Fine skies finally greeted Castlemaine District Cricket Association sides last Friday evening and Saturday with some close contests battled out. Results were as follows:
A Grade
Guildford 7-195 (T Thomas 72, S Webster 32, N Webster 26, T Reece 3-28) lost to Newstead 4-197 (R Smith 87 not out, C Hepburn 33, K Walter 27, A Parsons, 2-35).
Muckleford 139 (J Watson 46, E Gingell 26, D George 4-21) lost to Castlemaine United 6-140 (C Aldridge 34 not out, J Priest 2-27).
Hepburn drew with Maiden Gully Marist and Barkers Creek had the bye.
A Reserve
Barkers Creek 4-212 (C Anderson 58 not out, G Temby 39, D Scofield 38 not out, N Anderson 35) def Guildford 8-183 (J Collie 54 not out, A Mychajlyszyn 39, N Anderson 3-40).
Castlemaine United 9-156 (D Carroll 42, W Penrose 31 not out, B Jury 4-21, M Franklin 2-3. lost to Harcourt 7-223 (H Brereton 56, A Code 36 not out, M Frankling 31, T Kelson 28, S Thompson 27, S Brasher 3-48, C Warren 2-35).
Newstead 111 (C Gardener 47 not out, K Beer 2-4, J Allan 2/11, G Singh2-22) lost to North Castlemaine 4-114 (A Ferres 40 not out, J Allan 26, L Bright 2/31).
Maiden Gully Marist 121 (M Brownlee 47, H Coombes 4-32, D Singh 2-19) lost to Muckleford 5-123 (D Envall 49).
Taradale had the bye.
B Grade
Newstead 9-103 (T Chapman 50, L Farrington 2-8, K Simmons 2-21) lost to Harcourt 2-107 (O Bloomfield 46 not out, C Cassidy 31 not out, K Simmons 27).
Maiden Gully Marist 105 (R Fisher 37 not out, E McEachran 4-15, J Smith 2-11, M Kennedy 2-27) def Muckleford Gold 10-100 (P O’Connor 25, J Hayden 4-8, A Foy 2-14).
Guildford 7-94 (M Williams 58, J Wilson 2-17) lost to Castlemaine United Gold 2-104 (L Kneebone 50 not out).
Muckleford Maroon 2-108 (T Gingell 80 not out) def Castlemaine United Blue 102 (J Ellison 48 not out, C Tingay 4-9, C Edwards 2-15, C Butcher 2-20).
Women
Barkers Creek 7-110 def Castlemaine United Blue 5-67 (G Smith 2-6).
Castlemaine United Gold 7-66 (G Butera 2-9) lost to Hepburn 5-102 (E Nuttall 2-8).
Harcourt 6-76 lost to Guildford 3-97.
Maiden Gully Marist 10-50 ( E Righetti 2-3, F Gardener 2-4, D McNabb 2-6) lost to Newstead 1-141.
