By David Nagel
Casey Cardinia Cricket Association (CCCA) captain Cal O’Hare has claimed his third Glasscock Medal awarded to the CCCA’s best player at 2025 Melbourne Country Week.
O’Hare finished strongly, polling 10 votes across the last two games, to narrowly edge out a strong field of contenders that helped the CCCA maintain its position in the elite Provincial Division for next year.
O’Hare previously won the award in 2010, sharing it with then Officer star Michael Torney, and repeated the dose in 2014.
He joins former Nyora and Devon Meadows all-rounder Matt Hutchinson as a three-time winner of the award since the turn of the century.
O’Hare finished one vote clear of day-two centurion – Devon Meadows opener Lucas Ligt – with hard-hitting Merinda Park middle-order bat Charl Van Den Heever a vote further back in third.
The evenness and depth of the CCCA team was highlighted even further with Shiran Rathnayake finishing in fourth place on seven votes and his Kooweerup teammates Chris Bright (6 votes) and Luke McMaster (4 votes) also polling well.
Ligt and Ratnayake were the early-week heroes for the CCCA, polling all their votes in winning games against Leongatha and Bendigo.
Rathnayake missed the last two games due to starting a new job.
Plans are already being made for the CCCA to make another successful assault on Country Week during the 2025/26 season.
How the votes tallied up:
• MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY
CCCA 7/268 def LEONGATHA 8/264
Tyler Evans 3/50, Ankush Rana 2/12
Chris Bright 73, Shiran Rathnayake 67, Lucas Ligt 63.
VOTES
Chris Bright 6
Shiran Rathnayake 3
Lucas Ligt 3
• TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY
CCCA 5/244 def BENDIGO 158
Lucas Ligt 105*, Shiran Rathnayake 65.
Yohan Arumadura 3/23, Tyler Evans 3/24, Jason Williams 2/33.
VOTES
Lucas Ligt 6
Shiran Rathnayake 4
Yohan Arumadura 1
Jason Williams 1
• WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY
CCCA 171 def by GEELONG 3/172
Charl Van Den Heever 67, Cal O’Hare 26.
VOTES
Charl Van Den Heever 6
Cal O’Hare 4
Ben Parrott 1
Ben Marsh 1
• THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY
CCCA 246 def by FERNTREE GULLY 4/299
Luke McMaster 2/42.
VOTES
Cal O’Hare 62, Charl Van Den Heever 50, Luke McMaster 40.
Cal O’Hare 6
Luke McMaster 4
Charl Van Den Heever 2
2025 GLASSOCK MEDAL – TOTAL VOTES
Cal O’Hare 10
Lucas Ligt 9
Charl Van Den Heever 8
Shiran Rathnayake 7
Chris Bright 6
Luke McMaster 4
Yohan Arumadura 1
Ben Marsh 1
Ben Parrott 1
Jason Williams 1
GLASSCOCK MEDAL – PREVIOUS WINNERS
2025 Cal O’Hare Tooradin
2024 Lucas Ligt Devon Meadows
2019 Mark Cooper Kooweerup
2018 Mark Cooper Kooweerup
2017 Matthew Hutchinson Devon Meadows
2016 Matthew Hutchinson Devon Meadows
2015 Russell Lehman Pakenham
Dylan Cuthbertson Merinda Park
2014 Callum O’Hare Tooradin
2013 Chris Smith Pak. Upper/Toomuc
2012 Sugeesha Dinushan Pakenham
2011 Clinton Marsh Emerald
2010 Michael Torney Officer
Callum O’Hare Tooradin
2009 Shane Dole Kooweerup
2008 Jason Dodd Beaconsfield
2007 Matt Davey Kooweerup
2006 Ryan O’Connor Beaconsfield
2005 Matthew Hutchinson Nyora
2004 Simon Cornell Officer
2003 Jack Hayes Pak. Upper/Toomuc
2002 Simon Cornell Officer
2001 Rohan Treasure Beaconsfield
2000 Amal Dalugoda Pakenham
**2020 to 2023 No Award
