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DONAL WILSON’S PROFILES: Jeff Scotland
From the peanut farm to Power House; that’s the motivating story of Jeff Scotland, one of the ACS’s champion south of the Yarra allrounders. The quaintly-named ‘peanut farm’ is the home base for St Kilda City, Jeff’s first junior club, which is adjacent to Luna Park,...
Tony Dell and ACS Playing Group
Dear ACS Playing Group As part of the celebrations for Don Bradman's birthday, we will be joined by ex-Test fast bowler the soldier-cricketer Tony Dell on Zoom tomorrow Friday, August 27 from 12 noon. Tony was to be in Melbourne alongside the Governor-General of...
AGM Update
Please note that the Annual General Meeting will now be held via ZOOM. Details ware as follows: Zoom: Meeting ID: 879 1345 9525 Passcode: 366181 Time:11am AEST Friday 20th August You can download our Annual Report HERE.
ASHLEY MALLETT ZOOM EVENT NOW ON MONDAY
Apologises everyone, our ACS Zoom event with ex-Test cricketer and author ASHLEY MALLETT has been changed from Friday lunchtime to Monday lunchtime from 12 noon. Ashley is indisposed all Friday but is available on Monday (August 9) He will talk about his latest...
ROBBO – ONE OF A KIND
Few can ignite a cricket match with his astonishing clean hitting like the ACS’s own Peter Robertson. It may not be technically correct and it doesn't always come off, but when it does, cricket watching is fun. ‘Robbo’ is reconnecting full time with the Australian...
ROGERS ANSWERS 11TH HOUR CALL
BY DONAL WILSON Victoria has a young cricketer in its squad capable of playing 100 Tests, according to head coach Chris Rogers. Speaking at the 53rd Australian Cricket Society annual dinner, Rogers spoke glowingly of Will Pucovski and others on Victoria’s...
ZOOM WITH DAVID FRITH
THURSDAY NIGHT, JULY 1 Cricket's No.1 writer David Frith has kindly agreed to join us 'live' via Zoom on Thursday night, July 1 at the first Australian launch of his latest book, PADDINGTON BOY, which he has signed especially for us. Email me if you would...
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,...
1100 GAMES UP & STILL COUNTING
How many games of cricket have you played? Two hundred? Five hundred? Lost count? Eane Whitton’s present record stands at 1100-plus over six decades – and with more to come, he tells DONAL WILSON. A 19-time premiership player, his experience stretches Australia-wide,...
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
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
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 long...