Eastern records its first win in Dick Hunt
Matt Machan in action against Southland
Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Eastern recorded its first win in the holiday competition with an eight wicket win over Albion. In a rain affected match Albion was dismissed for 60 with Steve Halliwell top scoring with 28 while Matt McLelland took three for 30 and Jeff Grubb and Greg Stevenson-Wright took two wickets each. Eastern passed the Albion total with eight wickets in hand with McLelland top scoring with an unbeaten 28.

Oamaru produced its best performance of the season when it defeated Union by  90 runs on Saturday. Batting first solid batting from James Ferris(49), Matt Murphy(58) , James Backhouse(49) and Regan George saw Oamaru make 251 before the final wicket fell in the 48th over. Blake James took four for 33, Matt Lilliey,three for 35 and Dan Conlan,two for 57 for Union.Union was dismissed  for 161 in the 29th over with Lilley unbeaten on 26  and Jake Greenslade(32), Christian Westergaard(23)and Conlan(25) the best of the rest. Bowling for Oamaru Murphy took fourv for 27 while  Ferris and Josh Gutsell took two wickets each.

Short Scorecard(s)

Senior - Dick Hunt - Round 2

Union Senior vs Oamaru Senior at Excelsior
Oamaru Senior 251 ( M. Murphy 58, J. Backhouse 49, J. Ferris 49, R. George 22, B. James 4-33, M. Lilley 3-55, D. Conlan 2-57 )
Union Senior 161 ( J. Greenslade 32, M. Lilley 26no, D. Conlan 25, C. Westergaard 23, M. Murphy 4-27, J. Ferris 2-30, J. Gutsell 2-42 )
Oamaru by 90 runs*

Albion Senior vs Eastern Senior at Mill Reserve
Albion Senior 61 ( S. Halliwell 28, M. McLelland 3-17, J. Grubb 2-15, G. Stevenson-Wright 2-15 )
Eastern Senior 62-2 ( )
Eastern by 8 wkts

Senior Reserve - NOCA Cup - Holiday - Round 1

Eastern Senior Reserve vs Union Senior Reserve at King George Park
Union Senior Reserve 251-7 ( J. Anderson 64, D. Edwards 55, M. Thomas 51 )
Eastern Senior Reserve 177 ( M. Dempster 92, K. Sidon 5-28 )
Union by 74 runs

Second Grade - Holiday Comp - Round 1

Albion 2nd Grade vs Valley 2nd Grade at Weston Park 1
Albion 2nd Grade 153 ( K. Adamson 50, M. Mulllins 23, S. Rawson 23, B. Henry 3-15, S. Johnson 3-23 )
Valley 2nd Grade 131 ( B. Mathews 22, S. Russell 21, B. Rawson 3-17, S. Shillito 2-6 )
Albion by 30 runs

-Terry O'Neill

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