Warburton Millgrove could not run down Upwey in their clash on the weekend.By Steven Walter
MOUNT EVELYN has all but ended Monbulk’s chances of playing finals after dealing them a 44 point defeat. Mount Evelyn was in control from the outset with a 4.2 to 1.5 opening term. The second quarter produced three goals a piece and at half time the margin was only 17 points. After the half Mount Evelyn stretched their lead considerably with some excellent running football. They booted nine second half goals to Monbulk’s four to secure a two game break in fifith place.
Best – Mount Evelyn: Cameron Buckland, Chris Haworth and Jarred Barden. Monbulk: Vincent Dunstan, Timothy Wragg and Chris Mitchell.
Mount Evelyn 16.11(107) defeated Monbulk 8.15(63).
FOR the second week in a row Gembrook was overrun in the second half. Gembrook did look the better side early and had a four goal break at half time. However, Olinda produced a great third quarter and making Gembrook look slow. Olinda booted four goals to one and at three quarter time Gembrook held a slender four point lead. The last quarter was a ripper. Olinda booted five goals while Gembrook managed three, which secured Olinda another great win. All of a sudden there is a new contender for the first division flag. Best – Olinda: Michael Scott, Patrick Rosier and Scott Tregoning. Gembrook Cockatoo: Ricky Clark, Craig Clarke and Shannon Richardson.
Olinda Ferny Creek 11.18(84) defeated Gembrook Cockatoo 11.12(78).
UPWEY may have won the game but they were by no means convincing against Warburton.
Warburton had plenty of opportunities to cause an upset but they just couldn’t put the ball through the big sticks. At half time scores were level, but it was Warburton that should have had the lead kicking 6.10 to Upwey’s 7.4. Warburton continued their inaccuracy in the second half booting 3.9 while Upwey was more efficient with 5.5. Upwey’s straight kicking was enough to get them home by eight points. Best- Upwey Tecoma: Kyle Grenda, Lucas Matthews and Timothy Hansen. Warburton Millgrove: Kurt Henderson, Grant Newing and Michael Walker.
Upwey Tecoma 12.9(81) defeated Warburton Millgrove 9.19(73).
IT looks as though Silvan will finish the season with the wooden spoon after Wandin dealt them a 28 point defeat. Silvan got off to a good start and had a 19 point lead at the first change. Wandin hit back in the second quarter booting 5.6 and held Silvan to just one behind to turn a 19 point deficit into a 17 point lead at the half.
Even though there was only 15 points in it at the last change, Wandin always looked in control, and if not for inaccuracy, would have won by a larger margin.
Best – Wandin: Matthew Lang, Daniel Cox and Andrew Coppins. Silvan: Jake Straughair, Patrick Glassborow and Stephen Andrews.
Wandin 14.23(107) defeated Silvan 12.7(79).
WOORI YALLOCK made short work of Healesville. Woori held Healesville to just two behinds in the first quarter. Healesville booted five goals in the second, but Woori still outclassed them to scoring seven majors and taking a handy 37 point lead into half time. Woori’s second half was finals type football as they added a further 12 goals to Healesville’s five.
Best –WooriYallock: Patrick Sharp, Tom Van Veen and Brendan Snedden. Healesville: Dylan Anderson, Sam Turner and Lachlan Arthurton.
Woori Yallock 23.14 (152) defeated Healesville 10.15 (75).
DIVISION TWO
POWELLTOWN pulled off a magnificent win after facing a 27 point deficit at three quarter time. Emerald seemed to have all the answers in the first three quarters playing through Matthew Cox who had an extraordinary day booting nine of his team’s 10 goals. Playing at home, Emerald looked to be in control. Powelltown had to win to keep an outside chance of playing in the finals alive.
Powelltown’s defence was superb in the final term restricting Emerald to just three behinds. They took the game on and played direct football and finished the day with a 5.1 quarter to record possibly their best win of the season.
Best -Powelltown: Barry Mc Donald, Luke Meiszies and Andrew Nurse. Emerald: Matthew Cox, Steven Paull and Jason Bova.
Powelltown 12.6(78) defeated Emerald 10.17(77).
After a couple of bad performances Kinglake returned to form with a 12 goal win over finals aspirant Thornton. After an even first quarter Kinglake kicked into action and by half time the lead had blown out to 34 points. Kinglake added another six goals to one in the third quarter to produce an insurmountable 65 point margin.
Best -.Kinglake: Travers Mc Naught, Adam Butterworth and Ashley Grundy. Thornton: Brendan Musgrove, Matthew Bell and Shannon Galea.
Kinglake 17.21.123 defeated Thornton Eildon 7.9.51.
BELGRAVE won their second game in a row and handed bottom spot to Alexandra. Belgrave got off to a great start booting 6.6 in the first quarter to Alexandra’s 2.2. The rest of the game was relatively even with Alexandra never really threatening to get back into the game despite outscoring Belgrave six goals to four in the final three quarters.
Best: Belgrave: Ben Fitzgerald, David Loosz and Tim Riley. Alexandra: Thomas Spinks, Jack Elkington and Michael Bretherton.
Belgrave 10.10(70) defeated Alexandra 8.5(53).
AT quarter time it looked as though an easy win was on the cards as Seville led Yea 38 points to four. Seville may never have been in danger of dropping this game, but to Yea’s credit they didn’t let their more fancied opponents have it all their own way. Yea produced some good football in the last three quarters to outscore their opponents. Seville now sits two games clear in second spot and look to have sewn up a double chance come finals.
Best- Seville: Brent Pereira, Matt Adams and Mark Holly.
Seville 15.19(109) defeated Yea 11.13(79).
