A STRONG bowling attack from East Belmont’s Firsts has put them in the box seat to hand North Geelong their first loss of the GCA1 season in Round 7.<\/p>\n
Four wickets from Lions skipper Dylan Moroney and two apiece from Jack Jenkins and Jame McMahon saw the Magpies all out for 150 runs, their lowest score of the season.<\/p>\n
East Belmont now have all of day two to chase down the reachable target score and can improve to 4-2 with a win.<\/p>\n
St Joseph’s piled on 224 runs against Newtown & Chilwell thanks to a 135 run-effort from recruit Zane Keighran that included 14 fours and seven sixes.<\/p>\n
The Two Blues faced 11 overs to finish the day and will head back out this weekend at 1\/16 in search of their first win of the season.<\/p>\n
Grovedale have made a commanding start to their clash with St Peters, batting all day and finishing at 6\/234 after 73 overs.<\/p>\n
Runs were evenly spread, with Michael McNeel the Tigers’ top scorer with 52.<\/p>\n
The Saints now face an uphill battle to remain in the top four, but will take some confidence into the run chase given they have only had two innings under 200 with the bat.<\/p>\n
South Barwon also piled on the runs in day one against Lara, seeing out 82 overs to finish on 8\/262 at home.<\/p>\n
After a shaky start that saw openers Clay Mulgrew and Nathaniel Blyth out for a duck and four runs respectively, the Swans’ middle order steadied, led by Bryson Nicholls who made 71.<\/p>\n
The Cats have impressed with the bat this season and will lean on their top order to chase South Barwon down and move further up the ladder.<\/p>\n
In the GCA2, Bell Post Hill finished at 8\/147 against Highton, Leopold finished at 8\/310 against Bell Park, Alexander Thomson finished at 6\/153 against Geelong City and Torquay bowled Geelong West all out for 139.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A STRONG bowling attack from East Belmont’s Firsts has put them in the box seat to hand North Geelong their first loss of the GCA1 season in Round 7. Four wickets from Lions skipper Dylan Moroney and two apiece from Jack Jenkins and Jame McMahon saw the Magpies all out for 150 runs, their lowest […]<\/p>\n