Premier C Grade Premiers! 2025/26
Moe 161 def Rawson 115
Player of the Match – Haydn Edwards (36 Runs, 2 Wickets & a run out)
Other Notable Performances
– Noah Keltie 34, Robert Straughair 29, Kye Micallef 19, Frank Manduci 15*
– Craig Boswell 3/9 (9), Craig Veenman 3/17 (6)
Congratulations to our 3rd XI!!
GO THE MO!!!! 
Presentation for 12’s-16’s tomorrow night! (Friday March 13)
Under 16’s
16’s finished 6th, with four half centuries retirements across Rd 10 (Noah 53* & Henry 50*) & Rd 11 (Brady 51* & Kye 50*) the highlight. Well done boys!
Congratulations to Kye Micallef for taking out the Graeme Freshwater Medal for the U16’s player of the year. 
Under 14’s
U14’s improved immensely over the campaign. Romyn, Whittaker & Peatey had strong post-Xmas periods.
Under 12’s
Under 12’s finished strongly winning all 3 H&A games after Xmas to end the season in 3rd. Hosting an elimination final, the Lions fell to 6th placed CATS in a competitive matchup.
Under 10’s
U10’s finished the season with a Moe derby, parents v kids match and a light BBQ & presentation last week. Another good development season!
Well done to all of our juniors on their seasons and we look forward to seeing the 12’s to 16’s at presentation tomorrow night.
Thankyou to those who attended our Christmas Event on Saturday Night. Despite a late announcement, the event was well attended. Thanks to those who had a hand in organising.
Massive thank you to Moe CFA for enabling an appearance by Santa and to the sponsors who contributed to our Christmas Raffle. Thanks to Danielle & everyone else who contributed setting up the rooms on the day.
XMAS RAFFLE
Thanks to those who purchased tickets including visiting opposition players who did quite well, drawn 4 times in 11 prizes (Kenny Dron from Thorpdale kindly donated his win back to be redrawn after his single ticket had be drawn out). Jordy Campbell from Morwell & Daniel Taylor (x2) from Thorpdale won prizes. Nathan Henry from our juniors took home $50 on behalf of his father’s ticket. Unsure how successful he was at retaining the cash with his claim it was his winnings when he got home! Troy Oakley had a successful night taking home 3 prizes (a slab, a meat tray and $50, a pretty good combo).
PLAYERS DRAW
Had to play on the day and be in attendance and junior Nathan drew out……… Blunty’s name to win the $100 cash (to go with a $50 win in the raffle earlier. Like Troy, the night panned out pretty well.
UPCOMING EVENTS
– Tuesday December 16 – T20 Quarter Final at Burrage (Moe v Traralgon West)
– Thursday December 18 “Mini Bash: Battle of The Cubs” at Burrage. U10’s Moe Maroons v Moe Blues
– Saturday January 13 – Indigenous Round vs Centrals
– Sat Feb 21 – Golden Lion Night & Sponsors Day
– Sat Feb 28 – Mystery Bus Trip
Original Flyer
Tuesday sees our seniors host Traralgon West in a T20 Quarter Final.
Thursday it’s our cubs turn with the two Moe’s U10’s teams facing each other
Monday, our U12’s are home at the Racecourse.
Friday our U16’s continue their contest with Mirboo North
Saturday – B Grade hosts CATS in a critical clash before the Xmas Break.
Moe went undefeated in the 3-game group stage tonight (9/12) defeating Morwell.
Morwell recovered from 5/57 to post 6/112 in their 20 overs. Benn Zomer took 3/18, Callum Grant 2/13 & Dylan Freitag 1/24 all from 4 overs. Dixon 23, Gettings 22* & Clymo 17 got starts for the Tigers.
Moe got off to a flying start with the bat, posting 42 without loss from the first 4 overs, to take the required rate to under 4.5 with 16 overs left (Robinson 26). The Lions lost 2/2 to be 2/45 then again a loss of 3/1 reduced Moe to 5/64. The main run scorers last week, Grant & Kane both were dismissed for golden ducks this week to keep ‘Fines Master’ Frank happy
In a similar recovery to the Tigers innings earlier, Moe lost one more wicket, surpassing the total required with 7 balls to spare. Anubhav 21* & Royce Colgrave 21* saw the Lions home. Whelpdale & Dixon took 2 wickets each for Morwell.
Moe advance to a home quarter final next Tuesday, opponent TBC. Despite the loss and Raiders beating Mirboo North, Morwell’s NRR sees them finish 2nd in the group to progress.
Quarter Final fixture later confirmed – vs Traralgon West at Burrage Reserve, Tues 16/12
29/11 – All CLV Senior Matches Abandoned
6/12 – Matches subject to each ground’s playability.
A Grade v Morwell – Day 1 abandoned, to be played as a One Day Match on 6/12, also abandoned.
B Grade abandoned both weeks, away matches vs Boolarra & Glengarry
C Grade– Abandoned v Glengarry (Away), played on Synthetic 6/12 v Toongabbie
With C Grade on synthetic, a match was able to be played away to the Rams. The hosts recovered from 6/70 to post 125. Farley (45) & Andjelkovic (30) top scored. Biggins took 4 wickets & Duff 3 for Moe. A roller coaster of a chase, Moe in the commanding position at 3/78, before losing 4/1 to be in big trouble at 7/79. Biggins (28 off 14) & Burridge (15) added 32 to turn the tide but another couple of quick wickets saw Moe 9/116, still needing 10. Biggins & Addison got Moe level but a direct hit from Briscoe in the field ended Biggins’ innings and the match as a tie, 125 apiece.
CLV T20 Competition – Moe def Mirboo North
Tuesday night saw Moe go 2 from 2 in the group stage of the T20 competition, which means securing a quarter final berth.
Mirboo North batted first with Linc Chila (18 off 40) & Frankie Ingram (32 off 39), seeing the Tigers through to 1/55 at the 11 over mark. The hosts stayed steady for the whole innings at that run rate of 5, finishing 5/101 from 20 overs. Dylan Freitag took his first (2) wickets for Moe with Royce Colgrave also picking up 2 and Craig Boswell 1. The 26 extras was the main blemish for the Lions, 19wd.
Moe’s chase was quite comfortable for the most part, Callum Grant & Noah Kane adding 64, Grant falling at 2/92 early in the 15th over, needing just 10 runs off 28 balls. 1/3 off the 15th, a wicket maiden in the 16th, including Rob Colgrave dismissing brother Royce, and 1 run off the 17th, took it down to 6 still needed off 18 balls. The 18th over saw 3 singles including Freitag’s only run (1* off 12), and 2 dots to start the 19th closed it up to 3 off 10 balls. Kane got a double and a single off the next 2 to finish it with 8 balls to spare. Kane struck 47* off 45 balls. Colgrave, Calafiore & Fairbairn took 1 wicket each for Mirboo.
Moe are now qualified for the quarter finals, with next week’s match against Morwell to be played for top spot of the group and a home quarter final (Moe need a draw or win for top spot). Morwell can finish top with a win, a loss would have them relying on staying above Raiders on net run rate if Raiders beat Mirboo North in the final group game. Morwell won by 10 wickets over Mirboo in matchday 1 so have a strong NRR to start with.
Matchday 3 – Tues 9th December
vs Morwell @ Keegan St, 5.30pm.
A Grade defeated Students in two day format for the first time. Noah Kane 49, Benn Zomer 33 & Rob Phoenix 30 contributed to Moe’s first innings win. The Lions were 4/160 but lost 6/17 to only lead by 7 after 1st innings. The Sharks whacked a quick 8d/150 off just 24 overs leaving Moe to chase 144 for an outright win. The Lions never tried to attack the total, settling for first innings points with hands shook at 2/59 after 28 of the remaining 34 overs in the day.
B Grade hit their biggest score of the year, posting 7/216 from 45 overs with Evan Sheekey hitting his first career ton (107 off 99, including 17 fours). Craig Boswell took an outstanding 6/30 as the Lions bowled out Churchill for 100 off just 25 overs. Aiden Savige was strong in support with another 3/24 after 4 wickets the week before.
C Grade’s result was the opposite. The Cobras posted in excess off 200 with Travis Brighton’s 97* off just 60 balls dominating proceedings late. Forbes hit an overshadowed half century also for Churchill. Biggins & Boothman took 2 wickets each for Moe. In the reply, the Lions fell well short with 103. Manduci top scoring with 35*. Brighton taking 3/7 for the hosts.
T20 Results – Moe 5/149 (20) def Raiders 6/126 (20)
Moe Cricket Club put on a beauty today. Awesome turnout, juniors & parents hanging back after Blasters for a BBQ, plenty of spectators & great contest full of action. Big sixers, great bowling and plenty of laughs. Appreciate the Raiders making it a ripper day of cricket
A shout out to Andrew Philip, who top-scored with a classy 69 all after Simmo gave him a pre-game sledge asking why he was even here, considering “T20 is a young man’s game!” Safe to say Andrew had the perfect response out in the middle & Simmo (not for the first time) had egg on face.
When I updated our records and Frank saw he was on 236 wickets, he decided to come out of mostly-retired status (still was filling in on occasion when the club was desperate) and played most of the 2024/25 campaign. When the season ended, he was on 246…..so Frank’s gone around again for 2025/26.
On Saturday (15 Nov), he picked up the 4 wickets needed to reach 250 as part of C Grade’s win over Centrals. Congratulations Franky!
Will he be on enough by season’s end to entice into not retiring again and chasing down 300?
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