Steve Pascoe Shield
Healesville 1st XI def South Croydon 3rd XI (Queens Park, Healesville)
Coming off the back of a much-needed win last week Healesville was keen to secure another victory to be guaranteed not being relegated. South Croydon won the toss and elected to bat. Healesville’s bowlers put on quite a display of disciplined bowling to restrict South Croydon’s batsmen early and had the visitors 2/64 at drinks. With wickets in hand though South Croydon was in a reasonably strong position and went on to post a defendable 6/168. Nick Lowe was his forever reliable, finishing with 1/15 of 8 and Luke Chandler 2/34 off 8, and Josh Handasyde 2/29 off 7 also contributing well.
Healesville found themselves in a little bit of trouble early at 3/34 after 9 overs but thanks to yet another display of disciplined controlled batting by Brandon D’Amore 65no, including a 69 run partnership with skipper Max Minney 28 and a 40 run partnership with Kris Anderson 16no, he was the backbone of the innings and guided Healesville to a comfortable victory with 5 wickets and 2 overs to spare.
B Grade Don Smith Shield
Coldstream 1st XI def Healesville 2nd XI (Halle Supple Oval, Coldstream)
Coldstream won the toss and elected to bat. Jay Tacey got the early breakthrough in the 5th over and then Brenton Damrow the next in the 10th over and Healesville managed to hold Coldstream and have them 2/63 at the drinks break. With a good platform and wickets in hand Coldstream’s batsman took to the Healesville bowling attack in the back half of their innings to finish up 5/203 of their 35 overs. In an innings dominated by the batters, Brenton Damrow was outstanding with the ball for Healesville finishing with 1/17 of his 7 overs.
With a big task in front of them, Healesville struggled early to find themselves 4/67 at the drinks break. When skipper Michael Jackson was dismissed in the 23 over for 36 Healesville looked in real trouble. Brenton Damrow and Curtis Adamson went on to put together a 42 run partnership to restore some respectability to Healesville innings but ultimately Healesville ran out of overs to finish up 7/135 after their 35 overs, well short of Coldstream’s total. Brenton Damrow top-scoring with 37 in addition to his bowling performance.
M1 Grade Ian Dench Shield
Healesville 3rd XI def Montrose 6th XI (Don Road No.2, Healesville)
Montrose won the toss and sent Healesville in to bat. This proved to be a good move with the Montrose opening bowlers making short work of Healesville’s top order with only Riley Dash 15 and Riley Cameron 16 managing to post much of a score. Healesville was in trouble at 5/31 in only the 9th over. Thanks to a couple of reasonable partnerships between Moss Fawdry 44no and then brother and skipper Scott Fawdry and Riley Cameron 14, Healesville managed to get to 9/125 off their 36 overs.
Montrose got off to a great start with the bat to be 0/52 at the drinks break and looking to be in control. Riley Cameron got the breakthrough in the 21st over dismissing one of the openers. With the other opener having to retire after a well-made 50 and some disciplined bowling by Healesville the home side held on to restrict Montrose to 7/122 of their 36 overs and claim victory. Pick of the Healesville bowlers Moss Fawdry 2/21 of 6 and Blake Ralis 2/6 off 2.
Yarra Valley Hub (Greg Mitchell Shield)
Hoddles Creek 2nd XI def by Healesville 4th XI (Hoddles Creek Reserve, Hoddles Creek)
Healesville’s 4th’s this week travelled to Hoddles Creek needing a win to hopefully sneak back into the top 4. Hoddles won the toss and sent Healesville into bat. Healesville’s top order completely dominated the Hoddles bowling attack with Dave Plunkett 50rtno, Joseph Kay 51rtno, and Matt Cooper 51rtno (continuing his outstanding form with the bat) taking Healesville to an impressive 4/206 of their 36 overs.
With a good all-round performance in the field Healesville kept the game in their control going on to win the game by 51 runs, holding Hoddles to 5/155 of their 36 overs, and keeping their finals hopes alive. Best of the Healesville bowlers Bailey Rutley 1/23 off 7, Pete Nolan 1/6 off 3, and Bryan Louw 1/10 off 3.
