The North Eastern

SAPSASA cricket team

recently played in the cricket carnival in Adelaide.

The team won two games on Monday and Tuesday but then went on to lose the next two games.

All the players enjoyed playing on the turf wickets and the experience of playing in the carnival

The team was made up of players from the following schools: Matt Kuerschner, Nick Dawes, Dylan Foulis, and Riley Blackwell, of Orroroo, Ben Cousins, Will Combe, and Daniel Hayes, of Crystal Brook, Tom Wilsdon, of Georgetown, Tyson Bourke, of St Joseph’s Gladstone, Jordan Edwards, of Gladstone, Hadyn Abbot, of Jamestown, Dylan Redden, of St James’ Jamestown, Sam Mattey, of St Joseph’s Peterborough.

Coach of the junior team was Geoff Young.

Monday

Mid North 5/121: R. Blackwell 2/10, H. Abbot 1/18, T. Wilsdon 1/10 defeated by North Eastern 6/186: T. Bourke 37ret, T. Wilsdon 28ret, R. Blackwell 21, N. Dawes 21, W. Combe 19, S. Mattey 11

Tuesday

North Eastern 9/139: N. Dawes 43, M. Kuerschner 25, S. Mattey 24, D. Redden 15 no defeated Southern Yorke Peninsula 125: M. Kuerschner 3/8, D. Redden 1/5, N. Dawes 1/5, R. Blackwell 1/8, J. Edwards 1/10, S. Mattey 1/22, T. Bourke 1/10

Wednesday

North Eastern 69: T. Bourke 15, B. Cousins 10, S. Mattey 10 and 2/40: T. Wilsdon 12 lost to Lower Eyre Peninsula 104: S. Mattey 3/18, H. Abbot 1/15, T. Wilsdon 1/6, T. Bourke 1/6, J. Edwards 1/10

Thursday

North Eastern 83: D. Redden 18, H. Abbot 16, T. Bourke 14 lost to Ports 5/133: D. Foulis 2/5, R. Blackwell 1/6, T. Wilsdon 1/11, B. Cousins 1/8