Around the Grounds: Week 15

February marked the resumption of the 3rd Grade and 4th Grade competitions, whilst Second Grade returns to one day cricket after a series of T20s played either side of the Christmas break.

2nd Grade

After sitting outside the top 4 at the end of round 14, Orange City have forced their way back into second place on the back of a bonus point win over Spring Hill on Saturday. Centrals have moved ahead of Cavaliers after pipping them by 2 runs, while CYMS maintained their competition lead with a 55 run win over Wanderers.

Orange City 8-58 (B Mann 18, J Southcombe 13no; R Harvey 5/16, L Harvey 2/14) def Spring Hill 57 (R Harvey 15; B Mann 4/18, G Robinson 3/15, W McKeown 2/10) by 2 wickets

Centrals 137 (K Gander 56no, S Kelly 15; N Bennett 3/15) def Cavaliers 135 (N Duffy 33, J Ward 28, S Hogan 27; S Kelly 5/25, B McAlpine 2/23) by 2 runs

Orange CYMS 7-182 (S Garvin 48, S Mulhall 41, H Le Lievre 36; C Keed 3/24) def Wanderers 127 (A Kelly 25, C Keed 25, T Kiss 21, A Brien 18; R Du Preez 4/36, T French 3/14, C Biddle 2/13) by 55 runs

3rd Grade

Cavaliers 8-122 (B Haines 43, J Conolly 19, J Laird 16*; B Anderson 3/27, W Richard 3/47) def Centrals Black 98 (W Richard 27, J Patel 26; B Haines 4/13, C Bain 3/23) by 24 runs

Orange City 98 (T Smith 33; S Cabraal 4/22, M Wiegold 3/32, U Lokuge 2/14) def Orange CYMS Lions 67 (L McKenzie 3/11, S Proudfoot 2/11, G Tapping 2/20) by 31 runs

Orange CYMS def Wanderers on forfeit

4th Grade

Orange CYMS Gold 6-138 (B Churchland 50, B Cox 18*, C Wright 16; V Bienik 1/0) def Orange CYMS Green 6-137 (T Wright 32, M Culverson 24*, S Wotton 19*, S Templar 16; B Cox 2/14) by 4 wickets

Orange City 7-203 (N Keirle 81*, B Johnson 53, B Postma 27; A Simpson 4/49) def Centrals 91 (S Brown 13; E McMurray 3/20, N Keirle 2/1, D Johnson 2/18) by 112 runs