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Milestones

Round 8
Carlton's Mick Allen play his 150th Premier 1st XI match. Mick debuted for Northcote in 1997/98, played 101 matches for the Dragons, crossing to Carlton in 2005/06. The match against Uni was his 49th for Carlton.

St Kilda's Michael Klinger passed 5000 runs for the Saints during his innings of 65 against the Heat.

Lions' skipper Lloyd Mash passed 4000 runs in Premier cricket during his innings of 85 against the Panthers.

Melbourne's Andrew Kent played his 150th Premier match.

Essendon skipper Brent Hutchinson played his 100th Premier match.

Melbourne Uni's Alex Cairns played his 50th Premier 1st XI match.

St Kilda's Glenn Lalor took his 50th catch in Premier cricket.

Umpire Rod McKinnon officiated in his 200th Premier match since joining the CV panel in 1994/95.

Magpies' scorer Tony Grace officiated in his 150th 1st XI match.

Round 9
Geelong's Trent Walerys played his 150th Premier 1st XI match.

North Melbourne's Gene Maurice passed 4000 Premier runs during his half-century against the Hawks.

Bulldogs' pair Grant Lindsay (150th match) and Nathan Geisler (100th match) celebrate those milestone games.

Dandenong captain-coach Warren Ayres played his 100th match for the Panthers. In the Round 8 match against the Lions, Ayres became the first player in history to pass 15,000 Premier runs during his brilliant 149.

Melbourne Uni veteran Ashley Robertson (see attached table) became the first bowler since Graeme Paterson in 1978/79 to take 500 Premier 1st XI wickets when he trapped James Wild lbw at Central Reserve last Sunday. A consistent wicket-taker for the Students since his debut in 1991/92, Robertson is the only bowler to reach the 500 wickets milestone since the introduction of covers in 1981.

Several umpires also officiated in significant milestone games in Round 9:

Merv Day - 350th Premier match
Bill Ellemor - 50th Premier match
Geoff Joshua - 100th Premier 1st XI match
Stuart Edwards 50th Premier match
LesWegecsanyi 50th Premier match

Round 10
Richmond paceman Justin Jaensch is due to play his 50th Premier 1st XI match.

Umpire Chris Allan is due to officiate in his 100th Premier 1st XI match.

Round 11
Prahran paceman Paul Sealey and Ringwood leg-spinner Daniel King are due to play their 50th Premier 1st XI matches.

Veteran Footscray Edgewater scorer Shaun Rodgers is due to officiate in his 400th Premier 1st XI match.

Umpires David Jones (150th Premier match) and George Vajda (100th Premier match) are due to officiate in milestone games.