Bendigo-based Langley, who formerly played with Cooma, played a key role in Kyabram’s Cricket Shepparton Haisman Shield win last season, his first with the club.
He took 39 wickets for the season despite a late start and was named man of the match in the Haisman Shield grand final after a five wicket haul.
He also claimed man of the match honours earlier in the season when the Redbacks won the one-day competition flag.
English spin bowler Louis Sabbagh-Holt is also expected to line up for a fourth season with the club.
Dual Kyabram captain Kyle Mueller said his club was delighted to have Langley back in its ranks for its defence of the flag.
‘‘Everyone else from our premiership A-side from last season have committed, and we were really hoping Sam would too, so everything has fallen into place,’’ said Mueller.
Mueller is also hoping he’ll be fit enough to lead the flag defence following a football injury sustained earlier this season playing for Murray League club Congupna.
He cracked lower spine vertebrates in his lower back and has not played since.
But he is back running and hopes to make a return to playing within a month.
Club to remember old Flames
Fire Brigade Cricket Club is to celebrate a fabulous feat between the end October into early November.
The occasion will be a 30-year reunion of its four teams that made a clean sweep of the former Kyabram District Cricket Association senior premierships in the 1995-96 season.
Current coach of the Fire Brigade Cricket Club, Jon Varcoe, captained the A-grade side that season, which completed a hat-trick of premiership wins.
Dave Newman Snr was in charge of the A-Reserve side, Ben Hearn led the B-grade team and Alan Thorson the B -reserve grade side that completed the clean sweep of the senior grade premiership deciders.
The reunion is planned for Friday October 30, 31 and November 1 and will be launched with a function at Hurley’s Hotel on Friday night, October 1.
Jon Varcoe said it was an occasion worth celebrating, and he hoped players, officials and supporters who shared in those premierships and unique feat would make an effort to attend the reunion.
Locals trot a good pace
Kyabram trained pacer Crackin Philtra made her second start a memorable one with a strong win at last week’s Bendigo meeting.
The Mick Blackmore trained and James Hertbertson driven three-year-old daughter of Always Be Miki had to do some hard yards in the run, her first since her debut in December, but was more than up to the challenge.
She drew away from her rivals near the finishing line, posting a slick 1.58.5 mile rate including a 27.9 final quarter for the 2150m trip.
Blackmore said she had trialed well for her return to racing and should get a lot of benefit out of the run.
Crackin Philtra is owned by Mt Scobie breeders Phil Wade, his wife Tracey and their daughter Paige.
Another Kyabram trained winner at the Bendigo meeting was trotter Little Miss Valley, trained and driven by Brent Thomson.
The four-year-old mare by Skyvalley Little Miss ran her rivals ragged with a dominant front-of-the-field performance in on her 15th race start.
It was the third time she has saluted in those starts, which have also produced five minor placings, including four seconds.
Her 1.59.9 mile rate for the 21509m trip was a personal best.
Stanhope reinsman Mark Pitt had a night to remember last Saturday night at Melton with four winners including both $100 000 finals of the Australia Gold two-year-old pacers series.
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