The penultimate Round of Cricket Victoria's Premier Cricket for the Prahran 1st XI can rightly be described as a "Mini Final".

With Ringwood and Carlton effectively secure in the top two positions, there is a real scramble for the other six finalist positions, with effectively eight teams, including the Blues, looking to secure a finals berth.

The 1st XI (6th, 35pts) host Footscray Edgewater (8th, 30pts) at Toorak Park, and although a loss would not spell the end of a finals berth, a loss by the Doggies will.  So the action will be intense.

The selectors have strengthened the batting line up with the inclusion of Liam Murphy for his first match in the top side foir the season at the expense of Adam Drinkwell, while Paul Sealey returns from injury at the expense of Leigh Alford, who made an impressive 1st XI debut last round.

The other important matches in the round are:
Fitzroy Doncaster (3rd, 37pts) should beat Northcote and St Kilda (5th, 36pts) will be aiming for an outright against Casey South Melbourne, while the Geelong (4th, 36pts) vs Frankston Peninsula (9th, 28pts) and Melbourne (10th, 27pts) vs Camberwell Magpies matches will be keenly watched, with Hawthorn Monash University (7th, 34pts) expected to lose to top side Ringwood.

The Prahran 1st XI team is:
Neil Schlittler (c), Adam Bull, Grant Chessari, Sam Coates, Steve De Bolfo, Cameron Huckett, Shane Jones, Liam Murphy, Paul Sealey, Steve Seymour and James Wild.
vs Footscray Edgewater at Toorak Park with Geoff Jushua and Robert Armour (NZ).

The Prahran 2nd XI team is:
Chris Williamson (c), Leigh Alford, Andrew Devenish, Adam Drinkwell, Chris Garcia, Marcus Glenister, Brendan McGuinness, Vinay Parikh, Tim Pashen, Michael Rosendale and Brent Warren.
vs Footscray Edgewater at Merv Hughes Oval with Chris Barton and Michael Moore

The Prahran 3rd XI team is:
Rohan Schreier (c), Tom Humphries, Jack Jarvis, Alister Lloyd, Hafis Mathews, Leigh Moore, Dawit Mulholland, Michael Nyary, Max Overgaard, Luke Shelton, Matt Wilcox and Jonny Wright.
vs Footscray Edgewater at Como Park with Dale Ireland and Gerry Schembri

The Prahran 4th XI team is:
Andrew Lennie (c), Amraj Ali Moula, Craig Bancroft, Thomas Bick, Chris Connor, Ben Friggi, Andrew Sanders, Aaron Weinman and Jarryd Wilkins.  [3 more to be announced.]
vs Footscray Edgewater at Central Reserve #2 Oval with David Clement and Jeff Diamond-Smith.