Articles by Alex Baird

  • City teenagers upstage recruits

    Two City United teenagers upstaged the club’s new and returning cricketers in round one after providing key moments to land the Knights a thrilling win against Alvie.

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  • Cat primed for big season

    Geelong director of coaching Travis Agg says Colac’s Josh Garner is primed ahead of what is shaping up as the most important season of his blossoming cricket career.

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  • West cricketers boost Creek

    Gun Colac district cricket export Dylan Flanigan lived up to expectations for new club Armstrong Creek in his first outing with the Bellarine league outfit.

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  • CDCA: Round one Team of the Week

    The Colac Herald will select its best XI from the Division One ranks each round in 2021-22.

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  • Familiar faces return to CDCA

    Colac district cricket’s early start to the season has allowed clubs to have access to homegrown talent before they begin their campaigns in the Geelong ranks this weekend.

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  • Swan’s red-hot start

    Shane Currie might have been regretting his decision to tip Alvie gun Jarrod Groves for this season’s Bill Johnston Medal during the opening round of Colac district cricket.

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  • Henry hits his straps at Premier level

    Geelong officials hope to ease Colac’s Henry Melville into Victorian Premier Cricket during his debut campaign, despite the 16-year-old posting a half-century in a pre-season match on the weekend.

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  • Dolphins claim major scalp

    Lorne leader Brad Weetman says opening the season with a win over Corangamite bowls powerhouse Colac One could be a game-changer in the club’s dream to feature in top-division finals. The Dolphins defeated the premiers of six of the past eight seasons, three rinks to one 95-83, to signal themselves as a genuine finals chance […]

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