Round 6 – Glenferrie B.C.C. v Institute B.C.C. - Day 2
Rain soaked pitch on Ground 1 - Saturday 20th January, 2007. |
Glenferrie consolidated top-spot on the ladder with a 1st innings victory over Institute in a rain-interrupted conclusion to Round 6. Institute heaped the pressure on Glenferrie, who were chasing 116, with the dismissal of John Tongalea, David MacFarlane and Ty Atkinson all for low scores, Captain Chris Stevens needed to get some runs on the board. With consistent rain falling and the umpires looking skyward, a rain affected conclusion to the game was a big possibility. Chris Stevens however looked poised at the crease and seemingly unhindered by the injury that forced his early retirement at the start of the innings. Chris executed some blistering shots, reaching an unbeaten 41 and steering Glenferrie to a 1st innings victory.
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Despite missing out on any points, Institute was superb in the field and particular mention needs to go to Matthew Horsey who executed a brilliant catch to dismiss Ty Atkinson.
Tony Montesanti finished with 1-22 off 10 overs, Andrew Close was very economical finishing with 1-14 off 10, and Robert Mascitti 1-4 from his 7 overs.
Post-match interview with Institute player – Robert Mascitti 
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Round 6 – St. Paul's B.C.C. v Burwood B.C.C. - Day 2
Players gather near the pavilion as rain continues to fall - Saturday 20th January, 2007. |
Having set Burwood the task of chasing 103 for a 1st innings victory, St. Paul's made the early breakthroughs as the batting side fell to all-out for 82 after 7 overs. David Gauci was the standout batsman for Burwood adding 3 runs from the previous week and retiring on 41. Garry Stinchcombe was impressive taking 2-14 off 6 overs, Lindsay Heaven finished with 1-17 off 7 overs and Brett Wilson 1-21 off 5 overs. With rain looming, St. Paul's was anxious to get their 2nd innings underway and quickly raced to 85 after 24 overs with both Paul Ravenarki and Brett Wilson retiring on 40. At tea St. Paul's declared their 2nd innings, leaving them with a minimum of 30 overs to attempt to achieve an outright result. Chris Baille finished with 2-30 off 4 overs and David Goodman taking 1-7 off 3 overs. |
St. Paul's attempted to dismiss Burwood and despite some excellent bowling from Paul Ravenarki and Brett Wilson, the determination of the two Burwood batsman at the crease was outstanding. After 18 overs and consistent rain falling Brett Wilson agreed to call the game off and settle for 4 points for a 1st innings victory. David Gauci was not-out on 13 and Chris Ballie not-out on 11.
Brett Wilson finished with 0-3 off 3 overs and Paul Ravenarki 0-4 off 5 overs.
Round 6 – Glenferrie B.C.C. v Institute B.C.C. - Day 1
Glenferrie Lions Captain, Chris Stevens returns to the pavilion after retiring hurt - Saturday 13th January, 2007. |
A glorious summer's day marked the start of Round 6 and the first game back after the Christmas break. The surrounding car park at Kooyong was full as thousands flocked to watch the AAMI Classic at Kooyong which was won by Andy Roddick who defeated Roger Federer 6/2 3/6 6/3. Back to cricket... Institute was sent into bat and opener Matthew Horsey quickly amassed double figures despite being subjected to a very brisk opening spell from Chris Stevens, which eventually claimed him when he was adjudged LBW on 34 runs. Rin Pas provided an excellent batting display including a big 6 and retired on 41 runs. Andrew Close was the not out batsmen on 6 runs. At the conclusion of the innings, Institute was all-out for 116 runs. |
Chris Stevens was the pick of the Glenferrie bowlers with 2/20 off 10 overs, Hyszca took 2/5 off 5 overs and Kingsley Williams 1/12 also off 5 overs.
The chase did not get off to a good start with Dean Calder bowled by Andrew Close for 1 and Captain Chris Stevens retiring hurt on no score.
Post-match interview with Glenferrie Captain – Chris Stevens 2.8MB
Round 6 – St. Paul's B.C.C. v Burwood B.C.C. - Day 1
Burwood B.C.C. Captain, David Goodman won the toss and elected to field. St. Paul's opening pair of Brett Wilson and Glen Pierce put together an enterprising partnership until Pierce was adjudged LBW off the bowling of new recruit Marilyn Luck for 13 runs. Shortly after Tim Mitchell returned to the pavilion after getting bowled by Luck for 0. Vice-Captain, Lindsay Heaven got off to a cautious start and when starting to look comfortable at the crease was bowled by Chris Baille by a ball that was couple of feet outside leg-stump and got dragged onto the stumps when attempting a loose shot to square leg.
Brett Wilson continued to tick the score over reaching 34 before he was run-out. David Steeds and Chris Strasinski then combined with some lusty hitting to take the St. Paul' score to 103 after 39.4 overs.
Marilyn Luck did the damage with the ball, taking 3-30 off her 9 overs. David Goodman also performed well and ending with 2/9 off 9.4 overs. Scott Peucker and Chris Baille took 1 wicket apiece.
In reply, chasing 103, Burwood got off to a good start. David Gauci was in superb form quickly reaching 38 runs. Chris Baille was adjudged LBW on 13 off the bowling of Chris Bertuch and soon followed by Amy Lee-Archer who was bowled by Brett Wilson for 0. Brendan Fox was also given out LBW and at the end of the play on day 1, Burwood was 4/66 with Marilyn Luck and David Gauci the not-out batsmen.
Post-match interview with St. Paul's Vice-Captain – Lindsay Heaven 2.5MB