23/08/2026
🏏 20 Years. 20 Performances
#3 - Nick Halloran (2019/20)
We’re right at the pointy end of the list now. A massive performance from one of the club’s great men and our second Kiwi 8-fa in a row!
They didn’t know it at the time, but this performance may have just about single-handedly gifted our Third Grade boys the flag.
Over at Maguire Reserve, Wes won the toss and chose to bat against SKLP. The ever-reliable James top-scored with 67, with handy contributions from Greg and the Big Fossil helping us reach 186. A decent score at Maguire, but we were still going to have to bowl well.
What came next was the best top-side bowling spell our club has seen in the last 30 years.
Nicko tore through SKLP with the hardly believable figures of 8/13 off 14 overs. Eight wickets for just 13 runs. Nearly half of his 14 overs were maidens, and SKLP simply had no answer. In a match that would ultimately decide the minor premiership, Nick produced one of the most dominant spells in our club’s recent history.
SKLP were rolled for just 49, giving us the chance to enforce the follow-on and push for the outright.
The opposition showed a little more resistance in the second dig, but Nicko added another two wickets to complete his 10-fa, putting his name on the small list of Bulldogs to take 10 wickets in a match.
It was a more balanced bowling effort second time around, with Nicko, Duncan and James taking two each, while skipper Wes bagged four. Most who played in this game will also remember substitute fielder John taking the match-winning catch with his gut to secure the outright!
The victory secured the minor premiership, which became even more significant when the season was cancelled due to COVID shortly after. With no finals able to be played, our boys were awarded the 2019/20 Third Grade Premiership.
Safe to say Nicko’s 10 wickets played a fairly big part in bringing that flag home.
Nick Halloran Career Stats
168 Games
227 Wickets
6 × 5-fa’s
🏆 3× Premiership Player
2014/15
2019/20
2023/24
One of the true greats of the club, a three-time premiership player and, fittingly, the final current Bulldog to feature in our countdown.
