By Ian Harley
MOUNTAIN Gate has set St John’s Tecoma a target of 332 for victory at HV Jones Reserve.
In Round 9 of the FTGDCA, the Saints bowlers toiled all day but dropped catches cost them; skipper Trent Pitts returned the best figures for the day taking 3 wickets.
Opposing captain Athula “Big Sam” Samerseekera, one of the leading run scorers in the competition this season, top scored for the Gators with 74 assisted with contributions from all other batsmen.
Knoxfield, looking to add to their win last weekend, compiled 262 against Rowville. Trentin Scholfield led the way with the bat making 78. The Knights also had contributions from Marchetti and Flynn.
Ricky Ramsdale was the best of the bowlers for the Hawks.
Scholfield will need a good return with the ball next week if the Knights are to overcome the inform Rowville batting line-up.
Ferntree Gully has 177 on the board against Upwey at the Dome.
Ryan Handley made 52 in the Blues innings and Steve Gannell was once again amongst the wickets taking three for the Tigers.
Upper Ferntree Gully dismissed Eildon Park for 204 with captain Alistair Lord taking five wickets with his right arm leg spin.
The Panthers were looking for a big score after being 2/120 but fell away towards the end of the day.
With the return from injury of Dulip Samaraweera, Johnson Park posted 8/261 against The Basin at Batterham Park. De Silva, Devenish, and Wise all made starts for the Sharks. Huntsmen Danny Rundle took 5/56.
Jay Colee continues to enjoy his return to the Log Cabin, taking 6/28 as Monbulk dissected the Belgrave batting line up for 128 runs.
The Magpies never recovered from being 6/53 in the 40th over, prior to tea.
In the Decoite Shield, The Basin have already taken points from Johnson Park,
Lysterfield will look to have a first innings win early on day two to set up an interesting chase for maximum points against Aura Vale.
Knox has set Eildon Park 350, and Ferntree Gully will chase Upwey’s 224.
Travis Mulder and Adam Wild have helped Knox Gardens dismiss South Belgrave for 180; in reply the Falcons are 4/38.
Footballers bowling line-up should be able to contain Knoxfield for under their 246 set on day one.
In a sensational Australia Day performance, Phillip Thiel had a day out for Lysterfield against Belgrave in Division 6.
Thiel took nine wickets for 50 runs during Belgrave’s innings, not content to rest on his laurels he then came out and made 104 not out to complete an amazing daily double.
Scores
Knox Tavern Cup
Mountain Gate 6/331 (R. Barry 53, S. Fernando 40, A. Sameraseekera 74, S. Suriyarachchi 36, L. Goddard 33*, T. Pitts 3/75) v St John’s Tecoma.
Belgrave 128 (J. Colee 6/28) v Monbulk.
Knoxfield 262 (T. Scholfield 78, Marchetti 72, Flynn 41, Ramsdale 3/80) v Rowville.
Ferntree Gully 177 (R. Handley 52, S. Gannell 3/36) v Upwey.
Eildon Park 204 (Morris 39, Trotter 34, Lord 5/47) v Upper Ferntree Gully.
Johnson Park 8/261 (D. Samaraweera 85, De Silva 43, Devenish 36, Wise 31, Rundle 5/56) v The Basin.
Decoite Shield
Footballers 246 (Marriott 47, Weeraman 34, Storey 40) v Knoxfield.
South Belgrave 180 (D. Ray 38, R. Cockerell 52, A. Wild 4/45, T. Mulder 5/31) v Knox Gardens 4/38 (L. Doorakkers 3/8).
Upwey 224 (P. Evans 32, J. Noon 74*, D. Anstey 4/52, R. Joseph 4/53) v Ferntree Gully.
Knox 7/350 v Eildon Park.
Aura Vale 127 (B. Harman 40, S. Buckingham 3/40) v Lysterfield 2/94 (D. Hill 42*, M. Dempsey 30*).
Johnson Park 121 (Payne 44, Underhill 3/32) v The Basin 5/169 (Cook 45*).
Division 3
Footballers 125 (Couch 47, Perger 3/34) v Upper FTG 3/43.
Belgrave 136 (Peters 36, Wiseman 54, Defina 6/65, Bowen 3/65) v Monbulk 4/94 (Watson 44).
Lysterfield 400 (Whitty 146, Wild 65, Peluso 54, Eggers 47, Oudshoorn 3/93) v Rowville.
Knox Gardens 8/304 (Jongen 69*, Buljabasic 64, Taylor 40, Davey 5/75) v Mountain Gate.
Division 4
South Belgrave 360 (T. Fedley 96, D. Hart 89, C. Smith 81 *, M. Baker 44, T. Rowe 5/112) v St John’s Tecoma.
Ferntree Gully 8/381 (B. Simpson 52, A. Mckenna 104, J. Franchi 81, N. Calvert 35*, T. McCarthy 39, T. Wells 3/34) v The Basin.
Eildon Park 9/332 (Guneratne 44, Smith 33, Lemm 68, Moen 44, Chivers 3/40) v Lysterfield.
Division 5
Rowville 288 (Freeman 65, Gupta 45, Lennon 60, Connolly 3/80) v Belgrave.
Knoxfield 440 (M. Cadd 200, M. Stewart 63, J. Brown 59) v Aura Vale.
Division 6
Upwey 179 (W. Haysom 85, L. Perryman 3/54, D. Williams 3/24) v Knox Gardens 4/132.
Belgrave 186 (Chapproniere 89, P. Theil 9/50) v Lysterfield 1/165 (P. Theil 104*, Carbery 45*).
The Basin 9/305 (Pratt 86, D. Lee 86, Vincent 54*, Richards 3/62) v Ferntree Gully.
Division 7
Bayswater 211 (Fraser 34, D. Clements 4/67, Lambrick 3/15) v Footballers 1/78 (Lambrick 50*).
St John’s Tecoma 198 (B. Glenn 64*, D. Griffin 47, J. Lachlan 3/12) v Knoxfield 1/42.
South Belgrave 95 (D. Griffiths 51, A. Rattle 5/48, K. Miller 5/38) v Johnson Park 7/148 (Fryer 50*, T. Hill 4/59).
Upper Ferntree Gully 347 (Patterson 121, Clarkson 58, Vanderwaal 58, Sheldon 3/58) v Lysterfield.
B1
St John’s Tecoma 198 (S. Olver 50*, D. Carns 30, D. Stephenson 3/49) d Ferntree Gully 183 (D. Stephenson 53*, B. Spicer 36, Beekhuyzen 33, B. Collins 3/44).
Upwey 7/283 (Forbes 51*, K. Kennedy 31, B. Kennedy 52, J. Koster 51*) d Johnson Park 148 (Cebo 35, Carlisle 48, K. Kennedy 3/14).
B3
Footballers 5/111 (Cole 54*) d Ferntree Gully 109 (Wilson 3/3).
Knox Gardens 1/87 (T. Wilkinson 49*) d St John’s Tecoma 84 (D. Adams 4/20, S. Wilkinson 3/22).
The Basin 7/185 (M. Singh 51*, Jarvis 3/44) d Monbulk 8 /108 (Kelly 31, Suiter 4/34).
Johnson Park 8/231 (Rawlings 39, Wallace 51*, Simmonds 44, Thomas 3/52, Montague 3/52) d Knox Gardens 7/148 (Amos 52*, Phillips 50*).
Under 17/1
Knox Gardens 8/196 (Mostert 63, Wilson 42, Devenish 3/31) v Johnson Park.
Knoxfield 219 (L. Scanlon 101*, D. Waters 3/51) v Upwey.
Ferntree Gully 6/218 (Bradbury 89) v Bayswater.
The Basin 0/96 (J. Turcinovic 71*) v Eildon Park 73 (M. Kruger 4/31).
Under 17/2
Rowville 9/162 (C. Karijawasam 37, C. Koch 37, C. Burridge 3/32) v Mountain Gate.
Under 15/1
Knoxfield 193 (B. Holst 76) v Upwey.
Mountain Gate 9/170 (Willis 43, Goddard 38) v Lysterfield.
Ferntree Gully 189 (S. Sheedy 54*, C. Jones 44).
Eildon Park 4/296 (J. Ng 51*, R. Hicks 50*, S. Khan 31, M. Remmington 42*).
Under 15/2
The Basin 199 (Schroeder 48*, Westerman 44, Hawkes 3/21 (hat trick), Howes 3/23) v Knox Gardens.
Eildon Park Cougars 7/213 (Marshall 52*, Brown 52*, Lester 4/40) v Upwey.
Lysterfield 2/110 (Rickard 28*) v Belgrave/South Belgrave 78 (Weir 33, Harris 2/14).
Johnson Park 226 (McGrath 24, Rag 87, Bowman 33, T. Smith 4/34, Ruberto 3/22) v Mountain Gate 0/24.
Eildon Park Pumas 153 (Wadlow 45, Hartogg-Burnett 4/17) v Ferntree Gully 5/47 (Burns 2/2).
Under 13/1
Monbulk 78 (McInerney 3/17) v Knox Gardens 3/44.
Rowville 5/185 (Lim 44*, Sceney 30*) v Lysterfield.
Eildon Park 3/91 (N. Rowland 22) v Ferntree Gully 11 (S. Griffin 5/1, T. Sugumar 2/1).
Under 13/2A
Knoxfield 9 /211 v Knox Gardens.
The Basin 186 (S. Ewart 43, D. Stocker 29, M. Blanche 3/12, B. Spiteri 2/20) v Eildon Park Wildcats.
Under 13/2B
Eildon Park Pumas 234 (C. Hill 50, J. Pollard 50*, L. Mclachlan 26) v Knox Gardens.
Upwey 4/97 v Upper Ferntree Gully 183.
Bayswater 5/245 (S. Glazner 34*, T. Fidge 30*, J. Rennick 32*, D. Lowe 30*) v Lysterfield.
Eildon Park Cougars 153 (N. Potalej 30*, M. Shipper 28, J. Ross 17*, N. Patel 2/26) v Mulgrave.
Under 11
Lysterfield 87 (Macrae 18, Cahill 11) v Upper Ferntree Gully 150 (Curtly 38*, Miasu 37*).
Upwey 116 (Cross 22, Rickard 18, Carden 19, Bonanno 2/13) v Lysterfield 96 (Slaughter 17*, Blair 15*).
