A big shout-out to one of the VSDCUA’s most popular umpires, Bill Finnigan, who will officiate his 400th VSDCA game in Round 12, alongside his partner in crime, Gary White, in the 1st XI clash between Taylors Lakes and Williamstown. Bill started his career with Subbies back in Season 2001. Highlights along the way are achieving both VSDCUA Life and 200 Club memberships, membership of the VSDCA 200 Club and a swag of finals which are listed below. And to top it all off he

One of our colleagues Michael Moore has kept himself busy when not involved in cricket. He has penned a powerful true story about two boys growing up in the tough inner suburbs of Melbourne—one surrounded by family, the other left to face the world alone . We will have 2 copies of this book (signed by the Author) as raffle prizes at our End of Season Dinner on 3rd of March 2026. If you can't wait until then to read it click here to purchase a copy via Amazon. #WheresYaDad #

To all Panel and Club Umpires, you are cordially invited to attend the VSDCUA End of Season Dinner which is to be held at Sandy by the Bay (Trevor Barker Beach Oval) Beach Rd, Sandringham on Tuesday 3rd March 2026, commencing at 7.00pm. Guests are also welcome. Please note that to ensure our catering requirements are correct we require payment by no later than the 20th of February 2026 . Payment CAN NOT be accepted on the night.

Happy New Year and welcome back to the second half of the season. Round 9   The first in a series of three rounds of one-day matches featured some impressive milestones.   Bill Keenan (as reported in a previous post) was the star, reaching his 300th Subbies game—a remarkable achievement that complements the 200 Second XI games milestone he reached in Round 5. Michael Moore Michael Moore also celebrated by umpiring his 150th 1st XI match.  Well done, Michael.   Round 10   This

Congratulations go out to one of the stalwarts of our panel, Bill Keenan, who has reached a couple of significant milestones this season. As reported back in Round 5, Bill ticked off his 200th 2nd XI game with Lalith Chandrasena and in Round 9 it was his 300th VSDCA game, when he umpired alongside James Barrett, in the 2nd XI fixture between Croydon and Altona Bill is both a VSDCUA Life and '200 Club' member, having umpired his games across the following grades.: Pennant Game

Round 6  update - Apologies to Steve Luscombe one of our Werribee Club Umpires - news of his 50th game milestone slipped through to the keeper. Well done Steve. Round 7  and you guessed it the weather led to some matches being reduced to 1 day affairs.  This round featured several notable milestones with the achievements of Noki and Graham reported on in more detail in posts on our social media sites. Noki Tryphonos - 450th game. Francis Henry Graham Hill – 200 th  game Fra

Another significant milestone was achieved in Round 8 when Brendan Schutt umpired his 100th game in Subbie's, alongside his colleague Ray Butterfield in the 1st XI fixture between Ivanhoe and Coburg. A calm and composed individual, he is a wonderful person to umpire alongside and consistently provides excellent support to his fellow umpire. Well done Brendan!

Paul Loughrey being acknowledged by the Altona & Taylors Lakes players. Congratulations to Paul Loughrey, who, after an enforced break in his Subbies career due to a significant health issue, finally got to celebrate his 100th 1st XI game. Paul achieved the milestone when he teamed up with Noki Tryphonos in the Round 8 match between Taylors Lakes and Altona. Paul is a very personable individual and offers excellent support to whoever he is umpiring with. Well done Paul on rea

Since 1972 the VSDCUA have awarded a trophy to the best player in each section of the J.G. Craig Under 15 competition and also in its forerunner the R.M. Hatch Under 14 competition. Starting with the next edition of this marquee VSDCA event, these awards will be named to recognise umpires who have provided not only long, but exceptional service to the VSDCA. The committee called for nominations from the members and after careful consideration the following members were select

Noki Tryphonos, who is now in his 28th year of service to Subbie's umpired his 450th game  with Jeremy Anthony in Round 8 of the North West Sunday fixture between St Bernard's and Preston. And our thanks go out to both teams for joining in the celebrations and presenting him with one of the match balls, which was a fabulous gesture. Noki with the St Bernard's & Preston players celebrating his 450th VSDCA game His Subbies games, combined with the 276 he umpired in the Metropol

Congratulations to Graham Hill, the newest member of the '200 Club.' He achieved this milestone during the Round 7 1st XI match between Moorabbin and Strathmore, where he officiated alongside Leigh Wyatt. This is another honour for Graham, who was also awarded Life Membership of our Association in 2023. Since joining our team in 2013 after a long career in the VTCA, Graham has consistently performed at a high standard which has seen him apart from 7 games, umpire all his matc

Congratulations to Wayne Duke on his appointment as one of the umpires for the VSDCA's annual match against the Victorian Country Cricket League. VSDCA Representative Team: David Wildsmith ( Capt. ) - Kew Sahan Perera -Noble Park Shakeel Ahmad – Preston Dan Schuppan - Spotswood Cooper Bingham (wk) – Brighton Brett Smith - Hoppers Crossing Vaibhav Deshpande – Preston Jacob Thorne - Caulfield Josh Lawrenson - St Bernard’s OC Michael Topp - Bayswater Glen Parker -Brighton Adam Y

Round 3 wrapped up without Melbourne’s weather interfering! But, of course, it made its presence felt in the next round, leading to the rescheduling of Rounds 4 and 5, which you’ll know about by now. We also saw some great milestones, with Round 3 featuring Ray Stokes’ achievement of 200 games—a feat already mentioned in an earlier post—making him the newest member of our ‘200 Club.’ Congratulations again to Ray! Rounds 4 and 5 saw the following milestones celebrated. Congrat

Congratulations to Ray Stokes who is the newest member of our '200 Club'. In Round 3, Ray was teamed up with his son Frank to umpire his 200th game in the 1st XI match between Moorabbin and Plenty Valley. Ray is a life member of the VSDCUA and a popular and much respected member of our panel. We look forward to him toting up a lot more games!

A taste of 2 day cricket was most welcome. Unfortunately those games rostered for the Sunday's suffered a complete washout on Day 2. The weather gods also had a bit of a say towards the closing stages of the second day of a few of our Saturday games. A positive out of that is that some of our umpires got experience at administering the revised Pennant Rule 16, that we now operate under. Milestones keep coming and congratulations go out to Ian Wyatt on doing his 150th 1st X

Well, our season finally got underway with all games reverting to 1 day affairs. Paul Chipizubov one of many umpires who made their Subbie's debut during Round 1 The Recruiting Manager managed to boost our ranks with some 36 new umpires joining us, some new to the game, along with several experienced campaigners.  A warm welcome to all of you to Subbies Cricket! Drew with his offsider Jeremy at St Bernard's during his 150th VSDCA game A couple of milestones to report: Drew Da

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