Castlemaine District Cricket Association competition ramped up into full swing last weekend with A Grade returning for round two matches, the Women’s comp kicking off Friday night, and the A Reserve, B Grade and C Grade (Under 16) seasons commencing Saturday.
Highlights of the round were Campbells Creek Colts B Grade batsman Connor Ryan’s 115 with the bat and pick of the bowlers was Barkers Creek’s Chris McKnight with 5-14.
Results were as follows:
A Grade
Muckleford 5-229 (Samuel McGee 54, Declan Slingo 54, Daniel Peckham 53 not out, Brett Cole 40; Martin Boyle 2-38) defeated Guildford 10-76 (Adrian Parsons 23 not out, Angus Mychajlyszyn 21; Declan Slingo 4-14, Nash Turner 4-17).
Harcourt 6-175 (Harley Brereton 79 not out, BaileyMcMurtrie 20, Tasman Scoles 14, Koby Simmons 14; Declan Brasher 2-14, David George 2-24) accounted for Castlemaine United 10-160 (Declan Brasher 37, Gabriel O’Sullivan 27, Clement Beazley 23 not out; Koby Simmons 3-25, Mark Hickman 2-24) .
Maiden Gully Marist 9-128 (Robert Brown 37, Brett Haw 26, Adil Ali 26 not out; Chris McKnight 5-14, Bodhi Robinson 2-8) lost to Barkers Creek 1-129 (Mark Noonan 48, Nash Robinson 40 not out, Bodhi Robinson 32 not out; Nathan Cavalier 1-21).
Newstead 10-93 (lost to North Castlemaine 7-181 (John Howorth 47, Craig Pearce 27 not out, Mitchell Hancock 26; George Tillbrook 2-31, Matthew Culvenor 2-34).
A Reserve
Castlemaine United 3-228 (Jack Nuttall 86, Brian Brasher 47 not out, Nick Kearton 42, Adam Smolak 30; Craig Ting 1-30) defeated Muckleford 3-222 (Tom Crawshaw 87 not out, Marty Sharples 49, Callan Hough 45; Charlie Cordy 1-27, Samantha Brasher 1-41).
North Castlemaine 9-190 (Jamie Allan 76, Nathan Anderson 32, Scott Thompson 24; Matthew Maerz 2-3, Ben Stokes 2-38, Leigh Bennett 2-43) defeated Taradale 9-160 (Steve Learmonth 52, Lachlan Maltby 35 not out, Regan Williams 18, Jake Innes 14; Levi Bruce 3-31, Scott Thompson 2-17).
Heathcote 4-151 (Bradley Polson 56 not out, Tim Gleeson 43, Brad Rowe 16; Faolan Gardner 2-32, Tristin Parsons 1-18) accounted for Newstead 9-148 (Ciaran Gardner 41, Lachlan Park 21, Gerald Chapman 19 not out; Mohan Pun 4-28, Paddy Carmody 2-36).
Harcourt v Maiden Gully – pending.
B Grade
Taradale 2-75 (Matt Curnow 30 not out, Nicholas Worthington 16; Alfred Chaffey 1-16) defeated Castlemaine United 8-73 (Will Penrose 22; Russell Muir 2-10, Tim Rogers 2-14).
Barkers Creek 8-209 (Brodie Browne-Kerr 41, Callam De Bono 34, Oliver Daldy 22; Kris Barnett 3-45, Lochlan Pointer 2-32, William Ryan 2-42) had a strong win over Mia Mia 9-84 (Wesley Edwards 16 not out, Joseph Druce 14; Oliver Daldy 3-25, Jackson Byrne 3-29, Andrew Stephens 2-0).
Muckleford 4-178 (Alex Cottrell 51, Toby Chapple 47, Francis Walls 23; Max Adams 2-24) lost to Heathcote 8-181 (Brian Austin 74 not out, Brett Polson 51, Ruby Demeo 15; Chris Edwards 2-24, Seth Gross 2-29).
Hepburn 9-208 (Nathaniel Lowe 58, Issac Pedretti 44, Amit Kumar 20, Corey Shiell 20 not out; Connor Ryan 2-22, Blackwood Ulman Jones 2-24) went down to Campbells Creek Colts 9-251 (Connor Ryan 115, James Collie 38, Patrick Jones 30; Isaac Pedretti 3-52, Tom Quinn 2-35, Nathaniel Lowe 2-40).
Newstead had the bye.
Women
Newstead 138 (Dawn McNabb 24 retired not out, Samantha Stevenson 17 not out, Clare McNabb 14 retired not out; Lucinda Lowe 1-18) defeated Hepburn 83 (Lucinda Lowe 29 retired not out; Alicia Nicholson-Pollard 4-14).
Castlemaine United 56 (Emma Smolak 10 retired not out; Carys Chalkin-McDonald 2-8) lost to Barkers Creek 108 (Gabrielle Smith 15 retired not out, Ruth McNamara 13 retired not out, Jane Furze 12 retired not out; Merryn Barnett 1-9)
Guildford 97 (Ellenor Landy 13 retired not out; Catherine Trompp 1-6) accounted for Muckleford 69 (Grace Smith 10 retired not out; Molly York 3-5).
North Castlemaine 52 (Jessica Cox 2-5) lost to Campbells Creek Colts 113 (Jessica Cox 21 retired not out, Johannah Maher 17 retired not out, Louise Smith 12 retired not out; Leah McCoy 1-8).
C Grade (Under 16)
Campbells Creek 3-122 (Blackwood Ulman Jones 31 retired not out, Mitchell Sturgess 26, Gianluca Macdougall Di Manno 16 not out; Grace Freemantle 1-12) defeated Laanecoorie Dunolly 8-112 (Edward Crompton 38 not out, Charlotte Liddicoat 20, Williams Crumpton 11; Jhi McKenzie 3-12, Blackwood Ulman Jones 2-21).
Castlemaine United Gold 1-85 (Louis Parsons 30, Charlie Cordy 30 retired not out) defeated Castlemaine United Blue 4-74 (Declan Brasher 30 retired not out, Darcy Minster 12 not out, Emma Smolak 11 not out; Ted Cordy 1-8).
Newstead 5-68 (Eve Righetti 26 retired not out, William Garsed 13 retired not out; Amity Palmer 2-0) lost to Carisbrook 10-116 (Axel Purcell 39, Rory Sanders 12 not out, William Lendon 10; William Garsed 4-19, Elwood Ebery 3-20).
Colts Phelans 3-110 (Charlie Erikson 33 retired not out, Brett Coon 30 retired not out, Cody Jamieson 16; James Anderson 2-11) defeated Barkers/North/Harcourt 4-91 (Darragh Pryor 23 not out, Jack Gibson 15 not out, James Anderson 11, Brayden Allan 10, Kale Waddington 10; Cody Jamieson 2-4).
Muckleford had the bye.
