Snubbed by state selectors, regional cricket great Cameron Williams — a brickie from Warrnambool — is looking to add more success to one of country Victoria’s most decorated careers at Melbourne Country Week.
Despite only just taking up a position at Port Melbourne, James Hird has found himself involved in the process for the choosing of the next CEO at the Demons.
It’s been a thin few years for Sandringham in the VFL, but an influx of young players and two key appointments have the Zebras primed for the 2025 season. See the signings here.
A change of clubs and a new, aggressive approach have taken Shobit Singh to the top of the Victorian Premier Cricket run charts this season. Now he’s been selected for the state Second XI.
Melbourne Country Week will die unless its format changes, according to a former top cricket administrator. He has a blueprint to rejuvenate the time-honoured competition.
The VFL has confirmed the dates and fixtures but not the venue for this year’s stand-alones carnival as clubs continue 2025 season signings, with Casey nabbing another star forward from the bush.
A back injury got in the way of Nathan Freitag’s run at first-class cricket but his performances at club and representative level mark him out as a great of the Victorian country game, writes PAUL AMY.
Akshay Ramkumar took 8-0 playing junior cricket two years ago. On Saturday the ‘mystery spinner’ made a ‘super-impressive’ First XI debut for Casey South Melbourne in Premier Cricket.
Patrick Hill admits he wasn’t much of a player. But he excelled as a coach, particularly in women’s football, where he moulded Hawthorn VFLW into a premiership team.
He had two stints at Premier level, only for the travel from Gippsland to get the better of him. But Lee Stockdale continues to go the extra mile for Victoria at the national country championships.