By STEVE BROWN
THE late Mark Paffett would have been proud of young Johnson Park off spinner Steve “Devo” Devenish after his performance with the bat in the annual Paffett Shield between Knoxfield and Johnson Park.
Defending 208, the Knoxfield bowlers could only manage one wicket for the day as Devenish, generally used in many positions in the batting order, polished off an unbeaten 170 and a maiden century to give the Sharks a much-needed win and the shield. The Basin had the runs on the board against Eildon Park accounting for the Panthers by 123 runs. Eildon Park batsman John Doak recruited from ECA club Burwood was dismissed for 97 however it was The Basin bowlers Matthew Stark and Matthew Heskes who put the screws on the reigning premiers, knocking them over for 200. After the game, Eildon Park skipper Cam Cosstick praised the performance of the Bears.
“We are struggling to really put a game together at present, and I made comment at the presentation night last season that The Basin was going to be a good side after they won promotion from Decoite Shield.”
Ferntree Gully’s Josh Henry continues to lead from the front in the Blues first win of the season against Belgrave. Set 201, Henry paved the way for a confidence boosting victory with 69, well supported by Ryder Medallist Robbie Bartlett with 36. The Blues ended the day’s play at 6/206 as Belgrave swing bowler Michael Litterbach took five of the six wickets to fall. The Magpies have now lost their past two matches after a positive start to the season.
Upwey Tecoma successfully defended 255 at Monbulk. Hawks stroke maker Shane Cosstick was back in form with the willow however once he was dismissed for 92 that was the end of the ball game for the home side.
All rounder Phil Salter’s contribution of 43 and 3/41 cannot be ignored in Upper Gully’s close win against Knox Gardens (194) at Kings Park. Adam Wild did his best to win the game for the Falcons with 4/68 but it was Salter and Josh Begley, 35 not out, who won the battle with only two wickets in the bank. The association extends our best wishes to local Ferntree Gully identity, 92-year-old Don Downes who is recovering in a nursing home after illness. In 1960, Downes set a first eleven batting record of 173 not out for the Ferntree Gully Footballers Cricket Club, a record which stood for 50 years, broken by Chris Brittain in 2010.
Scores (Round 5)
Reeves Shield
Johnson Park 1/215 (S. Devenish 170no) d Knoxfield 208 (L. Scanlan 96 Weightman 5/50)
The Basin 7/323 (Best 128 R. Heskes 57) d Eildon Park 200 (Doak 97 Evans 42no Stark 3/46 M. Heskes 3/57)
Ferntree Gully 6/206 (Henry 69 Potts 30 Bartlett 36 Litterback 5/52) d Belgrave 201 (Hill 66 Bradley 5/48 Henry 4/41)
Upper Gully 8/200 (Salter 43 Begley 35no Wild 4/68) d Knox Gardens 194 (Gregory 65 Salter 3/41)
Upwey Tecoma 6/255 (Moore 101 Evans 52 Hewitt 52) d Monbulk 226 (Cosstick 92 Clark 32 Lynch 3/39 Waters 3/78)
Decoite Shield
South Belgrave 180 (Baker 69) d St Johns Tecoma 121 (Atkinson 4/27 Suckling 3/24)
Footballers 73 (C. Wheeler 8/23) d by Mt Gate 107 (Fitzgerald 47 Lakshita 6/21)
Auravale 167 d Lysterfield 146 (McDonald 4/42 Dodd 3/34 Kulasena 53 McElroy 36)
Knox City Vs Rowville (no scores)
Division 3
Knoxfield 310 (Perry 112) d Johnson Park 209 (Bourke 112 Burley 4/33).
The Basin 9/278 (Porch 48) d Eildon Park 218 (Siwek 40no, Fay 6/73).
Ferntree Gully 297 (Mastertoun 123) d Belgrave 209 (Carnie 52, Balfour 43, McNamara 54, Callaghan 7/56).
Upwey Tecoma 7/174 (Heath 77 Maher 3/35) d Monbulk 170 (Maher 50)
Knox Gardens 277 (Morrison 49, Z. Flintoff 59, Young 56, Oliver 3/58) d Upper Gully 169 (Duff 47 Vernon 3/27).
Division 4
Lysterfield 8/265 (Nicolopoulos 91, Anderton 105, Nicholls 5/61) d Auravale 105 (Glenister 5/24) and 4/154.
Mt Gate 180 d Footballers 67 (Wimalaratna 5/26 Atacador 4/6) and1/68 (Mutyambri 42).
South Belgrave 8/306 (Ray 70) d St Johns Tecoma 84 and 167 (Matthews 47, Burley 3/45, Bromley 3/25).
Knox Boronia Churches 290 (Reid 104 Chaplin 46 Morris 35) d Rowville 256 (Spencer 4/57, Sidhu 48, Wooley 52).
Division 5
South Belgrave 204 d The Basin 185 (Blangiardo 33, Edwards 30)
Ferntree Gully 6/299 (Cole 122no, Salan 73) d Knoxfield 275 (Royers 107 Wilson 32 Cole 3/36 Salan 3/61)
Eildon Park 3/192 (Casey 100no, Gill 55) d Knox City 186 (O’Brien 54)
Knox Gardens 226 (J. Marget 57, Montague 36, Bailey 3/59, Padwal 3/10) d Upper Gully 89 (Sherry 41 Lambrick 6/13) and 8/89.
Division 6
Footballers 157 (Pritchard 6/57) and 3/85 d Ferntree Gully 90 (Gale 3/11) and 6/143 (Reed 48 Woods 35 Gale 5/38).
Upwey Tecoma 6/230 (Spence 78, Lucas 52) d Rowville 225 (Ralston 56, Arthur 55, Hoven 41, Buck 5/47).
Lysterfield 9/193 (Grimston 59 Davey 3/64) d Mt Gate 7/101 (Wheeler 33, Heap 3/7) and 1/60 (Heads 31no).
Eildon Park 180 (Pollard 34, Tait 32, Walter 3/28 Dewar 3/19) d Johnson Park 143 (Barrington 45, Beer 3/13).
Knox Boronia Churches 6/207 (Walker 74no, Munroe 37 Wittman 3/35) d Belgrave 205 (Wiseman 58 McPherson 38).
Division 7
Knoxfield 8/259 (McInerney 66 Gregg 51 Bashari 50 James 45no, Wallace 4/35) d St Johns Tecoma 254 (Adams 52, McInerney 4/49).
Johnson Park 2/222 d Lysterfield 207 (Gwynee 63 Walker 39)
Monbulk 225 (Hulm 48 C. Fraser 42 Best 3/36, Hobbs 3/33) d The Basin 201 (K. Winters 45 Terrington 30)
Upper Gully 6/229 (Goodger 83 G. Knight 45 Withers 5/44) d Upwey Tecoma 9/141 (Hughes 42 Anderson 32 Strange 5/24 Goodger 3/3).
Knox Gardens 3/237 (Stuckey 101no) d Eildon Park 179 (Anderson 69 Bakker 3/26).
B1
Waverley Wanderers 7/283 (Walpola 53no, Rowe 53no, Fernando 51, Adams 34 Cook 3/54) d Belgrave 126 (Jeyathilaka 3/21)
Upper Gully 0/175 (Strange 50no, Gifford 50no, J. Zaloumis 53no) d St Johns Tecoma 8/174 (Glazner 50no, Z. Zaloumis 4/25).
South Belgrave 1/60 (Costa 37) d Knox City 49 (Sheridan 3/3)
B2
Eildon Park 4/65 d Knox City 63
Auravale 165 d Lysterfield 9/162 (Edwards 46 Young 36)
Waverley Wanderers 4/187 (Stephens 36 Ennor 41no, Fernando 50no) d Monbulk 9/115 (Badgery 42, Stephens 3/14).
Rowville 3/86 (Lennon 48no) d Ferntree Gully 64 (Nevin 4/16 Bleeze 3/24)
U/17
Ferntree Gully (Salan 100no Trevenen 50) and 3/27 d Eildon Park Panthers 8/174 (Forgan 35 Jencke 32 Trevenen 3/27).
Mazenod OC 5/172 (Rak 3/21) d Monbulk 9/167 (Fenby 37, Cleary 31, Rak 31).
Knoxfield 204 (Bundy 76, Meagher 3/46) d Upper Gully 9/131 (Begley 62)
U/15
Eildon Park Wildcats 6/167 (Luke 50no) d The Basin 153 (Tassel 43)
Bayswater 134 (Buckley 3/15) and 1/50 d Monbulk 78
Ferntree Gully 8/147 (Byrne 50no) d Auravale 60 and 74 (Fajloun 4/10)
Knoxfield 6/160 (Dunning 30 Strange 3/30) d Upper Gully 9/146 (Griffiths 36 Bailey 35)
U/13
Upwey Gold 5/168 (Jansen 30no Sheehan 33no) d Monbulk 7/115 (Grimes 30no Spencer 30no)
Eildon Park Panthers 7/156 (Tibballs 32no Sonsie 31no) d Eildon Park Wildcats 6/126 (Singh 31no, Tibballs 3/18)
Johnson Park 6/203 (Brown 60no) def Upper Gully 5/198 (Henry 30no Wilkinson 30no, Goodger 32no)
U/12
The Basin 7/190 (B.Harrison 3/3) d Griffins Orange 130 (Wieclaw 23 R.Harrison 21no, B. Harrison 18 J. Stockham 24)
Eildon Park Pumas 8/171 (Arundel 39 Wilkins 30) d Rowville 8/145
Knoxfield 6/175 (Collingson 48 Simpson 28no, Faulkner 23no) d Belgrave 110
Knox Gardens 5/197 d Eildon Park Cougars 103.
