Back to his Best
FTGDCA Round 10
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The Basin’s Jake Best has had a quiet year by his standards with only 1 century to his name, although on Saturday he almost doubled his run tally for the year making 154 as the Bears set Monbulk a target of 344. Best shared a 193 run partnership with Scott Vozzo (85) before late wickets fell in pursuit of runs. The Bears finished their 80 overs with 6/343 on the board. The Hawks have been lacking bowling firepower with no one making inroads on the Basin line-up. It will be a big chase next week for the Hawks, who will need everything to go their way. The Basin is sitting fifth, waiting for a slipup from one the top four sides.
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Upper Ferntree Gully batted first as they hosted Upwey at Kings Park. The Kings made a healthy 239 with Jay Colee (58*) and Todd Burley (46) standing up to the Tigers attack. Cameron Wheeler (4/90) now heads the bowling table with 31 wickets from 10 games, whilst partner in crime Ben Wood (3/43) now has 17 wickets for the season. A win here could see the Kings sneak into second, although a loss may allow The Basin to close the gap.
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At Wally Tew Oval Belgrave batted the day out to be 9/222 at stumps against Ferntree Gully. The Magpies master Jonathon Levell made 45 with Jake Balfour 34 and Ben Carnell making 30 . Patrick Mastertoun and Ryan Handley shared figures of 3/51 for the Blues. With both teams languishing on 12 points for the season there is pride at stake for both clubs.
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At home to Eildon Park, Knox Gardens will be disappointed with their score of 161. Loosing 3/21 and 4/8 at either end of their innings certainly stifled their scoring opportunities. Batting at 6 Joshua Gregory (30) and Matthew Young (49) at 8 made the best of a bad situation, as the Falcons were bowled out in 75 overs. Steven Pimm’s return of 4/18 for the Panthers made sure next week’s chase will be an interesting target if they want a top two spot.
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A 44 run partnership between Clint Buckland (54) and Sanitha De Mel (34) was Mountain Gate’s best showing against ladder leader Knoxfield. The Gators made 203 in 75 overs as Jack Taylor took 4/38 for the Knights.
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In DeCoite Shield Harley McDermot took 6/66 as Rowville posted 247 against South Belgrave. Lysterfield made 6/278 against Knoxfield, and Olinda bowled St Johns Tecoma out for 190 and is 0/30 in reply. Footballers will chase Johnson Park’s 237 next week.
Scores
NR Reeves Shield
The Basin 6/343 (J Best 154, S Vozzo 85*, M Rawnsley 31*) vs Monbulk
Upper FTG 239 (Colee 58*, Burley 46, Wheeler 4/90, Wood 3/43) v Upwey
Knox Gardens 161 (J Gregory 30, M Young 49, S Pimm 4/18) vs Eildon Park
Belgrave 9/222 (J Levell 45, J Balfour 34, B Carnell 30, P Mastertoun 3/51, R Handley 3/51) vs Ferntree Gully
Mountain Gate 203 (Buckland 54, De Mel 34, Carter 32, J Taylor 4/38) vs Knoxfield
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RJ Decoite Shield
Lysterfield 6/278 (Forster-Jennings 69, S.Walsh 56*, Tolley 44, Burley 3/40) vs Knoxfield
Rowville 247 (Blackman 35, Howell 42, Morsello 67, H.Mcdermott 6/66) v South Belgrave
Johnson Park 237 (Gaunt 42, A Devenish 42, Stallworthy 38, S Devenish 37, Carrington 3/19) vs FTG Footballers
St Johns Tecoma 195 (Chandler 63, Manning 43, Newman 34, Lees 30, Harris 3/31, Dean 3/21) v Olinda 0/30
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Division 3
Monbulk 164 (N.Freeling 4/45) vs The Basin
Upwey Tecoma 10/277 (L. Dunning 103, D. Dawson 100, M. Young 3/31, J. Roleff 3/53) vs Upper FTG
Eildon Park 99 (A. Thomson 4/27, N. Adcock 3/12) vs Knox Gardens 4/106 (B. Morrison 67*)
Ferntree Gully 301 ( M.Catatano 109, J.Dennis 56, J.Hallo 34*. D.Carnie 3/43) vs Belgrave
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Division 4
Rowville 209 (Tierney 40, Oudshorn 39, Lawson 3/55, Seamer 4/45) v South Belgrave
Eildon Park 303 (P. Kallista 119, Rod Fisher 53, J. Hills 35 *, Riley Fisher 31, J. Arundell 3/23) vs Lysterfield
Johnson Park 209 (Betts 7/60) vs FTG Footballers
St Johns Tecoma 182 (D. Lucas 74, C Darling 5/65) vs Olinda 0/20
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Division 5
Knoxfield 2/123 (Harris 49) vs Knox Boronia Churches 200 (Smith 39, Keane 31, Plumridge 4/71, Ludbrook 3/25)
Lysterfield 158 (Nicoloupolos 42 Beyer 3/8 Knights 3/13) vs Upper Gully 2/9
Ferntree Gully 123 (M. Sewik 4/21) vs Eildon Park 8/77
Knox Gardens 346 (Mclean 113, Cunrow 43, Lambrick 39, Matt Wallace 3/24, Mitch Wallace 3/101) vs The Basin
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Division 6
South Belgrave 5/132 (Bromley 59*) vs Monbulk 4/101 (T.Badgery 40*)
Belgrave 1/144 (Thiel 85, Wiseman 39*) vs Upper FTG 5/202 (Rickard 30, La Marca 93*)
Johnson Park 6/124 (M Whiting 3/11) vs Eildon Park 2/195 (N. Szabo 94*, Waldron 50)
Upwey-Tecoma 4/165 (Atherton 49, Somervaille 42) vs Knox Gardens 5/100 (Buck 4/15)
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Division 7
The Basin 5/105 vs Knoxfield 2/134 (Palamara 49*, Burley 32)
Olinda 3/122 (S. Scott 48*, Z. Pitts 38) v Belgrave 6/128
Footballers NSA ( S.Stockham 31*, D.Hirani 4/15) vs Johnson Park 102 ( D.Hirani 34, J.Fillingham 4/36)
Ferntree Gully 5/98 (Hilton Jnr 30, Rose 3/2) vs Johnson Park 2/79
St Johns Tecoma 5/121(G. Maudsley 41) vs Upwey Tecoma 5/157 (N. Wood 58, G. Maudsley 3/25)
Monbulk def Upper Ferntree Gully by forfeit
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B1
Monbulk 3/96 (J.Fenby 52*, Lee 3/15) def Ferntree Gully 10/93 (P.Hurley 3/16)
Lysterfield 6/100 (Cowan 3/14) def Rowville 95 (Edwards 3/14)
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Under 16/s
Monbulk Maroon 3/87 (T.Berman 56*) v Upwey-Tecoma 3/66
Monbulk Gold 0/197 (B.Grimes 88*, T.Utting 73*) v Rowville 53 (D.Goldberg 2/4, T.Taylor 2/7, T.Hepworth 2/9)
Upper FTG 1/151 (Bailey 97*, Brooks 38*) vs Knox Gardens 3/90
Olinda 4/75 (J. Scott 25* L. Law 2/14 C. Law 2/19) v Johnson Park 3/46 (E. Kennedy 1/2)
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Under 14’s
Upper FTG 1/98 (Lord 40*, Corrigan 28) v Eildon Park 6/49
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Under 13/s
Monbulk 4/105 (J.Spencer 30*, J.Bolton 30*) v Eildon Park 7/81 (I.Hylton Stewart 2/1)
