The club has been saddened to hear about the death of past player , Ian ‘Squizzy’ Taylor, during the week. Squizzy was a genuine fast bowling all rounder who would have been right at home in today’s T20 / white ball matches. Squizzy was a member of both the 1963/64 and 1969/70 1st XI premiership teams. He played 90 1st XI matches for Essendon scoring over 1500 runs and taking 85 wickets at 25 in the 1st XI. Ian Taylor (pictured back row 4th from the right) with the 1969/70 1s

The Bombers put in a good show against Fitzroy-Doncaster on Saturday with all 4 XIs in strong positions at stumps on Day One. 1st XI: ECC 221 LEAD FDCC 2-30 by 191 runs Losing the toss and batting first at Schramms Reserve the 1st XI were under early pressure 5/49 after some good bowling from the Lions in the first session. The Bombers needed a partnership and it came in the pair of Connor Poultan (65) and Arshit Rajput (26) who put on 50 for the 5th wicket and then another b

Round 16 Day Two Reports It was a frustrating day for The Bombers as the 1sts, 2nds and 4ths all went down. The 3 rd XI recorded a strong win.   1 st  XI ECC 172 def by FCC 6-174 The 1 st were gutsy all day in their attempt to defend 172 at Windy Hill. The Footscray opening pair reached 62 before Noman Safdar had the first breakthrough via a searing inswinger that had current Victorian 2 nd  XI Batsmen Mitch Jamieson LBW. The Bombers had another shortly after via a skillful

Round 16: Day 1 Report It was a competitive day’s cricket across all four grades! 1 st XI: ECC 172 v Footscray 0/7 It was an interesting day’s cricket at Windy Hill as the 1 st  XI were bundled out for 172. Sent in to bat by the Bulldogs, The Bombers lost early wickets to be two for twelve early however rallied to be in a strong position at 2/89. Opener Josh Trembearth continued his strong season compiling a well-made 47 whilst skipper Liam Molloy looked good for 41. The pai

A day that started with much optimism ended disappointingly with the 1sts, 2nds and 3rds all going down to the Northcote Dragons. On a positive note the 4 th XI recorded and outright victory and took a massive step to secure a spot in the finals. 1 st  XI NCC 8-357 d def ECC 252 With Northcote declaring overnight a tantilising run chase was set up at Bill Lawry Oval. It was an even day’s cricket for most of the day and at 5/218 at tea the Bombers appeared in the box seat. Th