Vigoro was a popular sport last century and is still 'alive and swinging' in Queensland
- stellawilliams88
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min read
Queensland is probably the last place in the world keeping the unique, cricket-inspired sport of vigoro alive.
Ipswich, Boonah, and Cairns remain the last towns and cities fielding teams of what used to be a sport for schoolgirls from about the 1920s.
The principles are the same as cricket — there are two teams, players make runs after hitting a ball, and can get caught out, bowled out, run out, and, of course, the winner scores more runs than the other team.
However, vigoro tournaments pit teams of 12 against each other, not 11 like in cricket, and two bowlers take turns to bowl consecutively — one with a red ball, the other with a white ball.
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