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Diggers Rest back in business

  Diggers Rest Bulla has returned to the top two of Gisborne and District Cricket Association’s McIntyre Cup, posting a strong win over Bacchus Marsh...

Melton loses its roar

  After ending 2016 on a high, it was a disappointing start to the new year for Melton in Victorian Sub-district Cricket Association’s east-west competition. The...

Melton in roaring hot form

Melton enters the Christmas break as one of the form teams of the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association’s east-west division. The Lions have shown in recent...

Diggers Rest Bulla part ways with coach

Diggers Rest Bulla has parted ways with playing coach Kevin Barker half way through the Gisborne and District Cricket Association season. The club and Barker...

Right Royal win a woeful way to test the formula

Melton South Primary School Cricket Club enters the Christmas break on a winning note, but not the way it would have liked. The club was...

Melton bowlers ensure winning glow continues

Melton is enjoying a winning feeling after a third straight win in Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association east-west division. Struggling with the bat on day one...

Century, five-wicket bag fill Darley’s Christmas stocking

Darley enters its Christmas break a happy team after a comprehensive win against Brown Hill in the Ballarat Cricket Association. The Lions entered day two...

Darley star starts slow before flying to a century

After teasing all season, Darley’s Lachlan Herring has finally cracked a big score in the Ballarat Cricket Association. Before Saturday, Herring had got starts in...

Melton find T20 to their liking

Melton has taken a liking to the T20 format, with the Lions off to a blistering start in Victorian Premier seconds T20 competition. Having won...

Werribee claims another scalp on the road

Werribee Tigers are the road warriors of sub-district cricket. The Tigers keep getting long journeys thrust in front of them, and keep conquering them...

Jack Lalor’s back for the Vics

Having represented Victoria at the under-13 national cricket championships, Bacchus Marsh’s Jack Lalor has had to wait a while to get a second crack. The...

A good season turns to outright wonderful for Melton

Melton has recorded its first outright victory in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association since the 2009-10 season. Having already secured first innings points on day...

Diggers Rest Bulla blunder with bat

Diggers Rest Bulla’s batting woes have returned – consequently it has a fight on its hands for victory against Bacchus Marsh in the Gisborne...

St Anthonys has their day

A century to St Anthonys’ Ryan Dobbie put the Saints in a good position against Sunbury United in their Gisborne and District Cricket Association...

Bowlers the key to bustling Melton’s lead

Melton’s bowlers have done the job for a second straight week in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association’s east-west competition. Having bowled Hoppers Crossing out for...

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A patch of grassland paradise

In the heart of Sunbury sits a grassland considered to be the best left in Melbourne, as Oscar Parry discovered. What might first appear as...

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