The Moe Cricket Club is excited to announce the signing of Laytten Smith. Laytten comes to us from Yarragon Cricket Club with extensive Div 1 experience whilst also having stints as playing coach & vice-president. On-field, Laytten has won the WDCA bowling aggregate and earned multiple WDCA Team of the Year selections.
Laytten looks like he’ll be a fantastic addition to our 1st XI squad and we are hoping his first silverware success comes in his first year as a Lion.
We also wish to welcome Laytten’s wife Alice and daughter Alina into the Lions family. We look forward to seeing you all at the Den.
Vice Captains 2024/25
Introducing our vice captains for the upcoming season.
A Grade – Benn Zomer
Assisting Noah Kane in A’s will be former Latrobe captain/coach Benn Zomer. Benny came across late in the pre season last year. Despite missing a few games, the talented all rounder finished 3rd in runs & 5th in wickets for A Grade last season. An experienced leader for his age, he’ll bring some fresh ideas & support to Arky.
B Grade – Rob Blunt
Blunty bounced between A’s & B’s last year and still has A Grade ambitions, but will be Michael Johnstone’s support when in 2nd XI this year. Previously acted captain in prior captains absences (due to them also bouncing between A & B’s), and knows a thing or two about cricket. Johnno & Blunty’s goal will be to bring B Grade straight back up following relegation last season.
C Grade – Mustafa Glibanovic
A young all rounder looking to develop leadership, he will deputise under Garry Edwards learning the tricks of the trade whilst also bringing some fresh ideas from the younger generation mind. Musty finished 5th, 3 runs short of 3rd for C’s batting last year and 4th in the wickets.
With the season only a month away Official Pre Season training for Seniors will commence from Tuesday 3rd September at the Gippsland Cricket Centre of Excellence Moe (Ted Summerton Reserve).
The Moe Cricket Club would like to welcome all current, past and new players for season 2024/25. Training from now and throughout the year will be each Tuesday & Thursday nights starting at 5pm to 6.30pm indoors until we move outdoors which will be confirmed at a later date.
Premier A Grade –
Noah Kane will continue into his third year as captain. Noah stepped up as skipper following A Grade’s promotion to the Premier A Grade in 2021/22. His first two years in charge have seen a semi final loss & a semi final draw, so he will look to continue that upward trajectory hopefully one step better in his third year and reach a Grand Final.
B Grade –
Following relegation from Premier B Grade to the second B Grade division, returning A Grade player Michael Johnstone, will take the reins as captain and help develop our young players into better cricketers. The club wishes Michael all the best in the quest of B Grade win promotion back to the Premier B Division and fingers crossed winning silverware in doing so.
Premier C Grade –
Experienced former A Grade player Garry Edwards will be in charge of the thirds this season and will look after the mix of experience and youthful fresh faces in the senior ranks. Gary’s main objective is to help develop our young cricketers into better players. This will be the 4th season since C’s won the lower C Grade and got promoted to the Premier C division. After finishing 7th in 2021/22, it’s been two years of finishing 5th. Garry will be hoping that he can take his C Grade team to the finals this season.
We look forward to seeing what these skippers can do paired with the new look coaching team of Paddy & Mez.
Go the Mo!
As we enter August, there’ll be more announcements here for the upcoming season.
Firstly, although internally it’s been known since the end of the last campaign, it’s probably overdue to go public with the news that former Premiership Captain/Coaches Steve Mesaric & Patrick Spiteri will be returning to the coaches box in a dual capacity.
Both bring a significant wealth of knowledge to the role as they look to get the Lions primed for success in all 3 grades.
Welcome back Mez & Pat, and we can’t wait to see what you guys can do with the playing group in 2024/25. Go The Mo!
The below sessions are non-compulsory with formal pre season sessions to commence from September.
The Moe Cricket Club are excited to announce the signing of Keenan Hughes to The Den for the 2024/25 & 2025/26 seasons.
Keenan did have a brief stint at the club in 2018/19 with an unbeaten half century and a few wickets to his name in just a handful of games.
Keenan now returns as a more accomplished bowling all-rounder in very good form. Season 2023/24 playing for Toongabbie, he took out the Cricket Latrobe Valley Premier A Grade bowling aggregate with 31 wickets and finished 6th in the league for batting aggregate with 361 runs.
Keenan will be a much-welcomed addition to complement our existing lineup and we can’t wait to see the results it could bring.
Welcome back Keenan!
Thanks to Moe Racing Club for hosting our presentation to cap off the season that was and start the build towards 2024/25.
Thank you to all of our new and continuing sponsors for their support in the 2023/24 season and we encourage all of our members & affiliates to support them in the off season.
MAJOR AWARDS :
Senior Club Champion – Andrew Philip (9th time)
Junior Club Champion – Jordan Shields
Terry Birch Best Clubperson – Steve Rennie
STATISTICAL AWARDS :
Prem A Batting Average – Andrew Philip
Prem A Bowling Average – Rob Phoenix
Prem A Captain Award: Jordan Shields
Prem B Batting Average – Ashley Savige
Prem B Bowling Average – Jarryd Atkinson
Prem B Captain Award: Braden Finn
Prem C Batting Average – Paul Cake
Prem C Bowling Average – Ron Whitney
Prem C Captain Award- Hayden Edwards
NOVELTY AWARDS :
Duck Award – Jarryd Atkinson & Jesse Pheeney
Driven to Drink – Josh Keyhoe
Yellow Jacket – Melinda Kane
Moe Award Winners –
Premier A Grade:
Cricket Latrobe Valley Team Of The Year – Andrew Philip
Cricket Latrobe Valley – Cox/Byrne/James Medal Runner Up – Andrew Philip
Premier B Grade:
Cricket Latrobe Valley Bowling Aggregate – Jarryd Atkinson (28 Wickets)
Cricket Latrobe Valley Team of the Year – Jarryd Atkinson
Premier C Grade:
Cricket Latrobe Valley Bowling Average – Ronnie Whitney (23 Wickets @ 6.00)
Cricket Latrobe Valley Team of the Year – Ronnie Whitney
Congratulations !!
Day 1: Moe – 10/173
Day 2: Ex-Students Innings
A cagey start for Students saw them go at a run an over for the first 8 overs before a couple of boundaries took the total to 23 off 13.1 overs.
Then Aaron Johnstone struck. Johnstone dismissed both openers (Robertson 20 & Pryde 4) then followed it up with the big wicket of Lee Stockdale (0) without scoring. Benn Zomer bowled Richards(0) & Johnstone snicked off Harris (4) to make it a collapse of 5 wickets for just 6 runs, and a scoreline of 5/29.
Matt Dyke & Rick Battista added 26 as a steadying 6th wicket before Rob Phoenix had Battista caught behind for 16, made up entirely by four boundaries. Callum Grant had 2/0 off of his first 4 overs, getting Trease (6) & Matthews (0 off 21) lbw to reduce the Sharks to 8/62 off 39 overs.
112 runs required with just 2 wickets in hand and 46 overs (276 deliveries) to play, the Sharks moved fully into defensive mode, but it would be a long time to survive to bat out a draw.
Johnstone was denied a 5-wicket haul when Michael Warne (2* off 32 at time) was dropped by Phoenix. It was the only chance they gave as Dyke (29* off 226) & Warne (6* off 115) put on an unbeaten partnership of just 25 runs off 275 balls, surviving everything the Lions threw at them, to draw the game and advance Ex-Students to next week’s Grand Final. A historic draw that will go in their record books as basically a victory. Moe’s bowling figures were phenomenal economically due to the nature of the innings, but critically for the match and unfortunately for the Lions, the wicket column only totalled 8.
A sad end to the season, with now back to back semi final exits.
Premier A Grade Grand Final – Ex Students v Glengarry – will be played on our Ted Summerton Reserve. Helpers will be appreciated.
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