Essendon Cricket Club Season 24/25 Mick Mitchell Awards Night and Hall of Fame Gala
- Jaspar Wilson-Keir
- Apr 1
- 2 min read
The season 2024/25 Mick Mitchell Awards and Hall of Fame Inductee Gala will be held Friday May 2nd 2025 in the Premiers Room at Windy Hill.
The night will feature awards for season 2024/25 highlighted by the coveted Mick Mitchell Memorial Trophy awarded the best player for the season as voted by his peers. The night will also see the induction of three new members into the Club's Hall of Fame.
The Essendon Cricket Club is proud to announce the following newest additions to our Hall of Fame.
Leonard Mullet: Leonard played with the club from 1917/18 until his retirement after the 1933/34 season. He was a slow-medium bowler who spun the ball a little and a tailend batsman. He was club captain and won the season bowling award a staggering nine times. He has the third most wickets in the club's history and was awarded club champion twice in his career.
He also played six first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1920 and 1929.
John Swanson: John played with the club between 1962/63 and 1972/73. He played 29 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1965/66 and 1970/71.[1] He also played baseball for Victoria between 1964 and 1975 and Australia. He won the club batting award 6 times. John was also a dual premiership player for the Bomber's playing in both the 1963/64 and 1969/70 Premiership XIs. During his time at the Bombers he played 129 matches scoring 4284 runs at 35. He scored 7 centuries with a high score of 156 not out. John also took 129 wickets for the club.
Clint McKay: Clint played for the Club between 2002/3 and 2018/19 playing 157 1ST XI matches. During that time he was Australian Test Cricketer No 412 playing one test against the West Indies in Perth in 2009. Clint played one Test for Australia, 59 one-day internationals and six T20 internationals. He also played 85 first-class matches for Victoria and Leicestershire. He was club captain between 2009/10 and his retirement in 2018/19.
The Essendon Cricket Club is thrilled with the latest additions and looks forward to celebrating on the night.
The Awards Ceremony will be held at 6:30PM, Friday May 2nd in the Premiers Room, Windy Hill.
Tickets are available via the below link
For all enquiries regarding the night please contact Paul Cooper paulxcooper@optusnet.com.au
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