By Iain Harley
IN the battle for top spot Rowville went three points clear on the Ferntree Gully and District Cricket Association ladder after accounting for second placed Monbulk.
Matt Blackman top scored in the battle of the Hawks as Rick Ramsdale also made a half-century.
Opening the innings, Blackman saw Rowville to 1/91 at tea before being dismissed for 65 with the target well and truly in sight. Rowville compiled a steady 6/239 to take the points.
The loss will see Monbulk drop to fourth spot, only three points ahead of the remaining challenger Ferntree Gully.
At Fairpark, Johnson Park made 5/266 in reply to Upwey’s 182.
The Sharks’ innings was built on the back of a century to Bryn Gaunt (107) with Lasith deSilva chipping in with 48.
The Sharks will move to third spot.
St John’s Tecoma had a win over The Basin, snaring 4/1 to snuff out the Huntsmen’s innings.
Luckman looked to have the innings under control before a direct hit from opposing captain, Trent Pitts, saw him short of his ground.
Marc Hardy finished with 5/45 and Danny Pearce 4/54.
In their second innings the Saints were 2/84.
Upper Ferntree Gully took the points over Belgrave with Nathan Crystal the standout batsman making 121.
The Kings looked to be struggling at 5/100 but finished the day on 8/256. The only other score of note was 78 to Roberts as Simon Hill took three wickets for the Magpies.
Ferntree Gully’s Matt Black had a return to form that saw him win the Feaver Medal in 2005/06, as the Blues cruised past Mountain Gate’s score.
Black top-scored with 107 whilst Handley, Henry and Millard all made handy contributions. The win now has Ferntree Gully in fifth place. They need a win over Johnson Park and Monbulk must lose, so as to grab a place in the March finals action.
In the last game for the round, Eildon Park wrapped Knoxfield up with 100 runs to spare as they bundled the Knights out for 179.
Scanlan (43) and Scholfield (33) top scored for the Knights while Pimm got three wickets for the Panthers.
Eildon Park have moved to second on the ladder while Knoxfield need an unlikely outright against St John’s to avoid relegation and send Belgrave down.
In the Decoite Shield, Lysterfield won their table topping game dismissing Footballers for 155.
Snyman took 4/27 in another performance that will see him among the votes. Upwey (8/278) defeated Johnson Park with Evans and McCarrick amongst the runs.
South Belgrave were well served by a Maxwell ton and a last wicket stand that saw them home over Ferntree Gully.
South Belgrave retains third spot on the ladder while Aura Vale’s win over Knox has them sitting in fourth position.
Knox Gardens hit back after last game to easily account for The Basin.
Knox Tavern Cup: Johnson Park 5/266 (DeSilva 48, Gaunt 107, Bowen 33*) d Upwey 182. Rowville 6/239 (M. Blackman 65, R. Ramsdale 50, D. Ross 37, T. Burgman 35) d Monbulk 199. St John’s Tecoma 172 and 2/84 (B. Andrews 30*) d The Basin 118 (A. Luckman 35, C. Sheen 31, M. Hardy 5/45, D. Pearce 4/54). Upper Gully 8/256 (N. Crystal 121, Roberts 78, Hill 3/55) d Belgrave 8/201. Ferntree Gully 4/242 (R. Handley 41, J. Henry 51*, M. Black 107, A. Millard 30) d Mountain Gate 185. Eildon Park 8/283 d Knoxfield 179 (J. Scanlan 43, T. Scholfield 33, S. Pimm 3/35).
Decoite Shield: Upwey 8/278 (P. Evans 87, P. McCarrick 90, S. Wills 40*, T. Payne 6/63) d Johnson Park 214. South Belgrave 230 (D. Maxwell 106, R. Cockerell 34, D. Anstey 6/70) d Ferntree Gully 8/161. Eildon Park 290 d Knoxfield 218 (Boxell 44, Ragland 62, Z. Wilson 36, B. Lewis 30, Gill 4/46). Knox Gardens 187 and 0/137 (Hettiarachiace 100*, MacKinnon 34*) d The Basin 120 (Wild 6/40). Auravale 8/151 d Knox 76. Lysterfield 6/259 d Footballers 155 (Hart 30, Snyman 4/27).
Div 3: Lysterfield 8/326 (Wells 136, N. Whitty 69) and 1/41 (Peluso 30) d Belgrave 145 (Burgess 6/38). Upper Gully 5/184 (Perger 95, Schimleck 57*, Buljubasic 3/35) d Knox Gardens 67 (Ziza 7/28). Monbulk 6/292 (Wright 80, Watson 67, Reynolds 40, Goland 36, Creed 30) d Rowville 83 (Utting 4/5, Bowen 3/19) and 4/146 (Day 104*). Footballers 183 (Gale 65, Johns 35, Shaw 3/27, Wilmalatna 3/38) d Mountain Gate 169 (Rogers 82*, Pruysers 5/38).
Div 4: Lysterfield 5/387 (M. Whitty 160, A. Carberry 101, R. Binks 66) d St John’s Tecoma 189. The Basin 206 d UFTG 70 (J. Lee 3/24). South Belgrave 300 (A. White 87, T. Fedley 48, S. Hayhow 44, P. Cutts 6/67, A. Ward 3/78) d Eildon Park 165 (D. Garner 44, J. Smith 39, T. Barrell 3/2). Ferntree Gully 239 d Upwey 86 (B. Evans 46, M. Mazzanti 4/14, D. Glare 3/49) and 7/65 (B. Wood 39).
Div 5: Mountain Gate 167 (Beverley 62, N. Feeney 4/34) d Belgrave 160. Johnson Park 271 (D. Wright 54, Stanios 52, Dowling 32, Dinon 46*, Beanham 3/17) d Aura Vale 250 (Harman 31, Hickey 106, Langenberg 5/70).
Div 6: Upwey 9/273 (Brown 52, Tuplin 57, Haysom 40, Hope 6/60) d Belgrave 9/187 (Chappionere 71, Anderson 4/62, Vanderwaall 5/28) and 1/52 (Hoppner 32). Knox Gardens v Lysterfield 9/266 (Theil 66, Hawkins 78, A. Zandt 5/100). Monbulk 7/316 (A. Fincher 47, G. Wright 47, D. Williams 30, D. Colee 30, M. Mullinder 61, R. Sevior 3/92) d Ferntree Gully 307 (Sevior 92, Simpson 90, Mullinder 3/61, A. Fincher 3/47, G. Wright 3/47). The Basin 150 d Eildon Park 142 (Parker 41, Fay 6/65, G. Lee 4/42).
Div 7: Aura Vale 220 (Emerson 113, Morgan 47, D. Heyward 4/44, J. Pearce 4/44) d St John’s Tecoma 160 (B. Glen 41, Greening 43, Dean 4/57). Mountain Gate 7/322 d Eildon Park (C. Fry 53*, M. Daley 64, N. Szabo 30, J. Hunt 3/23, P. Adams 4/18). South Belgrave 2/295 (Griffiths 194, Viney 33, Topp 33) d Footballers 31 (Hill 5/11, Viney 4/11) and 248 (Brickley 79, T. Barber 34, D. Clements 40). Knoxfield 7/619 (A. Palmer 115, D. Evans 142, S. Petrovski 45, T. Burley 56, M. Hastings 104, M. Burley 42*) d Lysterfield 177.
B1: Johnson Park 149 d South Belgrave 139. Ferntree Gully 9/171 (M. Catalano 50*, D. Stephenson 38, R. Boulter 3/18) d Upwey 156 (A. Beekhuyzen 4/45, J. Lorusso 3/25).
B2: Rowville 9/178 (Miles 39) d Johnson Park 6/163 (Goyne 31*, Pik 30). Eildon Park 9/155 (Hahn 55*, Tobias 3/33) d The Basin 9/109 (Rattan 51*, Hohendorf 5/12). Knoxfield 145 (Toogood 50*, Laidlaw 35, Jarvis 3/26) d Monbulk 9/131 (Hutchins 30, Scanlan 4/24).
B3: St John’s Tecoma 219 (J. Parlby 51*, B. Davidson 31, C. Vassallo 30, M. Squires 30*) d Footballers 174 (J. Wilson 46, M. Cain 38, R. Pearce 4/36). Aura Vale 3/151 (Marshall 53, Glen 35*) d Belgrave 134 (Simcoe 39, Marshall 3/32, Stevenson 3/31).
Juniors: U17/1 Healthguard Cup: Mulgrave 180 d Eildon Park 163 (C. Sharpe 47, J. Rotheram 30, B. D’Rosario 29, K. Rajamanthi 5/27, A. LeGros 3/38, M. Crozier 2/37). Bayswater 177 (McArdle 75, Withers 3/26) lost to Knox Gardens 8/233 (Metherall 48, Mostert 46). Knoxfield 100 (Boxell 35, Topp 3/22, Henry 3/24) d Ferntree Gully 80 (L. Scanlan 4/14, J. Scanlan 3/14). Upwey 168 (D. Waters 61) d Johnson Park 116. The Basin 9/178 (R. McDonald 36, A. Chircop 41*, T. Atkinson 3/18) d South Belgrave 7/137.
U17/2: The Basin/Mountain Gate 137 ( B. Stone 47, N. Stewart 31, L. McMillan 2/8, D. Bickers 2/13, D. Spark 2/19) d Lysterfield 114 (Ricardo 32, Naylor 3/25, Burridge 4/30).
U15/1: St John’s Tecoma 259 (Grenda 52, Glen 54*, Hughes 44) d Knoxfield. Upwey 4/183 (Brown 51*, Mills 55*) d South Belgrave 8/150 (Dunkley 51*, Evans 3/6). Lysterfield 7/165 (Walshe 49, Barratt 32*, T. Moore 27, Squires 3/37, Davis 3/15) d Ferntree Gully 6/160 (Jones 44*, Sanhueza 33). Eildon Park 9/196 (B. Casey 75*, D. Tasker 37, H. Crozier 4/35) d Mulgrave 4/195 (Hunter 50*, H. Crozier 51*).
U15/2A: Mountain Gate 9/214 (J. OBrien 53*, M. Brearly 31*, B. Walsh 33, J. Gilbert 3/44) d Eildon Park 172 (Lipetrie 51*, Marshall 49, Wilson 3/30, Smith 3/27). The Basin 209 d Knoxfield 9/168 (R. Lachlan 26, D. Erasmus 26). Knox Gardens 200 (Howes 100*, Hawkes 29, Wadlow 3/53) d Eildon Park Wildcats 8/156 (S. Undary 40). Johnson Park 173 (McGrath 53*, Jordan 3/33, Heron 2/18, T. Wood 2/11) d Upwey 82.
U15/2B: Rowville 5/158 (Garner 39, Bussey 28, Amaraseekera 26*) d Upwey 70 and 6/55 (Kelly 21, Bussey 6/9). Lysterfield 7/216 (Palmer 30, Neill 40, Rickard 50*) d Eildon Park 161 (C. Murphy 32, R.Thomas 3/15). Upper Gully 8/225 and 30 (T. Petronik 6/8) d Mulgrave 93 (D. Whitfield 50*, D. Osbourne 3/4, L. Nautili 3/26). Ferntree Gully 8/213 (Hartog-Burnett 51*, Barrington 36, S. Parker 3/51) d Belgrave 6/124.
U13/1: Knox Gardens 8/175 (D. Wylde 40*, McInerney 33*, Chambers 3/15, Ymer 2/19) d Upwey 173 (Perfect 42*). Eildon Park 5/217 (Harper 40*, Howard 33, Griffin 40) d Lysterfield 19 (H. Walshe 4/0, S. Griffin 3/3, Pendlebury 3/5) and 4/136 (A. Inglis 42*).
U13/2A: Upper FTG 9/217 (J. Nelson 40*, T. Barr 40*, R. Carter 32, J. Spencer 33) d Footballers 123 (J. Christiansen 3/32, B. Gialanee 2/20). The Basin 5/246 (Winsall 33*, George 30*, Stocker 31*) d Bayswater 169 (J. Davis 28, D. Ingleton 48*, N. Humphreys 3/14). Eildon Park 8/204 (T. Blanche 50*, A. Guillano 39*, K. Kottompally30*) d Knoxfield 9/192 (Fredericks 30, Conway 44). Knox Gardens 122 (Morris 39*) lost to Mountain Gate 190 (B. McDonnald 33, Smidt 31, Murphy 30, Goodings 3/19) and 5/111.
U13/2B: Knox Gardens 7/158 (Richmond 32*, DeSilva 30*) lost to Upwey 4 / 171 (Cross 40*, Waters 30*). Eildon Park 7/304 (N. Potalej 105*, E. Dale 47*, J. Humphries 37*, M. Shipper 31*) d Lysterfield 75 (Van 29, Dale 2/1, Deluca 2/7). Belgrave 9/135 (T. Fidge 25*, J. Rennick 22, S. Deluca 2/6) d Mulgrave 65 (Fidge 2/2 Muhle 2/9). Eildon Park 1/92 (Hill 31*) d Monbulk 41 (Wolfe 2/9, Wong 2/5, Thomas 2/2) and 27 (L. Wolfe 4/7). Upper Ferntree Gully 5/95 (T .Roleff 32*) d South Belgrave 40 (J. Dunstone 2/5, T. Roleff 2/0, D. Claughton 2/2, R. Harrison 2/1) and 9/80 (C. Murphy 29, J. Patterson 3/4, M. Petherick 3/1.
U11: Lysterfield Black 108 (Slaughter 25, Levine 1/9, Di Claudio 1/7) v Lysterfield White 81 (Carter 12 Dove 1/12, Young 1/12).
