Kings continue on their merry way

FTGDCA Round 9
by Ian Harley

Upper Ferntree Gully continues their march towards finals action with a strong showing against Rowville at Seebeck oval. The Kings dismissed the Hawks for 137 with speedster Aaron Watson taking 3/19, while Tate Bergman topped the scorers list for Rowville. Sources have revealed that King’s stalwart Alister Lord took a spectacular catch to dismiss Matt Blackman diving from second slip to effect the catch at point, spectators were amazed that Lord got airbourne. Sitting at 2/43 The Kings will look to wrap the game up by tea next week.

Johnson Park is in a similar position over Knox Gardens at Argyle Way. The Falcons were dismissed for 119 with Steve Bowen (3/31) and Craig Wenham (3/24) inflicting the hurt on the scorecard.  Despite having lost their Skipper early the Sharks look to have the game under control unless the ghosts of last week return. Sharks President Wilko also reached his first 50 today.

Ferntree Gully is the shock third team to be rolled on day one with what could be considered a below par score. The Blues managed 133 as Eildon Park medium fast bowler Steve Pimm snared 6 wickets for 29. The Blues were cruising at 0/63 before Pimm combined with Cam Cosstick (3/31) to shut down the Ferntree Gully batsmen. Mark Teofilo(41) led the way for Ferntree Gully, although with The Panthers 2/68 at the close of play the Blues will need to exert some extraordinary pressure to walk away from this game with any points

Upwey welcomed the return of Matt Mulchay from Victorian Country duties, while the Basin made a long awaited return to the Main oval at Batterham Park. Mulchay provided the backbone for the Tigers innings compiling 111 of 222 runs scored for the day. The Huntsmen were well serve by Matt Heskes who bagged 4 tiger scalps.

St Johns Tecoma made the most of their visit to Lakesfield reserve as they set Lysterfield a target 311 next week. Openers Dean Palandri (41) and Corey Walters (63) laid a solid platform before Newman (71) and Hardy (45) propelled the Saints to a score of 310. The Beavers toiled hard without much luck with Steve Anderton(3/39) the best of the bowlers.

Scott Vozzo helped Belgrave restrict Monbulk to 155, capturing 6 wickets. Jason Fraser (79) and Nyantha Weeraman (33) were the Hawks best and will need to contribute in similar fashion with the ball to stop Belgrave claiming sucessive wins.

In Decoite Shield Footballers amassed 9/375 against Auravale. The Griffins had no century maker preferring to share the runs around. Knoxfield have set South Belgrave 175 runs to chase while Knox are 0/31 having dismissed Mountain Gate for 144

Knox Tavern Cup

Rowville 137 (Bergman 35, A Watson 3/19) v Upper FTG 2 /43
St Johns Tecoma 9/310 (Palandri 41, Walters 63, Newman 71, Hardy 45, Anderton 3/39) vs Lysterfield
Knox Gardens 119 (Dalton 36, Bowen 3/31, Wenham 3/24) vs Johnson Park 1/57
Upwey 222 (Mulcahy 111 , M Heskes 4/ 43) vs The Basin
Monbulk 155 ( J.Fraser 79, N.Weeraman 33, S.Vosso 6/51) vs Belgrave
FTG 133 (M Teofilo 41, C. Cosstick 3/31, S Pimm 6/29) V Eildon Park 2/68

Decoite Shield

Footballers 9/375 (R Bedford 39, C Brittain 88, B Rawlings 44, S Hart 79, A Carey 34) vs Auravale
Knoxfield 175 (B.Morris 58, T.Atkinson 6/19) vs Sth Belgrave
Mountain Gate 144 (Neilson 86, Leone 4/35, Forbes 3/31) vs Knox 0/41

Division 3

Upper FTG 148 (S.Collard 54, R.Arnell 3/36) vs Rowville 187
St Johns Tecoma 147 (Timmers 47, Carland 3/27, Moore 3/17)vs Lysterfield
Johnson Park 9/313 (D. Devenish 104*, M. Simm 37, T. Payne 30, A. Zandt 3/79) vs Knox Gardens
The Basin 238 ( M.Rawnsley 66* Evans 34, Clemens 40 B.Wood 3/56, Joyce 4/56) vs Upwey
Monbulk 161 (C.Heppell 52, T.Watson 36, S. Utting 30, M.Wood 3/29) Vs Belgrave 0/2
FTG 171 ( S May 40, Robertson 5/49) V Eildon Park 0/64 (C Noonan 44*)

Division 4

Footballers 258 (L Johns 70,M McKeown 47,L Leatham 41,D Swinburne 6/93, K McDonald 4/54) vs Auravale 0/34
Knoxfield 226 (M.Burley 47, N.Sando 59, D.Plumridge 31no, R.Hill 3/46) vs Sth Belgrave 0/28

Division 5

Upper Ferntree Gully 141 (Corrigan 40, Sherry 30, Beekhyzen 4/37)
Eildon Park 7/409 (Rashleigh 100, Lerm 38, Bates 53,Rowe 62, Cutts 35) vs Lysterfield
Johnson Park 7/471 (P. Kallista 153, D. Maclachlan 111, M. Fryer 55, S. Reynolds 32, S. Gaylor 31*) vs Belgrave
Knoxfield 9/286 (Milligan 66, Faulkner 52, Wylde 44, Crook 3/71) vs Knox Gardens
The Basin 1/ 131 (Groom 61* Kean 41) vs Rowville 167 (Neven 37 Fay 3/37 Pitman 3/43)
Upwey 218 ( D.Martin 56, K.Heyward 42, D.Carden 33, B.Emmett 4/47) vs Monbulk 3/37 ( T.Fraser 30)

Division 6

Lysterfield 196 (Limanis 70, Osbourne 5/24)
Footballers 3/88 (T White 34) vs St Johns Tecoma 10/170 (R Helsham 95,
D Heyward 31)
Mountain Gate 10/84 (J Walshe 3/10) v Eildon Park 4/158 (B Kinniburgh 49, P Gunaratne 32, R Fabrici 3/32)

Division 7

Upper Ferntree Gully 220 (T. Roleff 60, J.Knapman 37, D. Irvine-De Jong 62, T. Boersma 4/50)v Mountain Gate
Lysterfield 206 (Plunkett 107, Greenard 45, McColl 5/40) v Johnson Park 3/46 (Lowe 3/31)
Knoxfield 10/192 (A Glenforte 95, T Schofield 34, J Potalej 6/43) v Eildon Park 3/80