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ROUND 5 A Grade played at Research where we won the toss and batted. We started well putting on 55 and 65 for the first 2 wickets with Simon Salpigtidis (50) and Scott Gibbs (44) continuing their good form before a cluster of wicket before and after tea saw us fall to 5/122. We were bowled out for only 170 and with Research 0/19 at stumps we are going to have to dig deep to get the points. B Grade lost the toss to Research and bowled. Lindsay Brophy-Hassett (4/39) ensured they couldn't bat their overs as we dismissed Research for 255. We had 18 overs to face prior to stumps and moved to 2/41, with Riley Morgan scoring 23no of those. C Grade secured the easiest of victories with a walkover against Research. D Grade were playing Mernda on the synthetic ground at Mill Park. We bowled first but it wasn't until the Tim's (Money and Edgell) came on that we were able to get on top. Tim Money finished with 4/24, while Tim Edgell took 3/18 as we dismissed Mernda for 142. We are 4/80 at stumps with Luke Baker making 31. E Grade sent in Yarrambat and accounted for them easily, bowling them out for 122. Rian Boddy and Matt Newell took 2 wickets each while 300 gamer David Hoobin came on to close out the innings with 2/1 from 2 overs. With 30 overs to bat we were almost able to notch up first innings points reaching 0/119 with Adam Raphael (66no) and Dylan Potter (36no) to continue next week. F Grade played Greensborough on Sunday. Captain Stephen Bowler got off to a great start winning the toss and batting. It kicked off a day out for F Grade, making 325 thanks to Jason Wood (83), Jarrod Brown (60), Ragsy (47), and Jake Hodgson (37). In reply Greensborough are 0/1. G Grade played Eltham Collegians and managed to knock up a first innings victory. Bowling first we dismissed Collegians for 55. Damien Caple had the best figures with 3/15. We accounted for the total easily, cruising to 3/109 at stumps thanks to Disco Dave Phelan (42). The Women's team again knocked over local rivals Bundoora-Old Paradians with a resounding 8 wicket win. After dismissing BOP for 81 (Johnno 4/9, Nicki Callinan 3/13), we raced to 2/82 in only 15 overs. ROUND 4 A Grade have a Sunday match versus Eltham. Gibbo won yet another toss and chose to bat. Simon Salpigtidis was the only top order bat to get going making 54, but shortly after he was dismissed we were in a little trouble at 5/71. Our experienced duo of Steve Gleeson (50) and Nick Ellks then added a valuable 50 run partnership which enabled us to post a total of 175, being bowled out in the 69th over. We were fired up with 11 overs to bowl and ripped through Eltham sending them in at stumps 6/29, with Trent Wellington and Gibbo each taking 3 wickets. Eltham lasted another 19 overs on day 2 before being dismissed for 98, narrowly avoiding the follow-on. Trent Wellington finished with the fine figures of 6/40. We set about building on our lead, with a declaration in mind, and knocked up 4/139 in 26 overs, with Gibbo making 51no and Ell Smale 36. This left Eltham with 35 overs to make a little over 200 runs to reverse the result. We gave ourselves a real chance as Eltham collapsed again to 5/19, but they were able to compose themselves and get to stumps 7/74. Another good win for A grade see us back in the 4. B Grade played at Greensborough Park on Sunday against Eltham, who batted after winning the toss. They were immediately in trouble on the back of a sharp opening spell from Travis Baker (3/46) falling to 6/43 before trying to belt there way out of trouble. We were able to dismiss them for 163 in 47 overs. With plenty of overs remaining we batted with authority to get to stumps well past their score, finishing at 4/206. It was set up by a fine opening partnership of 113 between Simon Weightman (74) and Riley Morgan (53). We continued to bat on day 2 with Travis Baker (75) piling on the runs before we declared at 8/306, giving us a lead of 143 and 63 overs to play. They cruised past our total, losing only 2 wickets before Rick Bohan (5/15) sparked a remarkable collapse to Eltham bowled out for 195, leaving us with 11 overs to make 53 runs. Despite losing 5 wickets we accounted for the total with an over to spare, thanks to Lindsay Brophy Hassett (19no) and Rick Bohan (15no), to secure a valuble outright win an propel B Grade to 2nd position. C Grade won the toss and sent in Macleod. In a disciplined bowling performance we were able to bowl out Macleod for 134 in 60 overs, courtesy of Adrian Craze (3/10) and Brett Lewis (3/19). The batting was a different story as we stumbled to 5/72 at stumps, with still a bit of work to do to get over the line. Hot and dry conditions on day 2 meant that we were able to make quick work of reeling in the total, passing them 7 down before being bowled out for 182. Tim Edgell's score of 72 was the difference. We sent them back in and they cruised to 4/159 before stumps were pulled, Adrian Craze continuing his good form with 2/18. D Grade bowled first against St Francis and were able to restrict them to a total of 151 in 58 overs. The wickets were shared with Rian Boddy and Greg Wilson snaring 2 each. The highlight was debutant wicketkeeper Hamish Sutton-Ryan taking 5 catches behind the stumps. We are 1/24 in reply. Despite a number of starts on day 2 we got ourselves into a bit of trouble falling to 8/118 and then 9/138 before Lachie Potter (22no) and Damien Caple (36) were able to quickly put us past the total and see D Grade notch up another win and move into second spot, a game clear. E Grade are playing Eltham. We won the toss and batted. Thanks to James Gedye (78), Paul Sinclair (51no) and Geoff Money (29) we were able to post 211. With 18 overs to bat, Eltham were able to erase a significant part of the chase, going in at stumps 2/83. Justin Murphy and Ben Gibellini have a wicket each. Day 2 saw Eltham pass us 6 down, before going on to make a massive 457. Geoff Money was again the pick of the bowlers taking 4/57. F Grade batted all bar 2 overs to post 283 on the synthetic against St Francis. Nick Gaylor (35), Shawn Graetz (42no) and new players Jason Wood (46) and Keenan Wise (41) were all among the runs. They are 0/3 in reply. We were in a spot of bother with St Francis moving effortlessly to 4/229, before an inspired captaincy move brought wicketkeeper, Jason Wood, on to bowl. He promptly took 5/9 off 3 overs to dismiss them for 267 and pull off a remarkable victory. G Grade kicked off their season against Diamond Creek by bowling first. Creek were dismissed for 176, with Nathan Maley and James Dixon taking 3 wickets each. In reply we are 3/31. Dennis Maley (38), Nathan Maley (54) and James Dixon (63) all ensured that the total wasn't enough as we made 8/179 before stumps were pulled. The Women's team took on Altona North. They batted first and struggled to 94 thanks to 4/3 from Kate Ryan. We accounted for the score easily, making 2/95 in 20 overs, Kathryn Ennor continuing her good form with 43, while Captain Johnno made 29no. The Veteran's travelled to Whittlesea, who won the toss and batted. Showing some great form following training with us during the week Damien Mobilia took 5/14 as Whittlesea were dismissed for 155. Mark Maxwell (43ret) and Colin Baker (40ret) were the best of the bats as we made 6/160 to record another win. ROUND 3 A Grade played Lalor Stars and Gibbo won an unprecedented 3rd consecutive toss and batted. We put together a couple of good partnerships at the top of the order with Hoyney (34), Simon Salpigtidis (50) and Gibbo (54) all leading the way, allowing us to post a total of 9/227 before declaring with an over remaining. Lalor Stars started day 2 at 0/0 but quickly fell in a heap with some good bowling from Ell Smale (3/38) and Trent Wellington (2/37). They were teetering at 6/51 but were able to belt there way back into the game, losing only 1 further wicket in making 7/270 and consigning A Grade to their first defeat of the season. B Grade batted first against Lalor Stars and compiled 191. Rick Bohan was again the standout making 59 and got good support from Dougie Doyle (40). Despite some wayward bowling we were able to stay in the game on the back of great efforts from Luke Money (4/32) and Marty Anderson (4/48) but they were unfortunately able to pass us 9 wickets down, finishing with 196. C Grade had a couple of Sundays up at Eltham College and revelled in the near perfect ground conditions to record an easy victory. Batting first we made 266 with Dale Juchnevicius (48) and Luke Eyre (46) the pick of the bats. We were able to dismiss them for 124 with Brett Lewis taking 4/32. D Grade took on Macleod and gained a valuable outright victory. After bowling them out for 137, thanks to an on fire Caples (6/39) and Greg Wilson (3/19) we batted to compile 7/274 (in 63 overs), with Tim Money making 70, Greg Wilson 55no, Hoobs 45, and Dylan Potter 37, before Tim declared. They fared a little better in the second dig making 142. Capes again in the wicket with 3/41. We then made the required 9 runs to secure victory. E Grade played Montmorency who batted first and made only 54. Geoff Money was the chief destroyer with 5/16 while Sebastian Linssen took 3/3. We easily accounted for the total making 8/172, with Rian Boddy belting 72no, before declaring. In the second innings Monty made a much better fist of things, getting 2/168 before the game was called off. F Grade traveled to Whittlesea and batting first made 8/237cc led by Nik Martin (66) and Joe Bergman (55). Whittlesea got close but were bowled out for 224, with Shawn Graetz taking 3/45. The Women's team had a Twenty-20 match against Clifton Hill-Collingwood and romped to an easy victory. Bowling first we restricted them to 5/73 from their 20 overs, Johnno taking 2/10. We raced past their score with 0/76 in only 8.4 overs thanks to 54no from Kathryn Ennor. The Veteran's had a closer than usual shave against Bundoora. They batted first and made 4/172, Damien Mobilia and Mick Doyle both taking 2 wickets apiece. In reply we made 3/178 with Bones (40ret), Joe Fleming (43ret) and Mick Loy (37) all ensuring another victory for the vets. ROUND 2 A Grade were up against Lower Eltham in their second one-dayer. Gibbo won a second consecutive toss and decided to bat. We were solid rather than spectacular but we batted the 40 overs to make 7/152cc with Simon Salpigtidis (34) and President Ellks (27) the major contributors. A steady bowling effort to match the batting saw Lower Eltham dismissed for 130 with Elliot Smale taking 4/27. Another win for A Grade gives us a great start to the season. B Grade faced Lower Eltham on the freshly re-laid Whatmough Park pitch. Jimbo won the toss and being a little unsure as to how the pitch would play sent them in. Some good bowling from Luke Money (3/29) and Mr Anderson (3/29) saw Lower Eltham bowled out for 140. In an almost carbon copy of the previous week our batting misfired at the start, falling to 5/66 before Riley Morgan (43) and Rick Bohan (41no) put together a match winning partnership, finishing with 6/146 in 37 overs. C Grade traveled to Telfer Reserve to take on Bundoora. We won the toss and batted. In a vastly improved batting effort to the previous week we batted our overs to make 7/190cc, thanks in the main to another sparkling knock from Simon Weightman (98). He was helped out with 29 from captain Luke Eyre and 28 from Liam Money. It took 19 overs to get the first Bundoora wicket but after that the momentum swung back and forth until thanks to some big hits in the final few overs they were able to score 8/194, passing us in the last over. Weights was again valuable with the ball taking 2/31 while Adrian Craze was the pick taking 2/22. D Grade played DVCA newbies, and local rivals, Greensborough, and welcomed them with a resounding thrashing. After losing the toss and bowling we kept Greensborough to 9/123cc with Dan Prucknor again amongst the wickets taking 3/34. We made light work of the total racing to 2/128 in only 24 overs courtesy of Deano (52no), Raph (26) and Brad Gedge (25no). Early wins are important for D Grade in a tight 14 team competition. E Grade kicked off the season with a victory over Bundoora United. We batted first and made 182, being bowled out with only 1 ball remaining. Geoff Money top-scored with 55. In reply Bundoora United could only muster 117 thanks to Sean Money (4/27) and Damien Dean (3/24). F Grade took on Thomastown United. We batted first and made 7/154cc with Joe Bergman (53) and Dylan McEntee (26) leading the way. It unfortunately wasn't enough as they cruised to 6/159 in 34 overs to take the match. Tom Bowman was the pick of the bowlers with 2/20. The Women's team were up against local rivals Bundoora-Old Paradians and ave them a bit of a cricket lesson. Bowling first we routed BOP's for 43 in only 25 overs with Johnno (4/16) and Kate Ryan (3/2) doing the bulk of the damage. We wrapped up the points quickly scoring 1/47 with Priscilla Jordan making 20no. The Veteran's kicked off the season as they finished the last with another victory. Sporting a vastly different line-up we bowled first against Lower Plenty, who made 138, Damien Mobilia taking 3/15. We made light work of the chase replying with 0/141, Ron Cooper-Thomas and Don Potter both making 42ret. ROUND 1 A Grade faced Epping in a one dayer at home. We won the toss and batted first. It proved a day for the bowlers as we struggled to 9/118cc at the end of our 40 overs. Captain Scott Gibbs top-scored with 26 opening while a steady 17 on debut by David Newell and 17no from Luke Morgan saved us from a sub-100 total. Epping's innings followed similar lines with the ball dominating the bat as they were bundled out for 110 in 38.3 overs. Gibbo took 3/17 while Trent Wellington (2/34) and Chris Sier (2/24) also got among the wickets. A great win first up! B Grade were away to Epping. We were sent in and quickly fell to 4/18 before Rick Bohan (33) and Riley Morgan (29) steadied the innings to see us post a competitive 155, losing our last wicket in the 40th over. We bowled reasonably tightly to contain Epping to 141 in 39 overs with Jim Hartigan (3/26) and Rick Bohan (2/33) doing most of the damage. C Grade played Lower Plenty at home. New Captain Luke Eyre won the toss and batted but the joy ended there as we stuggled to post 117, being bowled out in the 32nd over. Simon Weightman (54) and Dale Juchnevicius (17) were the only bats to get going. With only a small total to defend the bowling needed to be spot on and after a big pre-season Nick Sonneman delivered with 3/23, while 2 wickets apiece to Tim Edgell and Colin Baker saw C Grade bundle Lower Plenty out for 20 (in 25 overs) to deliver a remarkable win. D Grade took on Montmorency away. We sent Monty in and in another low scoring affair bowled them out for 129, with Damien Caple taking 3/35 and debutant Daniel Pruckner 3/19. We cruised past there total with 6/133 in 31 overs with Deano (40) and Adam Raphael (29) getting the job done. The Women's team traveled to Frankston and came home with a win, bowling Frankston out for 73 and making 3/109cc in reply. Nicky Callinan (3/10) did the damage with the ball while Jess Surace (46no) shined with the bat. |
