Monbulk Cricket Club continues winning streak

Monbulk Cricket Club's 2nd XI beat the Footballers on Saturday 3 December. PICTURES: SUPPLIED

With the 2nds and 3rds cementing their spots in the top four in the seniors, The Monbulk Hawks managed to secure 7 out of 11 wins over the weekend.

The Vets also had a great win on Sunday 4 December, with the U16’s back on the winner’s list and the U14s continuing their winning ways with another terrific team win and a spot on top of the ladder.

Firstly to three players: Ava Dawson a new player to our Super 7’s team who has also been filling in for the U12’s where she made 13 on Friday 2 December.

She has batted 5 times for 46 runs.

Two Graces – Hourigan and Emmett – were also a big part of matches over the weekend.

Grace Hourigan is in her 5th season of junior cricket at Monbulk and last season played in the U14 premiership.

This season in the U16’s, she has taken 1/10 the last two weeks. She also plays senior women’s cricket at South Belgrave. Grace Emmett played in Monbulk’s 5th XI on Sunday 4 December and plays in the Olinda women’s team.

Scores:

1st XI – Monbulk 10/113 (S.Suranga 23, K.Snyman 19) def by Footballers 7/115 (A.Powell 2/7, J.Wilkinson 2/18, S.Cosstick 2/29)

2nd XI – Monbulk 5/131 (B.Trinnick 54, A.Gillard 36*) def Footballers 10/128 (C.Broekhof 4/30, K.Storey 2/9, J.Santini 2/22, C.Haworth-Hooker 2/29)

3rd XI – Monbulk 3/78 (J.Simmonds 41, G.Calcagno 20*) def Footballers 10/76 (T.Rickard 3/10, M.Adams 2/6, D.Cleary 2/15, C.Heppell 2/24)

4th XI – Monbulk 5/128 (M.Winzenried 42, D.Blenkiron 29) def by Knox Boronia 5/131 (S.Blenkiron 1/16)

5th XI – Monbulk 10/146 (B.Brockwell 72, K.Beecroft 24*) def by Johnson Park 10/253 (G.Ryan 4/45, T.Badgery 3/28, K.Beecroft 2/30)

Vets – Monbulk 10/145 (T.Selby 34, P.Scrimizzi 29, D.Anderson 23) def Lysterfield 10/117 (M.Cutler 3/9, D.Hammond 3/30, L.Taylor 2/12)

U16’s – Monbulk 4/122 (C.Hooper 45, E.Knight 25*) def Knox Gardens / Scorseby 8/78 (E.Knight 3/5, W.Meyer 3/5, S.Blenkiron 2/5, G.Hourigan 1/10)

U14 Monbulk 4/130 (E.Dawson 34, A.Sutton 23, M.Peacock 17*) def Sth Belgrave 5/88 (J.Brooke 1/5, R.Tudor 1/8, W.Blenkiron 1/8, L/Pritchard 1/11, L.Ploeg 1/10)

U12 Monbulk 8/82 (A.Dawson 13, T.Phyland 13*) def by Knoxfield / UFTG 6/156 (C.Doyle 2/12, Q.Kelly 2/19, H. Arnott 1/13, Q.Doyle 1/5)

Fast 9’s Monbulk 7/121 (J.Jennings-Sykes 48*, J.Chudasko 29, N.Taylor 21) def Rowville 0/120

Super 7’s Monbulk 3/89 (H.Grigg 10*, A.Dawson 13*, O.White 9*) def Belgrave 4/63 (Q.Doyle 1/3, M.Demant Roddy 1/3, A.Arnott 1/6)