Collection or topic
Gooley
In this collection
3 records and collections
Person
BROCKELBANK, Lilla
Lilla Brockebank, cricketer and architect, was the fifth of the six daughters of Duncan Brockelbank, actuary and accountant, and his wife Bessy Jemima, née Westmore .[1] Lilla was born in Hackney, London in 1883.[2] The family left London for Australia in August 1885 aboard the M...
Collection item
Cricket in Long Skirts: Women's Cricket 1905-1916
A history of the first eleven years of women's cricket as an organised competition. The Victorian Ladies' Cricket Association was formed in 1905. This ceased to function after the 1915-16 season largely due to the war and the need for women to expend their energies elsewhere. A n...
Story
The Early Days of Women's Cricket
With the MCG within its boundaries East Melbourne has more than its fair share of sporting stories. One that is probably not so widely known is the foundation of women’s cricket as an organised sport. Women's cricket had been played sporadically since 1874 as a social game, often...