It was a bumper weekend of cricket action for the Castlemaine District Cricket Association with senior sides beginning day one of two-day clashes in round 12, B Grade and C Grade sides playing one-day rounds and the Women’s teams returning to the pitch for their first matches of 2020. Hepburn A Reserve batsman Wayne Robinson once again had a top day making an impressive 120 and claiming 6-26.
Results were as follows:
A Grade
Round 12
Muckleford v Barkers Creek 226 (B. Henderson 83, S. Smith 39, D. Semmens 30; J. Watson 5-69, B. Cole 2-15). Castlemaine United 0-23 v Guildford 148 (C. Bunting 66; C. Aldridge 3-25, J. Chaffey 3-52). North Castlemaine v Newstead 8-196(cc) (T. Reece 87; J. Allan 3-51, B. Rinaldi 2-81).
A Reserve
Round 12
Barkers Creek 193 (D. Harris 35, T. Plumridge 32, S. Grant 30; K. Cordy 5-20, C. Hough 2-40) v Muckleford 3-46. Hepburn 8-260 (W. Robinson 120, N. Robinson 37; L. Kneebone 5-55, J. Wilson 2-37) v Castlemaine United 88 (W. Robinson 6-26). Newstead v Harcourt 265 (H. Brereton 84, O. Bloomfield 58, M. Frankling 48, S. Berry 46*; K. Bagley 5-84, C. Cassidy 2-31, G. Chapman 2-46).
B Grade
Round 13
Castlemaine United 111 (W. Penrose 44; C. Milham 4-20, M. Skinner 3-20) lost to Guildford 5-125 (A. Dzioba 41). Muckleford 3-116 (S Maroudas 56; B. Carson 2-26) d Newstead 113 (H. Coombes 3-11, M. McEachran 2-2, I. Bracken 2-9). Harcourt 9-114(cc) (L. Farrington 41*; P. Leitch 3-10, D. Stone 3-13, D. Maerz 2-13) lost to Taradale 7-182(cc) (.L Vearing 44, A. Vance 31*; L. Farrington 2-28, B Jury 2-31).
C Grade Junior/U16
Round 7
Hepburn Blue 4-110(cc) (T. Scoble 33*, N. Robinson 30*) lost to Newstead 1-112 (O. O’Sullivan 33*, L. Chapman 32*). Barkers Creek 4-126(cc) (D. Chaplin 32*; N. Nyok 2-7) d Muckleford 9-118(cc) (F. Kennedy 30*; K. Martin 4-12). Laanecoorie Dunolly 4-115 d Castlemaine United 5-112(cc) (M. Smolak 30*; J. Britten 2-24). Harcourt 8-59 (J. Smith 3-10, T. Smith 2-7) lost to Muckleford United 4-74 (K. Simmons 2-13). Guildford 6-40 lost to Hepburn Red 6-114(cc) (N. Lowe 31*; H. Strawhorn 3-12).
Women’s
Round 5
Barkers Creek 7-63 d Muckleford 5-37(cc). Castlemaine United 0-88(cc) d Harcourt 0-69(cc).
