Cricket
Melton didn’t make it on to the pitch in its Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association match on Saturday after competition organisers kept a number of wickets closed due to last week’s downpours. In the north-west group, which includes Melton, only one match went ahead. The teams that didn’t play, including Melton and its opponent Brunswick, split the points. This week Melton faces Preston in a two-dayer.
Soccer
Former Kurunjang Secondary College student Mathew Leckie was a lead hand for Australia in its 4-1 win over Kuwait at the start of the Asian Cup at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Friday. Leckie plies his trade for FC Ingolstadt 04 in the German second division but came home to help the Socceroos press for Asian football’s biggest trophy. Keilor Park and Melbourne Knights youth player Matthew Spiranovic, former St Albans Saints and Melbourne Knights player Ivan Franjic and Green Gully Cavaliers-produced Aziz Behich were other locals selected for the Socceroos.
Cricket
The North West Metropolitan Cricket Association remains unbeaten in the under-18 Phil Arnold Shield and under-16 Jim Beitzel Shield after the first three rounds. In the under-16 competition, the Western Region Junior Cricket Association sits eighth on the ladder after three rounds, including one win. Two rounds remain in the competition before finals.
