1921/22 – Association Formed, previously no cricket was played in Tumby Bay due to the fact that there was not a suitable playing ground. A cement pitch was laid on the Tumby Bay recreation oval in time for the commencement of the 1920/21 season. Les Brock was appointed President of The Association. Participating clubs were Lipson, Tumby Bay, Cummins, Yallunda Flat, Stokes & Salt Creek.

Tumby Bay District Cricket Association compete in the Country Carnival for the first time.

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1925/26 – Stokes & Salt Creek pull out of the association and are replaced by Ungarra & Point Bollingbroke. March 27th 1926 - Ungarra defeat Lipson in the Grand Final played at Tumby Bay. Ungarra’s Alvin Butler scores two centuries for the season. Butler’s 111 on Jan 31st 1926 vs Point Bollingbroke is the first recorded century for the Association.

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1927/28 – The Tumby Bay Cricket Club are Premiers for season 1927/28 going undefeated for the season. They received a gift of 5 pounds from the Association, Lipson were runners-up. Ken Brinkworth from Yeelanna was the association’s top run scorer with 454 runs including a highest score of 102.

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1928/29 – Lipson are crowned premiers of the association despite Tumby Bay’s Harry Davie scoring 150 not out in the Challenge Final. Viv Octoman compiled 120 for the victors.

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1929/30 – Tumby Bay defeat Lipson in the Final with Harry Davie once again dominating the bowlers with an excellent 136 of the team’s total 282. It was Davie’s second century for the season.

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1930/31 - Yeelanna are premiers in season 1930/31

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1931/32 – Cummins are premiers in season 1931/32

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1932/33 – Lipson defeat Cummins in the Challenge Final played at Lipson on April 1st 1933

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1936/37 – On the eve of the 36/37 season, long serving TBDCA President (13 years) Les Brock suddenly dies aged just 51.

Tumby Bay Association wins the Hartwig Shield awarded to the winners of the 1937 Country Carnival. The side was captained by Lipson’s Melv Brougham.

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1938/39 – Tumby Ramblers win their first premiership. Rambler’s Max Nankivell scored a brilliant 224 in the final vs Lipson Imperials. It was the first double century and  highest ever recorded score in the Association eclipsing 197 made by Lipson Imperials Howard Brougham earlier in the season. Ungarra's Mervyn Roediger captures all ten wickets in an innings (10/11)

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1939/40 – Tumby Rovers win their first premiership. The Rovers side was captained by Ron Parker a prolific run scorer who made 13 appearances for South Australia’s Sheffield Shield side between 1933 and 1937. Port Neill’s Fred Errey became the first batsman to score four centuries in a season with scores of 148*, 115*, 104* & 103*

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1941/42 – It was recorded in the minutes book “The Tumby Bay District Cricket season commenced on October 25th 1941 and closed on November 8th for harvest interval. During that time the war became serious to Australia and consequently no play was held during early months of 1942” Yours faithfully Tom Morris, Hon. Sec.

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1944/45 – The Association reforms and Lipson win the Final against Rovers.

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1948/49 – Rovers record the highest ever team score in the Associations history. Their first Innings total of 7/465 against Port Neil included centuries from Fred Schedlich (139) and Chas Newman (122) The runs were scored in very quick time, just 210 minutes and included 44 fours and one six.

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1950/51 – Tumby Bay Association wins the Advertiser Cup awarded to the winners of the 1951 Country Carnival. The side was captained by Lipson’s Ken Baillie.

Ramblers Mervyn Lawrie becomes only the second player to score a double century. His innings of 205 against Port Neill included 22 fours and 5 sixes.

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1952/53 – Former Ramblers veteran Wilfred Carr now playing for Rovers in his final season of cricket scores a century. He scored 104 runs retired out of a total of 3/266 vs Lipson 219 all out. The match was played on November 1st 1952 and Carr was 65 years of age.

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1953/54 – Tumby Bay’s Ken Baillie is named captain of the combined Carnival Team which played against a South Australian Cricket Association side in the presence of the Queen and was introduced to Her Majesty.

Frank Richardson is chosen as Vice Captain in a team of prominent South Australian country cricketers to tour Great Britain. Ken Baillie was also invited to join the touring party but due to health reasons declined the offer.   Locally, Port Neill win their first premiership in the TBDCA.

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1957/58 – Ramblers attacking opening batsman Gordon Turner becomes the first player in club cricket to score five centuries in a season. Turner scored 734 runs for the season in just seven recorded Innings at an average of 146.8. In total he scored seven club centuries in his brief stay at Tumby Bay. Turner was also instrumental in Tumby Bay’s winning of the Mortlock Shield held over the January long weekend in 1958. Captain Bob Davey with scores of 108 & 75 on Friday & Saturday respectively were matched in importance by Turner’s 94 in their win against Cleve on the Monday.

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1958/59 – Tumby Bay Town Oval & Recreational Grounds officially opens

Tumby Bay retain the Mortlock Shield. Gordon Turner was once again the star with scores of 77, 82 and 209 not out which saw him win the batting aggregate with 368 runs at an average of 183. Captain Bob Davey won the bowling aggregate with 23 wickets at an average of just 8.6 per wicket.

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1960/61 – Port Neill’s Bob Davey is selected in the South Australian Country X1 to play against the touring West Indies Test Team. The match was played in the Riverland town of Berri.

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1961/62 – Tumby Bay’s Ken Baillie captures his 1000th Country Carnival wicket. The occasion was marked with a dinner in his honour at the Southern Cross Hotel in Adelaide. In attendance was Victor Richardson a former Australian Test captain.

The Tumby Bay Cricket Club’s two teams Rovers and Ramblers decide to form their own clubs. Bob Davey scores 206 against Ramblers in the semi-final played at Lipson on the 17th of March 1962. In the same season young Yallunda Flat batsman Ken Berryman scored an equally impressive 203 in a match against Ramblers on November 18th 1961. Legend has it that Ken bet his father and brother that he could score more runs than they could reap bags of wheat that afternoon.

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1962/63 - Port Neill’s Bob Davey is selected in the South Australian Country X1 to play against the touring England Test Team. Bob was bowled by Fred Trueman for eight runs. The match was played on the 20th of December 1962 at Port Lincoln’s Centenary Oval.

 

1963/64 – Yallunda Flat decide to join the Great Flinders Cricket Association and as a result the Colts Cricket Club is formed. Ken Baillie & Frank Richardson are both awarded Life membership of TBDCA for their outstanding service over a long period of time.

 

1964/65 – Bob Davey enhances his reputation as one of the Associations greatest ever players with two centuries in the 1965 Mortlock Shield, 151 against LeHunte and 116 not out against Great Flinders.

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1968/69 – Junior Cricket Competition commences. Four teams, Lipson/Ungarra, Port Neill, Tumby Black & Tumby White compete for the Ken Baillie Shield.

Rovers veteran Frank Richardson becomes the oldest player since Wilfred Carr to score a century. He was 55 years and 260 days of age. His 100 not out came against Ramblers on January 18th 1969. Batting with Lyall Swaffer (154 not out) the pair piled misery on the Ramblers bowling attack sharing a record 254 run opening partnership.

Port Neill allrounder Bob Davey captures his 500th career wicket and sits second on the all time wicket taking list behind Lipson’s Ken Baillie.

Tumby Bay wins the Mortlock Shield on percentage from Southern Eyre. Ross Davey was the Carnivals leading wicket taker with fourteen scalps including a match winning 8/27 against Cleve on the Monday. Rodney Hurst batted well for 91 in the same match. Other good contributions over the weekend included Bob Davey (75) brother Don Davey (73) and Lyall Swaffer with scores of 40, 47 & 45.

Port Neill’s Clarrie Gibbons receives Life Membership of TBDCA

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1969/70 – Bob Davey of the Port Neill Cricket Club notched his 50th Century in all forms of senior cricket when he scored 120 not out against Rovers on the 25th of October 1969. The following match against Rovers on November 29th he surpassed 10,000 career runs in club cricket with a typical hard hitting innings of 90 on the Tumby Bay Town Oval. He was the first player to achieve this feat.

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1970/71 – The Colts Cricket Club formerly known as Yallunda Flat win their first premiership.

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1972/73 – Tumby Bay wins the Henderson Shield by defeating Kimba in their final match played on the turf of Cleve Oval. Captain Doug Murphy 31 runs and 3/10 & Rodney Hurst 39 runs and 2/25 made valuable contributions with both bat & ball.

Ungarra win only their second Grand Final in the TBDCA. Ungarra opening batsman Dennis Davey scored a match winning 150 against the more fancied Port Neill side.

 

1973/74 – Rex Baillie of the Lipson Club commences his 48th and last season as a player in the TBDCA. Rex commenced his career in season 1922/23. He was 63 years old when he retired.

Lipson’s Les Hurst scores 110 in his 54th year. Hurst scored twelve of his 21 centuries after turning 40 years of age. In the same season he joined Bob Davey as the only batsman to reach 10,000 career runs. His career average of 50.6 bears testament to his outstanding ability.

Tumby Bay wins the Henderson Shield by defeating Kimba in the final match played at Cleve. Lyall Swaffer with figures of 6/44 & Bob Davey with 57 runs were the stars for Tumby Bay.

Rovers win their first Shield since 1968/69.

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1974/75 – Tom Morris of the Lipson Cricket Club becomes the fourth life member of the Association.

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1975/76 – Rovers teenager Gavin Stringer records the best bowling figures since 1939 when he takes 9/12 against Port Neill on the 1st of November 1975.

Ramblers Dean Dunn takes a record 66 wickets in minor round matches in season 1975/76

Ungarra win their second Shield in four years.

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1978/79 – Ramblers Dean Dunn & Rovers Doug Murphy join the 500 career wickets club.

Ramblers Cricket Club become the first team to win a hattrick of Premierships since Lipson achieved the feat back in season 1934/35.

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1981/82 – Bob Davey becomes the second Port Neill player to receive Life Membership of the TBDCA. A great servant of the Association both on and off the field, Bob was either President or Vice President for a total of eleven years.

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1984/85 – B Grade Cricket Competition commences. Four teams, Port Neill, Rovers, Ramblers & Colts compete for the Dean Dunn Shield.

Lipson’s Mark Cameron scores 1,044 runs for the season and in doing so becomes the only batsman in the Association’s history to score a thousand runs or more in minor round matches. Unfortunately it is not enough to see his team win the Shield with Lipson losing to Colts by six wickets in the 1984/85 Final.

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1985/86 – Association President Doug Murphy of the Rovers Cricket Club is awarded Life Membership. Doug would go onto hold the position of TBDCA President for a record 22 years.

Brothers Dale Cameron (104) & Mark Cameron (108*) of the Lipson Club become the first siblings to each score a century in the same innings of a match.

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1987/88 – Lipson’s prolific run scorer Mark Cameron scores five centuries for the season to equal the feat of Ramblers Gordon Turner some thirty years earlier.

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1989/90 – David Fitzgerald of the Ramblers Cricket Club becomes only the fifth bowler in the Association’s 68 year history to take 500 career wickets.

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1992/93 – Colts Captain Matthew Duffield scores a double hundred. His 200 vs Rovers on the 12th of February 1993 is just the fifth double century on record in club cricket and the first since Bob Davey scored 206 in 1962. His innings included 20 fours & 8 sixes. His partnership of 307 with Andrew Woolford (103) is the highest partnership for any wicket in the history of the Association.

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1993/94 – Colts Cricket Club create history by becoming the first team to win four consecutive Premierships. Captain Dion Watson was the standout with figures of 5/34 in the final vs Port Neill.

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1994/95 – Ramblers seam bowler Craig Weckert became the first player in the Associations history to take two hattricks in the same innings. The feat was achieved against Port Neill on the 5th of March 1994 at Port Neill when he claimed eight wickets for 24 runs. This follows his debut match for Ramblers two months earlier on the 4th of February when he bagged 8/21 against Rovers on the Tumby Town Oval.

Ramblers win their first Grand Final since 1978/79.

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1999/00 – Mark Cameron of the Lipson Cricket Club becomes the third player from his club and seventh overall to be awarded Life membership of the TBDCA

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2001/02 – Tumby Captain Richard Murphy scores an impressive century (124) in their Henderson Shield match against Port Lincoln. Tumby Bay wins the Henderson Shield by defeating Far West in the final played on Tumby Bay Oval. Dale Murphy was a match winner with figures of 7/8 from 9.3 overs. Kerry Franks 54 not out and Daniel Bawden (47) were the main contributors with the bat.

Colts Cricket Club win their fourth premiership in six years defeating Rovers in the final. Colts Shane Pedemonte (101) became the first player for his club to score a hundred in a grand final since Ron Hill (112) in the 1970/71 season.

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2004/05 – Rovers Kerry Franks captures his 500th career wicket in season 2004/05.

Colts defeat Rovers in the Grand Final to win their tenth Shield in twenty two years.

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2005/06 – Colts Dion Watson captures his 500th career wicket in season 2005/06.

Rovers prove too strong for Colts in the Grand Final to win their third Shield in four years.

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2008/09 – Ramblers Cricket Club win the inaugural 20/20 Competition.

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2010/11 – Lipson win a hattrick of premierships defeating Rovers in the Final. During the season Mark Cameron reached the amazing milestone of 15,000 runs scored and then went one better by surpassing Bob Davey as the Association’s all time leading run scorer.

Rovers Dale Murphy surpasses his father Doug atop of the list of most wickets in the Association’s history. His 3/43 against Colts on February 26th 2011 took him past the previous record of 781 wickets. Lipson opening bowler Brenton Stratford takes his 500th wicket in season 2010/11.

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2011/12 – Lipson defeat Rovers in the premiership decider to make it four Shields in a row. Lipson veteran Mark Cameron plays his 500th and final match for Lipson in their Grand Final win.

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2012/13 – Dale Murphy joins his father Doug as a Life Member of the TBDCA. They are the only father and son combination to achieve this recognition.

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2014/15 - Ramblers Joe Walker becomes the first batsman to score a century in a 20/20 match. His  explosive innings of 100 came against Rovers on February 7th 2015 and ensured his club would retain the Red Roof Hotel Cup.

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2016/17 – Tumby Bay’s Nigel James smashes 130 runs in his teams astonishing win against Port Lincoln. Chasing an unlikely victory total of 307, James bludgeoned 7 sixes and 18 fours as Tumby reached its target with two overs and seven wickets to spare.

Ramblers Cricket Club win a fourth straight 20/20 Competition. Joe Walker scores a second Big Bash hundred against Rovers. Ramblers also win their third straight A.T.Borthwick Shield with victory over Lipson in the final.

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2017/18 – Ramblers hard hitting allrounder Nigel James records the highest individual score in a 20/20 match. His incredible innings of 163 came from just 58 balls and included 14 fours and 12 sixes. Rovers Richard Murphy become the Association’s leading runs scorer of all time surpassing Mark Cameron’s 15,250 career runs.

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2018/19 – Tumby Bay wins the Henderson Shield defeating Great Flinders in the final played at Tumby Bay Oval on Sunday February 19th  2019. Ramblers Cricket Club make history by becoming the first team to win five consecutive A T Borthwick Shields.

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2019/20 – Rover’s Jackson Murphy represents South Australia in the Country Championships. The first TBDCA player to represent South Australia since Bob Davey in 1962. His father Richard Murphy becomes only the second player to play 500 club matches.

Lipson win their first Shield since 2013/14.