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QUICKFIRE KNOCK: Strathfieldsaye's Pat Felmingham belted 72 off 53 against Golden Square on Saturday. But from 1-104, the Jets were all out for 185. Picture: GLENN DANIELS
Jets falter after flyer
Square hits back
strongly with ball
ROUND 4
BY LUKE WEST
S
TRATHFIELDSAYE
was unable to capi-
atlise on a flying start
with the bat against
Golden Square on day one
of round four of the BDCA
on Saturday.
Having won the toss and
batted, the Jets – with Pat
Felmingham in full flight
– were motoring along at
1-104 in just the 19th over at
Wade Street.
Yet the Jets’ lack of depth
again proved costly as the
demise of Felmingham sig-
naled what would become
the beginning of the end for
Strathfieldsaye, which lost
9-81 to be all out for 185 in
the 62nd over.
Felmingham began his
innings in the opening over
after Greg Lyon (0) was
caught by Square’s Scott
Johnson – the first of five
dismissals for the keeper –
off Saheed Akolade third ball
of the day.
The hard-hitting Felm-
ingham, with support from
Zoltan Smyth, took the
attack to the Square bowlers
from the outset, and by the
10-over mark the Jets already
had 62 on the board.
In a whirlwind 53-ball stay
Monday November 06, 2017
at the crease, Felminghtam
crunched three sixes and
eight boundaries in blasting
72 before his innings ended
when caught in the deep
by Liam Smith off spinner
Jamie Bysouth.
And from there wickets
tumbled regularly as 1-104
quickly became 4-107, with
Smyth (31) and skipper Ben
Devanny falling soon after.
Coming off back-to-back
centuries, Devanny was
out for just one after he was
caught down the leg side by
Johnson off Bysouth.
Apart from Felmingham
and Smyth, the only other
players to reach double fig-
ures for the Jets were Bodee
Scullie (42) and Beauden
Rinaldi (17).
Five Jets’ players were
dismissed for two or less.
Bysouth (3-17 off 14),
Akolade (3-69 off 17),
captain Ben Gunn (2-4 off 3)
and Smith (2-27 off 11) were
all multiple wicket-takers for
Square, which ended the day
1-53 off 20 overs.
• Chris Howgate’s maiden
century for Bendigo United
came at a much-needed
time in the grand final
rematch against Eaglehawk.
The Redbacks were at a
precarious 5-89 just after
tea at Canterbury Park and
ROUND 4
State of Play
■ Strathfieldsaye 185 v
Golden Square 1-53
■ Bendigo United 232 v
Eaglehawk
■ Strathdale-Maristians
8-312 v Sandhurst
■ Bendigo 231 v White Hills
2-12
■ Kangaroo Flat 8-237 v
Huntly-North Epsom
desperate for a partnership.
And Howgate and Jake
Thrum provided it to help
the Redbacks claw their way
to a competitive 232.
Howgate, whose previous
highest first XI score for
the Redbacks had been
40, scored what is already
the 10th century in the
BDCA this season – 109 off
138 balls.
Together with Thrum (28),
they added 126 for the sixth
wicket to push the score to
215, before the Redbacks’
last five wickets tumbled for
17 runs.
Howgate struck seven
boundaries and three sixes
– one of which proved just
how strong the glass win-
dows are in the new social
rooms at Canterbury Park.
Earlier, opener Mark Di
Fede battled hard as wickets
fell around him in compiling
39 off 137, while Hawks’
all-rounder Aaron Monro
claimed a five-wicket bag.
Monro picked up 5-53 off
19.3 overs, with his scalps
including Howgate, who was
caught by Nick Farley.
Farley (2-19 off 7) chipped
in with two wickets for the
Hawks, who had opening
bowlers Richard Tibbett (1-
34 off 15) and Shaun Knott
(0-27 off 14) play their first
games of the season.
Left-armer Knott wasted
no time reminding the
competition of how tough he
is to score off, with his first
spell of nine overs conced-
ing just 11 runs.
• Strathdale-Maristians’
strong form with the bat
continued as the Suns
notched their third score in a
row of more than 300.
The Suns cracked 8-312
against Sandhurst in an
innings where three players
posted half-centuries, while
13 sixes were hit for the day
at Bell Oval.
Openers Linton Jacobs
and James Vlaeminck got
the Suns off to a flyer, with
the pair taking just 11 overs
to tick the score over 50.
Vlaemnick (30) was the
first wicket to fall when
caught by keeper Joel Sch-
neider in the 16th over with
the score on 60 to be the first
of Sandhurst coach Taylor
Beard’s five scalps.
Jacobs went on to compile
86 off 166 (eight fours, two
sixes) in what was his high-
est score for four seasons.
Recruit Mitch Blackman
(57) and Sam Johnston (50)
also made half-centuries for
the Suns, with the damaging
Johnston’s again at better
than a run-a-ball.
Johnston whacked five
sixes and two fours in his 50
off 38, which came a week
after he belted 65 n.o. off 48
against Strathfieldsaye.
And Blackman has wasted
no time proving a valuable
acquisition for the Suns
with scores of 57 and 48
in his first two hits for his
new club.
The Suns also had No.3
Jack Neylon make 49, with
he and Jacobs adding 95 for
the second wicket.
Just like Ben Devanny
for Strathfieldsaye, Suns’
captain Ben DeAraugo –
caught by Todd Murphy at
mid-on off Beard – was also
out for one coming off back-
to-back centuries.
Beard finished with 5-81
off 27 overs for the Dragons,
who in their past three
games have conceded scores
of 8-312, 6-272 and 9-288.
• White Hills is already
in trouble in its run-chase
against Bendigo, with the
Demons going to stumps at
2-12 at home in reply to the
Goers’ 231.
Having carried his bat
through all 85 overs against
Sandhurst the previous
week, Ryan Grundy (7) is
one of the wickets to have
fallen for the Demons.
Earlier, the Goers lost their
last seven wickets for 51 after
they had been 3-180.
There were five scores
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of at least 26 in the Goers’
innings, but no player
cashed in on their start, with
opener Craig Pearce (46)
top-scoring.
Captain Shane Koop
again put a high price on his
wicket, facing 146 balls in
making 43.
Demons’ spinner Linc
Jacobs picked up four wick-
ets for the second week in
a row, snaring a career-best
4-39 off 17.3 overs, which
included the dismissal of
Goers’ star recruit Kyle
Humphrys (36).
Michael Peters (3-34 off
15) and Jayden Sheean (3-46
off 12) took three wickets
each for the Demons.
• Kangaroo Flat posted
8-237 against Huntly-North
Epsom at Dower Park.
The innings featured
68 from opener Nathan
Stubbings and an unbeaten
71 from captain Brent
Hamblin, who navigated the
Roos through a challenging
period when they fell from 3-
136 to 6-145 in the 66th over.
Hamblin hit eight bound-
aries in his innings.
Recruit Jamie Dass
added 40 as part of a 70-run
fourth-wicket stand with
Stubbings, who occupied the
crease for 201 balls.
Peter Moore (3-58 off 20)
was the leading wicket-taker
for the Power, while Brett
Elvey’s 2-59 off 25 overs
included trapping Jake
Klemm (6) lbw with the first
ball he bowled.