This One’s for you Dad.
FTGDCA Round 5
By Ian Harley
A day after burying his father, Dean Palandri marked the occasion by hitting an emotion filled century for St Johns Tecoma against Johnson Park in DeCoite Shield. As a sign of respect The Sharks also wore black armbands for Mike Palandri who passed away last week. The Sharks took 2 early wickets to have the Saints 2/6 when Palandri strode to the crease joining Andrew Evans (55). 5 Partners and 71 overs later Palandri completed his century in front of his mother and family. He was dismissed for 105 with the score on 219 before the Saints finished the day on 9/244. Liyan deSilva (4/33) and Ben Stallworthy (4/66) did the job for the Sharks, while Bryn Gaunt suffered a dental injury completing a catch.
In other DeCoite games Lysterfield made 269 against South Belgrave with opposing skippers Nathan Walsh (68) and Aaron Suckling (5/89) imposing themselves on the game. FTG Footballers were dismissed for 165 by Knoxfield with Luke Scanlan claiming 4 wickets and Olinda were bowled out for 178 by Rowville.
In Norm Reeves shield Knoxfield hosted Upwey in a top of the table clash. The Tigers batted the day to finish on 8/272. Darren Spence (87) and Quenten Wells (74) led the way with Cameron Wheeler (39) scoring some late runs. The Knights will have to bat all day to take the points in this game.
Monbulk made a solid showing setting Knox Gardens 262. Uzair Alam 85 and Daniel Clarke 77 proved to be the best bats for the Hawks while Zac Flintoff's 5 wickets kept the Falcons in the game. Feathers will fly next week in pursuit of the 6 points.
Monto Perera took 4 wickets as Eildon Park bowled The Basin out for 158. Jake Best (46) and Josh Lee (30) were the top scorers for the Bears on the day, although Eildon Park did not have it all their own way, finishing on 2/27. Day two will be an interesting tussle.
At HV Jones reserve Mountain Gate made 160 against Ferntree Gully on the back of Clint Buckland's 44 and Luke Bowyers 41. For the Blues Bryce Galvin had his best return of the season taking 4/37 and Ryan Handley celebrated his return with 3 wickets. Ferntree Gully are 0/34 leading into next week.
Doug Oaten (80) stepped up for Belgrave helping them to 9/244 against Upper Ferntree Gully at Belgrave Recreation Reserve. Rob Birnie's 4 wickets was the best return for the Kings who will be looking to redeem themselves after last week’s collapse.
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Norm Reeves Shield
Upwey 8/272 (Spence 87, Wells 74, Wheeler 39) vs Knoxfield
The Basin 158 (Best 46, Lee 30, Corcoran 3/19, Perera 4/41) vs Eildon Park 2/27
Mountain Gate 160 (Buckland 44, Bowyer 41, Galvin 4/37, Handley 3/45) vs Ferntree Gully 0/34
Monbulk 261 (U.Alam 85, D.Clark 77, B.Martin 30*, Z.Flintoff 5/66) v Knox Gardens
Belgrave 9/244 ( Oaten 80, Birnie 4/52) vs Upper Ferntree Gully
DeCoite Shield
St Johns Tecoma 9/244 (Palandri 105, Evans 55, De Silva 4/33, Stallworthy 4/66) vs Johnson Park
Footballers 165 (Lakshita 35, L.Scanlan 4/46, Casement 3/35) vs Knoxfield
Lysterfield 10/269 (N.Walsh 68 Tolley 50 Suckling 5/89) vs South Belgrave
Olinda 178 vs Rowville
Div 3
The Basin 126 vs Eildon Park 2/41
Mountain Gate 9/258 (Davis 61*, Conboy 44, Wilson 42, DiClaudio 3/14) vs. Ferntree Gully
Knox Gardens 5/292 (J.Wylde 92, L.Stuckey 46, C.O'Connor 34, J.Curnow 32*, R.Marget 30) vs Monbulk
Knox Boronia Churches 9/255 (Reid 87, R.Walker 64, Hughes 3/42) vs Upwey Tecoma
Belgrave 204 ( J.Balfour 52, M.Litterbach 54, ) vs Upper Ferntree Gully 0/50
Div 4
FTG Footballers 6/420 (B. Dobinson 218*, P. Howe 55, L.Mutyambizi 33, M.Mckeown 32) vs Eildon Park
Johnson Park 421 (Gstrein 100, Dunstone 91, Whilesmith 78, O'Neil 43, Dewar 37, Miller 3/67, M Elder 3/58) vs St Johns Tecoma
Lysterfield 4/285 (Moore 138 Morris 85) vs South Belgrave
Olinda 224 (Willoughby 132 Neven 3/56) vs Rowville 1/69 (Tierney 26*)
Div 5
Lysterfield 172 (Gwynne 44, Lima 37, Taylo 5/54, Plumridge 3/35) vs Knoxfield
Knox Boronia Churches 145 (M Whiting 4/16 ) vs Eildon Park 2/75.
Knox Gardens 145 (Potts 48, Jongen 32, Pugliese 30, Glare 5/38) vs Ferntree Gully 1/50
Lysterfield 172 (Gwynne 44 Lima 37 Taylor 5/54 Plumridge 3/35) vs Knoxfield
Div 6
Monbulk 4/102 (B.Badgery 37) v Upwey-Tecoma 1/145 (R.Chapman 63*, K.Hayward 44 ret hurt)
Johnson Park 5/44 vs Upper FTG 7/70 (Goodger 52*, Law 5/4)
Knox Garden 3/152 (Christiansen 75*, D.Wild 46) vs Belgrave 3/210 (J.McNamara 100*, R.Wultz 33)
South Belgrave def Eildon Park by Forfeit
Div 7
Knoxfield 5/83 (Faulkner 52) vs Lysterfield 3/83
Rowville 5/122 (Guest 46) vs Ferntree Gully 4/158 (J.Hallo 66, Getson 56*)
Monbulk won by forfeit v Upper Ferntree Gully
Upwey 9/288 (Wood 61, Dennis 65, Barnard 38, Butterfield 30) v St Johns Tecoma 7/69 (P Armstrong 37)
Knoxfield 4/83 (Gallanger 51*) vs Lysterfield 3/83
Olinda 6/88 ( M.Riordan 30) vs Belgrave 5/119 ( D.McNamara 77*)
B1
Monbulk 2/136 (J.Rak 54*, D.Rak 51*) def. Ferntree Gully 128 (Black 34, Spooner 3/8)
FTG Footballers 2/68 (Green 42) def Mountain Gate 63 (Roy 3/9 Bosley 3/33)
Knox City 2 7/139 def Knox Boronia Churches 10/55 (Fay 6/2)
Knox City 3/130 (Perry 33*, Parker 48) def St Johns Tecoma 127 (Van Hoorn 43, Handley 4/23, Hoggett 3/35)
Lysterfield 1/53 def Rowville 44
Under 16
UFTG 3/57 vs Lysterfield 5/77 (Beyer 3/12)
Rowville 5/59 (J. Oakey 38*) vs Olinda 1/128 (T. Box 60* J. Langer 42*)
Under 14
Knoxfield 8/77 vs Eildon Park 5/59
UFTG Kings 2/79(Morton 32*) vs Bayswater 4/50 (Beyer 2/1)
Under 12
Monbulk 3/85 (McLean 17*Davies 12* Sutton 2/9) vs Olinda 1/55 (Hyett 19* Fraser 7* Abraham 1/16)
St Johns Tecoma 6/39 v Lysterfield 4/64
