Dragons fly into T20 Cup quarters off Lymer-Kelly run-fest

Mark Lymer exploded for 75 runs off 44 balls to lead Bell Park over Alexander Thomson yesterday at Highton Reserve. Photos: VINNIE VAN OORSCHOT

A DOMINANT partnership between Bell Park’s Mark Lymer and Steven Kelly led the charge yesterday (January 31) as GCA1’s Bell Park defeated GCA3’s Alexander Thomson in the second round of the GCA T20 Cup.

Here is the full list of results across all eight games:

Corio 53 (M Humm 4/6, J Grozdanovski 3/7) def by Murgheboluc 8/117(cc) (S Hutley 27; A Grace 2/17, M Grace 2/21)

Geelong City 7/108(cc) (J Driver 37, A Evans 30*; D Kerr 3/20, B Apps 2/12) def by North Geelong 5/109 (A Fergusson 32*, D Kerr 31, C Balshaw 22; T Taylor 2/12)

Waurn Ponds-Deakin 7/105(cc) (P Visser 34, M Stephens 22*, L Bartlett 20*; A Russell 3/17, T Dunn 2/14) def by Torquay 8/106(cc) (A Russell 54; J Stadon 3/24, L Bartlett 2/33)

Highton keeper Jordan Beecham stands guard.

Thomson 75 (G Rhodes 4/8, A Bain 3/11, S Allen 2/15) def by Newtown & Chilwell 6/137(cc) (G Rhodes 44, C Deary 29, P Mckenna 21, D Hodge 20; S Stoneley 2/23, X Dew 2/31)

Marshall 97 (J Hilton 25, S Blythe 23; D Moroney 2/12, D McMahon 2/21) def by East Belmont 7/125(cc) (L Inglis 44, S O’Neill 30; L Vaughan 3/21, R Allada 2/19)

Alexander Thomson 8/135(cc) (J Mundy 39, N Harvey 26; M Trask 4/26, H Jamieson 2/33) def by Bell Park 5/149(cc) (M Lymer 75, S Kelly 29; D Hewson 2/23, J Dunstan 2/29)

Angus Cranny and his Alexander Thomson teammates celebrate retiring Bell Park’s Steven Kelly.

Little River 129 (N Pravin 35, M Forrest 20; A Bloink 3/24, B Ford 2/2, J Stokes 2/18) def by St Peters 8/167(cc) (H Lewis 83, R Sauni 32*, A Bloink 21; G Bartlett 2/14, N Pravin 2/44)

Guild-St Marys 8/107(cc) (J Larkins 31, T Singh 30; B Purcell 3/21, C Port 2/30) def by St Josephs 3/168(cc) (A Casey 82*, R Pickering 41*, J Bye 30)

The quarter-finals, featuring the eight remaining teams recommences on February 14. Fixtures will be released shortly.

Note: Bold denotes winning team.