Kings Top of the Table

FTGDCA - Round 7

By Ian Harley

Dean Roberts was the last wicket to fall as he guided Upper Ferntree Gully past Ferntree Gully’s score and into top spot for the Christmas break. Left hand opener Roberts was the mainstay of the innings, with Paul Henry contributing 48. It was a dirty day for the Blues in the field with 8 catches going down.

Upwey ensured that only percentage separated them from the ladder leaders with a win over Eildon Park. Matt Mulchay(53) received support from Hurst (34), Howe (30) and Bianchi(33) for the Tigers, whilst Steve Pimm snagged 4 wickets for the Panthers.

Rowville jump into 4^th spot and 6 points ahead of the pack after routing St Johns Tecoma for 93 in their pursuit of the Hawks 242. Marc Hardy top scored in a disappointing effort for the Saints whilst Anderson (3/25) and Bogar (3/15) did the damage for Rowville.37 runs to Corey Brasher in the Saints second dig staved off the possibility of an outright.

Monbulk made a strong statement joining the pack on 18 points as their openers, Dave Wright (59) and Jason Simmonds (58), put on 134 for the opening stand against Johnson Park with the first wicket falling at 4.05 pm. Blake Walter 42* & Nyantha Weeraman 47* saw them home with 9 overs to spare. The Sharks need to find a spark in their bowling lineup as once again they failed to make any inroads.

The Basin had a slight wobble loosing 5/4 before passing Knox Gardens score of 121 8 wickets down. Wayne Koster (30) and Danny Rundle (33) helped the Huntsmen home with Wild taking 4 wickets for the Falcons. A sporting declaration at 7/145 set the Basin a chase of 144 for outright points. The gamble nearly paid off with Knox Gardens grabbing 7 wickets as the Basin finished 30 runs short, but with the all important 6 points in their back pocket.

Lysterfield Superman Kyle Snyman continued on his merry run making way as the Beavers took the points from Belgrave. Snyman (90) and Sean Alston (44) made sure of the win with Lysterfield finishing the day on 4/227. Their win adds them to the list of 6 teams sitting on 18 points with an eye on 4^th spot.

In Decoite Shield Victorian Country fast bowler and former MPCA country week captain Simon Dignan scored 124 as Footballers won by 255 runs over Mountain Gate. Knoxfield chased 10 points dismissing Knox for 78 before having the ‘Burras 8/105 at stumps. Scott McKenzie provided the firepower for the Knights with 5/40.

South Belgrave managed to snare the outright points dismissing Auravale for 45 & 95 and making 2/29 in their second dig to seal the win.

In the U/17 Healthguard Cup competition Josh Saker took 6/0 off 5 overs against St Johns for Knoxfield

Scores

Knox Tavern Cup

The Basin 8/123 dec (Koster 30,Rundle 33,Wild 4/37) & 7/113 (J.Lee 43,Wild 3/23,Darcy 3/35) def Knox Gardens 121 & 7/145 dec (Dalton 66,Mcinerney 33,Koster 3/17)
Upwey Tecoma 8/243 (Mulcahy 59, Hurst 34, Howe 30, Bianchi 33, Pimm 4/80) def Eildon Park 238 (Tate 78 B.Morris 31 Dowling 31)
Upper Ferntree Gully 233 (D Roberts 72, P Henry 48) def Ferntree Gully 121 (Bowyer 42, Watson 6/46)
Rowville 8/242 (Blackman 71 Burgman 62 Guest 31 Piccioli 4/60) def St Johns Tecoma 93 ( M.Hardy 33, M.Anderson 3/25. N.Bogar 3/15) & 5/96 (Brasher 37*)
Monbulk 2/230 (D. Wright 59, J. Simmons 58, N. Weeraman 47*, B. Walter 42*) def Johnson Park 196 (Weeraman 5/36 Fraser 3/55 Dunlop 33 Carmen 33)
Lysterfield 4/227 (Alston 44, Snyman 90) def Belgrave 178 (Levell 44 Vozzo 44 Alston 5/39 Snyman 3/47)

Decoite Shield

Footballers 9/338(S.Dignan 124, T.Pruysers 57) def Mt Gate 83 (Dignan 3/27 Hart 4/10)
Knoxfield 6/223 (L.Scanlan 60, T.Boxell 42, B.Morris 68) def Knox 78 (S.McKenzie 5/40) & 8/105 (D.Williams 51*, B.Morris 4/25, Z.Wilson 3/44)
South Belgrave 7/112dec (Hart 32, Jenner 3/44) & 2/29 def Auravale 45 (Atkinson 3/19 Doorakkers 3/12) & 95 (Baker 4/32)

Division 3

The Basin 149 (Vassalo 41 Zandt 3/41 Mulder 3/29) vs Knox Gardens 139 (Porch 3/31)
Upwey 9/198 (Mick Hewitt 61, Porter 4/31, Caton-Robertson 3/53) def Eildon Park 190 (Porter 56 J.Hicks 31 Cross 3/44 Lynch 3/54)
Ferntree Gully 257 (M Catalano 69, W Duke 71, B Donavan 36, A Lee 36, M Young 4/85, L Way 3/28) def Upper Gully 6/251 (Glare 4/88)
St Johns Tecoma 149 (Grenda 63, J.Cullen 3/36, D.Schout3/19) def Rowville 135 (Walker 40 J.Newman 4/23 G.Grenda 3/25) & 4/109 (T.Wood 32, A.Walker 43)
Johnson Park 10/268 (T. Reid 114, W. Steele 39, T. Whilesmith 31, A. Reid 30, M. Adams 3/38, C. Martin 3/66) def Monbulk 10/206 (C. Heppal 57, B. Duke 4/31)
Lysterfield 182 (Donellan 52 Whitty 38 Feeney 5/34 Carnie 3/35) def Belgrave 117(M.Levell 33, Manning 3/12, Kinniburgh 3/45, Harvey 3/19)

Division 4

Mt Gate 265 (Rodriquez 37 Clark 53 Burridge 56 Park 30 Wilson 4/78 Cranston 3/25) def Footballers 193 ( T.Gale73, R.Gough5/38, Z.Clark 3/26)
Knoxfield 8/302 (K.Povah 34, A.Faulkner 32, M.Flynn 65*, N.Sando 114, D.Eckhardt 3/72) def Knox 45 (M.Flynn 3/9, M.Burley 3/4) & 7/87 (A.Rickerby 31, D.Plumridge 3/7)
South Belgrave vs Auravale NSA

Division 5

Eildon Park 9/129 (Rowe 66, Crook 4/53, Jongen 3/43) def Knox Gardens 126 (Webb 46 Morrison 38 Davey 5/19)
Rowville 8/180 (G Neven 67, C Antonpoulos 62, A Beekhuyzen 4/60, W Woods 3/40) def Ferntree Gully 163 (Woods 43 Nadj 4/45)
Johnson Park 202 (A. Wright 60, K. Murphy 57, D. Mu 6/49) def Upwey 10/131 (B. Evans 30, K. Murphy 3/20) & 2/36
Lysterfield 7/331 (J.Ricardo 146, S.Moore 37, S.Peatling 38, D.monish 31) def Upper Gully 264 (Jones 4/80)
The Basin 5/149 Dec & 4/95 (wallace 43) def Monbulk 91 & 8/139
Knoxfield 313 (Faulkner 118, Stewart 43, Petronski 37*, Peters 4-83) def Belgrave 194 (Argoon 54*, McNamara 36, Whitman 31, Saker 3-20)

Division 6

Footballers 152 (D.Anderson 54, L.Johns 39, N.Weare 3/23, C.Wheeler 3/31, J.O'Brien 3/32) & 0/20 def Mt Gate 95 (A.Williamson 3/10) & 74 (C.Klimecki 3/27)
Knoxfield 5/158 (M.Thompson 35) def St Johns Tecoma 134(S.Barcham 44, J.Boyd 5/10)
Eildon Park 10/339 (B Casey 88, M Hahn 67, J Unsworth 57, C Morris 31, A Vangent 4/61) def Aura Vale 10/74 (A Vangent 43, Z Ryan 5/24)
Lysterfield 281 (Bushell 34, Lima 55, Thompson 52, Neill 30) def Knox Gardens 148 (Van Lith 42 Thomas 34 Thompson 4/37 Neill 3/36 Moore 3/18)

Division 7

Belgrave 9/244 (Parker 66, Harvey 66*, R Sevior 3/35, L Hodgson 3/16) def Ferntree Gully 237 ( Benham 39 Barrington 33 Davidson 4/31)
Eildon Park 9/181 (B Zanella 43, S Wunderlich 38, M Sheridan 5/51) def South Belgrave 10/124 (P Costa 66, N Szabo 3/14, S Downs 3/25)
Lysterfield 5/237 (L.Plunkett 151*, A.Jilic 34) def Upper Gully 229(Dawson 72*, Harris 3/4)
Mountain Gate 142 (D.Blair 75, B.Swan 4/38, N.Richards 3/35) & 5/95 (A.Rogauskes 3/41) def
Knoxfield 111 (B.Swan 38, T.Boersma 5/29)

B1 (One Day Grades)

B2

Lysterfield 9/190 (Flett 38,Midelton 38, Gridley 33, Piper 4/22) def Footballers 167(Gallagher 50, Flett 3/29, O’Loughlin3/28)
Ferntree Gully 5/134 (I Brownell 50*) def Monbulk 8/126 (Kelly 38, R Hocking 3/15)

B3

St Johns Tecoma 9/161 (J. Gray 50*, B. Smith 42, K. Miller 3/47) def Johnson Park 9/107 (B. Smith 3/16)
Upper FTG 1/126 (J Lamarca 50*, W Sutton 43*) def Ferntree Gully 49 (B Roleff 3/11, D Feleppa
3/6)
The Basin 3/59 def Rowville 57 (Miche 4/9, Riener 3/18)

U/17 (1) Healthguard Cup

Lysterfield 6/184 (Paull 73, T. Moore 57, Howe 4/29) def Knox Gardens 105 (Forrest 35*, Bickers 3/11
Mulgrave 2/178 (S Tunnicliffe 67, J Hunter 48, H Crozier 29*) def Bayswater 176 ( M Shearer 83, B Shimlick 32, D Somaratne 3/20)
Knoxfield 154 (H.Burley 50, B.Holst 53) defeated St Johns Tecoma 98 (D.Eagle 30, J.Saker 6/0)

U/17 (2)

Mulgrave 7/257 (Matt Young 50, Alex Pagliaro 53*) def Lysterfield 8/164 (B. Lewis 50. D Mutumuni 3/39)
Upwey Tecoma 4/182 (Evans 69, Brown 38) def Ferntree Gully 169 (Stockton 51*)
The Basin 5/250 def Eildon Park Cougars 9/174 (Woodward 52)
Mountain Gate 149 (N Szabo 4/22, M Guice 3/12) def Eildon Park Wildcats 104
South Belgrave 10/214 (H. McDermott 79, G. Huglin 43, B. Hards 3/16, J. Gstrein 3/40)def Johnson Park 7/185 (S. Roy 66*, J. Graffen 36, G. Steele 3/30)

U/15 (1)

Mulgrave 4/140(A Campbell 52*) def Upwey Tecoma 8/100
Knox Gardens 185 (Craigie 57* McInerney 43 Sheedy 4/24) def Ferntree Gully 98 (D.Wylde 3/6) & 3/83
Mountain Gate 177 (M.Smart 50, C.Wheeler 30) def Knoxfield 70 (J.Lindner 4/11, B.Walsh 4/11)
Eildon Park Panthers 8/225 (Clark 47, Walshe 31) def Lysterfield 9/119 (Inglis 52*).

U/15 (2A)

Footballers 270 (L McComb 71, L Turner 45, R McComb 43, T Carrington 20) def Bayswater 120 (McAleese 3/3)
Eildon Park Wildcats 128 (D O'Neil 3/9) def Johnson Park 81
Mountain Gate 224 v Knox Gardens NSA
The Basin 159 def Ferntree Gully 82 (P Turner 18,R Vernon-Curtis 5/8)

U/15 (2B)

Mulgrave 8/135 (C. Kaluthanthri 45) def Rowville 134 (Howell 42, M. Richardson 33, S. Ellicott 6/7)
Belgrave 3/138 (S Glazner 51*) def Eildon Park Cougars 95
Upper Ferntree Gully 7/186 def Eildon Park Pumas 146 (B Strange 3/10)

U/13 (1)

Lysterfield 5/248 (Price 30*,Carter 30*,Brolic 32*,Jaynes 30*,Bell 2/21) def The Basin 73 (H.Carter 4/16)
Mulgrave 7/152 (W. March 31*,A. Dushyanthan 31*) def Knoxfield 8/147(K.Jayasinhe 3/6)
Knox Gardens 5/201 cc (Z Flintoff 32*, L Woods 30*, R Harrison 30*)def Ferntree Gully 55 (De Silva 3/2 Janovskis 4/0)
Eildon Park 178 (Pollard 35*, Siwer 31, Cross 3/19) def Upwey Tecoma 66 (Pollard 4/6)

U/13 (2)

Rowville 8/142 (J.Habib 30*, K Perera 5/11, D Ivanovich 2/9) def Mulgrave 7/122 (J Singh 31*)
Footballers 121 (Tyson 31*) def South Belgrave 59 (Lawson 5/10 incl hat trick, Russell 2/3)& 6/90
Knox Gardens 6/152 (A.Wylde30*,N.Hughes 20*) def Eildon Park Cougars 57 (Wylde 2/2)& 7/42 (Stuckey 2/1)
Johnson Park 10/229 (T. Gstrein 67*, M. Adams 35, J. Rak 3/21) def Monbulk 10/75 (T. Gstrein 4/11)
Eildon Park Wildcats 7/148 def Upper Ferntree Gully 22 (Morgan 4/1, Hallmark 3/5) & 8/79 (Hallmark 3/3)

U/12

Lysterfield 5/260 (L.Downes 31*, J.Bundy 33*, R.Ingus 31*, T.Webb 30*) def Knoxfield 79 (Rossi 3/6)
Johnson Park 8/129 (Grenda 27 Woodcock 2/25 Kirinde 2/18 Adcock 2/16) def Knox Gardens 10/76 (L. Saultry 2/9, M. Woods 2/7)
Eildon Park Wildcats 5/154 def Mulgrave 6/109 (B.Lee 20, J.Taylor 24, J.Welsford 29*, B.Henderson 2/18)
Eildon Park Cougars 9/207 def Ferntree Gully 156

U/11 (non competitive)