Serious issues behind annual fun match
Above: Players and supporters at last year’s match and, below, Rosie Batty, centre, holding the Luke Batty Memorial Shield, with Assistant Commissioner Brett Curran, Victoria Police Cricket Club captain Stephen Oates, left, and Tyabb Cricket Club captain Nick Taranto and Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill.
A SOCIAL match at Tyabb Cricket Club this week will focus attention on an incident that shocked the country back in 2014: the murder of young Luke Batty by his father at cricket training.
The 2021 Luke Batty Memorial Shield will be played in a T20 format between Tyabb Cricket Club and the Victoria Police Cricket Club, 5pm, Friday 12 February.
Cricket by Tim Michell
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