Australian Cricket Society

Ken Piesse is the longest president of the Australian Cricket Society, having served from 2006 to 2022. He’d first become a member in 1970, aged 14.

Since 2006, he has edited the ACS’s annual flagship magazine Pavilion. He helped revive and save the Society through corporate sponsorships and a new Patron in the famed Ricky Ponting. He remains a keen player having ‘progressed’ through the grades from the Wandering XI and the Over 60s to the Over 70s.

The majority of ACS’ functions are held at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club which is an excellent facility in every way. ACS Members (and their partners) receive a discount when attending.

They also have a playing side with two teams: the Wandering XI and the Over 60s which in 2015 contest the Australian championships in Hobart.

The Society also sponsors budding young cricketers, male and female, to Bryce McGain’s Elite Cricket Academy on three-year scholarships and are also active in providing support to the Ponting Foundation.

ACS’ Gold Partners include Travel Specialists, Events World Wide which provide generous terms on travel and accommodation within Australia and overseas. Events also hosted our 2015 European adventure which included two of the Ashes Test matches. A group of almost 20 ACS members, partners and friends attended.

For anyone wanting back copies of Pavilion, please just send Ken an email to request them.

MEMBERSHIP

$60 for those living within Victoria and $30 for those interstate.

Junior membership is $30 and includes many extras.

Please go to australiancricketsociety.com for more details