It wasn't the ideal weekend to clock up a significant milestone, with crowds not allowed in to Central Highlands grounds.
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It was a special occassion nonetheless for three of the CHFL's top players.
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Newlyn defender Matthew Cosgrave clocked up game 250.
A lifetime player at the club, Cosgrave stared in the juniors with the Cats and worked his way through to debut in the seniors in 2005 and became a senior captain.
Cosgrave has been a regular in the top five of the senior best and fairest and is a previous coach of the under 18 side.
He has also received six votes from the coaches in The Courier's player of the year award this year.
Cosgrave told The Courier it's been a long time coming considering the missed 2020 season and abandoned games in 2021, but it's a milestone he's proud of.
"It's obviously been a pretty long time coming over the last year-and-a-half," he said.
"Even without crowds it's probably a pretty significant achievement I suppose, I don't think there's been many at the club kind of do it.
"When you're only playing 16, 17 games a year it takes a fair while to get to so I was pretty proud of it."
Beaufort's Jacob Garvey featured in game 150 for the Crows in their upset win over Clunes at the weekend.
A premiership player with Beaufort in 2018, Garvey was superb in the 24-point win, polling nine coaches votes, one away from the perfect 10.
It takes his season tally to 28.
Crows co-coach Brendan Howard said it was a great win in Garvey's milestone match.
"He's a club legend so it was good to get the win for him on the big game," he said.
Springbank champion Billy Driscoll played his 100th game for the Tigers as they continued their stellar run in the second-half of the season with a 28-point win over Skipton.
Driscoll has been a dominant figure of the competition since joining Springbank from the North Ballarat Roosters in the VFL, playing in the Tigers back-to-back premierships in 2015 and 2016.
He kicked two goals in Springbank's important win over Skipton, taking his total to 18 on the season, as the Tigers continue to push towards the finals.
He has also featured strongly in the player of the year award, receiving 20 votes from the coaches in his 10 games.
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