By Steve Utting
THREE senior and three junior teams all played one-day games as Monbulk Cricket Club’s new season opened. Three other sides all begin in the coming weeks.
The Monbulk A-graders and under-17s both had standout first-up wins to kick off their seasons in style. Blake Walter was adjudged the First XI’s Man of the Match for taking 3/28, then backing it up with 74 not out after opening his side’s innings against Upper Ferntree Gully.
Brodie Emmett was named junior Man of the Match, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the under-17s’ win and backing that up with 28 for the A-grade side.
@BT Sport Sub Mail:SENIORS
A-Grade
Monbulk 3/169 (Blake Walter 74*, Jason Simmonds 38, Brodie Emmett 28) d Upper Ferntree Gully 8/166 (B. Walter 3/28, G. Wright 3/32).
@BT Sport Sub Mail:B-Grade
Upper Ferntree Gully 5/114 (C. Defina 2/23) d Monbulk 112 (P. Willougby 35).
@BT Sport Sub Mail:C-Grade
Eildon Park 6/132 (D. Maher 4/23) d Monbulk 127 (G. Hulm 35, D. William 28, T. Fraser 25).
@BT Sport Sub Mail:JUNIORS
Under-17
Monbulk 4/174 (B. Emmett 50*, N. Keegan 50*) d Lysterfield/Rowville 5/152 (C. Rak 2/18, E. Sweeney 2/22)
@BT Sport Sub Mail:Under-15
The Basin 6/95 (J. Rak 2/11, J. Badgery 2/15) d Monbulk 7/81 (A. Gillard 29*, L. Dunstan 17).
@BT Sport Sub Mail:Under-13
Mazenod 3/123 (D. Cleary 1/7, F. Trewavis 1/12) d Monbulk 119 (Dousett 20*, Travis Wills 20*).
