Castlemaine District Cricket Association senior sides contest one-day matches in round four of the 2023-2024 season last Saturday.
B Grade played a one-day fixture in round three, C Grade (Under 16s) wrapped up day two of round two and the Women’s sides returned for round two competition on Friday evening. Highlights of the round were Hepburn B Grade batsman Nathaniel Lowe’s 83 against Taradale and Muckleford A Reserve bowler Alex Cotterell’s 5-40 against Newstead.
A Grade
Maiden Gully Lions 4-151 (Guy Moore 65 not out, Brett Haw 53 not out; Charlie Warren 3-27) defeated Castlemaine United 9-147 (Darcy Carroll 32, Joshua Ellison 25, Lucas Bester 17; Anthony Blake 3-29, Leo James 2-20, Harrison Morley 2-26).
Barkers Creek 8-145 (Sean Smith 41, Nash Robinson 26, Bailey Henderson 25, Thomas Walters 16 not out; Cordie McKendry 2-9, DS Wijemanna 2-19, Elliott Massina 2-24, Iran Indika 2-24) defeated Guildford 10-144 (Tom Reece 44, Cordie McKendry 16, Elliott Massina 16; Mark Noonan 3-32, Bailey Henderson 2-39).
Muckleford 10-139 (Brett Cole 33, Declan Slingo 20, John Watson 18, Edward Gingell 15; Ciaran Gardner 3-15, Louis Chapman 3-26, Henry Phoenix 2-20) lost to Newstead 6-161 (Samuel Winnard 89, Henry Phoenix 31; Patrick Leathem 4-26).
A Reserve
Guildford 9-46 (Tony Farrell 14, Samuel Banko 12; Scott Thompson 3-15, Daniel Chamberlain 2-6, Konor Trollop 2-12) lost to Harcourt 0-48 (Daniel Chamberlain 36 not out).
Castlemaine United 3-145 (Brian Brasher 66, Mokshara Wathsaranga Thilakasiri 19 not out, Will Penrose 18, Samantha Brasher 13; Brodie Browne-Kerr 1-32) defeated Barkers Creek 7-141 (Callam De Bono 27, Rick Jones 18 retired, Archie Rixon 12; Declan Brasher 2-9, Luke Kneebone 2-18).
North Castlemaine 10-191 (Jamie Allan 79, Darren Hinck 28, Ben Holden 25, Max Matheson 21; Tim Rogers 3-22, Steve Learmonth 2-27, Leigh Bennett 2-33) defeated Taradale 9-164 (Luke Cameron 48, Andrew Vance 40, Kym Szegedi 32 not out; Zac Hinck 4-36, Ben Holden 2-28, Andrew Ferres 2-30).
Muckleford 7-190 (Ryan White 69, Theo Mellick-Cooper 34, Hayden Coombes 26 not out; Riley Pedretti 2-16, Jackson Byrne 2-24) defeated Newstead 10-149 (Jedd Pedretti 27, Lachlan Park 23, Terry Chapman 23 not out; Alex Cotterell 5-40, Andrew Butcher 2-19, Neville Cooper 2-21).
Maiden Gully Lions had the bye.
B Grade
Newstead 9-83 (Paul Righetti 28, Luke Halliwell 18; Scott Berry 2-12, Thomas Gibbs 2-12) lost to Harcourt 1-84 (Joshua Brown 52 not out, Owen Bloomfield 14; Tristin Parsons 1-18).
Guildford 10-58 (Zavier Turner 11; Nash Turner 3-22, Ed McEachran 2-7) lost to Muckleford 1-59 (Thomas Smith 33 not out, Liam Waddington 17 not out; Jarryd Moore 1-18).
Taradale 9-126 (Matthew Maerz 53, Lochie Chambers 26; Mitchell Yanner 4-16, Isaac Pedretti 2-19, Sam Quinn 2-34) lost to Hepburn 2-283 (Nathaniel Lowe 83, Corey Shiell 75, Mitchell Yanner 59; Daniel Maerz 2-67).
Heathcote 6-80 (Nicholas Malavisi 30 not out, Rylie Merkel 10 not out; Declan Brasher 3-12, Oliver Grainger 2-16) defeated Castlemaine United Blue 10-79 (Nick Grainger 20; Nicholas Malavisi 4-20, Tim Gleeson 2-8).
Campbells Creek Colts and Castlemaine United Gold had the bye.
Women
Campbells Creek Colts 64 (Jess Lord 17 retired not out; Bobbie-Lea Blackmore 3-2, Abbey McNaughton 2-2) lost to Guildford 122 (Jemma Finning 15 ret not out, Alexandra Manning 13 ret not out, Tarni Williams 12 ret not out, Tenille Thomas 12 ret not out).
Hepburn 97 (Lucinda Lowe 17 ret not out, Jennifer Schellekens 10 ret not out, Danni Kraak 10 not out; Tara Kelly 2-6) defeated Castlemaine United Blue 85 (Carol Black 2-3).
Barkers Creek 106 (Lil Waters 15 not out, Gabrielle Smith 11 not out, Nicole Semmens 11 ret not out) defeated Newstead 93 (Eve Righetti 23 not out, Lisa Bruty 12 ret not out; Gabrielle Smith 2-7, Emma Crosier 2-13).
Harcourt 82 (Jane O’Donohue 16, Marie Keane 12 not out; Emma Smolak 2-8) lost to Castlemaine United Gold 99 (Samantha Braser 41, Miho Barnett 12, Andrea Brasher 10).
C Grade (Under 16)
Muckleford 10-158 (Jack Smith 42, Jack McLeod 38, Chloe Butcher 19; Darcy Minster 2-4, Reuben O’Sullivan 2-10) defeated Castlemaine United Gold 7-144 (Charlie Cordy 33, Gabriel O’Sullivan 28, Louis Parsons 28; Zavier Turner 3-6).
Carisbrook 10-30 (Jaxon Carmody 3-3, Sam Ross 2-8) lost to Guildford 7-d-244 (Keegan Doherty 62 not out, Lachlan Condie 51 ret not out, Oliver Cassidy 50 not out, Jasper Trickey ret not out; Cooper Polinelli 2-28).
Castlemaine United Blue 6-211 (Declan Brasher 53 ret not out, Harper Kneebone 50 ret not out, Samantha Brasher 29 not out; Jack Archer 3-10) lost to Harcourt 6-225 (Darcy McLachlan 51 ret not out, Jack Archer 31, Fletcher McAinch 26, Ebony Penny 24 not out).
Barkers Creek/Campbells Creek v North Castlemaine/Guildford 5-327 (Max Matheson 51 ret not out, Bejamin Cue ret not out 50, Ryland Webster 50 ret not out, Alex Welch 48 not out, Rainz Webster 37; Jakoby Noulton 2-60) – In Progress.
Colts Phelans 3-117 (Brett Coon 51 ret not out, Charlie Erickson 30 not out; Geoffrey Cook 2-19, Eve Righetti 1-16) defeated Newstead 8-113 (Geoffrey Cook 52 not out; Brett Coon 4-13).
