Pleasant Hills Rifle Club

Pleasant Hills Rifle Club was formed in 1936. The first President was Mr S Klemke and Captain was Mr WC Browne. There were 32 members, and the memberships were 7/6. Shooting days were Wednesday afternoons and then changed to Saturday. The range was on the property of Mr WC Browne northwest of Pleasant Hills being leased for 1 pound a year. In 1966 the club went into recess.

Pleasant Hills (Kookaburra) Hockey Club

The club was formed during the 1920’s. Matches were played against clubs from Lockhart, Cookardinia, Rand, Henty, Yerong Creek, Osborne, Culcairn, The Rock, and Uranquinty. Means of transport for travelling matches was mainly by truck. Players paid 6d. (pence) travel fee, and the bus was paid 2 pounds per trip. The Hockey Club held several dances during the year, and a windup ball. The uniform colours were changed several times from black material with gold braid, to black skirt with a white sash. Final uniforms were white frocks, red belts, and berets. The club went into recess in 1936.

Pleasant Hills Cricket Club

The records show that the Pleasant Hills Cricket Club in 1910 sought permission from the education department to play cricket on a portion of the school reserve. Little is known of the early days but in later years a Sunday competition including – Milbrulong, Henty, Yerong Creek, The Rock, Culcairn, and Walla Sub.

Cricket played by Pleasant Hills was mainly in Sunday’s competition. Names that played for the club include the Browne’s, Gale’s, Knobel’s, Klemke’s, Pumpa’s, Grunow, Robertson, Armstrong, McDonald, Harris, Dorman, and Zeibell. The club met with limited success. Again, parties of supporters would travel with the team for several of the away matches, these created a lot of fun for all, and kept the community in touch with cricket in their district.

Social cricket was played once or twice a year, in the early 1990’s, on the recreation reserve. However, the erection of a modern cricket practice facility at the Pleasant Hills School in 1990 was hoped to be the impetus for the development of future cricketers.

From: Under the Fig Tree book Scribed by: Fiona Beckett