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[email protected] birchipblc@ Est. 1875 bigpond.com Published Tuesdays and Fridays PRICE (inc. G.S.T.) $2 PP331336/0000 1 Tuesday, April 13, 2021 For the Shire of Buloke, and the districts of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, St. Arnaud, Watchem and Wycheproof From Geelong to Teddywaddy, and Back Again . Rare Trophy Returns Home From the Geelong Regional Library Corporation. The Geelong Heritage Centre has welcomed the donation of a rare and quirky piece of local cricketing history, in the form of a silver emu egg trophy awarded to the Captain of the South Geelong Cricket Club in 1886. Cr Ron Nelson, chairman 1887, reports on the awarding of the Geelong Regional of the trophy: Library Corporation, said the “The fourth annual meet- Geelong Heritage Centre is ing of the South Geelong always grateful for donations Cricket Club was held last of this kind. evening at the Elephant & “This trophy is believed to Castle Hotel…The club had be the one of earliest known succeeded in 9 out of 13 Geelong cricket trophies pre- games played, one of the re- sented to the champion team maining four having been of the season. We’re proud to drawn and three lost. be able to include this piece “The cup presented for of local cricketing history as the competition by Messrs part of our extensive heritage Duckworth and Fox had been collections,” Cr Nelson said. secured with seven points out Engraving of a possible eight, and it had Engraving on the trophy been decided to present it and shows that it was presented also an oil painting donated to South Geelong Cricket by Mr T.