Cricket Shepparton Team of the Year: Jim McGregor Shield C-grade

By Zac Standish

Mar 15, 2022

Dominant campaign: Kyabram's Ross Brown led the way in C-grade this season with 667 runs. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite

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.

Following the VCCL Team of the Year guidelines, each squad features two openers, four batters, one all-rounder, one wicketkeeper and 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 Medal will be announced.

Today we continue with the Jim McGregor Shield C-grade Team of the Year.

Eight of the 11 Jim McGregor Shield C-grade teams are represented in the Team of the Year after what was an even home and away season.

Karramomus’ Travis Guppy headlines the batting order after a stellar season that yielded 549 runs at 49.91 and is partnered by Numurkah’s Jason Verhoeven (260 runs at 37.14) as the team’s openers.

Another stellar season: Travis Guppy was ultra consistent for Karramomus in 2021-22. Photo by Megan Fisher

Kyabram’s Ross Brown leads the group of batters with a monstrous 667 runs to his name, while Murchison’s David Marsters (296 runs at 29.60), Invergordon’s Lachlan Gilligan (429 runs at 47.67) and Karramomus’ Ashley Taylor (257 at 23.36) round out the group of specialist bats.

Aaryn Cormican takes the position of all-rounder after a dominant season that included 20 wickets at 11.75 and 296 runs at 37.

The bowling attack is led by dominant Mooroopna pair Reilly Young and Daniel Emmi, who finished their campaigns with 26 and 29 wickets respectively, while Rick Heathcote (25 wickets at 12.88) flies the flag for Undera and Samuel Hayes (20 wickets at 14.10) represents Pine Lodge.