Gilbert Gordon Oval
1 Davy Street, Woodend
The home ground. 1st and 2nd XI on Saturday afternoons, junior cricket on Saturday mornings, Under 11s and Cricket Blast, every training session and the social rooms.
Directions
Woodend Cricket Club · Est. 1861
165 years of Woodend cricket
Formed in a pub on the Mount Alexander Road in the year the railway reached Woodend. Still here, still volunteer run, and premiers again.
Since 1861
The story so far
In January 1861 a meeting at Joseph Harper's Woodend Inn signed up about thirty members. Harper, later described as the founder of Woodend, was its first mayor, and two years on his horse Banker won the third Melbourne Cup.
Kyneton Advertiser · 18 January 1861
It is to be hoped that the Woodend Cricket Club may prosper, and ere long be in a position to compete with the clubs of the neighbouring towns.
Read the 1861 formation story- 15 Jan 1861
Founded at Harper's Hotel
About thirty men put their names down at a meeting in Joseph Harper's Woodend Inn, on the corner of High and Forest Streets, a few hundred metres from today's clubrooms.
- 23 Jan 1861
First practice
The new club met for the first time, with attendance described as "tolerably numerous".
- 1 Apr 1861
First match
Woodend hosted the well established Malmsbury club and lost by an innings. Everyone starts somewhere.
- 2003/04
Top grade premiers
A senior premiership in the GDCA's top grade.
- 2024/25
One Day Cup winners
The inaugural McIntyre Cup One Day Cup.
- 2025/26
McIntyre Cup premiers
The first top grade flag in 22 years.
- 2026/27
A women's team
Woodend fields a women's side in the GDCA, alongside its girls' program.
Where to find us
Our grounds
Racecourse Oval
Forest Street, Woodend (beside Buffalo Stadium)
Home of the lower senior grades on Saturday afternoons, with junior cricket in the mornings. A full day of cricket on a summer Saturday.
DirectionsMore than cricket
Around the club
Family dinners, presentation nights, coaching clinics and a visit from Santa on the CFA truck. Gilbert Gordon is the centre of a lot of Woodend summers.
Volunteer run
Who to talk to
Game called off, weather or a ground change? Contact your team's coach directly. Coach contacts are on the club's PlayHQ page under "show more contacts".
See something, say something
Child safety
If you're unhappy with the way you, your child or another child is being treated, talk to a parent or guardian, or to our Child Safety Officer.
Child Safety OfficerJess Horan0431 288 138woodendcricketclubCSO@gmail.com
- Woodend Cricket Club endorses Australian Cricket's Policy for Safeguarding Children and Young People, and the associated policies.
- Committee members, coaches, team managers and senior captains all hold a current Working with Children Check.
- Photos of children are only used with a parent or guardian's approval through PlayHQ registration, or in a way that doesn't identify the child.
- Any complaint of abuse, bullying or harassment is taken seriously and handled confidentially under the Cricket Victoria Member Protection Policy.
More from Cricket Victoria: child safeguarding and the Member Protection Policy. Volunteers: apply for or update and link your Working with Children Check.
Woodend together
Community partners
The club works alongside other Woodend groups. Woodend Cricket Club is also a Good Sports accredited club.
- Woodend CFA
- Woodend Neighbourhood House
- CWA Woodend Eves
- Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club
- Woodend Masters Football Club
- Woodend Junior Football Netball Club
- Zonta Club of Kyneton
Get in touch
Contact the club
Clubrooms
Gilbert Gordon Reserve
1 Davy Street, Woodend VIC 3442
Post
PO Box 326, Woodend VIC 3442