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Collegians on top at halfway

Tom Parry

WITH less than a week to go until the big day, the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association snuck-in a final round of one dayers to close out the year. Players were met with moist conditions and green pitches across all grounds - though they weren’t quite as green as the Gabba’s deck - with rays of sun occasionally poking through the clouds, providing some warmth and relief for all involved. While the dampness did favour the bowlers, the shorter format meant batsman were able still went for plenty of fours and sixes. There was no surprises in the first-grade results, with the four top-placed clubs all recording victories, though two matches were closer than anticipated. While cricketers are done for 2022, their season is not - they’ll resume following a three-week hiatus, with Round 9 on January 7, 2023. Stratford v Boisdale-Briag

A MINOR scare was seen at Stratford Recreation Reserve, where last-placed Boisdale-Briagolong almost caused an upset. The Saints won the toss, batted first and started well, making 19 runs off the first four overs courtesy of a quick-hitting Nick Pang. Unfortunately, his efforts were a flash in the pan - he was caught in the fifth over for 15; this was followed by the losses Connor Hughes (for two) and Steve Noble (14). It was during the fourth-wicket that things smoothed over for the B-doubles, with Dylan Bolton and Toby Leeds partnering to make 44 runs across the next 13 overs. Bolton was the one to fall, his wicket being a family affair - caught by Jack Tatterson, bowled by Harry. Leeds continued on with Michael Roberts as his back-up, the pair adding another 42 runs off 11 overs before the latter was caught for 22. Ryan Marshall came and went, leaving Leeds and Liam Hurst to finish-off the innings with a 21-run seventh-wicket partnership. Leeds left the field unbeaten on 47 with

Henry Anderson scored 59 in Collegians’ win over Bundalaguah.

Photo: Tom Parry

Boisdale-Briagolong’s score at 6/156 - their highest total of the season so far. Stratford began even more impressively than the visitors did, as openers Chris Aurisch and Lewis Bolton made 46 runs off the first 10 overs. The family affairs continued, as shortly after, Bolton was stumped for 13 off the bowling of his brother, Dylan. That wicket triggered a mini-collapse in the Stratford’s ranks, with Aurisch (31), Jack Tatterson (nought) and Dean Devisser (7) all gone in the space of five overs. Stability returned when Lachlan Channing entered the scene, joining captain Jack Rietschel for a 50-run stand in the proceeding 10 overs. When both batsmen fell within a few balls of each other, Stratford found themselves at 6/117 with 12 overs remaining. Bohdi Walker and Harry Tatterson then came

FIRST GRADE - ROUND 8 SALE DEFEATED MAFFRA Maffra innings B Sly ...................c Glover b Jones ......................... 18 H Shingles .........run out (Raidal) ........................... 24 N Wozniak ..........c Massey b Nel ........................... 20 J Davis ...............c Massey b Raidal ........................ 1 B Harrington .......c&b Raidal .................................... 4 D Freitag ............not out ......................................... 33 M Eastham ........c Massey b Raidal ........................ 0 D Butcher ...........b Nel ............................................ 19 J Pendrick ..........b B Dobson ................................... 3 B Durrant ............c Sudan b B Dobson .................... 4 C Hennig ............run out (Sudan) ............................ 1 Extras .................(nb 0, w 7, b 0, lb 1) ...................... 8 Overs ..................................................................... 39.1 Total ........................................................................ 135

Sale bowling: G Wolmarans 5-1-0-10, H Glover 4-1-0-13, T Dobson 3-0-0-15, B Jones 7-0-1-31, M Raidal 8-1-2-24, B Dobson 4.1-0-2-12

Sale innings H Glover .............c Pendrick b Freitag ...................... 3 M Jackson ..........c Harrington b Freitag ................. 16 C Nel ..................c Davis b Durrant ........................ 12 B Jones ..............b Freitag ........................................ 0 N Massey ...........b Durrant ..................................... 49 G Wolmarans .....c&b Durrant ................................. 36 M Raidal .............c Harrington b Durrant .................. 0 M O’Brien ...........not out ........................................... 6 R Sudan .............not out ........................................... 3 Extras..................(nb 1, w 4, b 0, lb 6)......................11 Overs ..................................................................... 36.4 Total ..................................................................... 7/136

Maffra bowling: D Freitag 8-3-3-13, A McKenzie 8-1-0-23, B Durrant 8-0-4-37, J Pendrick 4-0-0-18, J Davis 6.4-1-0-22, C Hennig 2-0-0-17

STRATFORD DEFEATED BOISDALE-BRIAGOLONG Boisdale-Briagolong innings

N Pang ...............c L Bolton b Waixel ..................... 15 S Noble ..............b Channing ................................. 14 C Hughes ...........c Bolton b Waixel .......................... 2 D Bolton .............c J Tatterson b H Tatterson ......... 37 T Leeds ..............not out ......................................... 47 M Roberts ..........c Channing b Rietschel .............. 22 R Marshall ..........b J Tatterson .................................. 2 L Hurst ................not out ........................................... 6 Extras .................(nb 0, w 5, b 1, lb 5)......................11 Overs ........................................................................ 40 Total ...............................................................6/156(cc)

Stratford bowling: Z Waixel 6-1-2-17, S Pendergast 3-0-0-26, L Channing 5-0-1-21, J Rietschel 8-2-1-23, J Tatterson 8-0-1-27, S Anstee 7-0-0-23, H Tatterson 3-0-1-13

Stratford innings

C Aurisch ............lbw b D Bolton ............................ 31 L Bolton ..............st Stewart b D Bolton .................. 13 J Rietschel .........c Pang b D Bolton ...................... 33 J Tatterson ..........b Hurst .......................................... 0 D Devisser .........run out (D Bolton) ......................... 7 L Channing ........c&b Pang .................................... 23 B Walker .............not out ......................................... 29 H Tatterson .........lbw b Hughes..................................6 B Dinning ...........not out ........................................... 3 Extras .................(nb 1, w 10, b 0, lb 1)....................12 Overs ......................................................................37.2 Total ..................................................................... 7/157

SMCA SCOREBOARD

Boisdale-Briagolong bowling: C Hughes 8-0-1-32, R Marshall 3-0-0-14, L Hurst 8-0-1-35, D Bolton 8-0-3-19, N Sutton 3-0-0-18, N Pang 7.2-0-1-28

COLLEGIANS DEFEATED BUNDALAGUAH Collegians innings

Z Hurley .............c Lay b Spoljaric ......................... 18 T Morrison ..........b Spoljaric ..................................... 5 C Morrison .........b Spoljaric ................................... 30 A Burgiel ............c Munasinghe b Bannak Ralalage..64 H Anderson ........c Smith b Munasinghe ............... 59 T Dessent ..........not out ......................................... 20 N Hurley .............b G Munasinghe ......................... 15 Z Russel .............not out ........................................... 1 Extras .................(nb 0 w 15, b 4, lb 3).....................22 Overs ........................................................................ 40 Total ...............................................................6/234(cc)

Bundalaguah bowling: S Spoljaric 8-2-3-26, L Wrigglesworth 5-0-0-38, G Munasinghe 8-0-2-42, C Lay 6-0-0-43, B Smith 7-0-0-43, K Bannak Ralalage 6-0-1-35

Bundalaguah innings

J Langshaw ........c Malone b N Hurley ..................... 1 L Wrigglesworth .c Dessent b Whitford .................. 15 C Lay ..................c C Morrison b H Anderson ....... 14 C Smart ..............lbw b Whitford ............................... 0 S Spoljaric ..........b T Morrison .................................. 9 S Tudor ...............c Malone b H Anderson ............... 1 J Dimarco ...........c Burgiel b S Anderson ............... 14 H Wrigglesworth b H Anderson ................................ 0 K Bannak Ralalage c C Morrison b J Durnell .............. 2 G Munasinghe ...not out ........................................... 0 Brad Smith .........not out ........................................... 0

Collegians bowling: N Hurley 4-0-1-18, N Whitford 5-0-2-11, T Morrison 6-3-1-12, H Anderson 7-1-3-10, S Anderson 3.5-1-1-14, J Durnell 1-0-1-2

ROSEDALE-KILMANY DEFEATED LONGFORD Rosedale-Kilmany innings

B McDonad ........lbw b Floyd .................................... 8 L Freshwater....... run out (Hedger/McMaster) ...... 12 R Diamond .........c McMaster b Hedger ................. 88 B Scott ................c Lucas-Laws b Wynd .................. 3 C Freshwater .....c Russ b Floyd .............................. 3 I Love ..................c Dean b Floyd ........................... 45 A Diamond .........b Walker ........................................ 1 D Rowley ............c Sidhu b Floyd ........................... 18 N Hangan ...........not out ........................................... 8 M Walkers ..........not out ........................................... 4 Extras .................(nb 2 w 10, b 0, lb 2).....................14 Overs ........................................................................ 40 Total ...............................................................8/204(cc) to the middle, contributing 24 runs between them until the latter was deemed leg-before in the 36th over. The situation was now tenser than ever - 16 runs to make off five overs, with three wickets in-hand. Walker stepped-up to the challenge with keeper Ben Dinning offering a steady hand at the opposite end, the former hitting the winning runs with a boundary in the third-to-last over. As per usual, Dylan Bolton was the pick of Boisdale-Briagolong’s bowlers, finishing his eight overs with 3/19. Rietschel top-scored for Stratford with 33, while young spinner Zane Waixel boasted the Redbacks’ best figures with the ball - 2/17 off six overs. Sale v Maffra

ANOTHER close game took place at Sale Oval between the competition’s namesakes. The home side won the toss and, unusually, opted to let Maffra set a total with the bat. Ben Sly and Heath Shingles once again opened for the Eagles and appeared to still be in red-ball mode, posting 41 runs in their 14 overs together - that’s a run-rate of 2.93. After Sly was caught on 18, Nick Wozniak arrived at the crease to fire-up the innings, with 23 runs made alongside Shingles. Then, the wickets began tumbling. Shingles was first to go, run out at the end of the 18th over. Next was Wozniak, then Ben Harrington, and not lot after, Miller Eastham. All of this happened in the space of seven overs, with just a dozen runs added to the Eagles’ total. Calm prevailed after that, with Dylan Freitag and Danny Butcher contributing 31 runs for the seventh wicket - a stand as impressive as it was brief, lasting only six overs. Freitag stayed in the middle as his remaining batting partners were all dismissed for single figures - Cal Henning being the final wicket to fall in the 40th over. Sale was dealt a blow early in their innings with the loss of Matt Jackson, followed by the consecutive wickets of Hayden Glover and Ben Jones - all within the opening nine overs. With the dismissal of Coenie Nel at 4/51 in the

Longford innings

B Russ ...............c McDonald b Scott .....................11 A Vogt .................lbw b Hangan ................................ 7 J Wynd ...............b Hangan .................................... 19 L Hedger ............b McDonald .................................. 6 J Price ................c Scott b Hangan .......................... 3 S Lucas-Laws ....b Hangan ...................................... 0 L Floyd ...............c McDonald b A Diamond .......... 22 B McMaster ........lbw b McDonald ............................ 1 L Knight ..............(run out R Diamond) .................... 6 S Dean ...............not out ........................................... 3 R Sidhu ..............c R Diamond b Freshwater .......... 0 Extras .................(nb 2, w 5, b 1, lb 1)........................9 Overs ......................................................................31.4 Total .......................................................................... 87 14th, the Swans looked to be in-trouble. Those fears were soon alleviated, as Nathan Massey and Garreth Wolmarans combined for a 75-run partnership for the fifth wicket. By the time Massey was bowled on 49 in the 31st over, his side was just 11 runs short of victory. The losses of Wolmarans for 36 and Matt Raidal gave Maffra some hope, but it wasn’t enough Michael O’Brien and Raaghav Sudan survived the remainder of the innings to secure the win in the 37th over. Ben Durrant claimed four of the Eagles’ seven wickets, but at a cost - he was the most expensive bowler for Maffra, having conceded 37 runs in his eight overs. Meanwhile, Freitag backed-up his good batting performance with season-best bowling figures of 3/13. Collegians v Bundalaguah

NAMES such as Hurley or Morrison usually grace our pages in the wake of a Collegians victory; this round though, it was a different pair of heroes who took the limelight. Following his century against Longford last round, there was an expectation that opener Tom Morrison would continue his red-hot form with the bat and again be the star for his team. Instead, Morrison was bowled by Bundalaguah’s Steve Spoljaric in the third over of the match. Next most-likely to be the hero was captain Zac Hurley, who did add 44 runs in six overs with Tom’s brother, Charlie at the opposite end; but Hurley stumbled too, caught for 18. When Charlie lost his wicket in the same manner as his brother - bowled Steve Spoljaric - Collegians found themselves in an usual position of 3/73. The batsmen to step-forward were Adrian Burgiel and Henry Anderson, who more or less salvaged the innings to put their team in a competitive position. Burgiel (64) delivered a batting masterclass, taking on every ball and playing every stroke in the book. He was supported well by Anderson (59), who looked equally confident in his stroke-play. Bundy’s Kanishka Bannak Ralalage was the bowler who broke the partnership, but not until the 31st over, by which time the fourth-wicket duo had amassed 102 runs. A 24-run stand between Anderson and Tim Dessent in the next five overs nudged Collegians’ total toward 200, with another 30 added by Dessent and Noah Hurley after that, setting the Bulls a target of 235 to beat. Given they chased down 208 in another one-day game against Sale earlier in the season, there was some expectation that Bundy would mount a fightback; alas, the opposite was true. The Bulls were absolutely hapless with the bat against the might of Collegians, scoring just 68 runs in reply to suffer the biggest defeat of the round. Again, much of the damage was inflicted by an unlikely source - not Noah Hurley, the competition’s leading wicket-taker, but Henry Anderson, who finished with figures of 3/10 Lachlan Wrigglesworth was Bundy’s highest scorer with 15. Spoljaric their best with the ball 3/26 off eight overs, including the only two maidens of the first innings.

Rosedale-Kilmany bowling: B Scott 5-0-1-23, N Hangan 8-3-4-12, B McDonald 6-1-2-18, I Freshwater 7.4-0-1-18, D Longford v Rosedale-KilmanyRowley 4-0-0-13, A Diamond 1-0-1-1 SUCCESS continues for the Warriors, who recorded Second Grade: Stratford 3/70 (B Channing 21, B their third win in a row. Wilkinson 21*) def Maffra 67 (J Sekhon 27, E Albrecht 5/13, Having won the toss and chosen to bat at T Boyd 2/6); Collegians 8/118(cc) (N Giove 23, A McGuiness Stephenson Park, Rosedale-Kilmany got off to an 22, M Grattan 20, H Anderson 5/11) def Bundalaguah 94 (M Templeton 23, H Anderson 23, J McGuiness 3/22); Rosedale-Kilmany 8/173(cc) (S Fox 45, T Love 44*) def Sale 135 (W McKenzie 48, S Fox 3/33). Third Grade: Bundalaguah 9/179(cc) (B Bailey 50, P Brady 30) def Rosedale-Kilmany 8/72 (H McCann 25, B Gieschen 3/12); Maffra 3/131 (B Flynn 38*, M McMaster 2/24) def Longford 9/128(cc) (P Love 30*, B Flynn 3/15, B Lanigan 3/20); Heyfield 8/170(cc) (K Amiet 76*, D Murphy unassuming start, being 4/76 by the 17th over. A shift in momentum came with the arrival of captain Isaac Love, uniting with Rohan Diamond for a stand of 78 across 13 overs. Diamond, who joined the contest in the sixth over, ended his innings as RK’s top run-earner - 88 off an even 88 balls, nine of them boundaries. He was proceeded by sibling Adam Diamond, 2/28) def Boisdale-Briagolong 62 (A Spence 21, D De Silva who lasted three overs before Longford youngster 4/11, J Keane 4/21); Wurruk 5/59 (L Van der Velden 32, N Nick Walker clipped his stumps. Thomas 2/19) def Stratford 57 (B Light 3/3, N Tourtoulas Dylan Rowley was next in, combining with Love 3/10, L Tourtoulas 3/11); Nambrok 2/125 (H Russell 53*, A with 26 for the seventh wicket. Robinson 44*, H Singh 2/19) def 42*, D Oldham 2/12, R Knowles Sale 6/124(cc) (A Jackson 2/12); Collegians bye. The latter appeared well half-century until he went on the way to making a out attempting a lofted Fourth Grade: Longford 5/165 (L Holmes 46, M Alexander straight drive, with Sam Dean running-in from 43*, C New 42*, J Pearson 3/30) def Heyfield 163 (R Winter 59*, D Stokes 41, J Kerton 3/19); Bundalaguah Yaks 159 (J Abrahall 87*, Z Knight 6/17, A Begbie 3/30) def Bundalaguah Bulls 8/147 (Z Knight 52, M Wrigglesworth 3/24); Rosedale-Kilmany 3/79 (C Lowe 32*, W Fry 2/20) def Sale White 9/76 (J Hampson 51*, A Moss 3/16, J Reid 3/25); long-off to take an impressive lunging catch. Another 19 runs were added by innings’ end, the scorecard reading 8/204. The reply from Longford, to put it mildly, could have been better. Stratford 113 (B Foster 31) d/w Wurruk Toads 6/113(cc) (M First, openers Ben Russ and Ash Vogt went Shaw 2/13); Maffra 129 (A Higgins 36, R Whelan 33, Scott cheaply; then, the Lizards lost three wickets in Breddels 2/11, Shane Breddels 2/16) def Wurruk Toads two overs; and two more batsmen were lost before 5/102(cc) (W Breddels 34, Scott Breddels 32*, S Cordias the 20-over mark, the score reading 7/53. 2/8); Collegians bye. Then, 34 runs, 12 overs and three wickets later, Under 16: Collegians 9/161 (M Stobie 73, K Bottrell 3/35, it was all-over for Longford, 117 runs shy of their R Donohue 3/47) def Sale 7/58(cc) (M Stobie 2/4) & 3/36; target.Longford 4/182 (M McMaster 47*, J Bruce 36) def RosedaleKilmany 6/153(cc) (A Wright 73, B Nicholls 44*); Stratford 86 (J McQuillen 35*, H Rowley 3/16) & 92 (M Pendergast 24*) v Bundalaguah 122 (C Morris 51, J Hare 34) & 3/25, result unknown; Maffra bye. Under 14: Collegians 2/139(cc) (E Braden 34, X Adam 30) def Bundalaguah 3/109(cc) (L Powell 23); Sale 3/137(cc) (J Duffield 31, L Wood 2/12) def Longford 9/53 (J Gibb 16); Wurruk/Maffra 9/88 (B Rowley 35, M Shaw 2/6) def Stratford The Warriors’ Nathan Hangan wreaked havoc with the ball, finishing with figures of 4/12 including three maidens. Brandon McDonald was next-best with 2/18 off six overs. Lachlan Floyd led the way once more for the Lizards, taking 4/41 as bowler and top-scoring as batsman with 22 runs. The victory means that Rosedale-Kilmany are 9/74(cc) (B Cottrell 25, C Kelly 2/6, J Bransdon 2/12); well-and-truly cemented in fourth place at the seaHeyfield RK bye son’s halfway mark, 10 points and half-a-percentage clear of Bundalaguah in fifth. Times-Spectator, Tuesday, 20 December, 2022 – Page 33