THE established pathway for Victoria’s premier young cricket talent returns this weekend, with the Under-17 Dowling Shield set to kick off for the 2022 season. The competition has produced some of Australia’s best cricketers, including Shane Warne and Damien Fleming. Sunday will see things begin for the upcoming season, with all 18 Victorian Premier Cricket clubs fielding a side of their strongest players under the age of 17.

The competition is described as the finest pathway to professional cricket, producing a number of players that have gone on to represent Australia at the highest level. This year’s squad includes a number of players who have represented their respective clubs at senior level. One of the most interesting factors of the announced squads, Northcote has announced three Lalor’s as apart of its squad with Sam set to lead the side, while Archie and Will were also named, and Jack is enjoying a terrific season at senior level. This looks to be a family with some serious cricket talent in the blood, so these players could each have strong campaigns.

Round 1 Fixture:

23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Geelong	v	Essendon	Geelong Cricket Ground
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Footscray	v	Greenvale Kangaroos	Mervyn G Hughes Oval
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	St Kilda	v	Melbourne	Harry Trott Oval
Pool B
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Camberwell Magpies	v	Melbourne University	Ian Johnson Oval
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Northcote	v	Fitzroy Doncaster	Bill Lawry Oval
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Richmond	v	Carlton	Central Reserve North
Pool C
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Ringwood	v	Dandenong	Russell Lucas Oval
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Prahran	v	Frankston Peninsula	Toorak Park
23 Jan 22 11:00AM	Kingston Hawthorn	v	Casey-South Melbourne	Walter Galt Reserve (Main Oval)

Squads:

CAMBERWELL MAGPIES

Leroy Jones (East Malvern Tooronga)

Rhonan Appleby (South Warrandyte Hawks)

Jack Lyndon (Balwyn)

Zac Fraser (Yarrawonga Mulwala)

Ed Nelson (Malvern Junior)

Patrick Forrest (Boroondara King Cobras)

Sam Mazza (Glen Iris)

Simon Greene (Donvale)

Henry Lasscock (South Camberwell)

Nick Francis (South Camberwell)

Tom Farrer (Malvern Junior)

Charlie Grummitt (Boroondara)

Jimmy Thewlis (Wangaratta Magpies)

Jez Rigoni (Rovers United Bruck)

Will Heliotis (Donvale)

Sam Olsen (Edinburgh)

CARLTON

Hamish Anderson (Bundalaguah)

Jack Atkinson (Carlton)

Xavier Austin (Bendigo United)

Nick Brennan (Riverside)

Obie Chambers (Carlton)

Henry Edwards (Bendigo United)

Tyler Hoffman (Carlton)

Harrison Jamieson (Carlton)

Manav Kumar (Carlton)

Braydon O’Connor (Carlton)

Wil Pinniger (Bendigo United)

Mason Reeves (Carlton)

Jamie Shepherd (Carlton)

Lachlan-Shinn Mahoney (Carlton)

Tobie Travaglia (Bendigo United)

Darcy Wilson (Rovers United Bruck)

CASEY SOUTH MELBOURNE

Liam O’Connor (captain, Casey South Melbourne)

Artharv Deshpande (vc, Casey South Melbourne)

Will Ashton (vc, Wodonga)

Luke Grady (Wodonga)

Zac Noble (Casey South Melbourne)

Charlie Robinson-Cay (Casey South Melbourne)

Ashwin Mehta (Casey South Melbourne)

Jack Dupree (Berwick)

Jay Singh (Casey South Melbourne)

Harry Hoekstra (Koonwarra Leongatha RSL)

Tom Turnock (Casey South Melbourne)

Sujan Hulangamuwa (Narre Warren)

Crandel Siegelwin (Casey South Melbourne)

Ruban Singh (Casey South Melbourne)

Neville Avarri (Casey South Melbourne)

Harry (Casey South Melbourne)

DANDENONG

Nathan Jago (Glen Waverley Hawks/Mazenod Old Collegians)

Jaskabeer Singh (Dandenong)

Owen Thomas (Narre Warren)

Brodie Richardson (Mazenod Old Collegians/Dandenong)

Trishane De Silva (Cranbourne/Dandenong)

Tyler Evans (Eildon Park/Dandenong)

Trent McRae (Leongatha Town)

Joshua Checkley (Nerrena)

Ryan Webster (Croydon/Dandenong)

Sam McKean (Cheltenham)

Jarvis Harvey (Wonthaggi Workers/Dandenong)

Ryan Adams (Clyde/Dandenong)

Aryan Mohan (Malvern/Dandenong)

Jordan Lynn (Mazenod Old Collegians/St Andrews)

Nigel Munasinghe (Buckley Ridges)

Prabhav Mishra (Dandenong)

Tyler Evans (Tooradin, emergency)

Parth Hirani (emergency)

ESSENDON

Guntaas Brar

Jordan Lombardo

Lucas McKinnon

Noah Borg

Bailey Toseland

Zac Graham

Aiden McConnell

Archit Bhatia

Julian Hinton

Rivi De Alwis

Spencer Wray

Kane Scott

Lucas Cavigan

Charles Bomat

FITZROY DONCASTER

Sam Alberico

Paddy Carroll

Arnav Chobisa

Leo Dench

Kalan Fazio

Darcy Gregory-Francis

Lucas Hales

Lachlan Pasquali

Joshua Paton

Mandiv Ruwanpathirana

Max Sacristani

Kaelan Scully

Aryan Sharma

Naman Sharma

Thomas Simmons

Harry Smith

Nathan Flinn

Lucas Mullenger

Cooper Williams

FOOTSCRAY

Aiden Brasher (Footscray)

Wil Gilmour (Bendigo)

Lachlan Hay (Footscray/Gisborne)

Mitchell Jamieson (Footscray)

Liam Mason (Ballarat)

Lachlan McArthur (Caroline Springs/PEGS)

Aayan Nadeem (Footscray)

Aiman Nadeem (Footscray)

Josh Pace (Keilor)

Lucas Pegg (Golden Point/Bendigo)

Muhammad Rafay (Footscray)

Arjun Sehrawat (Footscray)

Ibrahim Shareef (Footscray)

Daksh Kumar (Footscray)

Leo Turnbull-Gent (Golden Point/Bendigo)

FRANKSTON PENINSULA

Thivi Salwathura (captain, Ormond)

Sam Gove (Flinders)

Jack Mannix (Tooradin)

Harry Wallace (Old Peninsula)

Brodie Matthews (Langwarrin)

Max Walker (Aspendale)

Flynn Webster (Aspendale)

Liam Walsh (Mt Martha)

Charlie Costa (Ormond)

Ben Buller (Clyde)

Matthew Rulach (Sorrento)

Aiden French (Berwick)

Cooper Huggard (Moorooduc)

Jasper Speas (Red Hill)

Josh Hotston (Narre South)

Mikis Vemis (Mt Martha)

Max Wilkinson (Flinders, emergency)

Harry Van Raay (Old Peninsula, emergency)

GEELONG

Henry Melville (Colac)

Oliver Peake (South Barwon)

Marley McCombe (Barrabool)

Micah Robb (Warrion)

Angus Hastie (Newtown)

Campbell Snookes (Barwon Heads/St Josephs)

Kaden Marum (Lara)

Hunter Lewis (St Peters)

Charlie Barnett (Barrabool)

Ted Bain (Newtown)

Flynn Chirgwin (Geelong City)

Austin Harwood (Colac)

Aanlin Cheeran (City United)

Hunter Norman (Newtown)

Oliver Haberfield (East Belmont)

Rhys McWaters (St Peters)

GREENVALE KANGAROOS

Bohden Learmonth (Kyabram Fire Brigade)

James Jarrett (Shepparton United)

Brodie Reaper (Strathdale Maristians)

Akshith Sriram (Greenvale Kangaroos)

Gavesh Siriwardana (Strathmore)

Matthew Welsh (Greenvale Kangaroos)

Will Haste (Strathmore)

Jack Pysing (Strathdale Maristians)

Matthew Netto (Greenvale Kangaroos)

Will Noonan (Wodonga Raiders)

Sam Duggan (Strathmore)

Ivan Zmak (Greenvale Kangaroos)

Thomas Legudi (Aberfeldie)

Declan Pearse (Central Park/St Brendans)

Judd Gilchrist (Huntly North Epson)

Michael Cross (Craigieburn)

KINGSTON HAWTHORN

Trae Love-Linay (St Brigids St Louis)

Charlie Clancy (Caulfield)

Jack Luscombe (St Kevin’s College)

Cory Cater (Kingston Hawks)

Tyler Pearson (Kingston Hawks)

Tas Hall (Mooroopna)

Ollie Peake (Bonbeach)

Angus Roach (Mt Waverley)

Jules Lohan (Hampton)

Finn Gleeson (Kingston Hawks)

Jonny Roser (Bayside)

Nic Tindall (Kingston Hawks)

Xavier McGrath (Kingston Hawks)

Josh Tonini (Kingston Hawks)

Alex Russell (St Brigid’s St Louis)

Luke Hawkeswood (St Kevin’s College)

Harry Scott (Wesley College, emergency)

NORTHCOTE

Sam Lalor (captain, Bacchus Marsh)

Will Waters (vice-captain, Northcote)

Krish Kanchan (Northcote)

Will Lalor (Brunswick)

Archie Lalor (Bacchus Marsh)

Aaditya Saini (Northcote)

Luca Kraljik (Bacchus Marsh)

William Green (Preston)

Zac Mills (Northcote)

James Shadbolt (Edinburgh)

Jaxon McIntyre (Banyule)

Joel Maaskant (Mitcham)

Oliver Shaw (Northcote)

Jack Kovacevic (Bacchus Marsh)

Jules Tragardh (Northcote)

Jashan Singh (Plenty Valley)

Aussie McIlwarine (reserve, Bacchus Marsh)

Sam Turner (reserve, Balwyn)

Luke Talalla (reserve, Dennis)

PRAHRAN

Kurt Abeyesekera

Ashwin Appu

Caleb Candappa

Charlie Edwards

Charlie Graham

Nick Graves

Max Keogh

Mitch Kirkwood-Scott

Joe Klotz

Noah Park

Orlando Pender

Senin Seymour

Ollie Will

Marcus Wiseman

MELBOURNE

Jaxon Binns (Berwick)

Xander Buxton (Melbourne)

Archer Carlile (Echuca)

Alexander Cortese (Aspendale)

Josh Finkelstein (Melbourne)

Christian Howe (Melbourne)

Jack Harwood (Ballarat/Redan)

Kobyn James (Melbourne)

Jeremy Murray (Melbourne)

Kyle Parrott (Melbourne)

Henry Pearson (Melbourne)

Tom Reid (Melbourne)

Jack Sullivan (Torquay)

Oliver Warburton (Shepparton)

Connor Weidemann (Rupanyup)

Tom Wrigglesworth (Sale)

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY

Torren Arthur (Trinity )

Agamjot Sandhu (Williamstown)

Ali Khan (Melbourne University)

Rithin Rakes (Melbourne University)

Yaseen Munstasir (Melbourne University)

Trent McManus (Kew)

Tom McKenzie (Brunswick)

Henri du Toit (Trinity)

Harry Sheahan (Melbourne University)

Hashim Ali (Melbourne University)

Aiden Purcell (Brunswick)

Matt Richings (Balwyn)

Ollie Davidson (Forest Hill)

Luca van der Sluys (Balwyn)

RICHMOND

Max Parker (captain, Richmond)

Austin Anlezark (Richmond)

Mason Annear (Richmond)

Austin Bauer (Richmond)

Will Brown (Richmond and Richmond City)

Max Cavolo (Oakleigh)

Ethan de Vries (Narre South)

Fabian DiDomenico (Richmond)

Bayden Dowsett (Richmond)

Gishain Fernando (Mt Waverley)

Jack Iverson (Richmond)

Ethan Lovell (Richmond)

Jake Matthews (East Sandringham)

Ed Phelan-Penson (Richmond)

Thomas Purcell (Ormond)

Krishna Sridhar (McKinnon)

RINGWOOD

Oliver Horlock

Zac Grech

Flynn Smith

Jack Stewart

Luke Tully

Justin Beaton

Govind Nandini

Isaac Macklin

Gabe Lawson

Tige Ridley

Moomen Amin

Vishwa Ramkumar

Kody Taylor

Jack Meyers

Bailey O’Reilly

Archie Flynn

Billy Box

ST KILDA

Tom Bourke

George Brayshaw

Charlie Davidson

Harry Dixon

Bishal Gurung

Hugo Hughes

Harry Jones

Jake Marsh

Jack McNamara

Lior Meyerowitz

Arihant Rawai

Lewis Sellenger

Nick Sharpin

Moe Spencer

Will Stamper

Gus White