Clubs battle it out on the pitch

ON A beautiful day to bat Healesville Cricket Club’s Under 16 A batted first and did not take advantage of the conditions. A mixture of poor shots and a couple of good balls and they were all out for a poor score of 68.
M. Taite (26) top scored but needed to get 50 after a good start. The bowling effort was better but Healesville bowled too many wides and no balls with such a small score to defend. Yarra Junction are 6/62 in reply.
Under 14 A
Yarra Junction won the toss and sent Healesville in to bat. The decision was wise as Healesville were soon in trouble for 4/22. Nathaniel Harabe and Luke Cambell only steadied the ship to be 3/64. Nathaniel went on to make 59. Nigel Wilkes contributed with a quick 31 including a massive 6. Jamie Oakley bowled well for Yarra Junction to take 3/21.
Under 14 B
Coldstream won the toss and batted. Unfortunately they only had 8 players. They were all out for 26. Healesville went on to bat and made 2/41 at stumps.
Under 12 B
Healesville White v Gruyere: Healesville White batted first and after the early loss of a wicket managed to consolidate and make a reasonable total. Special mention to Harry Cowling with some great batting 11 not out.
Healesville Red v Kinglake: A foggy start saw Kinglake batting and early runs hard to find in wet grass. As the morning cleared and the sun came out things started to move and Kinglake went on to a fine total.
Under 10
Healesville Red v Marysville: Marysville batted first and made 5/55 off their 25 overs. Dong Non-Aphai took 1 wicket for 1 run in his first game. Anthony Yunken, Danise Garth, Mathew Bussaca and Ryan McCraken all took one wicket. Then in a great batting display Healesville made 1/112 off their 25 overs. Andrew McMahon top scored with 10 not out, Mathew Bussaca 9 not out, Courgar McGarth 8 not out and Dong Nom-Aphai 7 not out in his first game.
Healesville White v Mt Evelyn: Mt Evelyn batted first making a good total of 57. C. Argentino and D. Giblin both doing well with the bat. Dale Beveridge bowled some great overs finishing with 3/1. Healesville then batted well to finish with 75 runs. Cameron Bunn did very well making 14 runs, which included 2 fours. Dale Beveridge also starred with the bat making 9 runs not out.
Hoddles Creek Cricket Club
Under 14 A
Hoddles Creek won the toss against Warburton-Millgrove and elected to bat. After 48 overs Hoddles Creek had made 171 runs for the loss of 8 wickets (D. Chesney 29 not out, T. Edmonds 21 retired). Over all a great days’ cricket by both teams and the sportsman ship by both teams was a highlight to see.
Warburton-Millgrove Cricket Club
Strachan Shield
In reply to Silvan’s 128, Warburton struggled against very tight bowling from S. Reynolds and G. Francovic 2/50. However, the experienced B. Summers and M. Walker guided them to a hard-earned victory as they finished on 167 to record their first win for the season.
Under 12 A
Mt Evelyn batted first and tight bowling from D. Anderl 3/2 and D. Kift 1/4 helped dismiss them for 86. C. Mitutesca 14 and J. Blain 12 their top scorers. However, in reply Warburton was struggling on 3/6. B. Waddell 1/4 and C. Mitutesca 2/2 the destroyers.
Woori Yallock Cricket Club
Strachan Shield
A tight and disciplined Healesville bowling attack restricted Woori to 132 chasing 178. Michael King and Damien Monkhurst 28 the best.
Strachan Shield Reserve
Woori looked in trouble at 3/28 chasing 9/293 but Michael Dwyer and Cal Ferguson 22 steadied them before three more quick wickets saw Woori in deeper trouble at 6/83. Enter Adam Whitworth, along with Michael Dwyer putting on a 210 run partnership. Adam out for 111, Michael Dwyer 137 not out saw Woori make 8/360 and a great win.
Strachan Shield Reserve 4
Woori Yallock batted first with a great partnership of 100 from Andrew Cousins 78 and Adam Dunn 28. Yarra Junction passed Woori’s total with the best bowling from the skipper Stephen Day.
Yarra Junction Cricket Club
Strachan Shield
Last week Yarra Junction won the toss and batted first and made 183 off 50 overs with Steve Flutter making 75 and Glen Thompson 31. Leaving Coldstream 23 overs to bat on day one they were 1/44. In Week 2, Coldstream lost their second wicket for 63. They collapsed to 5/75. But a partnership between captain L. Doughty and M. Neal at 70 they were back on top. They collapsed again to be all out for 155.
Strachan Shield Reserve
Yarra Junction won the toss and elected to bowl. They bowled Coldstream out for 108 with P. Eldridge the best bat, and S. Eldridge making 21. Junction batted the last 28 overs of the day, being 1/31 at stumps.
Day 2: Dave Flutter and G. Searle went out early to make us 3/47. A. Hammond came into bat and made a fantastic 82 ably assisted by his son M. Hammond 20. Junction declared at 9/165 and sent Coldstream back into bat. Great bowling by T. Ottrey, T. Robertson, D. Robertson and T. Pilton saw Junction beat Coldstream outright, bowling them out for 48 in the second innings.
Strachan Shield Reserve 3
Playing Launch United, Junction was belted around to the tune of 6/125 off 40 overs. In their turn to bat, Junction was soon in trouble at 2/2 and then 6/28 off 14 overs until a magnificent partnership of 146 between Scott Thomas and Cameron Gelly. Scott making a great 103 not out and Cameron 43 not out but they still finished 42 runs short.
Under 14 Green
Yarra Junction won the toss and fielded well having Powelltown 8/121 off 36 overs. Wickets were spread around M. Oakley 2/27, A. Beauan 2/13, G. Colling 1/31, Mick Nightingale 1/16, G. Eastwood 1/17. Yarra Junction lost its first wicket at 28 then cruised to 113 off 26 overs when Mick Oakley was out for 41. Mick Nightingale middled the ball to all parts of the ground for 67 not out. Yarra Junction finished 2/135.
Under 12 A
Hoddles Creek won the toss and asked Junction to bowl. J. Fall and E. Wadsworth opened keeping things tight only 9 runs scored from their first 12 overs with eight maidens. Wickets were hard to come by with disciplined batting from Hoddles Creek. T. Nightingale broke through in the 15th over. Hoddles Creek finished on 6/49 from 44 overs, great bowling by all with 18 maidens.
Under 12 B
Junction won the toss again and batted first. They were all out for 82 runs. The pick of the batsmen was D. Bell, R. Boxell and A. Bell.