Victorian Premier Cricket clubs name Dowling Shield squads

The Dowling Shield is set to make a triumphant return later this week with the future stars of Victorian cricket on display. Here are the selected teams.

The Dowling Shield has been a starting point for so many of Victoria’s cricketing greats.

Dean Jones (Carlton), Damien Fleming (South Melbourne) and Shane Warne (Melbourne University) have all played in what is known as Cricket Victoria’s “finishing school”.

It all kicks off again on Thursday with Round 1 of the 2022-23 season as teams battle it out for their place in the history books.

All 18 Victorian Premier Cricket clubs will compete in the competition with teams split into three groups of six.

Ringwood will look to make it back-to-back titles after defeating Footscray in last season’s grand final.

Here are all the selected squads for this season’s competition.

Carlton: Aki Sriram, Braydon O‘Connor, Flynn Magrath, Henry Edwards, Jamie Shepherd, Jarvis Harvey, Keir Lucas, Leo Dench, Lucas Brasher, Max Dias, Nick Brennan, Obie Chambers, Tobie Travaglia, Wil Pinniger.

Camberwell Magpies: Not supplied.

Casey South Melbourne: Ruban Buttar, Keegan Friedlander, Japtesh Singh Gurm, Blake Westra, Max Walker, Max Heffernan, Callum Chasemore, Crandel Siegelwin, Harry Hoekstra, Lachlan Burfurd, Zavier Lamers, Nev Avari, Josh Gibbs, Jack Dupree, Will Halton, Felix Howard.

Dandenong: Ryan Adams (Clyde), Jaskabeer Singh (Mt Waverley), Jordan Lynn (St Andrews), Sam McKean (Brighton), Shaun Thomas (Lynbrook), Ben Burrows (Morwell Tigers Yinnar), Jack Walsh (Western Park), Hayden Wrigglesworth (Bundalaguah), Nigel Munasinghe (Buckley Ridges), Lincoln Koliba (Brown Hill), Aryan Mohan (Dandenong), Ben Allsop (Western Park), Lachlan Muir (St Andrews), Jaikar Araich (Lynbrook), Abhay Nain (Hallam).

Essendon: Aarav Saxena, Agamjot Sandhu, Archi Bhatia, Bailey Toseland, Hady Hegazy, Jessraj Badhaan, Julian Dieski, Krit Darji, Lachlan Elmore, Lucas Cavigan, Noah Thomas, Panav Jaura, Pawaan Sharma, Sai Surapaneni, Zachary Beniwal.

Fitzroy Doncaster: Aryan Sharma (Plenty Valley), Lucas Hales (Benalla), Harry Smith (Rosebank), Lachie Pasquali (Templestowe), Harry Sheers (Norwood), Sam Alberico (Box Hill), Arnav Chobisa (Box Hill), Ronan Culloty (Belgrave), Austin Fardell (Hallam Kalora Park), Kalan Fazio (East Doncaster), Nirmana Fernando (Moonee Ponds), Nathan Flinn (Box Hill), Danniel Pietz (Box Hill), Mandiv Ruwanpathirana (Plenty Valley), Ashu Vedula (Bayswater), Liam Walker (Croydon).

Footscray: Aditya Barot, Kyen Burrill-Grinton, Jet Grundy, Lachlan Hay, Riley Leedham, Monty Moloney, Aayan Nadeem, Aiman Nadeem, Josh Pace, Karthikeya Rallapalli, Muhammad Rafay, Farzan Abdul Sathaar, Cam Saliba, Aiden D’Souza, Cam Jenkins.

Frankston Peninsula: Patrick Bloink, Ben Buller, Charlie Costa, Sam Gove, Noah Kemp, Kamran Malik, Sidney Scarlett, Jasper Speas, Yunal Sumathipala, Chetan Talluri, Max Wilkinson, Mikis Vemis, Finn Vemis, Harry Wallace, Harry Chadha.

Kingston Hawthorn: Luke Sullivan, Prabav Mishra ,Taj Powar, Tom Archibald, Sai Seghal, Harun Avarindan, Millar Harris, Liam Guiliano, Hamish McKenzie, Adi Chowdary, Nevin Perera, Saks Pathania, Jesse Austin, Herbie Fischbacher, Noah Portelli , Zaayan Arbab.

Geelong: Connor Weidemann, Noah Greene, Tom Kiddle, Max Hutchinson, Jesse Hunter, Jake Klein, Zane Attard, Hamish Codd, Elwood Geary, Taj Don, Josh Lindsay, Henry Bensch, Fletcher Grimsey – Cook, Harry Segrave, Oliver Peake, Marley McCombe.

Greenvale Kangaroos: Jack Bell (Plenty Valley), Michael Cross (Strathmore), Lewis Dichera (Northcote Park/Mildura), Fletcher Evemy (Greenvale), Judd Gilchrist (Huntly North Epsom), Tyler Green (Shepparton Youth Club United), Josh Hempel (Plenty Valley), Angus Jones (Bacchus Marsh), Robbie O’Brien, Samuel O’Brien (Old Students), Cameron Osmond (Wallan/Assumption), Piyush Pemmaraju (Youlden Parkville), Aaron Robson (Yarraville Club), Divjot Singh (Greenvale), Angus Williams (Rutherglen).

Melbourne: Sam Anderson, Jackson Burke, Archer Carlile, Jasper Cheesman, Harry DeMattia, Fletcher Good, Christian Howe (captain), Tyler Hunter, Chris Kellaway, Jeremey Murray, Kyle Parrott, Brodie Reaper, Jack Sullivan, Oliver Warburton (vice-captain), Benjamin Wickham.

Melbourne University: Aryan Arora, Oliver Davidson, Riley Dawson, Lachlan Fitzgerald, Matthew Gome, Connor Hastings, Kane Heathcoate, Krish Kumar, Trent McManus, Matthew Richings, Armann Singh, Eshann Singh, Xavier Tapsell, Luca van der Sluys.

Northcote: Archie Lalor, Abhi Rodrigo, Will Waters, Sam Lalor, Zac Mills, Bodhi Robinson, Callum Large, Aussie McIlwaine, Adam Howard, Darcy Aitken, James Shadbolt, Angus Jones, Aryan Sharma, Hamish Mulavey-Clark, Wilhem Mackay, Will Hanlon, Jacob Henry, Isaac Dugdale, Zac Wilkes, Sinthujan Ahilaeswaran, Finn Cleary.

Prahran: Lucas Bremner (Ormond), Ben Budlender (Toorak Prahran), Mitchell Kirkwood-Scott (Ormond), Tommy Marriner (Toorak Prahran), Ash Appu (Malvern), Senin Seymour (Ormond), Will Scott (Elwood), Alex Turner (Brighton Union), Jesse Van Rooyen (Beaumaris), Adam Li (Surrey Hills), Ben Lucas (Port Melbourne), Lucas Agar (McKinnon), Oscar Hanisch (Carnegie), Kane Scott (Wodonga Raiders).

Richmond: Adam Snelling, Connor Montgomery, Ethan de Vries, Ethan Kolaritsch, Gishain Fernando, Krishna Sridhar, Nisith Amarainghe, Caiden Dobson, Cooper Thomas Sticht, Ethan Ramanayake, James Matthew Sajeba, Jude Owen, Kenul Edirisinghe, Mitchell Cestnik, Callum Power, Jack Sotiriadis.

Ringwood: Vishwa Ramkumar, Jack Meyers, Bailey O’Riley, Kody Taylor, Tige Ridley, Paawan Dave, Kanhai Patel, Cam Livingstone, James Menzies, Archie Flynn, Lachlan Payne, Tanush Nandini, Dylan Walker, Lachlan Quinn, Michain Premartatne, Aarya Deshpande, Billy Box.

St Kilda: Fletcher Batty, Reyaan Farooq, Nicholas Gillard, George Lithgow, Kepler Lukies, Luca Reid, Cooper Rojko, Tom Rourke, Eddy Schultheis, Gurbir Singh, Moe Spencer, Gus White, Lenny Wilton, Rory Wright.