MPCA WOMENS
PROVINCIAL
SOMERVILLE are on top of the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association’s 2026/27 womens Provincial Division ladder after a strong win against Mt Eliza on Sunday (18 October).
The Eagles girls stormed to a respectable 138 off their 20 overs for the loss of just two wickets.
Marlee Black retired after scoring 50 off 44 balls, Sienna Robson scored 37 and Tilly Black 28 off 20 balls, including one six.
In response, Mt Eliza just couldn’t match Somerville. The first three batters made it into double figures, but there were a sea of ducks and golden ducks after that; five in all. Mt Eliza ran out of batters after 12 overs for just 49 runs.
Balnarring are also undefeated for the season after a thumping win over Crib Point.
Both openers Jemma Reynolds and Hannah Young retired after getting to 50, with Young smashing a six off her final ball to get to 55.
At the end of their 20 overs, Balnarring hadn’t lost a wicket and had put 150 runs on the board.
The Magpies struggled in response with Sarah Norris top scoring with just 16 runs. In the end, Crib Point survived their 20 overs with figures of 7/90, sixty runs short of where they needed to be.
Tooradin pipped Mt Martha in their contest.
Mt Martha were sent in to bat first, and opener Angela Dunn got to 52 before retiring. The rest of the lineup were fairly lack lustre, and Mt Martha finished their 20 overs on 3/89.
In response, Tooradin started softly, but once Bec and Aimee Mellford got to the crease, things started to move along. In the end, Tooradin passed Mt Martha’s total at the end of the 19th over with the loss of just two wickets.
And Rye put Delacombe Park to the sword in their contest.
Not a single Delacombe Park batter made it out of single figures as they crawled to 9/48 in their 20 overs.
In response, Rye passed their total in the sixth over with the loss of just one wicket. Captain Ella Hilton was the standout for Rye with 39 not out off 18 balls. Her innings included seven fours and one six.
PENINSULA
FRANKSTON Womens Cricket Club are sitting on top of the womens Peninsula Division ladder after easily accounting for Carrum Maroon.
Carrum batted first and managed 6/77 off their 20 overs. Their highest scorer was Haley Quinn who notched up 20 runs.
In response, FWCC did it easily, passing Carrum’s total in the 13th over for the loss of just one wicket.
Shelly Goodwin was the best for FWCC, sending the ball off with ease, scoring an impressive 35 off 26 balls, including five fours and one six.
Flinders got the better of Carrum Downs.
Carrum Downs batted first and couldn’t get traction. Only one batter got into double figures with Hoeke Tiana scoring 18 runs. In the end the team got to 7/56 off their 20 overs.
In response, Flinders had no trouble. While opener Annie Juras went out for a duck, the other opener, Elizabeth Clancy, scored 31 not out.
Flinders got to 58 in the 13th over for the loss of just the single wicket.
Red Hill smashed Frankston YCW in their game on Sunday.
Red Hill batted first and got to 156 with the loss of just two wickets in their 20 overs. The best performance was by Taylah Casson who got to 51 runs including seven fours and one six.
In response, Frankston YCW’s list was full of ducks and single figure scores. It took all the way down to ninth on the list where Martha Langham managed 19 not out.
The Stonecats got to the end of the 20 overs with the figures of 8/67, still 89 runs short of the target.
And Seaford Tigers were awarded the win over Hastings after Hastings were disqualified.
DISTRICT
MAIN Ridge and Carrum Navy are both still undefeated this season in MPCA womens District Division.
Main Ridge easily accounted for Seaford in their clash.
Main Ridge batted first and got to 2/120 in their 20 overs. Abbey Brown scored 29, and captain Jaime Brown scored 28 runs.
In response, the first five batters for Seaford scored either one or two runs, with the sixth to the crease, captain Bec Hall finally finding some runs with 19 off 12 balls.
It was too little too late, and Seaford only managed to get to 7/80 off their 20 overs, still 40 runs short of where they needed to be.
Crib Point 2nds were beaten by Baxter.
The Magpies batted first with openers Abbi Andrew and Karina Mace putting on 29 not out and 21 runs respectively.
Things went downhill from there and they ended with 20 overs with figures of 4/110.
In response, Baxter passed the total with a couple of overs and seven wickets to spare.
Carrum Navy won the toss and elected to bat in their clash against Mt Eliza 2nds.
They finished up with 4/101 in their 20 overs. In response, Mt Eliza could only manage 7/84 before calling it a day.
And Sorrento notched up an easy win over Pines at Portsea Recreation Reserve.
Sorrento batted first and the Sharks girls got to 101 in their 20 overs with the loss of a single wicket. Madison Gerloff got to 50 for the Sharks.
In response, not a single player got out of single figures for Pines, and they got to 9/43 before calling it a day in the final over.
MPCA WOMENS FIXTURE
PROVINCIAL
Sunday 25 October, 1pm:
Balnarring v Rye – Balnarring Recreation Reserve
Crib Point v Tooradin – Crib Point Recreational Reserve
Mt Eliza v Mt Martha – Emil Madsen Reserve
Somerville v Delacombe Park – Somerville Reserve
PENINSULA
Sunday 25 October, 1pm:
Hastings v FWCC – Hastings Park
Carrum Downs v Frankston YCW – Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve
Flinders v Carrum Maroon – BA Cairns Reserve
Seaford Tigers v Red Hill – Belvedere Reserve
DISTRICT
Sunday 25 October, 1pm:
Crib Point 2nds v Carrum Navy – Cyril Fox Reserve
Frankston YCW 2nds v Baxter – Peninsula Reserve
Mt Eliza 2nds v Sorrento – Emil Madsen Reserve
Heatherhill v Main Ridge – Bruce Park
Pines v Seaford – Pat Rollo Reserve
