DISTRICT MAIN RIDGE has thrown down the challenge and is making its move in MPCA District cricket. Going into the third last match of the home and away season, the Ridge are currently in fifth place on 62 points, along with Baden Powell and Heatherhill. Rosebud and Delacombe Park are four points clear on 66 points and Mt Martha is a game ahead in second place on 74 points. Red Hill is on top. The Ridge can shake off Baden Powell if they can get the job done in this game against the Braves and keep the heat on the…
Author: IT Gully
PROVINCIAL MORNINGTON made its intentions well and truly known on Saturday that it is looking for an outright victory against Long Island at Alexandra Park. In a very tight 2016-17 season, every point and every ounce of percentage is going to come into play at the conclusion of the final home and away match of the season. The Dogs are outside the top bracket by just four points (behind Mt Eliza) and a game behind Langwarrin and POB. An outright win in this match would get them inside the four. In a game of cat and mouse, Long Island won…
SUB-DISTRICT AN amazing 18 wickets fell in the MPCA Sub District match between Tootgarook and Tyabb on the opening day on Saturday. After 80 overs of play, there isn’t a clear-cut favourite to win the match. Tootgarook are 30 runs ahead with two wickets in hand. The Yabbies will be looking for quick wickets on day two, then looking to score quick runs to give themselves a chance to bowl out the home side to record a reverse outright win. The Frogs are in the box seat though after bowling out the Yabbies for 51. Stephen Brain was superb with…
COUNTRY WEEK THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association Sharks failed to make the Country Week final despite winning three of its four matches last week. The new-looking MPCA, boasting nine new faces, were robbed of a final’s berth after a controversial result between Ballarat and Warnambool went against the Sharks on the final day. Neck and neck with Geelong and Warnambool going into the final day, wickets and runs meant everything. The Sharks weren’t able to get the job done against Geelong, the eventual winner, going down by just 21-runs. However, what happened at Shepley Oval between Ballarat and Warnambool had…
PROVINCIAL MORNINGTON Peninsula Cricket Association star Chris Brittain single-handedly defeated Moorooduc in Provincial cricket on Saturday after smashing an incredible 232 for Baxter. The master all-rounder hit 18 fours and 14 sixes in Baxter’s massive total of 7/416 after chasing Moorooduc’s 168. Coming into the Round 8 match, Brittain had already hit two massive back-to-back hundreds against Mornington and Crib Point. Those knocks prompted former Victorian wicketkeeper and South Australia coach Darren ‘Chuck’ Berry to say on Melbourne radio that Brittain was the best country batsman he had seen. As well as having knocks of 155 and 181 coming into…