Young Cricketer of the Year for 2016

The Australian Cricket Society’s Young Cricketer of the Year for 2016 is 19-year-old paceman Adam McMaster from Dandenong CC. Adam has been making waves in cricket from a very young age.  First selected in a representative side at 13, he has gone on to represent his...

Sam Harper What a season

First-class debuts don’t get much better. Selected to debut against Tasmania on February 3, 19-year-old Sam Harper became Victoria’s youngest Sheffield Shield keeper and claimed the most dismissals (9) by a debutant, one of which was a stunning one-handed catch in...

IT’S CODE RED FOR GEORGIA

BY SIMON DRAYCOTT The youngest, at 16, to play in the Women’s Big Bash League in 2015-16, Georgia Wareham is the pride of Mortlake and quite rightly so. Wareham debuted in the red of the Melbourne Renegades at the Gabba  in December.  “It was pretty amazing walking...

V for Victory Luncheon David Saker

Victoria’s 30th Sheffield Shield title was one of the most satisfying, and to share in the celebrations and tell us how the Vics did it Bushrangers coach David Saker has kindly accepted our invitation to lunch at the Kelvin Club. It is a real coup for us as David has...

Annual Footy Launch with Steve Smith

Lawyer, Melbourne Cricket Club president and ex-Demon Steve Smith was a most accomplished and adroit guest of honour at our Australian Cricket Society 2016 footy launch at Kooyong this month. Steve is just one of four 200 game players never to contest a League final....