DUNLOP PUT SKIDS ON MAGPIES
By Steve Brown
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Upper Gully turned the tables on their recent batting failure when they encountered little resistance in pursuit of 244 set by the Belgrave Magpies to complete round five of the Norm Reeves Shield. Having dropped the last game to Knox Gardens, the Kings rebounded on the back of Peter Dunlop’s brilliant captains knock of 132 not out, winning the match in fine style by eight wickets against a good attack. Talented Daniel Beyer, returning to cricket this season from injury, lent support with 43 whilst veteran Jay Colee (35*) was at the crease with Dunlop when the game was secured.
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Upwey Tecoma tasted defeat for the first time this season when their 272 was not enough to match the reigning premiers Knoxfield. Tom Boxell showed his class with a majestic 85 to steer his side home with four wickets to spare. Regional U/21 representative keeper/batsman Ben Gerloff chipped in with 51 whilst Adith Sundaresh made another solid 43 and is in terrific form.
Knox Gardens made it two wins in a row as they downed Monbulk at home by four wickets. Chasing 262 for victory, the Falcons were once again lead by Jarrod Butcher with 76 and a half century to young gun Niraj DeSilva. Monbulk are performing well with the bat, however their bowlers are bleeding runs, but a win is not too far away.
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Eildon Park’s dual Feaver Medallist Shane Cosstick’s unbeaten 73 was enough to inflict another defeat on last season’s finalist The Basin who were defending 158. Monto Perera has the Panthers in good form whilst the Bears have won only one match this season and need their bats firing next match.
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Ferntree Gully opened their account with an 82 run win over Mt Gate. Gully all rounder Bryce Galvin hits a long ball, and his 78 combined with 50 from Jake Evans denied Mt Gate of an upset.
In Decoite Shield Olinda recorded their first win of the season downing Rowville by 25 runs with opening bowler Mitchell Harris the star with 5/38 for the Bloods. Footballers held off a gallant Knoxfield by 25 runs with former Sri Lankan international Tharanga Lakshita taking five wickets. South Belgrave’s Daniel Cormack’s 79 was not enough overtake Lysterfield who won by 56 runs, and Johnson Park held off St Johns Tecoma to win by three wickets.
Scores
Reeves Shield
Knoxfield 6/276 (Boxell 85* Gerloff 51 Sundaresh 43 Scholfield 35) def Upwey Tecoma 8/272
Upper Gully 2/251 (Dunlop 132* Beyer 43 Colee 35*) def Belgrave 9/244
Eildon Park 3/159 (Cosstick 73* R. Hicks 36*) def The Basin 158
Knox Gardens 6/263 (Butcher 76 DeSilva 50 Gregory 39 Shirwani 3/68) def Monbulk 261
Ferntree Gully 7/242 (Galvin 78 Evans 50) def Mt Gate 160
Decoite Shield
FTG Footballers 165 def Knoxfield 140 (Faulkner 66 Lakshita 5/46)
Johnson Park 7/245 (D.Devenish 52* Stallworthy 52 S. Devenish 50) def St Johns Tecoma 9/244 (Palandri 105)
Lysterfield 269 def South Belgrave 213 (Cormack 79 Chivers 3/47)
Olinda 174 def Rowville 149 (M. Harris 5/38)
Division 3
Knox Boronia Churches 9/255 def Upwey Tecoma 183 (Hurst 59 Scobie 3/28 Chaplin 3/57)
Upper Gully 9/214 (Greenhall 85 Rickard 33 Carnie 5/32) def Belgrave 204
Eildon Park 6/133 (Gwynne 42) def The Basin 6/126
Knox Gardens 5/292 def Monbulk 9/219 (Williams 112 Vernon 4/34)
Ferntree Gully 9/261 (Delaney 64 Callaghan 52) def Mt Gate 9/258 (Davis 61*)
Division 4
Footballers 6/420 def Eildon Park 7/181 (Woodward 41)
Johnson Park 417 def St Johns Tecoma 188 (Miller 48* Wilson 45 Graczyk 4/61)
Rowville 9/229 (Sidhu 36 Bates 4/73 Oates 3/74) def Olinda 224 (Willoughby 133 Neven 3/56)
South Belgrave 9/288 (Bakens 99 Lawson 38 O’Brien 31) def Lysterfield 4/285
Division 5
Knoxfield 8/178 (Burley 40 Evans 39 Bawden 4/60) def Lysterfield 172 (Gwynne 44 Taylor 5/54 Plumridge 3/35)
Ferntree Gully 8/167 (Sharp 44 King 4/50) def Knox Gardens 145 (Potts 48 Glare 5/38)
Eildon Park 5/157 (Denny 38) def Knox Boronia Churches 145 (Whiting 4/16)
Division 6
Upwey Tecoma 3/192 (Chapman 83 Hayward 44*) def Monbulk 9/188 (Marshall 44 Badgery 37 Bedson 3/28)
Belgrave 5/239 (McNamara 100* Wulz 33) def Knox Gardens 9/234 (Christiansen 100* Wylde 46 Bakker 30 Wulz 4/39)
Upper Gully 7/70 (Goodger 52* Law 5/4) def Johnson Park 60 (Goodger 3/11)
Division 7
Upwey Tecoma 9/287 def St Johns Tecoma 105 (Armstrong 37 Abson 3/14) & 3/90 (Morrison 48*)
Knoxfield 210 (Faulkner 52 Osbourne 51 Edwards 3/31) def Lysterfield 188 (Cowen 52 Godson 35)
Belgrave 7/190 (McNamara 77) def Olinda 185 (Riordan 30)
Ferntree Gully 7/271 (Getson 87 Hallo 66 Cuthell 41*) def Rowville 268 (Van Eck 82 Guest 46 Parker 5/47)
B1
Knox City 6/180 (Pindoriya 3/19) def Johnson Park 85 (Hiriani 30)
Ferntree Gully 4/81 def Bayswater 8/78
St Johns Tecoma 7/199 (Bull 50* VanHoorn 38) def Knox City 9/159 (Adams 3/20 Lincoln 3/37)
Monbulk 156 (Fenby 50* Lindner 3/18) def Mt Gate 53 (Firth 5/14)
Lysterfield 1/249 (M.Whitty 50* S. Whitty 47* Ryan 50* Hunt 53*) def Footballers 71 (Ryan 3/6)
