indicated in the following brief notes.
Tom, Jim, and Mick Cashen were three of five brothers who in the 1880's and 1890's were pupils at the Templestowe State School. For many years Jim lived in the Cashen's old home in James Street which overlooked the bowling green. Later he lived beside his brother Tom in Atkinson Street between Milne and McLachlan Streets, and just near their brother Mick in James Street. All the Cashen brothers were orchardists.
Bert and Alf Chivers were the sons of Tom Chivers, spoken of in chapter seven, who was one of the very first pioneer children born in Templestowe in 1844. Bert was the last surviving child of Tom, and like nearly all his brothers he lived into his 90's and died only in 1979.
Gilbert Smith was the son of David Smith, who was the first of the Smith brothers to come to Templestowe. In February 1854 David wrote home to Scotland, saying he would pay the fares of three brothers to come to Mel-bourne. By the end of that year, Tom, John and George had arrived. In 1867 the parents and younger brothers and sisters arrived. Gil. Smith had a dairy farm called Holyrood Park, on what is now called Westerfolds. Cricket was played in this paddock before there was a recreation ground.
Joe and Lew Beale were the sons of Lewis Beale who came to Templestowe in 1875. Joe had an orchard in Porter Street right next to the recreation reserve. Lew's property was on the north west corner of Church and Serpens Roads. Joe's and Lew's maternal grandfather Tom Hicks, settled in Temple-stowe in 1841 and the first local school was held in his barn in the 1850's.
Leo Fitzsimons was the son of Jack Fitzsimons. Leo's grandfather John Fitzsimons bought land bounded by Porter Street and Fitzsimons lane in the 1860's. Five generations of the family hae now lived on the land and for the first three generations it was worked as a dairy farm. Cricket was played in their paddock at the corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons lane, prior to the local people buying the recreation reserve.
The women's cricket team con-tinued to play in the paddock after the men's team had moved across the road to the recreation reserve. Walter Bilson was the umpire and treasurer for the cricket team. Mr. Bilson was the headmaster at Templestowe State School from 1900 to 1912. He was very active in helping to raise money to purchase the local recreation reserve.
Ted and Jim Sheahan were the sons of Pat Sheahan who became the licencee of the Templestowe hotel on the 27th March 1871. The Sheahan family managed the hotel for the next 50 years. Ted was a builder, and later became an estate agent. He was a councillor from 1921 to 1926, and naturally Sheahans Road was named after him.
Jim Hodgson's grandfather also Jim, bought land in Templestowe Road west of Gordon Street in 1853. He did this after receiving inflated prices during the gold rush period for his potatoes, which he had grown on Banyule flats. Jim's maternal grandfather was Thomas Cunningham, who settled in Templestowe in 1842. Jim started an orchard in Porter Street which is still in the family.
After very brief schooling at the Free Presbyterian School (Fergusons), Tom was sent at the age of 10 to work on a relatives farm at Ivanhoe. Because of home-sickness he returned after a few days. At the age of 12 he accompanied his father to try their luck at the Bendigo goldfields. Tom was then sent to relatives at Geelong to learn the trade of sailmaking. This did not last long because he preferred to work around his home district and he came back to work at wood cutting and shearing. He often proudly related that he had shorn sheep with Ned Kelly. He considered a highlight of his youth to have been going to Royal Park in 1860 to see the start of the Bourke and Wills expedition.
He also played in the first recorded cricket match for Templestowe in 1864. In 1870, Tom married Emily Jane Trott at Holy Trinity Church of England, Doncaster. They had met at a social tea in the church and became the first couple to be married at Holy Trinity. Emily remembered Canvas Town at Emerald Hill (Sth Melbourne) where, in the gold rush times, it was a tent city, set up to house the influx of immigrants. She also witnessed Aboriginal corroborees on the land where the St. Kilda Town Hall now stands.
Tom Chivers (far right) who had been a member of Templestowe's first cricket team in 1864 continued playing into his later years as is shown in this photo in 1890's.
In the late 1860's William Trott purchased land in Doncaster between Victoria Street and Church Road. King Street runs through this land today. Here the family spent week-ends and holidays. Doncaster at this period was a popular place for many City people to spend summer holidays. Tom built a two room bush timber house in Chivers Road, on land his father gave him. Into this home Emily brought her fathers' wedding present, a beautiful cherry wood Dining Suite. To stop damp and rot from the earth floor, the furniture legs were placed in treacle tins. One of these original dining chairs is now in my possession. To a bride of 18 years old, reared in a gentle manner, and not being able to cook Emily was to face many problems, but these were met with the help of family and neighbours. As the family grew a new four room section with a wooden floor was built. This was separate from the original kitchen. As a precaution, against fire, from the large open fireplace, some homes still had such separate kitchens when I was young. When a baby was due, one of the older children would be sent to Mrs Rhodes, the local midwife, to say mother was ill. Babies were kept in long clothes covering their feet for several months then put into shorter dresses. This was referred to as shortening the baby. Boys were kept in dresses until two years old.-:The childrens' playpen was a tea-chest, the bassinet a dress basket, and the rattle a tin of stones. Emily also made rag dolls. Tom and Emily had 13 children and the nine boys and two girls who survived infancy were Tom, Will, Alf, Walter, Alice, Arthur, Harry, Charlie, Sid, Bert and Ruby. They all attended the Templestowe School and when a pupil had reached the 'standard' (6th grade) he or she could receive an exemption from further attendance. Charles Chivers received one of these certificates at the age of 11 years. On Sundays, the family went to Church and
The remains of Tom and Emily Chivers' first home in Chivers Road.
Community Life in the Middle Years (p59)
He told me that after matches against Greensborough and in spite of any black-eyes, bruises, or abrasions that might have been sustained during the game, all would be forgotten and the teams would have dinner together at the Templestowe Hotel. The same conditions applied when the match was played at Greensborough. I was not able to ascertain the exact date of the Templestowe Football Club's formation but I believe it was in the early 1890's. Few memories or stories are available from those early days but from after the turn of the century, my father, Harold Morrison, and his brother Wattie, played. Uncle Wattie was one of the early champions and played from 1910 for about 25 years. A number of my brothers and cousins in the Morrison and Chivers families also established their names as footballers over the years. Recruitment of players in those days was not the intensive activity it is now and was often a matter of chance. One particular instance is how local champion, Doug Wilson, was recruited in the early 1920's. Unbeknown to the local team, Doug had played with Hawthorn (then in the VFA). He was picking mushrooms in Fitzsimons paddock opposite the footy ground one day, when a match was being played. The ball was kicked out of bounds and bounced across the road to where Doug was. He picked up the ball, took a couple of steps and from the road, drop-kicked the ball back to the centre of the ground. My Uncle Wattle Morrison immediately hopped over the fence and recruited Doug for the next game.Another of the great local institutions was of course cricket, which is recorded as the longest standing sport in the area. My grandfather Tom Chivers always took pride in having played in the first local team formed in 1864. There were many colourful characters who played cricket in the district over many years and below is a picture of the 1912 Templestowe cricket team, containing many names well known in the district.
Apart from their common interest in cricket all these men contributed strongly to com-munity life in the middle years, as is indicated in the following brief notes.
Tom, Jim, and Mick Cashen were three of five brothers who in the 1880's and 1890's were pupils at the Templestowe State School. For many years Jim lived in the Cashen's old home in James Street which overlooked the bowling green. Later he lived beside his brother Tom in Atkinson Street between Milne and McLachlan Streets, and just near their brother Mick in James Street. All the Cashen brothers were orchardists.
Bert and Alf Chivers were the sons of Tom Chivers, spoken of in chapter seven, who was one of the very first pioneer children born in Templestowe in 1844. Bert was the last surviving child of Tom, and like nearly all his brothers he lived into his 90's and died only in 1979.
Gilbert Smith was the son of David Smith, who was the first of the Smith brothers to come to Templestowe. In February 1854 David wrote home to Scotland, saying he would pay the fares of three brothers to come to Mel-bourne. By the end of that year, Tom, John and George had arrived. In 1867 the parents and younger brothers and sisters arrived. Gil. Smith had a dairy farm called Holyrood Park, on what is now called Westerfolds. Cricket was played in this paddock before there was a recreation ground.
Joe and Lew Beale were the sons of Lewis Beale who came to Templestowe in 1875. Joe had an orchard in Porter Street right next to the recreation reserve. Lew's property was on the north west corner of Church and Serpens Roads. Joe's and Lew's maternal grandfather Tom Hicks, settled in Temple-stowe in 1841 and the first local school was held in his barn in the 1850's.
Leo Fitzsimons was the son of Jack Fitzsimons. Leo's grandfather John Fitzsimons bought land bounded by Porter Street and Fitzsimons lane in the 1860's. Five generations of the family hae now lived on the land and for the first three generations it was worked as a dairy farm. Cricket was played in their paddock at the corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons lane, prior to the local people buying the recreation reserve.
The women's cricket team con-tinued to play in the paddock after the men's team had moved across the road to the recreation reserve. Walter Bilson was the umpire and treasurer for the cricket team. Mr. Bilson was the headmaster at Templestowe State School from 1900 to 1912. He was very active in helping to raise money to purchase the local recreation reserve.
Ted and Jim Sheahan were the sons of Pat Sheahan who became the licencee of the Templestowe hotel on the 27th March 1871. The Sheahan family managed the hotel for the next 50 years. Ted was a builder, and later became an estate agent. He was a councillor from 1921 to 1926, and naturally Sheahans Road was named after him.
Jim Hodgson's grandfather also Jim, bought land in Templestowe Road west of Gordon Street in 1853. He did this after receiving inflated prices during the gold rush period for his potatoes, which he had grown on Banyule flats. Jim's maternal grandfather was Thomas Cunningham, who settled in Templestowe in 1842. Jim started an orchard in Porter Street which is still in the family.
Source of extracts: Templestowe Cricket Club https://www.templestowecc.com/the-early-years from Templestowe – A Folk History. By Hazel Poulter
A cricket first for Templestowe
Source of image unknown 1984 ?
Since gaining promotion by winning the A Grade premiership in 1978-79, the firsts have reached the grand final once before this season but had never won the premiership.
In the semi final, Templestowe defeated local rivals Bulleen-Templestowe in an exciting and evenly matched game.
Templestowe, chasing 259, won by 4 wickets.
Ed Smith (returning to the club he captain-coached to their last premiership), made 105, Greg Smith 48, Phil Walton 32 n.o. and Rodney Bond 35 n.o.
The grand final was played at Blackburn over the last two weekends.
With a considerable amount of time lost, the match was reduced in time and turned out to be an easy first innings win to Templestowe who dismissed Forest Hills for 91 and reach 2 for 97.
Bowling honors for Templestowe were shared by Geoff Er-skine 5-29 off 14 overs and Rodney Bond 4-38 off 20 overs.
Templestowe lost only one wicket before they passed the 91 runs needed to win.
Captain John Oliver making 32 and Greg Smith another great innings of 49 not out.
SCOREBOARD Forest Hills
H. Richardson caught Erskine 26, S. Crump
bowled Bond 19, M. Anderson caught Erskine 12, P. Daykin caught Bond 0, P. Hansen caught Bond 0, A. Henkel run out 25, R. Fewster caught Erskine 2, K. Turner bowled Erskine 1. J. Mann caught Erskine 1, M. Huntington not out 2, A. Parry bowled Bond 0. Extras 3. 91.
G. Erskine 5-29, R. Bond 4-38, B. Dawson 0-21.
Templestowe
E. Smith caught Richardson 5, J. Olver caught Hansen 32. G. Smith not out 49, B. Dawson not out 0. Extras 11. 2/97.
R. Parry 0-19, J. Mann 0-17, H. Richardson 1-16, P. Hansen 1-31, M. Anderson 0-3.
Templestowe Cricket Club were fortunate to gain the experience of two past players to blend with a well balanced first eleven side.
Along with the others Ed Smith and Greg Smith took the Templestowe Cricket Club to its first ever McIntosh Shield First Eleven premiership.
Ed Smith captain coached Templestowe to a previous A Grade premiership 78-79 and in 79-80 to runners-up in shield grade before he returned to Doncaster Footballers.
This season he rejoined Templestowe and contributed during the season with over 500 runs including a great century (105) in the semi final against Bulleen-Templestowe.
Greg Smith played football for Templestowe in their last premiership in 1973. He joined the Cricket Club during thus season after being out of cricket for 4 or 5 seasons.
This experience was invaluable and showed out in the finals where he made 48 in the semi final and 49 not out in the grand final.
Two former Junior players were the stars with the ball in the grand final; Geoff Erskine 5-29 and Rodney Bond 4-38; both came up through the juniors and their performances in the grand final were match winning.
TCC resident Historian Nick Tsiotinas recovered this fantastic newspaper article from our first McIntosh Shield win back in Season 1984/85.
FOREST HILL LOSES FINAL
"Templestowe collected the top grade premiership of Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association with a confident batting performance on Saturday. The winning batting line-up found it needed only 92 to win after Erskine and Bond had crashed through the Forest Hill batting line-up in the early stages of the 1984/85 season final of McIntosh Shield grade.Templestowe clinched their flag by losing only two wickets in reaching the target.
Their previous top grade flags were in 1978/79, 1928/29 and 1918/19.
Erskine 5/29 and Bond 4/38 were the chief heroes of the victorious side."
Source: Nunawading Gazette - Season 1984/85 published on Templestowe Cricket Club - Facebook - 2013
HALF CENTURY ON WAY — but the innings began in 1860
A member of one of the families that originally settled Templestowe, Mr Bernie Fitzsimons, of Fitz-simons Lane, this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of his association with Templestowe Cricket Club.
Mr Fitzsimons's grandfather began farming land, on which several Fitzsimons families still live, in 1860. His property then consisted of 219 acres and stretched from Porter St. to the river. In 1891 the property was halved and divided between two brothers — Bernie’s father and Matthew, who also played cricket for Templestowe Club in the 1890s.
Old pitch
It was there that Bernie and his brothers first developed their love of cricket on a concrete wicket they built 55 years ago. The wicket, which is still there today, saw many local identities develop a good batting and bowling style. Among them were Albert Petty, of Porter st.; Clarrie Mangan, of Porter St., and Jim Mullens, of Anderson St. Bernie played both cricket and football for Templestowe and tennis on the family court. He remembers playing East Doncaster in his first match, when the opposition team included Bill and Art Budge and Jim McKinley, whose families are still living the Doncaster area. Another old local identity he remembers well is Mr Ben Rhodes, who once rescued a Fitzsimons dray from the river on the day Bernie’s youngest sister was born.
Today, the Fitzsimons name is still well represented in local cricket circles. Two of Bernie’s sons, Brendan, of Fitzsimons Lane, and Terry, of Hawtin St. play as do two of his nephews, Tony and John. Two of Bernie's brothers played with the club and his father helped to build the pitch now used at tne reserve in Porter St. Bernie did not stop playing for the club until 1961. He is still senior vice-president and a life member of the club.
Source: A little bit of club history from the 70's. The clubs Volunteers Award is named after Bernie Fitzsimons. (an article that was in the East Yarra News Jan 18 1972)
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Old pitch
It was there that Bernie and his brothers first developed their love of cricket on a concrete wicket they built 55 years ago. The wicket, which is still there today, saw many local identities develop a good batting and bowling style. Among them were Albert Petty, of Porter st.; Clarrie Mangan, of Porter St., and Jim Mullens, of Anderson St. Bernie played both cricket and football for Templestowe and tennis on the family court. He remembers playing East Doncaster in his first match, when the opposition team included Bill and Art Budge and Jim McKinley, whose families are still living the Doncaster area. Another old local identity he remembers well is Mr Ben Rhodes, who once rescued a Fitzsimons dray from the river on the day Bernie’s youngest sister was born.
Today, the Fitzsimons name is still well represented in local cricket circles. Two of Bernie’s sons, Brendan, of Fitzsimons Lane, and Terry, of Hawtin St. play as do two of his nephews, Tony and John. Two of Bernie's brothers played with the club and his father helped to build the pitch now used at tne reserve in Porter St. Bernie did not stop playing for the club until 1961. He is still senior vice-president and a life member of the club.
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