Singh on Song
FTGDCA Round 4
By Ian Harley
Back into Two day mode and day one of round 4 saw Knox Gardens set Ferntree Gully 259 for victory. Navinder Singh (63) top scored for the Falcons with Jarrod Butcher also amongst the runs. Singh is now the Falcons leading run scorer this season. Lachlan Callaghan and Ryan Handley shared the bowling honours for the Blues. The Blues will have to bat well to win this one, but in the back of the Falcon’s minds will be their loss to Knoxfield in similar circumstances.
Josh Lee made his presence felt in his return to The Basin first XI after a stint in the seconds. Lee made 93 not out as The Bears amassed 6/249 against Johnson Park. A late flourish may have seen a century but with two balls remaining a single to the outfield denied him the chance. Ronnie Heskes, Danny Rundle and Joel Clarke all played cameos around Lee’s innings, whilst for the Sharks the bowlers didn’t have much joy. Johnson Park has yet to fire this season with the bat, while Vozzo and Heskes may have a say for the Bears with the ball.
At Carrington Park Monbulk batted the day with Justin Creed (61) and Shane Cosstick (53) doing most of the heavy lifting against Knoxfield. Scott "dont shoot the messenger" McKenzie and Zac Wilson took 4 wickets a piece for the Knights. Given thier batting form Knoxfield could well be in the box seat.
Upwey batted first at home against Belgrave and were bowled out for 159 before Belgrave finished the day 0/12. Mick Hewitt and Steven Moore were the best performed with the bat for the Tigers. Dinusha Fernando bagged 5 wickets and, assisted by Nathan Rowe, made sure the Magpies held the upper hand.
Mountain Gate swung momentum their way late on day 1 against Eildon Park. The Gators were bowled out for 169 on the back of Marshall Buntings 79 not out, but struck back at the end of the day to have the Panthers 2/10. Adrian Baltruschaitis toiled hard for the Panthers taking 4 wickets.
Norm Reeves Shield
Mountain Gate 169 (Bunting 79*, Croxford 30, Baltruschaitis 4/49) v Eildon Park 2/10
The Basin 6/249 (J. Clarke 35, D. Rundle 38, J. Lee 93*, R. Heskes 34) vs Johnson Park
Upwey 159 ( M. Hewitt 30, S. Moore 30, D. Fernando 5/34, N. Rowe 3/36) v Belgrave 0/12
Monbulk 196 (Creed 61, Cosstick 53, McKenzie 4/43, Wilson 4/54) vs Knoxfield
Knox Gardens 258 (Singh 63*, Butcher 57, Murphy 45, Callaghan 3/39, Handley 3/67) vs Ferntree Gully
Decoite Shield
Lysterfield 8/314 (Walsh 106, Ricardo 81, Brolic 40, McDermott 3/85) vs South Belgrave
St. Johns Tecoma 177 (Walters 42, Grenda 35, Langenberg 3/19, Luck 3/31) vs Upper Gully 0/24
Footballers 114 (J. Rogers 4/40, D. Hill 4/33) v Rowville 5/35
Knox Boronia Churches 73 (T. Wilson 3/28) vs Aura Vale 4/142 (R. O'Conner 83*, Dodd37)
Division 3
Mountain Gate 174 (Harris 34 Clark 3/36) vs Eildon Park
Knox Gardens 202 (Mackinnon 63, Marget 57, Barlow 4/50) Vs Ferntree Gully 0/67 (Catalano 43*)
Belgrave 168 (McNamara 49, L Rowe 38*, Dunning 3/19) v Upwey 2/62 (Dobbie-Hayward 38)
Monbulk 10/184 (C. Fraser 51, H. Emmett 31. M. Casement 4/31) vs Knoxfield
The Basin 227 (D Lee 46, J Fay 36, T Nash 3/54) vs Johnson Park
Division 4
Sth Belgrave 198 (Ray 103, Otten 32, Carland 6/54) vs Lysterfield
Upper FTG 387 (Dejong 46, Smith 54, Bridle 109, Collard 80* Roloff 35, A Grenda 3/82)
Lysterfield 10/232 ( Bosley 31) def Footballers 10/166 (MacRae 5/47, Glenister 3/14 )
Rowville 220 (A. Freeman 66, S. Fitzgerald 34, A. Artner 30)vs FTG Footballers
Knox City 7/296 (S White 37, B Hoggett 100*) V Aura Vale 0/0
Division 5
Waverley Wanderers 2/495 (L. Fischer 218, J. Rowe *166, M.Stillman 52) vs Eildon Park Knox Boronia Churches 98 (fisher 5/28, Adcock 3/21) vs Knox Gardens 3/39
Upper Gully 90 (Strange 35) v The Basin 6/37 (Ward 4/21)
Ferntree Gully 120 (C. Woods 30, A. Nicolopouls 7/43) vs Lysterfield 2/67
Division 6
Eildon Park 2/102 (Hill 43*) vs Monbulk 5/90
The Basin 83 vs Upwey 4/188 (Somervaille 50, Waters 96*)
Belgrave 4/112 (Litterbach 47, McPherson 34) vs Johnson Park 3/119 (McKiernan 50*)
Ferntree Gully 9/134 (Stephens 60, Gerdan 50, M.Plumridge 5/7) vs Knoxfield 3/116 (Seymour 35)
Division 7
St. John's Tecoma 6/109 (Robb 43 Morgan 3/14) v Aura Vale 0/136 (Dubbeld 77* O'brien 36*)
Eildon Park 4/70 vs Rowville 5/90 (Bowes 3/19)
Monbulk 5/113 (B.Jamonts 35, A.Danupoulos 3/18) Vs Knox Gardens 5/244 (S. Wilkinson 88, N.Montague 71, B.Bredin 38)
Johnson Park 2/46 vs Mountain Gate 3/81
Upper FTG 6/118 vs Upwey 3/138
B1
Upper FTG 153 (Lamara 50, Anderson 3/14) def Sth Belgrave 126 (Topp 41, hart 3/15)
Waverley Wanderers 5/365 (A.Sirinwarana *52, D.Arambbewala 38, T. De Silva *50, S.Gunthunga *53, T.Jayatillika 49) def Rowville 8/85 (J.Fernando 3/18)
St John's Tecoma 159 (Bull 50* Squires 50* Walden 3/25 ) def Eildon Park 144 ( Dozzi 55* Hohendorf 40 Hutchinson 3/38)
Lysterfield 7/162 (Hunt 51, Whitty 51, Greenall 3/8) def Ferntree Gully 125 (Wallis 30, Heap 4/55, Yallop 4/30 )
Johnson Park 7/277 (Wilkinson 50* Kersten 51* Stephenson 50 Chaplin 3/36) def FTG Footballers 9/171 (Power 3/29)
B2
Bayswater 3/85 (Aggarwal 36) def Knox Boronia Churches 6/81 (G van Neuren 43, Gervasconi 3/8)
The Basin 9/135 (Betka 34) def Belgrave 65 (Betka 3/12, Heenan 3/7)
Lysterfield def Sth Belgrave on forfiet
Ferntree Gully def Knox City on forfiet
Under 16
Eildon Park 2/56 vs The Basin 7/58 (Edwards 40*)
Upper Ferntree Gully 6/85 (Strange 39, Perry 4/4 inc Hattrick) vs Knoxfield 3/96 (Perry 32*)
The Basin 5/43 V Mazenod 3/48
Under 14
Upper Gully 2/55 v Rowville 1/69
Monbulk 1/69 (A Richardson 42*) v Lysterfield 5/78 (M Hill 3/10 & F Trewavis 2/10. )