Quarter Finals

VB FINALS ARE HERE

The Final Eight is decided, with MELBOURNE UNI claiming eighth spot with a win over CAMBERWELL MAGPIES in Round 17. This deprived HAWTHORN-MONASH UNI, who had moved to eighth on Saturday with a great win over top side FOOTSCRAY EDGEWATER, but dropped to ninth when the Students got up on Sunday.

GEELONG, with outrights over the Swans and the Kangaroos in the last two rounds, makes its third finals appearance since admission to VCA ranks in 1993/94 and its first since 2000/01.

RINGWOOD is making its first finals appearance for fourteen seasons and its third overall since the Rams were admitted in 1974/75.

ROUND 17

Plenty of bustling action, upset losses to the top three Bulldogs, Blues and Saints and some sensational individual performances featured in the last home and away game for the season. The Hawks were stiff, knocking off the top side FOOTSCRAY EDGEWATER, but dropping back out of the Eight on Sunday.

FRANKSTON PENINSULA finished the season on a high with a great win over ESSENDON, a victory which lifted them off the bottom. PRAHRAN too won well over CARLTON, which will give the club much hope for 2008/09.

Cats' pair Aaron Finch (1025 runs) and Trent Walerys head the batting and bowling aggregates respectively, Walerys tied with Saints' spinner Michael Beer with 52 wickets each.

CV CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to MELBOURNE UNI, winner of the JA Seitz CV Club Championship. It is the Students' fifth win and their first since 1998/99. Uni tallied 729 points to win from GEELONG (705), CARLTON (661), MELBOURNE (660), FOOTSCRAYEDGEWATER (654) and RINGWOOD (647).

VB ONE-DAY FINAL

Congratulations to Carlton for taking out the VB One-Day title on Labour Day. The Blues beat the Saints by one run in a fantastic Final at Princes Park. Essendon (2nds), Melbourne Uni (3rds) and Prahran (4ths) won the other three Finals.

JACK RYDER MEDAL

Voting for the Jack Ryder Medal concluded in Round 17 and the conjecture begins as to who has polled best. Based on performances throughout the season and stats, the winner is likely to come from the following:

Camberwell Magpies - Jeremy Bray, Simon Hill, Matthew Wade

Carlton - Evan Gulbis, Tim Welsford, Andrew Dickinson

Casey-South Melbourne - Chris Benham

Dandenong - David Newman, Brett Forsyth

Essendon - Craig Berger, Aaron Mato

Fitzroy Doncaster - Peter Dickson

Footscray Edgewater - Nathan Geisler, Grant Lindsay

Frankston Peninsula - Darren Groves

Geelong - Aaron Finch, Trent Walerys, Clinton Peake

Hawthorn-Monash Uni - Simon Dart, Steven Spoljaric

Melbourne - Andrew Kent

Melbourne Uni - Scott Sanders

North Melbourne - Darren Dempsey

Northcote - Tim Hoare

Prahran - Neil Schlittler

Richmond - Neil Edwards, Sam Taylor

Ringwood - Michael King, Sean Flynn

St Kilda - Glenn Lalor

QUARTER FINALS - Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 March 2008

1sts
Foots Edge v Melb Uni at Merv Hughes Oval, Footscray
Melbourne v Dandenong at the Albert Ground
Ringwood v St Kilda at Jubilee Park, Ringwood
Carlton v Geelong at Princes Park #1, Carlton

2nds
Melbourne Uni v Camberwell Magpies at Melbourne University
Fitzroy Donc v Nth Melb at Schramms Res #1, Doncaster
Melbourne v Foot Edge at Junction Oval, St Kilda
Geelong v Essendon at Kardinia Park West, Geelong

3rds
Melb Uni v Foot Edge at Central Reserve #1, Glen Waverley
Geelong v Carlton at Queen's Park, Geelong
Richmond v Haw-Mon Uni at Monash Uni #1 Oval
Essendon v Ringwood at Windy Hill, Essendon

4ths
Carlton v Nth Melb at Princes Park #2
Ringwood v Prahran at Toorak Park, Prahran
Melb Uni v Geelong at Central Reserve #2, Glen Waverley
Essendon v Frank. Pen at AH Butler Oval, Frankston

Hours of Play (all XIs): 11am - 5.50pm.
Playing Conditions as per Rule 20. In an uninterrupted match, the innings of the first batting team is restricted to 110 overs. A new ball is available after 80 overs in all grades.

KOOKABURRA AWARDS

View Kookaburra Award winners from Rounds 16, 17 and the One-Day Finals HERE

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