When Saturday games got underway it was very windy with all three games facing threatening weather conditions.
With the first two weeks of the season being called off because of heat and rain, to finally get things underway was certainly a relief for everyone involved.
Ironically, this coming weekend there isn’t any Rocky River cricket being played.
Not because of any weather conditions but because of the Test Match at Adelaide Oval that goes from Friday to Tuesday (if it lasts that long).
Games are programmed to give all the players a chance to head down to see some international cricket.
In Saturday’s games Gladstone had a great win over last year’s champs.
With both teams missing a couple of regular players due to unavailablity, Gladstone batted first and made a reasonable
total of 8 for 158 with Laura only being only to manage 57 in reply.
Edson, Foulis and Fuller were the main destroyers with the ball.
Fuller had an interesting day, driving from Port Augusta to play as a fill in, getting run-out for a diamond duck (without facing a ball) and bowling three wides in his first over (missing the pitch) and then getting three wickets in his next!
In other games, Wirrabara/ Murraytown put their ordinary Superleague form behind them to record an easy win over Redhill at Redhill.
The victorious side only had a total of 10 players on the day.
And finally, a fantastic individual performance by Crystal Brook’.
Steve Merkel got the win for the home side against Georgetown, with the Brookie veteran capturing 6 for 35, which included a hat-trick.
He also was the topscoring player for his team with a 34 valuable runs in what turned out to be the match of the round.
The highlight of Georgetown’s innings was the well-compiled 76 runs made by Brett Ballantyne who batted through the innings and was last man out.
A total of 76 in a team total of 110 is quite outstanding.
Gladstone 8 for 158 (batting first)
Matt Kuzub (number seven) 33, Dylan Hansen (opener) 27, Ryan Foulis (number five) 25, Matt Woolford 4 for 57 (12 overs)
Defeated Laura All Out 57
Rick Willis (number five) 16, Cameron Edson 4 for 32 (11), Mark Fuller 3 for 8 (number two), Ryan Foulis 2 for 9 (off six)
Wirrabara/Murraytown 6 for 138 (batting second)
Greg Peacock (number seven) 22 retired, Brett Murdock (opened) 21, Andrew Milne (opened) 20, Nathan Burgess (number four) 20, Simon Hayes 2 for 28 (off seven), Sam Weckert 2 for 25 (off 10)
Defeated Redhill All Out 103
Ben Pilkington (opened) 30, Sam Weckert (number four) 23
Brett Murdock 3 for 16 (off eight), Andrew Milne 3 for 25 (off 10.5), Dale Tenney 2 for 24 (off six)
Crystal Brook All Out 126
Steve Merkel (number three) 34, Lee Jackson (opened) 26, Tom Bunnet (number seven) 21 not out
Matt Crawford 4 for 6 (off 3.2), Jayden Burgess 2 for 8 (off eight), Greg Baynes 2 for 19 (off seven)
Defeated Georgetown All Out 110
Brett Ballantyne (opened) 76
Steve Merkel 6 for 35 (off 11.1), Tom Arbon 2 for 21 (off five)
Junior cricket scores
Rocky River Under 16
BMW 7/129 d Crystal Brook 4/128
BMW: T. McCullum 48, A. Ayles 23 not out, Clarke 19, N. Joyce 2/16, A. Kupsch 1/10
Crystal Brook: D. Couzner 50 (retired), M. Joyce 30, J. Clarke 1/6, T. McCullum 1/11, R. Jones 1/23
Gladstone-Georgetown 102 d Jamestown 23
Gladstone-Georgetown: Al Henderson 29, M. Crawford 18, T. Thomas 11 not out, French 3/8, D. Parker 2/10, L. Bray 1/2, Redden 1/8, D. Pawelski 1/10, A. Huddleston 1/11, N. Lang 1/25
Jamestown: S. Hollow 4/10, Andrew Henderson 1/1, Al Henderson 1/5, J. Hennessey 1/7 and 39, Huddleston 13, S. McInerney 10, K. Glenn 3/3, G. Catford 2/8, N. Henderson 1/2, A. Hudson 1/6, M Crawford 1/9
Orroroo 2/110 d Laura 69
Orroroo: B. Tapscott 20 (retired), B. Barton 19 (retired), Chapman 19, A. Catford 17, J. Prior 1/18, K. Smith 1/20
Laura: D. Richens 28, R. Blackwell 3/11, Baker 2/3, M. Keurschner 1/3, C. Shute 1/5, D. Foulis 1/5, A. Catford 1/6
Under 13
Gladstone-Georgetown 3/160 d Jamestown Black 7/75
Gladstone-Georgeotown: l. Wilsdon 20 (retired), T. Harslett 18 (retired), T. Crawford 17 (retired), Bourke 13, J. Flavel 12, H. Hall 1/10, K. Murphy 1/13
Jamestown: D. Redden 26 (retired), A. Smith 2/6, M. Burgess 2/12, T. Wilsdon 1/1, J. Flavel 1/1
Under 14 Zone Trial
Rocky River v Woodville, Clare Oval, November 29
Woodville 8/151 J. Cutting 62 not out, J. Bertram 2/no, S. Garrard 2/19, S. Ballantyne 1/5, M. Kuerschner 1/19, T. Wiech 1/29, D. Warren 1/30
Defeated Mid North 142
T. Thoms 50 (retired), P. Von 30 (retired), J. Cutting 5/14, H. Niscolis 3/13
Rocky River Under 14 team to play Port Pirie on Sunday, December 13 at Port Oval, Port Pirie from 10am.
Rocky River: C. Combe (captain), Warren (vice-captain), I. Heinjus, S. Ballantyne, T. Thomas, Ramsey, McInerney, Prior, Kuerschner, Scutcheon, C. Shute, J. Bourke.
If unavailable for this game please contact Andrew Kuerschner on 86581243.
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