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Bodyline Daughter
Prominent cricket writer, ACS president KEN PIESSE meets the daughter of old Bodyliner Len Darling... In an era when multi-gifted sportsmen happily excelled summer and winter, Len Darling was among the most celebrated Melburnians of all. An...
Season Launch with Rod Nicholson
ROD NICHOLSON is one of Australia’s best-known sports journalists and authors. He reported cricket, football, racing and other sports for 47 years for The Herald and The Herald Sun and was the voice of cricket for years on everyone’s favourite 3DB. He will talk about...
Wayne Ross’ Backroom Boys
These lads are among cricket's unsung royalty... they receive few official laurels but without them, cricket would be poorer. Here are 10 of the best: Simon Fiedler served twenty-three Seasons as Club Secretary of the Mornington Cricket Club and Treasurer for...
New honour for Warnie
The 50th anniversary edition of the Australian Cricket Society’s award-winning annual Pavilion is available soon, with Shane Warne on the cover, recognising his latest honor as Victoria’s Cricketer of the Century. The Australian Cricket Society (Melbourne) cares for...
Join us in wondrous Smith Africa
ACS president KEN PIESSE and his wife Susan are leading a Cricket Society Supporter’s Tour in autumn to South Africa. Limited places remain on the three-week holiday from March 20 which takes in two Tests, world-famous Kruger Game Park and the majestic Victoria...
Join us in England in 2019
The countdown has begun for our Australian Cricket Society and friends Summer in Paradise which includes two early Ashes series Tests between Australia and England from late July 2019. We are seeking Expressions of Interest from all those who would like to join ACS...
Christmas with Boycott
We are thrilled to announce our guest of honour for our Christmas dinner on Wednesday 27th December. Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established...
Fine year by Tess
Tess Flintoff, one of four ACS scholars at Bryce McGain's Elite Cricket Academy See Video has had a fine summer. She captained the Outer East Eagles at the Under 16 State Championships where she made 151 runs in 4 innings with a highest score of 50 not out at an...
Merv Hughes our guest on June 30
The Australian Cricket Society is proud to welcome our ambassador Merv Hughes to the Kelvin Club for an entertaining afternoon of reminiscing, stories and hilarity on Friday lunchtime, June 30… what a way to farewell the financial year! Merv remains one of the...
We’re heading to South Africa next autumn
Join co-hosts Ken and Susan Piesse on our boutique, fully-hosted 16-nights Australian Cricket Society Official Supporter's Tour to South Africa (and Zimbabwe) next autumn: March-April 2018. It is their sixth ACS/Events Worldwide tour. Itineraries can be sent on...
An upset at Queenscliff
An aggressive opening partnership and some great fielding saw the Suma Bellerinas end the Wandering XI’s three year Queenscliff winning streak by 58 runs at Suma Park on Sunday. After winning the toss and batting, the home side were given a great start by Jones and...
Mike Sheahan: the best of the best
Helping us launch the 2017 AFL season on Friday, 31 March is MIKE SHEAHAN, Australian football's number one living writer, journalist and interviewer whose popular Open Mike segment has been a ratings winner for Fox Sport’s for years. Mike has covered VFL and AFL...