Spotswood Cricket Club is pleased to announce the signing of Michael Edwards and Jacob “Pav” Pawlowicz for the 2026/27 season.

Michael and Jacob both bring a wealth of experience and quality to our playing group, and we are excited to welcome them to the club.

Michael is a former Northcote Cricket Club opening bowler with Jacob a talented left-arm orthodox spinner and reliable middle-order batter who played his junior cricket at Bacchus Marsh Cricket Club before spending the past seven seasons in the Victorian Premier Cricket system, representing Greenvale, Footscray, and Essendon.

Please join us in giving Michael and Pav a warm Spotty welcome as we look forward to an exciting season ahead in green and gold. 💚💛

Welcome to Spotty, Michael & Jacob  🏏

What a great night at the VSDCA Presentation Night at the MCG.

Dan Schuppan was again named in the Best Subbies Team out of 32 senior teams — a fantastic achievement.

Our Vice President Nick Bartol also took home the Best Player award in 3XI Division 2. Well done Cougar, a well deserved reward for a terrific season.

Congratulations also to Rohan Johnson, who finished equal second in the voting, only a couple of votes behind Cougar.

A fantastic effort by both players. 👏🏏

Congratulations to Luke Jamieson on winning the Alfredo Luizzi award for season 2025/26

Congratulations to Chris Beckett, Craig Butterfield, Jakson Knight and Fred Colechin on their senior milestone games for the Spotswood Cricket Club.

Chris Beckett 300 Games

Craig Butterfield 200 Games

Jakson Knight 100 Games

Fred Colechin 100 Games

Congratulations to our McCarthy Medal winner 3rd XI Captain Nick Bartol (25 Votes)

Cougar finished the season with 35 wickets @ 12.09 and 287 runs @41.0

Now a dual McCarthy Medalist, we are likely to never hear the end of this.  

2nd Blayde Baker 17 Votes
3rd Dan Schuppan 16 Votes

What another fantastic Presidents lunch, our 17th. A great day sponsored by Witt Marine and Distinctive Finance, where 150 people attended with guest speakers, Stuart MacGill, Daniel Harford and Nick Maxwell. Food Catered by our Sponsor Mona Castle hotel, which was sensational, thanks Taylor and Sammy. The day again supported the Male Hug group, where CEO and Founder Tony Rabah attended with a guest appearance by AFL legend Kevin Sheedy. Tony Schibeci MC’d the day again in a Professional manner. I would like to thanks the companies that supported our fundraiser, Reece, Urban Salvage, WeldCo, Burma’s hats, Bunnings, Medway golf club and Spoke N Sprocket, where a few thousand dollars will be donated to the Male Hug after the event. It just gets better every year. Thanks for everyone who attended and made it another great day.

We’re very pleased to announce our Women’s Coach – Sandeep (Sonny!) Mandalika

A huge thank you to Sonny for putting his hand up to help kick off our women’s team.

Spotswood hasn’t had women’s cricket since 2017, so we’re super excited to get a team back up and running!

The team will be competing in the NWMCA Women’s Sunday T20 Competition

A big thank you to all the women who have made this possible.

Due to Safety Concerns and the previous venue in Derrimut not fit for purpose we have unfortunately made the decision to move venues. The club has a duty of care to provide members a safe and fit for purpose training environment. 

Pre-Season Senior Training now on Thursdays August 14th to September 25th , 6-7:30pm!

3 practice nets and 2 bowling machines are available for our session

MCCA Cricket Centre
5c Perpetual St, Truganina VIC 3029

Training cost $10 per player/ each session, please bring cash on the night.

New players Welcome.

If you are interested in trialling for the senior squad in season 2025-26 please contact Paul Baker on 0428657916

After 6 years  Dan Schuppan will step down as Club Coach. Dan has committed to still play senior cricket next year with Spotswood. In those 6 years we had 3 grand final appearances, winning one, one loss and a draw during Covid Lockdowns, which, we were in a good position to win.

Dan has changed our culture and really appreciate his outstanding service to our club.

We are very pleased to announce that Paul Baker has been appointed Non Playing Coach over the next two years.

Paul brings a wealth of experience and Coaching capability to dedicate time to bring our skills to another level.

Below is Paul’s coaching profile:

18 years total senior coach at Bacchus Marsh CC and Newport-Digman CC

5 years Central Highlands Dowling Shield Pathways coaches

10 years junior representative coach