Doug Rumble Trophy

Doug Rumble was a wicketkeeper who played 187 games for Fitzroy and University. He was born in 1955 and played his first game in 1970 at the age of 15, keeping to the likes of Eddie Illingworth and Froggy Thomson, the most feared opening bowling combination in district cricket. He made 1658 runs and took 286 catches and 25 stumpings during his career. During his career he also played two seasons at University while doing studies to become a PE teacher. After returning to Fitzroy he became captain coach of the club for 2 seasons in the early 1980s.

Doug was tragically killed in a skiing accident in 1986, just before the commencement of the first season of the amalgamated Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club, leaving behind his wife Glenda and two young children, Jessica and Thomas, and robbing FDCC of a great clubman.

Such was the respect of both Fitzroy and University clubs for Doug that they now play for the Doug Rumble Cup each time they meet. Doug earned this respect not only for the way he went about his cricket but the qualities he possessed as a person. On the field you knew that if the side was in trouble he would be the one fighting back in the lower order to get the side out of trouble. Off the field he was a great clubman, who was only too keen to help others, but was also the first to enjoy a laugh and a joke with his mates. He was respected by both his team-mates and opposition alike, and was probably one of the most popular players in the game.

This trophy is not for the best wicketkeeper, it is for the player who has best demonstrated those qualities Doug possessed as a player, a clubman, a teammate and a friend. So it is a very important trophy for the club to honour Doug's memory and his contribution, and to encourage those qualities in the current generation of players. The trophy is to be kept by the winner for the season and then be handed on to the next winner next year.

Won it more than once