Castlemaine District Cricket Association A Grade and A Reserve sides contested one-day matches in round four on Saturday in balmy conditions.
B Grade battled out round three and C Grade wrapped day two of round two contests.
The Women’s competition finally got under way with round two bouts after the first of the fortnightly matches was washed out.
For the second consecutive week the batsmen were on fire smashing out the runs and racking up six centuries across the competition.
A GRADE
Barkers Creek 4-265 (Bailey Henderson 107 not out, Mark Noonan 74; Ashley Giblin 2-52, Harley Brereton 2-53) defeated Harcourt 7-229 (Harley Brereton 62, Lachlan Mika 49, Mathew Sobey 27; Thomas Walters 3-42).
Guildford (Tom Reece 62 not out, Hadley Bassett 44) defeated Castlemaine United 8-142 (David George 59 not out, Bailey McMurtrie 23, Cordie McKendry 2-28).
Muckleford 5-147 (Ryan White 38, Daniel Peckham 23 not out; Glen Wallis 3-27) defeated Maiden Gully Lions 10-145 (Dean Trew 47, Tim Bubb 39; Brett Cole 4-23).
Newstead had the bye.
A RESERVE
Taradale 1-115 (Lachlan Maltby 47 not out, David Millard 47 not out) accounted for Muckleford 8-112 (Jackson Davis 31; Leigh Bennett 3-10).
Newstead 7-262 (Ben Christmas 157, Rhy Smith 41; Ryan Spokes 3-60) defeated Maiden Gully 9-162 (Daniel Plowright 43, Brodie Hogan 30).
Heathcote 9-103 (Declan Brasher 4-8) lost to Castlemaine United 6-104 (Adam Smolak 38).
Campbells Creek Colts 4-285 (Thomas Bunting 105 not out, Graeme Beith 57, Jamies Collie 53, John Prendergast 39 not out) defeated Harcourt 10-143 (Koby Simmons 78; John Prendergast 4-19).
North Castlemaine had the bye.
B GRADE
Mia Mia 8-244 (Nathan Sims 68, Brett Thomson 35, Seamus McKenna 22 not out, Martin Leahy 22, Kris Barnett 17, John O’Sullivan 34, Tim Munro 34; Doug Stone 3-50, Simon Marwood 2-42, Fill-in 2-61) lost to Taradale 6-268 (Steven Curnow 101 not out, Simon Marwood 110, Dallas Widdicombe 21; John O’Sullivan 3-30).
Castlemaine United 5-233 (Leon McShanag 116 not out, Adam Perrett 62) had a big win over Campbells Creek Colts 9-82 ( Patrick Brasher 3-5, John Wilson 3-5).
Muckleford 7-138 (Samuel McGee 73, Callum McGee 13 not out) lost to Hepburn 6-145 (Mitchell Yanner 47, Lindsay Olver 28).
Barkers Creek, Guildford and Newstead had the bye.
WOMEN
Guildford 83 (Ellenor Landy 11) defeated Castlemaine United Gold 52 (Molly Kennedy 2-4).
Hepburn 133 (Jacqui Flinn 18, Tara Ford 15, Lucinda Lowe 12, Private Player 11) had a win over Newstead 88 (Clare McNabb 10, Beppina Marshall 9).Barkers Creek 170 (Lil Waters 22, Emily Baldwin 22, Jane Furze 16, Jackie McLean 13, Gabrielle Smith 12, Lara Silvagni 12, Nicole Semmens 11) defeated Muckleford 80 (Lauren Cosgriff 9; Janelle Sowula 3-4).
Castlemaine United Blue 91 (Fill-in 20, Miho Barnett 9, Emma Smolak 9; Jess Lord 2-7) lost to Campbells Creek Colts 163 (Monica Collie 22, Jess Lord 19, Caz Walsh 9).
C GRADE (Under 16)
Day Two
Colts Phelans 4-175 (Brett Coon 50 retired not out) v Barkers/North/Harcourt – In progress no result at the time of going to press.
Muckleford 9-117 (Jack Smith 42, Miller Evans 16; Ted Cordy 3-10) lost to Castlemaine United Gold 9-123 (Gabriel O’Sullivan 31, Cohen Coulthard 28; Abraham Isdale 3-11).
Castlemaine United Blue 4-279 (Declan Brasher 53, Patrick Brasher 51, Thomas Gordon 47, Harper Kneebone 42, Evie Nuttall 19) defeated Carisbrook 9-76 (Axel Purcell 35; Alfred 3-8).
Newstead 7-86 (Fianna Gardner 44 not out; Alex Cocking 3-17) lost to Maryborough 4-306 (Oliver Cassidy 102 retired not out, Keegan Doherty 87 not out, Kaleb Jardine 50 not out, Alex Cocking 32; Henry Blake 2-52).
Campbells Creek Colts had the bye.
