Cricket Shepparton Team of the Year: Whitelock Shield E-grade

By Zac Standish

Mar 10, 2022

Fantastic season: E-grade Team of the Year opener Mark Nolen. Photo by Megan Fisher

In the lead up to the Lightfoot Medal on Wednesday, March 16, Cricket Shepparton has, for the first time, announced a Team of the Year for each of its five senior grades.

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Following the VCCL Team of the Year guidelines, each squad features two openers, four batters, one all-rounder, one wicketkeeper four bowlers, with the nominations based on total runs, wickets and wicketkeeping dismissals – not taking into account averages.

The News will feature one team a day from the B to E-grade in the lead-up to Wednesday’s presentation night, where the A-grade Team of the Year and Lightfoot medallist will be announced.

Today we start with the Whitelock Shield E-grade Team of the Year.

The top two sides on the Whitelock Shield home and away season ladder, Mooroopna (five) and Old Students (four) make up nine of the 12 players selected in the Team of the Year.

Cats opener Mark Nolen takes his spot at the top of the order after striking 285 runs at an impressive average of 35.62, and is joined by Nagambie old head Jeremy Ezard, who registered 317 at 31.70.

Young gun: Mooroopna's Will Emanuelli takes his spot as one of the batters in the E-grade Team of the Year. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite

Mooroopna duo Daniel Cullen (276 runs at 34.50) and Will Emanuelli (359 at 35.90) headline the batters and are joined by Old Students gun Andrew Bock (178 at 22.25) and Nagambie’s Brian Morris (179 at 44.45).

Cats skipper Daniel Hatton assumes the role of all-rounder after a brilliant season that yielded 357 runs and 18 wickets, while teammate Tyler Nolen takes the gloves.

Dominant season: Old Students’ Ross Hammer was the E-grade’s premier bowler. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite

Old Students spearhead Ross Hammer leads the bowling attack after taking 23 wickets at 6.67, with teammate Jason Wearne (12 wickets at 6.67), Tatura’s Anthony Howley (16 wickets at 7.75) and Michael Ford (16 wickets at 12.69) rounding out the squad.