Merrett & Mullan guide Eagles to win

North Sportsman’s 1st innings total of 99 the precious weekend was never going to be enough and second ranked East Gambier easily passed that mark with only three batsmen back in the sheds, going on to compile 194.

Ben Robinson anchored the innings with a patient half century from more than 200 balls and were it not for a damaging 12 over spell from North’s Matthew Robinson, who finished with 4/18, the scoreboard dominance may have been worse.

It has been a case of better late than never for Penola, collecting its first win for the season on the back of Jack Mullan’s batting and an impressive 6/36 from 9.1 overs from Gerry Merrett.

South Gambier never looked like chasing down Penola’s 260 with Sam Bradbrook (34) and Kobi Maxwell (27no.) the only batsmen to show any resistance.

Merrett (pictured) basically ripped through the top order before adding to his five wicket haul with the final wicket of the match and he was even responsible for a run out as well.

Mullan was the other key contributor at the top of the order for the Eagles. His first innings 74 was well-supported by the usual suspects at the top of the order, while in the second innings he smashed an entertaining 60 from 58 balls that included seven boundaries and a six.

At 7/39 at stumps Mil Lel would have held little hope of chasing down West Gambier’s 156 and, in the end, they fell well short, but given the precarious position in which they started day two, it seemed unlikely they would even get within 100 runs.

No one told Darcy Williamson (31) and youngster Harry Hicks, who finished unbeaten on 20, in what would have been a frustrating wagging of the Mil Lel tail.

The green caps ended up all out for 104 with the West bowlers sharing the spoils, before the batsmen went back to work with Bray Stephenson, who was one of the Roos dual wicket takers, notching an unbeaten 47, with Jake Blackwell looking to be finding form at the right time of the season with a well compiled 36.

West’s second innings ended at 4/167 as the Roos look to tune up for finals with a hit out against a resurgent Penola in the final round.

Arguably the highlight of the round was in Cox Bros action where Glencoe’s Darren Vine showed the Gambier Centrals bowling attack mercy, plundering an unbeaten 113 from only 61 balls, finding the boundary six times and clearing it 10 times.

MOUNT GAMBIER & DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION RESULTS

TWO DAY FIXTURES

BARBER SHIELD

East Gambier v North Sportsman’s

North Sportsman’s 1st innings 99 (B. Robinson 25; I. Mulraney 10no.; E. Marks 5/16) lost to East Gambier 1st innings 194 (B. Robinson 51; B. Hentschke 26; L. Turley 23; M. Robinson 4/18; I. Mulraney 2/26; E. Fisher 2/43)

South Gambier v Penola

Penola 1st innings 260 (J. Mullan 74; L. March 39; D. Clayfield 36; M. Waters 32; S. Easterbrook 5/38; A. Vause 2/28) & 2nd innings 5/143 (J. Mullan 60; G. Merrett 16no.) d South Gambier 1st innings 113 (S. Bradbrook 34; K. Maxwell 27no.; G. Merrett 6/36; M. Waters 2/18)

West Gambier v Penola

West Gambier 1st innings 156 (J. Blackwell 58; J. de Jong 23; S. Coxon 22; T. Smith 5/31; J. Miller 4/44) & 2nd innings 4/165 (B. Stephenson 47no.; J. Blackwell 36; J. Prior 32; D. Williamson 2/44) d Mil Lel 1st innings (in reply) 7/39 (C. Hicks 12; N. Walters 11no.; B. Stephenson 2/10; S. Nikethana 2/19)

CROUCH SHIELD

Mil Lel v East Gambier

East Gambier 1st innings 250 (N. Virtanen 2/24; S. Grigg 2/27; D. Whitehorn 2/38) d Mil Lel 1st innings 169 (B. Lawson 31; S. Grigg 28; B. Pfitzner 26; C. Lock, D. Whitehorn 22)

Kongorong v Glencoe

Kongorong 1st innings 8/376 (B. Long 99; R. Lucas 90; T. Bellinger 57; D. Evans 2/68) & 2nd innings 5/159 (W. VonStanke 52; R. Lucas 30no.; J. Wright 28; K. Vanderhorst 27; T. McGrath 3/39; J. Agars 2/19) d Glencoe 200 (Z. Cocks 86; C. Hill 23; M. McGrath 20; R. Stanton 3/60; K. Vanderhorst 3/17)

North Sportsman’s v South Gambier

South Gambier 1st innings 133 (J. Geary 61; S. Fisher 2/22; N. Mark 2/11; M./ Walters 2/24; D. Poyner 2.25) & 2nd innings 7/84 (M. Sims 34no.N. Marks 5/30) lost to North Sportsman’s 1st innings 7dec/236 (S. Fisher 83no.; Z. Clark 67; T. Cull 28; E. Hunt 3/63; A. Page 2/37)

Penola v West Gambier

Penola 1st innings 7/194 (T. Murphy 42; D. Redman 35; K. Chapman 2/23) d West Gambier 1st innings 7/153 (L. Rothall 37; J. Bull 31; K. Badman 23)

COX BROS SHIELD

Glencoe v Gambier Centrals

Gambier Centrals 1st innings 5/189 (R. Courtney 51; A. Bartlett 49; A. Tiruvarur Ravichandran 24; R. Ferguson 2/17) lost to Glencoe 1st innings 2/193 (D. Vine 113no.; D. Dowdell 20)

Mil Lel v Tarpeena

Tarpeena 1st innings 107 (N. Humphries 39; S. Just 22no.; S. McCracken 3/17; J. Haggett 2/29) & 2nd innings 6/124 (C. Richards 58; L. Richards 24; L. Buckley 3/8) lost to Mil Lel 1st innings 4 dec./276 (V. Patel 98; B. Williams 2/75)

O’DONOGHUE SHIELD

West Gambier v South Gambier

West Gambier 1st innings 8/153 (J. Bald 32no.; T. Rothall 24ret.; J. Prior 22; J. Maxwell 3/16; J. Miller 2/9; A. Page 2/5) lost to South Gambier 1st innings 8/239 (E. Geary 50; N. Maxwell 46no.; J. Geary 36; A. Milich 26ret.; J. Hewlett 2/21)

Mil Lel v Penola/Naracoorte

Mil Lel 1st innings 3/327 (B. Pfitzner 112ret.; A. Virtanen 51; R. Lucas 29ret.; K. Mulraney 26ret.; R. Grigg 24no.) d Penola/Naracoorte 97 (L. Gericke 24; J. Kay 22; L. Cameron 3/6; G. Barrett 2/28; R. Lucas 2/5; T. Horbury 2/12) & 5/92 (N. Bald 24; W. Harris 21ret.; T. Grigg 3/0)

East Gambier v Millicent

East Gambier 1st innings 98 (R. Lawrence 18; E. Carne 17; O. Howell 2/2; C. Bevan 2/7) lost to Millicent 1st innings 8/174 (C. Bevan 45; T. Lawlor 29ret.; C. Hateley 25ret.; R. Lawrence 2/15)

HALL TROPHY

Penola/Naracoorte v South Gambier

South Gambier 1st innings 2/151 (J. Geary 32ret.; K. Maxwell 29ret.; S. McBain 18ret.) d Penola/Naracoorte 8/87 (S. Gericke 19ret.; B. Carlin 15no.; C. Fear 2/1; A. Page 2/1)

Gambier Centrals/West Gambier v Millicent

Millicent 1st innings 6/173 (R. Lindner 37ret.; P. Duldig 26ret.) d Gambier Centrals/West Gambier 1st innings 110 9T. Richards 31no.; C. Gibson 3/21; K. Kenny 2/7)

Mil Lel v Mount Burr

Mount Burr 1st innings 100 (N. Wright 34; C. Bromley 20no.; T. Virtanen 5/1) & 2nd innings 1/58 (C. Taylor 51no.) lost to Mil Lel 1st innings 147 (T. Virtanen 39; H. Virtanen 35no.; P. Lamont 23; T. Damhuis 2/24; C. Bromley 2/11)

SIMS SHIELD

Kongorong v Millicent

Millicent 1st innings 6/197 (C. Mott 39; A. Sims 36ret.; C. Gordon 2/11) d Kongorong 7/126 (K. Galloway 56no.; Z. Angelino 29; F. Mules 5/2)

Mount Burr v West Gambier

West Gambier 101 (J. Durbridge 12ret.; Z. Wright 2/4; H. Hughes 2/6; L. Mules 2/9; J. Bateman 2/8) lost to Mount Burr 3/147 (Z. Wright 33ret.)

Mil Lel v South Gambier

South Gambier 1st innings 5/105 (C. Howard 19; B. Maxwell 18; L. Atkinson 4/13) d Mil Lel 1st innings 7/26 (T. Cox 12; E. Ellis 2/0; R. Geary 2/0)

East Gambier v Yahl

East Gambier 1st innings 4/181 (H. Clark 36; T. Peucker 27) d Yahl 8/24 (no details available)

SUMMER SERIES PODIUM: Craig Andrae (3rd), Nick Kidman (1st & fastest), Scott Waters (2nd)

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR: (Above)Team Thailand; Kritthidech Wongsue, Somchai Yinmeelap & Thatthakit with perpetual trophy and (left) runner-up Sarunyoo Tharerum playing a boule in the finals