In a couple of great games of cricket there was not a lot of joy for the club this round. Our Barclay team almost pulled off a great win against Camrea. Defending 150 runs, the Panthers had Camrea on the ropes @ 9/148, but unfortunately didn’t get the points. Great bowling performances all round (Nick Turner: 3/35 off 18 overs, including 7 maidens).

B grade were beaten outright by Whittlesea (Seb Oakley top score 42).

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D grade tried hard to chase down 293 runs (also against Whittlesea) falling 13 runs short. Benny Luker opened the batting and made 78 runs (not to mention bowling 23 overs and taking 4 wickets), Nigel Stoner made 57 (+ 3/47) and Neal Bowden held up an end for 60 odd overs before being run out. There were some other fine performances and they worked hard as a team.

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F grade were bowled out for 88. A good partnership between Jordan Rouw (18) and Jason Brown (26). Bundoora United declared @ 4/163 and put Eltham back in to bat. We made a more respectable total of 181 (D Baker 52, J Rouw 44) this innings, but were unfortunately bowled out. Bundoora: 2/110 = 10 points.
The Vets season is all but over, with no chance of making finals. We had a great game of cricket against a very strong Montmorency mob. They won the toss and elected to bowl. We got off to a slow start facing some good bowling. Stuart Krug (U14s coach) batted well in his third game for the team, as did Craig Tucker (local Mercedes mechanic) in his second game, top scoring with 26. The next highest score was made by our professional ring-in, Adam Dale with 22.

Adam Dale Batting For Eltham

We finished with a score of 8/143, not a big score, but something to defend. We opened our bowling with 3 quick wickets and were looking good having them 3/20, unfortunately we didn’t strike again until they had 112 on the board. They are a good side and played their home ground well; using the pace of the ball and not afraid to hit over the top. SLIDESHOW
Please feel welcome to add comments, particularly if I have made any mistakes or overlooked something which deserves to be mentioned.

Rob (Postie).