If the cap fits......

The debuts of four new Moonee Valley players in our First Eleven were made extra special this year, with cap presentations by significant people.
The four played their first games against Kingsville for the October 11 Round 2 fixture, after the first week of the VTCA season was called off.
At right: Hayden Rayner (left) and Terry Nagle.
First Eleven Cap No. 290 was presented to Hayden Rayner by Terry "Tex" Nagle, a four-time Premiership Moonee Valley legend from our glory era of the 1980s and early 1990s.
At left: Jaspreet Bhatti (left) and Amit Chaudhary.
Cap No. 291 was presented to Jaspreet Bhatti by Amit Chaudhary, a two-time Club Champion who made the 12 in Moonee Valley's Team of the Half Century. Jaspreet played with Amit at Haig Fawkner.
Cap No. 292 was presented to Ashen Fernando by Joshua Gorry, a hero in our 2019/20 First Eleven premiership. Josh played at Maribyrnong Park St Marys with Ashen, but returned to the Valley this year and brought him across.
At right: Ashen Fernando (left) and Joshua Gorry.
Cap No. 293 was presented to Ben Tarran by our coach Brayden McGregor, who was well aware of his capabilities and brought him to Moonee Valley from a Grand Final team with Nagambie.
At left: Ben Tarran (left) and Brayden McGregor.
All four debutants played a role in the match v Kingsville, but we were unable to close out the game after posting 7/183 from our 40 overs. They passed us with 2.3 overs to go.
The cap presentations are an innovation introduced after Life Member Gary Irons and more recently club President Charlie Walker went through the records to identify every player who had pulled on the whites in our First Eleven over our 54-year history.
The list, which is featured in our Wisden, makes for interesting and compelling reading - from the one-game players to those who have made their mark on our club over decades.