Geelong storms into top eight with another upset
DESPITE the rain interrupting a couple of games, the Victoria Men’s Premier Cricket competition still managed to produce some exciting action over the weekend. Unfortunately, there were two matches that were rained out, with the Footscray-Carlton and Greenvale Kangaroos-Kingston Hawthorn games unable to go ahead. Despite this, there were still seven ripping contests around the […]
Geelong stir things up with upset win
THIS past weekend saw another round of the Victorian Men’s Premier Cricket League take place around metropolitan Melbourne, with some enthralling matchups around the grounds. With the conclusion of Round 14, finals are now just weeks away, so these matches hold plenty of significance for each side. This resulted in some hard fought games, with […]
St Kilda handed first loss of season by hungry Richmond
THIS past weekend saw some more action in the Victoria Men’s Premier Cricket competition, with nine games taking place across nine grounds over the weekend. After a lower scoring round last weekend, Round 13 saw many teams back to their high-scoring best, with a heap of sides surpassing the 200-run mark. There were some interesting […]
Victorian Premier Women’s 2nds and 3rds wrap: Round 15
THE penultimate round of the season in both the seconds and thirds competition brought some thrilling results, and sets things up for an exciting final round this coming weekend. Essendon Maribyrnong Park vs Melbourne 2nd XI EMP continued the upset wins trend set by their 1st XI, inflicting on Melbourne only their second loss of […]
Geelong’s total too strong for Northcote
THE weekend has wrapped up again, and so has another round of the Victoria Men’s Premier Cricket League after nine more games of exciting action. Across a number of grounds around Metropolitan Melbourne, the competition’s 18 teams hit the field in ripping conditions, with this being reflected with some big scores being produced. With the […]
Finals contenders shrink as EMP do unthinkable
ROUND 12 of the Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts competition saw some big results that have big implications on who potentially makes finals. Melbourne vs Essendon Maribyrnong Park In one of the absolute upsets of the season, Essendon Maribyrnong Park did what no other side has been able to do all season – defeat the previously […]
Essendon upset higher-placed opponents
THIS past weekend saw another round of the Victorian Men’s Premier Cricket League take place over the weekend, across a number of grounds. Metropolitan Melbourne was treated to some excellent action, with the competition’s top eight beginning to take shape as the weeks progress. There were some strong performances with both bat and ball, as […]
Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket: 2nds and 3rds wrap – Part 2
LAST weekend saw the final T20 double header in the Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s 2nds and 3rds competition for the season, so in part two of this report, we take a look at what transpired in the afternoon matches across both grades. In the afternoon round, it was Ringwood who had the bye in both […]
Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket: 2nds and 3rds wrap – Part 1
LAST weekend saw the final T20 double header in the Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s 2nds and 3rds competitions for the season. In part one of this report, we take a look at what transpired in the morning matches across both grades. In the morning round, it was Essendon Maribyrnong Park who had the bye in […]
St Kilda reigns supreme in heavyweight clash
THE weekend has concluded, as has the most recent round of the Victoria Men’s Premier Cricket League. Round 10 saw scoring drop for a number of sides, largely due to to the rainfall around Melbourne over the days prior. The wild weather also saw two matches forced into cancellation, with the Footscray/Melbourne University and Carlton/Melbourne […]
