Old Boys with Ton's of Form.
Round 5
By Ian Harley
Knoxfield were 3/45 against The Basin when Trentin Scholfield(102) and Luke Scanlan(89) joined forces in the middle of Batterham Park. The pair guided the Knights to 3/230 in the 70th over before late wickets saw Knoxfield finish the day on 246 in the 77th over. For the Bears, Scott Vozzo took 3/61 off his 19 overs, although it was Josh Lee with 4/29 off 8 that closed out the innings. The Basin will need to bat at their best but this game could go either way.
The Magpies Johnathon Levell is in vintage form, with 2 centuries and 350 runs for the season, as he uncorked another fine 138. Belgrave finished the day at 5/330 at home against Mountain Gate. Dinusha Fernando (54), Simon Hill (52), and Chris Paul (49) all made it a long day for the ‘Gators bowlers. Belgrave still have a mountain of work to do with the ball, but may have the edge in the battle of 3rd and 4th.
Batting on the new deck at Fairpark Reserve Upwey were bowled out for 162 against Johnson Park. Mitchell Hewitt stood tall for the Tigers with 44 while Ben Stallworthy snared 3 late wickets for the Sharks. Whoever wins this game will need to grind out the victory.
Ben Morris (92) made the bulk of the runs for Eildon Park against Ferntree Gully whilst Bryce Galvin (5/66) and Ryan Handley (3/30) are battling it out for leading wicket taker in Norm Reeves shield. Ferntree Gully’s form should see them home.
Monbulk were dismissed for 168 by Knox Gardens at Argyle way. Hawks skipper Shane Cosstick led the way with 69 assisted by Brodie Emmet while Shannon Small took 3/25. The Falcons may be more comfortable chasing but the Hawks do have the bowlers who can starve teams of runs.
Scores
Norm Reeves Shield
Upwey 162 (M Hewitt 44, Stallworthy 3/35) v Johnson Park
Eildon Park 178 (B.Morris 92, Galvin 5/66, Handley 3/30) v Ferntree Gully 1/39
Belgrave 5/330 (Levell 138, Fernando 54, Hill 52, Paul 49) v Mountain Gate
Monbulk 168 (S. Cosstick 69, B Emmett 36, S Small 3/25) v Knox Gardens
Knoxfield 246 (Scholfield 102, L.Scanlan 89, Lee 4/29, Vozzo 3/61) vs The Basin
DeCoite Shield
Knox Boronia Churches 137 (Prendegast 38, Burley 5/38) v South Belgrave
FTG Footballers 256 (Rawlings 48 Bogar 43 Lakshitha 55) v Auravale
Upper Gully 8/324 (Dowling 113 no, luck 94, Kennedy 3/33, Paul 3/89) v Lysterfield
Rowville 7/304 (Morsello 118*, Bandanttke 56, Hill 76, Matthews 3/43) v St Johns Tecoma
Division 3
Belgrave 8/291 (Wood 136, Thiel 34, Croxford 4/68) v Mountain Gate
The Basin 8/192 (D.Lee 60, Koster 35, Sundaresh 3/41) v Knoxfield
Knox Gardens 264 (R Marget 104, A Hawkes 47, S Grasser 36, J McKinnon 34, D Cleary 3/60) v Monbulk
Upwey Tecoma 0/24 vs Johnson Park 185 (A. Reid 48, S. Vance 3/29, J. Lynch 3/44)
Division 4
Footballers 197 vs Aura Vale 2/61
Rowville 192 (Freeman 76, Perkins 3/21, Robb 4/38) v St Johns Tecoma 2/50
Lysterfield 9/273 (Binks 77, Niell 54*, Morris 49, Birnie 6/99) vs Upper Gully
South Belgrave 9/360 (Ray 128, Maling 37, O’Brien 35, Lawson 32, Hogget 3/46) v Knox City
Division 5
Knoxfield 8/120 vs Ferntree Gully 27 (Raab 6/11)
Eildon Park 9/190 (Brahim 36, Kallista 24, Fisher 46, Lima 4/27) vs Lysterfield
Knox Gardens 142 (J Roleff 6/36) vs Upper Gully
Division 6
Belgrave 2/82 (Wiseman 62*) v The Basin 9/88 (Gill 35, Chamber 4/28)
Knoxfield 7/94 (Osborne 31, Dewar 3/27, Bhatia 3/12) vs Johnson Park 4/147 (Murphy 46, Barrington 41*, McKernon 31)
Monbulk 3/98 (D Clarke. 53) v Ferntree Gully 7/93 (M Sharp 34*, T Taylor 4/15)
Upwey Tecoma 1/82 (K. Hayward 43) vs Eildon Park 7/104 (B. Bowes 50)
Division 7
Rowville 7/69 v St Johns Tecoma 3/126 (Dalton 48, Parker 43)
Upwey 5/94 (Pitts 45) vs Lysterfield 9/44 (Wood 5/7)
Monbulk 2/119 (T Badgery 42, T Utting 30*) v Eildon Park 4/120 (S Downs 54)
Upper Gully 4/71 v Johnson Park 5/79
Mountain Gate 6/80 v Knox Gardens 4/156 (Potts 62 Christianson 44)
B1
Sth Belgrave 3/178 def FTG Footballers 168
St Johns Tecoma 9/190 (Van Horn 50*, Thomas 3/38) def Upper Ferntree Gully 9/120 (Collard 54, Adams 6/28)
B2
Ferntree Gully 9/138 (Van Lierop 46, T Davidson 5/11) def Belgrave 135 (W Davidson 35, Schauble 4/12)
Lysterfield 129 (McPherson 3/20) def The Basin 8/121 (McPherson 48 Sonsie 4/26)
Under 16
Rowville 4/95 (Arora 26, Keyhoe 40) vs Johnson Park 5/81 (Grenda 42)
Monbulk 2/135 ( D Rak 57*, T Badgery 26*) v Eildon Park Wildcats 2/47
Upper Gully 4/132 (Bailey 65) v Knox Gardens 1/171
Under 14
Upper Gully 4/80 v Eildon Park 2/79