Sweet Seventeen

Sweet Seventeen

By DONAL WILSON At just 17, Ella Hayward is impressing everywhere she plays, at the Melbourne Renegades and for Victoria in the Women’s National Cricket League. Winner of the Australian Cricket Society Steve Mason Young Female Cricketer of the Year award for 2021,...
Congratulations Mitch

Congratulations Mitch

Mitch Perry has been turning heads ever since he was 16 when he was selected at Premier first XI standard with Richmond. ‘It was probably too early. I was very young, but it was also very good for me,’ he said. His speed, skill and passion was soon noticed by...
DON’T MISS OUR 53rd ACS ANNUAL DINNER

DON’T MISS OUR 53rd ACS ANNUAL DINNER

Join JAMES PATTINSON at the Australian Cricket Society’s 53rd annual dinner, at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club on Friday night, June 18. The explosive Dandenong, Victorian and Australian fast bowler is our guest of honor. James, 31, had another fine summer this year,...
90 not out

90 not out

Our Living Legend Doug Manning celebrated his 90th birthday with a celebration dinner on Saturday night… and as always was keen to talk cricket and football, with his beloved ‘Dees’ on the march.‘I’ve lived a long and fortunate life,’ he said. ‘I’d like to live...
Take a bow Sam

Take a bow Sam

It was a forum Sam Loxton would have loved: a room full of cricket lovers revelling in the centenary of his birth celebrations. Making it even more special was the banner on the fence: The Sam Loxton Oval, step 1 in Prahran and the Australian Cricket Society’s joint...