Mercantile Cricket Association 

Due to possible overnight showers, full table covers are required on Saturday night at all grounds with Sunday matches. In the City of Melbourne, this means all MCA grounds need covers except Ransford, Ryder and Walker West. Hessian must be used over pitches. Covers and hessian must be dried and put away on Sunday evening, and tables roped off.

Due to a major sprinkler mishap, the Monday January 26 rep games have been relocated from Ryder and Ransford Ovals to nearby Brens Oval (Sat Comp v Sun Comp) and Walker East (Under-21s v Veterans). Players are requested to be at the Brens Pavilion no later than 10.15am for the cap presentation prior to the 11.00am start.

JAN 26 REP GAMES MCA Saturday 5-173 (J Vaughan 52* S Buttigieg-Clarke 41) d MCA Sunday 171 (A Goswami 44 P Sharma 31 J Steel 4-22 V Rajendran 3-25) MCA Veterans 5-cc-231 (T Mohamed 57* M Putsakayala 48 A Bazaz 32) d MCA Under-21s 170 (B Wood 57 H Brick 29 N Shekhar 3-30) SATURDAY GRADES B GRADE National 187 d Melb Falcons 101 Other Saturday Grade games cancelled (heat rule) SUNDAY GRADES A SUNDAY Indigos 7-164 (N Sherkar 91*) d Racing 163 (C Nalla 61 D Rayaguru 60 S Jassal 4-

Due to the BoM forecast maximum for Melbourne of 40, all play in the MCA today is CANCELLED under Rule 8.7(b). Sunday's matches and Monday's rep games remain ON.

Due to forecast heat, most Saturday games have been moved forward to 10am , with length to be agreed at the toss. The exceptions are: Three games reduced to T20 by agreement: A Grade: Flemington v Indigos, T20 at 10am D Grade: Youlden v Emerald Hill, T20 at 10am D Grade: Brunswick v Avondale Heights, T20 at 12pm Three games put back to 1pm due to junior games, format to be agreed at toss: A Reserve: Willy Colts v National B North: Youlden v Willy Colts D Grade: TTS v Willy Co

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Sacred Heart 4-204 (A Singh 61 V Sangwan 51) d Flemington 8-cc-203 (S Molligoda 58) Emerald Hill 7-cc-168 d Royal Pk Reds 126 (T Corrie 4-22) Parkville Dist 8-151 d Youlden Parkville 150 (S Godbole 63 Y Naidu 4-28) S.Yarra 4-cc-274 (J Black 109* R McClure 71) d Indigos 229 (N Nuvula 79 P Batta 60 M Skipp 5-41) A RESERVE W'town Colts 4-cc-290 (J Strydom 75 A Sharma 56*) d Melb City 120 Flem Colts 6-230 (J Ladzik 76 O Jenkins 4-30) d S.Yarra 229 Royal Pk

Broadhalfpenny Down, the birthplace of cricket as we know it. Photo: Hendersuk All Saturday matches are as scheduled. The toss is awarded to the visiting sides in Saturday's matches at FP1, FP4, FP5 and Cordner due to covers directions not being followed. Covers are not required on Saturday night. Wicket tables must be roped off after each day's play.

Pitch reports are not required. All players should turn up to grounds as fixtured on PlayHQ. Covers are in use and must be removed at least one hour before play. Covers and hessian need to be dried and put away at stumps, and wicket tables roped off.

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Sacred Heart 7-186 (S Buttigieg-Clarke 69*) d Royal Pk Reds 183 (Y Kaul 65) Indigos 5-206 (V Pamisetty 61*) d Parkville Dist 6-cc-205 (C Thomson 64 Y Naidu 60*) S.Yarra 8-cc-212 (K Alev 65) d Youlden Parkville 126 Emerald Hill 5-116 (J Baker 52*) d Flemington 113 (T Corrie 4-18) A RESERVE Youlden Parkville 4-cc-368 (T Farrell 97 F Newing 94* W Aldridge 88 K Gayal 67) d S.Yarra 184 (J Dear 75) Flem Colts 5-cc-257 (J Slater 93 J Ladzik 63) d National 150

Seven matches are abandoned by agreement between clubs. They are the matches at Altona Green (Willy Colts v Sunrise, C sun), Bonbeach #3 (Mon v SY, C sth), Corben (TTS v PD, C sun), Dane Rd (Racing v Mon, A sun), Lord (Carnegie v CDCC, C sth), Loughnan (Burnley v PH, C sth) and Fawkner Pk #1 (SH v Carnegie, D sth). All other matches today are reduced to T20s , at venue and start time as per PlayHQ (not PlayCricket). Please note: Umpire fees for T20s are $55 per side i

Spot at least eight things wrong with this AI generated picture of a park cricket match! SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Youlden Parkville 1-57 d Flemington 55 Parkville Dist 9-cc-212 (S B uttigieg-Clarke 4-26) d Sacred Heart 194 (S Buttigieg-Clarke 62 N Balaraj 4-45) Emerald Hill 9-cc-139 ( T.Co rrie 50) d S.Yarra 110 Indigos 8-cc-229 (N Nuvula 89 d Royal Pk Reds 91 (S Kuraparthi 5-33 R Puthu 4-21) A RESERVE Youlden Parkville 5-116 d Flemington 9-cc-110 (A Skate 4-7) Royal Pk Bruns

Pitch checks are not required. The Brens game is put back to 1. 30pm (70 ov) to let a damp pitch dry. The YP v Flem games in A Reserve and A Grade are now 25-over-a-side at Ryder at 12.00 and 3.15pm respectively. All other matches are as previously fixtured Full covers are required at stumps at all grounds with Sunday games. In the City of Melb this means all grounds except Ransford, Smith, Walker West & Western.

On behalf of the Executive Committee we wish to convey our very best wishes to your Club’s members players and families for this Christmas festival season. For those travelling overseas, interstate and regional Victoria have safe journeys. We wish you good luck in your efforts to qualify for the semi-finals in 2026, March. Yours in Cricket, Bill “Crash “ Craddock. President On behalf of the MCA Committee

All matches remain at their fixtured time and venue. Covers are in use and must be removed from pitches an hour or more before play. Covers and hessian need to be dried and stowed away after play, and tables roped off.

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Youlden Parkville 6-176 (M Bhosle 58) d Parkville Dist 175 Royal Pk Reds 180 (G Sharma 65) d Emerald Hill 110 Flemington 133 (S Molligoda 74) d Sacred Heart 123 (K Joshi 57 S Molligoda 4-35) Indigos 5-136 d S.Yarra 134 (K Alev 62 R Puthu 4-23) A RESERVE Youlden Parkville 6-cc-282 (K Gayal 63 A Skate 53 K Bhardwaj 52) d National 9-cc-225 (A Pant 111* A Ramamoorthy 53) Royal Pk Brunswick 1-133 (A Hinkley 63* X Chalkley 61*) d Flemington 129 (J Little 50*

All matches remain at times previously listed on PlayHQ. Covers should be left on until an hour before game-time, unless attended, due to possible showers. Covers must go down at stumps at all grounds with Sunday matches. In the City of Melbourne, this means all grounds except FP1, Ransford and Walker West.

The matches at Olney (TTS v Sunrise, A Sun Res) and Corben (TTS v Flem, D Sun) are put back to 1.30pm (70 overs). All other matches remain at the fixtured starting time and venue on PlayHQ. The toss is forfeited by the home sides at Canterbury, Essex Heights & Namatjira for failure to report. Covers and hessians must be dried off during the day and put away at stumps, and tables roped off.

Pitch checks are needed at 8.30am at all grounds with Sunday matches, except at the eight which had completed MCA matches played on Saturday (namely Brens, Como, FP1, Greenwich, Holland, McAlister, Ransford & Smith). Clubs need to SMS 0410-938191 by 9. 00am , stating the ground, grade, and their recommendation to either "start on time", "delay to 1.30pm (70 overs)", "delay to 3pm (T20)", or "abandon". Moderate drying conditions can be assumed. Home sides may peel back covers

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Youlden Parkville 9-cc-209 (J Vaughan 50) d Royal Pk Reds 4-cc-208 (S Chopra 86* G Sharma 76) Sacred Heart 7-cc-310 (S Chaudhary 76 S Buttigieg-Clarke 65* H Patel 55 A Sridhar 4-51) d S.Yarra 8-cc-267 (H Bell 69 J Black 62*) Emerald Hill 6-cc-159 (T Phillips 105*) d Parkville Dist 8-cc-126 ... T20 Indigos v Flemington ... abandoned A RESERVE Melb City 9-cc-164 (N Sasidharan 83) d Youlden Parkville 6-cc-131 (K Bhardwaj 52 S Teotia 4-27) ... T20 Flem Col

Photo: KB Hill Three matches are moved to new venues, no change in start time: TTS v PowerHouse (A Res Sun) moves to Walker West Brunswick v TTS (C Sun) moves to McDonald Flem Colts v Barnawartha (D Sun) moves to Western The games at Corben and Dane Rd are put back to 1.30pm (70 overs). All other matches remain as fixtured. The toss is awarded against the home side at Canterbury for failure to report. All covers must be put away this evening, and tables roped off.