The fifth annual Bryce Pollard Memorial Cricket Match between the Mount Burr Cricketers and the Mt Burr Footballers is happening on Australia Day (January 26) in the form of a 100 Ball Smash.

The successful format of the past four yearly matches will be followed but there will be an earlier start.

Players need to arrive by 4.30pm ready to play at 5pm.

All spectators, supporters and cricket lovers are welcome to come and watch the day/night match played under the upgraded lights at the Mick and Jean Walker Oval, Mount Burr.

Tea and full bar facilities will be available at Can Hill with a Pancare fundraising raffle offering many prizes being run throughout the event.

Pancare is also known as the Australian Pancreatic Research Foundation.

Ahead of the first ball, the tragic death from pancreatic cancer in 2019 of 30-year-old Mount Burr sportsman Bryce Pollard will be recalled on this occasion.
Some of his former team mates will take part in a cricket match in his memory for the fifth consecutive year.
Known for his exuberant on-field antics, Bryce represented both Mount Burr sporting clubs each summer and winter and was a popular figure with the Mozzies.
The first such memorial match was played in 2021.
The actual trophy is the cricket bat once wielded by him and it holds pride of place in the clubrooms other than this once-per-year occasion.
In a poignant gesture, Bryce’s photo and his cricket gear and football guernsey will be displayed at the Can Hill viewing area.
The game is strongly backed by his mother Sue and other family members.