Monbulk Cricket Club
A SOMBRE mood was seen across all Monbulk cricket matches this week, due to the tragic passing of Phillip Hughes, who in the prime of his life died playing the game we all love. It was great to see all junior and senior matches pay respect to Hughes by wearing black arm bands and having a minute’s silence. RIP Phillip Hughes.
On the field the highlight of the round for the Monbulk teams were the outright wins to the under-17s and the third XI. Some of the under-17 players played in both of these matches, notching up two outright wins in one day. The thirds moved to top of the ladder on the back of a maiden century to Matt Gregory. In the first XI, Jason Fraser had a good match taking 4/35 and making 33, but the side went down to Eildon Park by 33 runs.
Congratulations to Ben Grimes (under-12), Aussie Richardson (under-14), Daniel Cleary, Travis Wills and Jim Fenby (under-16) who have all been selected to play for the FTGDCA in the VMCU carnival in January. Our junior sides all continue to progress and play some very competitive cricket.
Scores and top performers from this round include the following.
Under-17s: Monbulk 10/138 (Darcy Myring 29, Travis Wills 23) defeated outright The Basin Cubs 10/47 (Josh Rak 3/3, Travis Wills 3/9) and 10/87 (Hamish Emmett 3/9).
Under-15s: Monbulk 9/151 (Scott Buckley 46) lost to The Basin 4/167 (Josh Spencer 2/15).
Under-13s: Monbulk 8/136 (Ben Grimes 39, TJ Utting 28 not out) lost to Rowville 4/194 (Campbell Dennison 2/12, Ryan DeHaan 2/14).
Under-11 Gold: award winners – Jaime Turpin and Connor Scheid.
Under-11 Maroon: award winners – Ainsley Bohun and Tim Rickard.
Thank you to the 100-odd people that attended another fun and successful trivia night last night. Thanks also to the committee for organising the night, particularly Aaron Powell who did a great job as host and quiz master.
Next Sunday 7 December, is the Monbulk Fun Run, which is raising money for a new pavilion at Monbulk Reserve. It’s always a great morning, so come along and bring the family. Registrations are from 8am to 8.30am, with the 4km and 8km events starting at 9am. After the walk/run, we will be having the traditional big breakfast followed by the eagerly awaited under-30 versus over-30 MCC Twenty20 match, starting about 11am.
