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Mercantile Cricket Association
MCA Annual Presentation Dinner
The Committee is pleased to announce that our presentation dinner will once again be held at the Essendon Football Club “Windy Hill” on Saturday 2nd, May 2026. Awards to be presented are the MCA Premiership shields, Batting, Bowling and Best and Fairest for each grade, as well as the trophies for the MCUA UMPIRES AWARDS. Details: Date: Saturday 2nd, May 2026 Time: 7.30 sharp Meal: Two course meal with drinks at bar prices Dress Code: Smart casual suits or Sports coats.(NO DE
Mar 311 min read
The weekend's scores, March 29
SATURDAY GRADES (Grand Finals) A GRADE: Sacred Heart 7-179 (S Chaudhary 73) d Indigos 178 A RESERVE: Youlden Parkville 2-178 (R Huria 82* T Willie 58) d Royal Pk Brunswick 9-cc-177 (X Chalkley 66) B GRADE: Parkville Dist 2-155 (L Fernando 87*) d Sacred Heart 9-cc-152 B NORTH: Youlden Parkville 5-99 d Reds 97 C GRADE: Emerald Hill 8-cc-103 d Brunswick 50 (V Goyat 4-12) D GRADE: Emerald Hill 9-cc-121 d TTS 106 (N Syed 53 M Howie 4-8)
Mar 291 min read
Match & covers info, Sun March 29
Covers are in use at all grand final grounds. They must be pulled back off pitches at 9am to allow further drying unless rain is imminent. Covers should be off tables by 11am. The B Grade grand final is transferred to Fawkner Park 4, with Parkville District still to provide balls and tea, Sacred Heart to provide all other home team requirements. The B North grand final is to use whichever of Walker East or Brens dries first.
Mar 281 min read
Match & covers info, Sat March 28
Grand finals have been postponed to Sunday, the reserve day, due to wet conditions. Covers are in use Saturday morning. Home teams must remove covers from the wicket table and commence drying hessians by 11am, or once rain ceases after that. They must remain on-site until 12. 30 to reapply covers during showers (hessian not required) Away teams are required to take over covers-tending duty from 12.30 to 2pm. Covers must be left off from 2pm to 7pm. Home sides must put full c
Mar 271 min read
The weekend's scores, March 21-22
SATURDAY GRADES (Preliminary Finals) A GRADE: Sacred Heart 8-228 (H Patel 73*) d S.Yarra 4-cc-224 (R McClure 68 H Bell 59*) A RESERVE: Youlden Parkville 3-81 d Flemington Colts 79 B GRADE: Sacred Heart 4-123 (P Arora 58*) d Melb City 118 (S Kashyap 4-19) B NORTH: Youlden Parkville 118 d Royal Pk Reds 114 (K Price 68) C GRADE: Brunswick 6-cc-207 (J Sharman 84) d National 127 (A Read 5-31) D GRADE: TTS 9-163 d S.Yarra 8-cc-162 (N Syed 4-39) SUNDAY GRADES (Grand Finals) A SUNDAY
Mar 211 min read
Match info, March 21-22
Covers are not required this weekend. Wicket tables must be roped off after each day's play. An unplayable pitch must be reported via SMS by the umpires 45 minutes before the start, to the following numbers, with a view to relocation: Saturday: Alec Kahn 0410-938191 Sunday: Sri Raghuraman 0479-058500
Mar 201 min read
The weekend's scores, March 14-15
SATURDAY GRADES (Finals Week 1) A GRADE QF: Indigos 7-245 (I Veeramreddy 50* N Nuvula 50) d Sacred Heart 5-cc-239 (L Mamone 57* A Manikandan 56* S Chaudhary 54) EF: S.Yarra 9-cc-246 (S Chapman 100 J Black 90 A Maher 4-57) d Youlden Parkville 235 (J Murtagh 95 R Hanna 4-32) A RESERVE QF: Royal Pk Brunswick 183 d Flemington Colts 172 EF: Youlden Parkville 6-cc-229 (R Huria 74) d Melb City 71 (H Shah 4-22) B GRADE QF: Parkville Dist 9-159 d Melb City 158 (J Kerr-Nelson 4-14) EF:
Mar 141 min read
Match info, March 14-15
Covers are not in use Saturday morning, and are not required Saturday night. Wicket tables must be roped off after each day's play. An unplayable pitch must be reported by the umpires by 11.15am to the following numbers, with a view to relocation: Saturday: Alec Kahn 0410-938191 Sunday: Sri Raghuraman 0479-058500
Mar 131 min read
The weekend's scores, March 7-8
SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE S.Yarra 3-195 (K Alev 80*) d Royal Pk Reds 9-cc-192 (C Umer 107*) Flemington 7-178 (J Mandaradoni 60) d Parkville Dist 176 (B Stolz 5-31) Emerald Hill 5-68 d Indigos 66 (J Patel 5-25 T Phillips 5-30) Youlden Parkville 1-100 (T Farrell 56*) d Sacred Heart 98 Provisional four: Ind 52 SH 52 SY 48 YP 46 A RESERVE Melb City 7-cc-336 (V Kamath 92* R Krishnamurthy 76*) d S.Yarra 240 Flemington 8-cc-168 (A Kahn 58) d National 100 Royal Pk Brunswick 6-cc-258 (X
Mar 72 min read
Match info, March 7-8
Saturday: Covers are in use in the morning and must be removed at least 60 minutes before play unless rain is falling or imminent. Pitch reports are not required. Covers and hessian must be dried and put away at stumps, and wicket tables roped off. Sunday : Covers are not required. An unplayable pitch must be reported by the umpires to the Asst Match Secretary on 0479-058500 by 11.15am, with a view to relocation.
Mar 61 min read
Match info, Sun March 1 (9.20 update)
All matches are ON as scheduled. Covers are in use and must be removed from pitches an hour before play unless rain is falling or imminent. Covers and hessians cannot be left on pitches after stumps or abandonment. If dry, they must be stowed away. If wet, they need to be left to dry outside the playing surface, with home sides responsible for storing them away by Tuesday evening. Wicket tables must be roped off by dusk.
Feb 281 min read
The weekend's scores, Feb 28-Mar 1
SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Parkville Dist 3-239 (S Rana 117*) d South Yarra 8-cc-234 (H Bell 99) Royal Pk Reds 142 d Flemington 89 Indigos 4-155 d Youlden Parkv 8-cc-152 (N Demelis 52*) Sacred Heart 9-cc-178 (H Patel 55 J Patel 4-17) drew Emerald Hill 2-54 (9 ov) A RESERVE National 8-77 d South Yarra 46 (S Raghuraman 5c 1ro) W'town Colts 8-cc-197 d Royal Pk Brunswick 183 (T Katarey 71 S Srivatsan 4-25) Flem Colts 114 (J Slater 63) d Youlden Parkv 110 (W Stanley 5-11) Melb City d
Feb 283 min read
Match info, Sun Feb 22 (9.30am update)
Play is abandoned by agreement at Walker East (Sunrise v Power House, A Res Sun). All other matches are ON as scheduled. Covers are in use and must be removed from pitches an hour before play unless rain is falling or imminent. Covers and hessians cannot be left on pitches after stumps or abandonment. If dry, they must be stowed away. If wet, they need to be left to dry outside the playing surface, with home sides responsible for storing them away by Monday evening. Wicket ta
Feb 211 min read
The weekend's scores, Feb 21-22
SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Emerald Hill 5-cc-189 (O Thomas 54) d Flemington 149 South Yarra 4-cc-224 (R McClure 88 H Bell 59*) d Youlden Parkv 170 (J Murtagh 55) Sacred Heart 190 (S Buttigieg-Clarke 69 M Lillywhite 4-60) d Royal Pk Reds 128 Parkville Dist 8-cc-231 (N Green 76) d Indigos 225 (N Sherkar 70 N Green 4-42) A RESERVE Flem Colts 6-dec-122 d National 46 & 3-72 Royal Pk Brunswick 1-225 (T McBurney 102* M Stringfellow 61*) d Melb City 8-cc-224 (T Sankar 90 S Kahawala 4-51
Feb 213 min read
Covers info, Sat Feb 21
Covers are not in use Saturday morning, but full table covers must go down on Saturday evening at all grounds with Sunday matches. In the City of Melbourne, this means all MCA venues except Brens, Walker West, Ransford & Western. Hessian must be used over pitches.
Feb 201 min read
The weekend's scores, Feb 14-15
SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Indigos 221 d Sacred Heart 119 (P Batta 4-29) Flemington 4-183 (J Mandaradoni 79* S Molligoda 53*) d S.Yarra 6-cc-182 (J Black 87 O Ingham 4-36) Emerald Hill 112 d Youlden Parkville 97 (J Parish 4-31) Parkville Dist 1-124 (A Adams 60*) d Royal Pk Reds 9-cc-123 A RESERVE Melb City 9-cc-336 (K Rajeswaran 59) d National 9-cc-288 (J Victor 60* K Kondagunturi 51 A Nellatuvalappil 4-36) Royal Pk Brunswick 6-115 d Flem Colts 113 (C Neagle 4-27) Youlden Parkvi
Feb 143 min read
Covers info, Sun Feb 8
Covers are in use this morning. Home sides must remove them from the pitch at least 60 minutes before play unless rain is imminent. Penalty -- forfeit of toss. Covers and hessian must be dried and put away after play, and tables roped off.
Feb 71 min read
The weekend's scores, Feb 7-8
SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Indigos 4-94 d Youlden Parkville 93 Flemington 6-cc-209 (S Molligoda 96 J Crook 59) d Royal Pk Reds 94 Sacred Heart 7-152 (A Manikandan 54) d Emerald Hill 7-cc-151 (E Buffon 54) Parkville Dist 4-cc-252 (N Green 116* A Adams 114) d S.Yarra 99 (Y Naidu 4-14) A RESERVE Melb City 5-dec-249 (V Kamath 81* N Sasidharan 51) d Flemington 151 (A Nellatuvalappil 4-22) & 5-107 S.Yarra 4-162 d National 160 (S Shaw 87) Flem Colts 8-241 (J Slater 83 P Doyle 56) d You
Feb 73 min read
Match info Sun Feb 1
Covers are in use and must be removed by home sides at least 60 minutes before play. If a pitch is unlikely to be fit for play before 1.30pm, the Match Secretary must be SMS'd on 0410-938191 no later than 11.15am with the ground, grade and match. Home sides are required to dry covers and hessian during the day and stow them away before leaving the ground. Wicket tables must be roped off at stumps.
Jan 311 min read
The weekend's scores, Jan 31-Feb 1
SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Youlden Parkville 1-100 d Flemington 99 Indigos 8-189 d Royal Pk Reds 185 S.Yarra 6-cc-339 (R McClure 158 S Materna 55 J Deniet 55) d Emerald Hill 213 (J Caley 50 J Jacob 4-27) Sacred Heart 8-cc-258 (A Parihar 116) d Parkville Dist 199 A RESERVE Youlden Parkville 1-106 (R Huria 56*) d Flemington 103 (S Samdhyan 50 A Bazaz 4-11) Royal Pk Brunswick 8-cc-250 (T Katarey 78* M Sebastian 4-27) d National 116 Flem Colts 3-79 d Melb City 78 (A Gaur 5-18) W'tow
Jan 313 min read
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