MPCA: THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association season started with 34 teams in three divisions. After 11 matches since 5 October 2013, we are down to 12 teams battling for glory in the finals starting on the weekend. It has been another enthralling season in all three divisions, with finals spots undecided until the last round of the season. Regardless of how good it has been, you just get the feeling there is plenty of great cricket to come in the final few weeks. Let’s take a look at the last time the sides met in Provincial, District and Sub-district matches.…
Author: IT Gully
SUB-DISTRICT: BALNARRING and Frankston YCW will play finals in MPCA Sub-district despite losing their matches on the weekend. In a great warm up for the pointy end of the season, the four finalists played their ladder rivals on Saturday. Strangely enough, they will not meet in the first week of finals. Top-of-the-table Red Hill was too strong for the Stonecats and knocked them down to third place on the ladder while Rosebud shot to second place and a home final after beating Balnarring. It was a high-scoring and very entertaining game at Balnarring Reserve on Saturday. The home side won…
DISTRICT: DELACOMBE Park will host Somerville, and Pines will be at home to Main Ridge in the District semi-finals this weekend. The Parkers will go into the finals having lost just one game this season and will be hot favourites to take out the major prize. On Saturday, the team scored 8/204 batting first against Seaford. Joel Malcolm, who has played only the four games since Christmas, hit form at the right time with 65, while Nick Christides (61) relished the opportunity of warming up for finals with a one-day match. Ben Brittain chimed in at the end with 36.…
PROVINCIAL: LANGWARRIN has come from nowhere to claim a place in the Provincial finals after smashing Moorooduc on Saturday. In the final round of 2013-14, the whole season hinged on four matches. Langwarrin had to belt Moorooduc to be a chance, Mt Eliza had to do likewise to Mt Martha, and Long Island and Baxter needed to beat top-of-the-table Sorrento and Mornington respectively. Langwarrin achieved its objective, beating the Ducs by a whopping 144 runs. The Mounties got the 12 points against Mt Martha but weren’t overly convincing. Baxter only made 128 against Mornington, which was never enough. The eyebrow-raiser…
DISTRICT: SEAFORD Tigers, Somerville and Main Ridge will be fighting it out for the final two finals places in MPCA District this Saturday. The one-day matches are the last of the home and away season, with the Tigers, Eagles and Ridge all needing to win to have any hope of progressing through to the final four. Delacombe Park and Pines will definitely play finals after sealing the top two places on Saturday. Main Ridge has the easiest of matches this weekend, facing bottom-of-the-table Ballam Park. Somerville has to play the unpredictable Carrum while Seaford Tigers face Pines. Seaford Tigers had…