{"id":158558,"date":"2025-04-03T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=158558"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:12:16","slug":"north-geelong-storm-to-sixth-straight-first-xi-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/north-geelong-storm-to-sixth-straight-first-xi-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"North Geelong storm to sixth straight First XI flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH Geelong are kings of the crease again, winning their sixth straight GCA 1 1st XI premiership in fine fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies defeated Newtown &amp; Chilwell in a blowout at South Barwon Reserve at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>North Geelong won the toss and elected to bat first on Saturday, smashing out a huge 343 runs across 110 overs on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Alistair McCann starred with bat in hand, making 127 runs, including seven fours and three 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href=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/B07K0767-Samuel-Mitchell20Newtown-Chilwell-batting-Grand-Final-1st-XI-GCA-A1-Grade-Cricket-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/B07K0767-Samuel-Mitchell20Newtown-Chilwell-batting-Grand-Final-1st-XI-GCA-A1-Grade-Cricket-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/B07K0867-DROPPEDNick-BurkevestNewtown-Chilwell-batting-Grand-Final-1st-XI-GCA-A1-Grade-Cricket-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/B07K0867-DROPPEDNick-BurkevestNewtown-Chilwell-batting-Grand-Final-1st-XI-GCA-A1-Grade-Cricket-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Your-paragraph-text-2025-04-02T155413.551.png\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Your-paragraph-text-2025-04-02T155413.551-300x158.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dale Kerr whacked 57, while Tom Mathieson was 38 not out.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Guida and Dylan Hodge both took three wickets for Newtown &amp; Chilwell.<\/p>\n<p>North Geelong then steamrolled through their opponents for 80 runs on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Tom Mathieson took a whopping six wickets off just 14 overs, backed up by Dale Kerr&#8217;s three wickets.<\/p>\n<p>McCann was named man of the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH Geelong are kings of the crease again, winning their sixth straight GCA 1 1st XI premiership in fine fashion. 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