By STEVE BROWN
IT WAS a battle of brothers in an evenly poised Reeves Shield match between Eildon Park and Monbulk. Opposing captains Cameron and Shane Cosstick tossed the coin and it was Shane calling correctly and sending his former team, Eildon Park in to bat. It looked to be the wrong move after the Morris brothers got away to a flying start with 73 in the first hour of play.
Enter veteran medium pacer Jason Fraser, and the Panthers lost three quick wickets and the momentum to reach 300. Cody and Ben Morris were dismissed in the 40s by Fraser who took 4/35 from 19 overs which included seven maidens.
The highlight of the day was the dismissal of Cameron Cosstick adjudged LBW for 12 at the hands of his brother Shane, giving the latter the bragging rights for the day. The Panthers were all out for 189, and Monbulk survived three overs prior to stumps without loss, in what should be an entertaining game next week making one Cosstick, a happy man.
Johnson Park’s Martin Weightman is on fire this season with a blazing century at home to Upper Ferntree Gully. Despite a seven-wicket haul and a hat-trick from Upper Gully spearhead Jay Colee, the Kings were no match for Weightman who recorded 134 not out in a total of 265.
At the Upwey Recreation Reserve, the game between Upwey Tecoma and Knoxfield is in the balance with the hosts dismissed for 179 and Knoxfield 3/35 in reply. Steve Moore continued on from his ton last week with another 48 and Mitch Burley claimed 3/38 with the ball. The Basin elected to bat first at Ferntree Gully with Jake Best once again, holding the innings together with a fine 147 as the Bears registered 263. It was successive centuries for Best who is in red hot form as young Gully bowlers Mitchell Potts and Patrick Turner collected three wickets apiece.
Knox Gardens compiled a workmanlike 8/241 at home to Belgrave, a total that may be too much for the Magpies. Shannon Small top scored for the Falcons with 57 and Scott McInerney chipped in with 40. Michael Litterback continues to work hard all day returning 4/73 with the ball.
SCORES
REEVES SHIELD
Upwey Tecoma 179 (Moore 48, Burley 3/38) v Knoxfield 3/35
Johnson Park 265 (Weightman 134no, Colee 7/73 incl hat-trick) vs Upper Gully
Eildon Park 189 (C. Morris 45, B. Morris 41, N. Hicks 35, Fraser 4/35) v Monbulk 0/0
Knox Gardens 8/241 (Small 57, Singh 33, McInerney 40, Litterback 4/73) v Belgrave
The Basin 263 (Best 147, Turner 3/51, Potts 3/35) v Ferntree Gully
DECOITE SHIELD
Mt Gate 280 (Bunting 93, Lindner 61, Heath 48, Suckling 5/60, Atkinson 3/37) v South Belgrave
Lysterfield 9/262 (McElroy 80, ret Inglis 46, Ferguson 32, Matthews 3/24) v St Johns Tecoma
Auravale 165 (Miles 34, Harman 34) v Rowville
Knox City 197 (Lakshita 5/39) vs Footballers 2/46
Division 3
Upper Gully 8/270 (Cutts 81, Lord 63no) v Johnson Park
Knoxfield 4/286 (M Perry 102no, Povah 82, D Perry 62) v Upwey Tecoma
Eildon Park 7/375 (Waldron 151no, R. Hicks 89, White 3/96) vs Monbulk
Ferntree Gully 165 (Teofilo 65, Wallace 5/15, Fay 3/35) v The Basin 0/50
Division 4
South Belgrave 9/233 (Ray 50, McDermott 39, Maddox 36, Otten 32, Croxford 4/40) v Mt Gate
Footballers 217 (Storey 63, Marriott 43, Walker 3/23) v Knox Boronia Churches
Lysterfield 217 (D. Rosario 74, Lima 35, Lapthrone 35) v St Johns Tecoma 1/20
Division 5
South Belgrave 127 (Bass 34, Fisher 3/23, Adcock 3/35) v Knox Gardens 2/171 (Buljabasic 60, Lambrick 57, Marget 41no)
Ferntree Gully 71 (Catalano 35, Winters 6/35, Lee 4/36) v The Basin 4/214 (Latham 118no)
Knoxfield 8/215 (Harriss 52no, Palamara 42) v Knox City
Division 6
Eildon Park 1/96 (Tait 40no, Fisher 31no) v Mt Gate 75 (Gupta 3/9)
Upwey Tecoma 8/117 (Hughes 51, Van Dyk 4/27) v Ferntree Gully 4/129 (Drake 49)
Belgrave 5/89 v Lysterfield 3/150 (Kinniburgh 100)
Footballers 5/96 (Amy 34) v Knox Boronia Churches 3/85 (Goodman 31)
Division 7
Eildon Park 140 (Downs 73) Formani 5/1) v Knoxfield 7/209 (Maibaum 83, Conway 50, March 3/25)
Upper Gully 6/131 (Goodger 41, Knight 38) v Knox Gardens 1/82
Lysterfield 63 (Menke 38, Lamers 4/2, H. Emmett 3/13) v Monbulk 9/189 (Gregory 89no, Jones 3/3)
St Johns Tecoma 112 (Symons 4/15) vs Ferntree Gully 2/69 (T. Black 35)
Johnson Park 4/164 (Jones 37, M. Francis 43no, L.Saultry 40no) v The Basin 1/148 (O’Sullivan 30no, Best 75no).
B2
Eildon Park 1/79 (Dozzi 49) d Waverley Wanderers 76 (White 3/12)
Lysterfield 2/112 (Hunt 50no, Whitty 31no) d Knox Boronia Churches 106 (Mylas 36, Whitty 3/14, Sweeney 4/26)
U/17
Eildon Park Panthers 8/84 (Gregg 3/8, Smyth 3/9) v Knoxfield 9/40 (Young 3/10)
Upper Gully 2/123 (Mitrevski 36, Begley 56no) v The Basin 8/75 (Mitrevski 3/10)
Eildon Park Wildcats 2/59 v Mazenod 2/158
Monbulk 7/115 Vs The Basin 47
Ferntree Gully 3/120 (Trevenen 40no, Bullock 30) v Knox Gardens 5/67
U/15
Lysterfield 5/40 v Knoxfield 6/88
Eildon Park Panthers 4/63 v Rowville 4/88
Eildon Park Wildcats 36 v Johnson Park 4/164
Upper Gully 4/70 (Bailey 29no) v Knox Gardens 2/122 (Curnow 50no, Marget 33)
Monbulk 4/60 v The Basin 2/91
U/13
Eildon Park Panthers 6/57 v Eildon Park Cougars 4/54
Upwey Gold 1/82 (Jansen 27no, Dunning 20no) v Upper Gully 5/92 (Leeson 26, Lord 19, Kensley 2/10)
Monbulk 3/78 vs Rowville 0/98
U/12
Griffins Orange 4/74 (R. Harrison 16, Kahznitz 16, B. Harrison 15no) v Eildon Park Cougars 4/54
Eildon Park Pumas 4/57 v The Basin 2/82
