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Annual General Meeting 24th September
Dear members and friends of the society please find Annual Meeting 24.09.2018 Invitation & Agenda:NOM details of the annual meeting coming up. Attached is the Agenda, Committee nominations and further details. If you are attending please note you will need to...
40 YEAR RE-UNION OF THE MIGHTY VICS
Looking forward to this great 40th year reunion afternoon of the Mighty Big V Cricketers from the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons. Our Australian Cricket Society is proud to be hosting the event at our Melbourne inner-city base the Kelvin Club. Fourteen of the lads also...
Proud to be assisting Vanuatu Cricket
The Australian Cricket Society and Kalgin transport have sent a large container of cricket equipment and brand new shoes to Vanuatu to assist Cricket Vanuatu in its endeavours to foster the game amongst thousands of super-enthusiastic boys and girls. That's the...
The Kelvin Club Lunch with Cameron White
In 18 stellar years in big cricket, Cameron White’s formidable CV includes Australian selection across all three formats, his first Victorian games at 17, the Bushranger’s captaincy at 20, the Australian Twenty20 captaincy and five Sheffield Shields. Captain for 10...
Vale Neville J Turner
Neville Turner was an extraordinary person who had an extraordinary impact on the Australian Cricket Society during his term as President (1998~99 until 2000~01. Neville was a regular in the outer at first-class games at the MCG (and most other grounds in Australia...
Over 60s spirit lives on
Great to back at Jubilee Park, home of the mighty #frankstonHeat on Sunday. Gippsland's Ray Smith (ex South Melbourne) again made runs against us, Peter Anton was a most impressive debutant for the Goannas, while Kevin Lanigan batted and bowled with all his old...
The rise & rise of Tess Flintoff
ACS scholarship recipient Tess Flintoff has just completed a successful Under 15 National Championships as captain of the Vic Metro team. Tess made 148 runs at 37 with a highest score of 89 against WA. Opening the bowling she took 4 wickets at 14. At the end of the...
A cricketing paradise
Vanuatu can be a stunning South Pacific base for cricket, says ACS president KEN PIESSE Mid-morning in Port Vila and the temperature is a hot and steamy 35. Even the locals are perspiring. Vanuatu’s national team coach Shane Deitz speaks staccato style: ‘Enjoy it...
Greg Morrissey, OAM
One of our many interstate members, Greg Morrissey hails from Parkes in country NSW and was recently honoured with an OAM for his services to junior cricket. Greg Morrissey has a head for statistics and general cricket information and can rattle off figures with...
1000 not out… well played
Keith Carr isn't an ACS member, yet, but we couldn't let the occasion of his 1000th cricket match go without some recognition. He counts many in the Society as his friends, mostly as a result of his association with Eastern Cricket Association (East Suburban Churches...
Evergreen Gibbo set to shine
LIFE begins at 70 for country boy Ian Gibson, who has been chosen to open the batting for the Victorian Over 70s team at next week’s national Over 70s carnival in Adelaide. Originally from Wangaratta where his brother still runs the family’s wheat farm, ‘Gibbo’ is a...
Robbo laws down the law
ACS Over 60s captain Peter Robertson has called 'for more professionalism, more composure, more focus, more everything' approaching next Sunday's big game against Mornington Peninsula Over 60s at Grayden's Rd. Despite leading ACS to an emphatic 50 run win against...