Top 10 batters and bowlers from every Geelong cricket competition after Round 3 revealed

Plenty of stars across the Geelong region have put their names up in lights. Find out the leading batters and bowlers in every grade.

See the top performers from every comp below.

We are three rounds into the local cricket season and plenty of stars from across the Geelong region have put their names up in lights.

Grovedale batter Michael McNeel leads all comers in the Geelong Cricket Association 1st grade with 198 runs, while South Barwon bowler Clinton Place has taken seven scalps at an average of 8.14.

South Barwon captain Nick Butters ranks in the top 10 for runs and wickets this season in GCA1 after his five-wicket haul in round one and consistent batting to start the season.

In the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association top tier competition, Armstrong Creek’s Clay Mulgrew has 59 more runs than any other batter with 180 for the season so far, with bowlers James Fisher and Jason Robertson claiming nine wickets.

Clay Mulgrew is the leading BPCA A1 runscorer. Picture: Mark Wilson

Michael McNeel has started the season strongly for Grovedale. Picture: Wes Cusworth.

Meanwhile, Dhanuja Haturusingha has more wickets than any other senior player across Geelong with 10 at an outstanding average of 6.4 for Waurn Ponds Deakin in GCA4 1st XI.

Leopold runscorers Tom Treble and Corey Ogle have helped get Leopold off to a strong start to the season, hitting 319 runs between them as the two highest scorers in the GCA2 1st XI competition.

We look at the top-10 runscorers and wicket-takers across every league in the Geelong region.

GCA 1 1st

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Michael McNeel (Grovedale) – 198 runs (ave 66)

2.Gregory Willows (Highton) – 171 (ave 57)

3.Brayden Engelen-Baker (Grovedale) – 137 (ave 68.5)

4.Jack Wrigglesworth (Grovedale) – 123 (ave 123)

5.Andrew Hodgson (St Joseph’s) – 120 (ave 40)

6.Casey Young (Lara) – 119 (ave 59.5)

7.Nick Butters (South Barwon) – 109 (ave 54.5)

8.Danny Hegarty (East Belmont) – 106 (ave 53)

9.Andrew Casey (St Joseph’s) – 98 (ave 49)

10.Samuel Mitchell (Newtown & Chillwell) – 86 (ave 28.7

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Clinton Place (South Barwon) – 7 wickets (ave 8.14)

2.Daniel Hughes (Lara) – 7 (ave 8.71)

3.Sam Coutts (Grovedale) – 7 (ave 12.14)

4.Casey Young (Lara) – 6 (ave 12)

5.Nick Plat (South Barwon) – 6 (ave 13.33)

6.Noah Guida (Newtown & Chillwell) – 6 (ave 16.17)

7.Nick Butters (South Barwon) – 5 (ave 7)

8.Bailey Sykes (Grovedale) – 5 (ave 9.6)

9.Dale Kerr (North Geelong) – 5 (ave 11)

10.Cameron Port (St Joseph’s) – 5 (ave 13)

GCA 2 1st XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Tom Treble (Leopold) – 176 (ave 56.7)

2.Corey Ogle (Leopold) – 143 (ave 71.5)

3.Luke Ford (St Peters) – 135 (ave 135)

4.Gurpreet Singh (Torquay) – 127 (ave 42.3)

5.Matthew Siorgiovanni (St Peters) – 120 (ave 60)

6.Jack Driver (Geelong City) – 118 (ave 59)

7.Stuart Blythe (Marshall) – 105 (ave 35)

8.Lachie Cameron (Marshall) – 96 (ave 32)

9.Mitchell McGlade (Geelong City) – 94 (ave 47)

10.Joseph Vallelonga (Leopold) – 87 (ave 29)

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Declan Gibson (Leopold) – 9 (ave 7.6)

2.Byron Taylor (Geelong City) – 8 (ave 12.4)

3.Daniel Grozdanovski (Murgheboluc) – 6 (ave 8.7)

4.Tom Treble (Leopold) – 6 (ave 15.3)

5.Terrence Hill (Torquay) – 5 (ave 5.6)

6.Mayuka Perera (Bell Post) – 5 (ave 10.4)

7.Joshua Siorgiovanni (St Peters) – 5 (ave 13)

8.Ben Horne (Leopold) – 5 (ave 13.4)

9.Kendrick Hatton (Geelong West) – 5 (ave 20)

10.Ben Muir (Bell Post Hill) – 4 (ave 10.8)

GCA 3 1st XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.James Hickleton (Bannockburn) – 141 (ave 70.5)

2.Mitchell Barlett (Manifold) – 133 (ave 44.3)

3.Shane Lymer (Bell Park) – 107 (ave N/A)

4.Bailey Forssman (Alexander Thomson) – 83 (ave 41.5)

5.Eamon Mills (Manifold Heights) – 80 (ave 26.7)

6.Nakia Pearce (Manifold Heights) – 80 (ave 26.7)

7.Damian Tom (Manifold Heights) – 72 (ave 24)

8.Jake Dubbeldam (Alexander Thomson) – 71 (ave 35.5)

9.Anthony Grace (Corio) – 70 (ave 35)

10.Seaver Cowley (Thomson) – 67 (ave N/A)

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Angus Cranny (Alexander Thomson) – 8 wickets (ave 7)

2.Stuart Calder (Manifold Heights) – 7 (ave 6.43)

3.Damian Tom (Manifold Heights) – 6 (ave 19.3)

4.Chris Nolan (Corio) – 5 (ave 6)

5.Mark Worthington (Modewarre) – 4 (ave 3.75)

6.Dylan Ryan (Modewarre) – 4 (ave 8)

7.Brodie Coon (Corio) – 4 (ave 9)

8.Finn Peel (Bannockburn) – 4 (ave 15.8)

9.Zachary Mevissen (Alexander Thomson) – 4 (ave 16.8)

10.Mitch Gorman (St Albans Breakwater) – 3 (ave 3.7)

GCA 4 1st XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Dillon Patrick (Lethbridge) – 171 (ave 171)

2.Tony Bott (Meredith) – 164 (ave 54.7)

3.Tyler Dittloff (Meredith) – 139 (ave 139)

4.Justin Larkins (Guild St Mary’s) – 133 (ave 44.3)

5.Bailey Croker (Little River) – 113 (ave 57)

6.Matt Watts (Teesdale) – 114 (ave 57)

7.Prince Chouhan (Guild St Mary’s) – 109 (ave 36.3)

8.Chris Andrews (Little River) – 83 (ave 41.5)

9.Sudharsan Rajaratnam (Waurn Ponds Deakin) – 82 (ave 82)

10.Nicholas Phillips (Waurn Ponds) – 80 (ave 40)

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Dhanuja Haturusingha (Waurn Ponds Deakin) – 10 (ave 6.4)

2.Troy Oakley (Waurn Ponds Deakin) – 8 (ave 7.8)

3.Paul Hassan (Teesdale) – 7 (ave 9.7)

4.Jesse Sheehan (Lethbridge) – 7 (ave 11.4)

5.Chesney Milne (Meredith) – 7 (ave 12.9)

6.Rhys Campbell (Teesdale) – 6 (ave 7.8)

7.Rory Harding (Lethbridge) – 5 (ave 8.5)

8.Joel Hart (Meredith) – 5 (ave 12.4)

9.Luke Wright (Little River) 5 (ave 13)

10.Eugene Stanciu (Newcomb & District) – 5 (ave 16.4)

GCA 1 2ND XI

TOP RUN SCORERS

1.Shane Kelton (Highton) – 147 (ave 73.5)

2.Errol Burns (Highton) – 140 (ave 46.7)

3.Harry Gamble (South Barwon) – 137 (ave 45.7)

4.David Linke (South Barwon) 127 (ave 42.3)

5.George Blatherwick (Lara) – 115 (ave 115)

6.Allen Smart (Lara) – 96 (ave 48)

7.Andrew Webb (South Barwon) – 91 (ave 45.5)

8.Liam Biddiscomb (North Geelong) – 88 (ave 44)

9.Clayton Paul (Grovedale) – 86 (ave 43)

10.Xavier Norman (North Geelong) – 78 (ave 26)

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Thomas Webster (North Geelong) - 8 (ave 9.3)

2.Blake Ash (Lara) – 8 (ave 12.9)

3.Joshua Rhodes (North Geelong) – 6 (ave 14.2)

4.Darcy Waller (Highton) – 6 (ave 15.8)

5.Cal Ferguson (North Geelong) – 5 (ave 5)

6.Liam Biddiscombe (North Geelong) – 5 (ave 14.6)

7.Jack O’Donoghue (St Joseph’s) – 5 (ave 15.8)

8.Charlie Walsh (Lara) – 5 (ave 16.8)

9.George Blatherwick (Lara) – 5 (ave 17.8)

10.Jed Hanneysee (South Barwon) – 5 (ave 20.6)

GCA 2 2ND XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Dileep Naralasetti (Bell Post Hill) – 130 (ave 43.3)

2.Hamish McCallum (St Peters) – 106 ave (35.3)

3.Jarrod Falvey (Marshall) – 94 (ave 94)

4.Matthew Middleton (Murgheboluc) – 79 (ave 39.5)

5.Alistair Grant – (Geelong West) – 78 (ave N/A)

6.Rajasekhar reddy Lankireddy (Geelong West) – 78 (ave 78)

7.Trent Leslie (Marshall) – 78 (ave 39)

8.Flynn Calnon (St Peters) – 71 (ave 23.7)

9.Jack Williams (Geelong City) – 69 (ave 34.5)

10.Perry Hill (Geelong West) – 68 (ave 34)

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Terrence Hill (Torquay) – 7 (ave 3.2)

2.Dileep Naralasetti (Bell Post Hill) – 7 (ave 9)

3.Nicholas James (Leopold) – 7 (ave 10.7)

4.Jake Missen (Marshall) – 6 (ave 19)

5.Cohen Emmerson (Torquay) – 5 (ave 14.4)

6.Ishanka Rajakaruna (Bell Post Hill) – 5 (ave 18.8)

7.Flynn McGuane (Geelong West) – 5 (ave 19.4)

8.Luke Biffin (Leopold) – 4 (ave 10.8)

9.Jacob Speedie (Leopold) – 4 (ave 11.8)

10.Rajasekhar reddy Lankireddy (Geelong West) – 4 (ave 15.5)

GCA 3 2nd XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Kell Craven (Bell Park) – 176 (ave 176)

2.Jeremy Lane (Manifold Heights) – 111 (ave 37)

3.James Cross (Bannockburn) – 100 (ave 33.3)

4.Nathan Robbins (Bell Park) – 97 (av 48.5)

5.Will Bourke (Thomson) – 89 (ave 89)

6.Pulkit Sharma (St Albans Breakwater) – 78 (ave 39)

7.Toby Helwig (Alexander Thomson) – 75 (ave 37.5)

8.John Fazio (Modewarre) – 73 (ave 73)

9.Glenn Dixon (Modewarre) – 71 (ave 71)

10.Kaidyn Henry (Bell Park) – 70 (ave 70)

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Joel Stacey (Corio) – 6 (ave 13.2)

2.Ricky Maynard (Manifold Heights) – 6 (ave 16.5)

3.Kurt Bamford (Modewarre) – 5 (ave 2.2)

4.Alex Butterfield (Bell Park) – 5 (ave 3.2)

5.Nathan Robbins (Bell Park) – 4 (ave 2.3)

6.Harry Vivian (Bannockburn) – 4 (ave 3.3)

7.Kane Thorburgh (Alexander Thomson) – 4 (ave 5.3)

8.Steven O’Neill (Alexander Thomson) – 4 (ave 11)

9.Hayden oreb (Bell Park) – 4 (ave 11.75)

10.Tynan Kelly (Bell Park) – 3 (ave 14.3

GCA 4 2nd XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Craig Phillips (Guild St Mary’s) – 167 (ave 167)

2.Trae Lyons (Guild St Mary’s) – 149 (ave 74.5)

3.Tyson McPoyle (Teesdale) – 108 (ave 54)

4.Jonathon Ray (Waurn Ponds Deakin) – 101 (ave 101)

5.Rodney Murphy (Little River) – 90 (ave 45)

6.Scott Foran (North Shore) – 84 (ave 42)

7.Nicholas Dunn (Little River) – 79 (ave N/A)

8.Daniel Measures (Meredith) – 79 (ave N/A)

9.Luke Young (Meredith) – 71 (ave N/A)

10.Andrew Patford (North Shore) – 62 (ave 31)

LEADING WICKET TAKERS

1.Vishal Yadav (Guild St Mary’s) – 9 (ave 7.8)

2.Nicholas Martignago (Waurn Ponds Deakin) – 8 (ave 5.6

3.Joshua Ower (Lethbridge) – 7 (ave 1.3)

4.Blake Spiller (Lethbridge) – 5 (ave 5.6)

5.Tilina Rathnayake (Guild St Mary’s) – 5 (ave 6.2)

6.Neil Patel (Guil St Mary’s) – 5 (ave 6.8)

7.Chris Gray (Lethbridge) – 5 (ave 10)

8.Scott Foran (North Shore) – 5 (ave 11.2)

9.Zaib Ullah (Guild St Mary’s) – 5 (ave 14.6)

10.Samuel Dingle (Little River) 5 (ave 21)

GCA 1 3rd XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Ben Lodge (Highton) – 142 (ave 47.3)

2.Joe Garipoli (Lara) – 139 (ave 46.3)

3.Cohen Hall (South Barwon) – 111 (ave 37)

4.Grant Ward (East Belmont) – 105 (ave 105)

5.Chris McFarlane (St Joseph’s) – 102 (ave 51)

6.Matthew Scott (Newtown & Chillwell) – 93 (ave 31.3)

7.Paddy De Grandi (St Josep’s) – 90 (ave 90)

8.Riley Discoll (Grovedale) – 89 (ave 29.7)

9.Jarad Battenally (Newtown & Chillwell) – 84 (ave 42)

10.Josh Smith (North Geelong) – 81 (ave 27)

LEADING WICKET TAKERS

1.Robert Dunne (East Belmont) – 8

2.Grand Armistead (North Geelong) – 8

3.Lucas Paatsch (Lara) – 8

4.Ben Casey (Grovedale) – 7

5.Jacob Lonsdale (Highton) – 7

6.Campbell Hose (Grovedale) – 6

7.Harry Buchanan (East Belmont) – 6

8.Jack Flynn-French (South Barwon) – 5

9.Connor Blackwell (South Barwon) – 5

10.Dallas Grech (Lara) – 5

GCA 2 3RD XI

TOP RUN SCORERS

1.Ben Bainbridge (Torquay) – 186

2.Steve Young (Torquay) - 161

3.Angus Codd (St Peters) - 145

4.Corey Leamer (St Peters) - 141

5.Tyler Kosic (St Peters) - 141

6.Gary Wilson (Murgheboluc) - 111

7.Scott Boyanton (Bell Post Hill) - 88

8.Sam Cust (Geelong City) - 84

9.Sam Allen (Geelong West) - 80

10.Mark Heenan (Marshall) – 72

LEADING WICKET TAKERS

1.Andrew Hodgson (Torquay) – 7

2.Isaac Timms (Torquay) – 5

3.Travis Lang (St Peters) – 5

4.Jason Vagg (Bell Post Hill) – 5

5.Jack Mackinnon (Torquay) – 5

6.Angus Eslick (Geelong West) – 5

7.Nicholas Beattie (St Peters) – 4

8.Riley Moore (Bell Post Hill ) – 4

9.Jackson Shell (Bell Post Hill) – 4

10.Akashvir Singh (Marshall) – 4

GCA 1 4th XI

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Akul Singh (Highton) – 139

2.Braxton Hassett (Highton) - 119

3.Lachlan Kukac (St Joseph’s) - 111

4.Saurabh Saini (North Geelong) - 103

5.Andrew Sadowy (Newtown & Chillwell) - 94

6.Madden Sadowy (Newtown & Chillwell) - 91

7.Bobby Parker (Lara) - 90

8.Shayne Gardiner (St Joseph’s) - 88

9.Colin Millard (North Geelong) - 82

10.Lachlan Vivian (South Barwon) – 79

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Saurabh Saini (North Geelong ) – 9

2.Lewis Povey (Newtown & Chillwell) – 7

3.Stephen Whittingham (South Barwon) – 7

4.Connor Baensch (South Barwon) – 6

5.Koby Olsen (South Barwon) – 6

6.Levi Irving (Newtown & Chillwell) – 5

7.Riley Fuller (Highton) – 5

8.Nate Scown (Lara) – 5

9.Shenai Wattearachchige (Grovedale) – 5

10.Hunter Dickson (St Joseph’s) – 4

BPCA

BPCA1 GRADE (R WARREN SHIELD)

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Clay Mulgrew (Armstrong Creek) – 180

2.Steven Nicholson (Anglesea) - 121

3.Lachlan Platt (Inverleigh) - 118

4.Brent McMinn (Barwon Heads) - 116

5.Frank Mileto (Queenscliff) – 110

6.David Peel (Inverleigh) - 109

7.Harry Melzer (Barwon Heads) - 109

8.Tyron Norman (Anglesea) - 106

9.Luke Edwards (Jan Juc) - 83

10.Shaun Fankhauser (Ocean Grove) – 81

LEADING WICKET TAKERS

1.James Fisher (Barrabool) – 9

2.Jason Robertson (Armstrong Creek) – 9

3.Sam Stoneley (Armstrong Creek) – 8

4.Daniel Donaldson (Barwon Heads) – 8

5.Mark Zahra (Jan Juc) – 7

6.Ben Harcombe (Anglesea) – 7

7.Lachlan Brown (Barrabool) – 7

8.Matthew High (Barwon Heads) – 6

9.Darcy Elliott (Anglesea) – 6

10.Michael Thornton (Ocean Grove) – 5

BPCA2 (G BATE SHIELD)

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Brenton Toole (Portarlington) – 194

2.Shane Murdoch (Winchelsea) - 134

3.Matthew Sampson-Barnes (Wallington) - 134

4.Corey Walter (Collendina) - 114

5.Troy Griffin (St Leonards) - 109

6.Richard Dawes (Surf Coast) - 97

7.Jason Malcolm (Drysdale) - 86

8.Shane Healey (Newcomb) - 81

9.Adam Bovell (Wallington) - 81

10.James Tilders (Portarlington) – 80

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Blake Dobbin (Drysdale) – 10

2.Brenton Toole (Portarlington) – 7

3.Shane Murdoch (Winchelsea) – 6

4.Cameron Watson (Winchelsea) – 6

5.Stephen Illingworth (Portarlington) – 6

6.Angus Peters (Collendina) – 6

7.Hayden Eddy (Drysdale) – 5

8.Stan Grazotis (Collendina) – 5

9.Corey Walter (Collendina) – 5

10.Brian White (St Leonards) – 4

BPCA B1 (G MALCOLM SHIELD)

TOP RUNSCORERS

1. Tully Searle (Barrabool) - 203

2. Darren Duff (Portarlington) - 128

3. David Turner (Ocean Grove) - 123

4. Ashley Poulton (Anglesea) - 121

5. Troy Smith (Armstrong Creek) - 120

6. Robert Mackie (Barwon Heads) - 116

7. Jack Taylor (Jan Juc) - 110

8. Jarryd McGuane (Anglesea) - 96

9. Lachlan Campbell (Drysdale) - 82

10. Sam Chisholm (Portarlington) - 79

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Luke Schilling (Barwon Heads) – 11

2.Matthew McGuane (Anglesea) – 6

3.Grant Haidlinger (Jan Juc) – 5

4.Jacob Taylor (Ocean Grove) – 5

5.Thomas Kent (Ocean Grove) – 5

6.Nathan Huybens (Portarlington) – 5

7.Charlie Scott (Barrabool) – 5

8.Dylan Thorley (Ocean Grove) – 4

9.Billy Foord-Engelsman (Ocean Grove) – 4

10.Christopher Hornsey (Anglesea) – 4

BPCA B2 (R MENZIES SHIELD)

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Tony Mirabella (Barwon Heads) – 192

2.Matt Davies (Collendina) – 106

3.Damien Biemans (Wallington) – 103

4.Damian Howsam (Wallington) - 96

5.Michael Fitzpatrick (Drysdale) - 92

6.Sam Collins (Winchelsea) - 87

7.Riley Taylor (Drysdale) - 79

8.Matthew Pratt (Queenscliff) - 75

9.Matthew Carr (Inverleigh) - 73

10.Alex Haygarth (Inverleigh) – 66

LEADING WICKET TAKERS

1.Luke Lenehan (Winchelsea) – 6

2.Daniel Shaw (Barwon Heads) – 6

3.Damien Biemans (Wallington) – 5

4.Leigh Heazlewood (Inverleigh) – 5

5.Marcus Warton (Inverleigh) – 5

6.Sam Tucker (Collendina) – 4

7.Zachary Muir (Collendina) – 4

8.Henry Carr (Inverleigh) – 4

9.Paul Sutton (Barwon Heads) – 3

10.Michael Washford (Queenscliff) – 3

BPCA C1 (D EVERETT SHIELD)

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Tim Hester (Armstrong Creek) – 159

2.Matthew Pratt (Queenscliff) – 148

3.Nic Johnson (Armstrong Creek) – 147

4.Garry Wingrave (Collendina) – 119

5.Brent Camm (Jan Juc) – 116

6.Wesley Grigg (Barrabool) – 115

7.Greg Scarpa (Ocean Grove) – 110

8.Jamie Mulholland (Barrabool) - 110

9.Cadman Kelly (Queenscliff) - 101

10.Michael Moulton (Barwon Heads) – 94

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Jonathon Richards (Drysdale) – 7

2.Bede Clarke (Barwon Heads) – 6

3.Alex Quirk (Barwon Heads) – 6

4.Steven Bate (Ocean Grove) – 5

5.Shane McIntosh (Collendina) – 5

6.Nic Johnson (Armstrong Creek) – 4

7.Grant Haidlinger (Jan Juc) – 4

8.Michael Harper (Anglesea) – 4

9.Zak Poynder (Ocean Grove) – 4

10.Andrew Morgan (Anglesea) – 4

BPCA ONE DAY (C TREWIN SHIELD

TOP RUNSCORERS

1.Mark Johnson (Wallington) – 156

2.Marcus Occhipinti (Wallington) – 101

3.Matthew Shipsides (Wallington) – 100

4.Sean O’Leary (Barwon Heads) – 92

5.Phil Bishop (Queenscliff) – 91

6.Simon Perry (Wallington) – 66

7.Graeme Dodkins (Anglesea) – 65

8.Adam Coghill (Drysdale) – 58

9.Jake Johnston (Armstrong Creek) – 55

10.Matt Gibbon (Collendina) – 54

TOP WICKET TAKERS

1.Aamir Naseer (Wallington) – 7

2.Chris Pitfield (Collendina) – 5

3.Craig Atkins (Collendina) – 4

4.Max Kempton (Collendina) – 3

5.Kyne Kreusic-Golub (Queenscliff) – 3

6.Paul Blain (Barwon Heads) – 3

7.Ash Bassett (Jan Juc) – 3

8.Mason Williams (Newcomb) – 3

9.Matthew Toohey (Queenscliff) – 3

10.Shane Clark (Wallington) - 3

Originally published as Top 10 batters and bowlers from every Geelong cricket competition after Round 3 revealed