Cobra batsman Rick Dennerley looks back at his shattered stumps (obscured) in disappointment after Tooradin’s Trevor Johnson ran him out for 10 with a direct hit.
Picture: Mike Richards.
TOORADIN’S A-grade bowlers were on target, restricting Merinda Park to 171 on Saturday.
Merinda Park won the toss and elected to bat and the Seagulls got away to an excellent start when Rick Holland bowled the opening batsmen on the second ball.
When Greg Bethune bowled Brett Whittingham and Rick Holland had the other opener caught, Merinda Park had slumped to 3/9.
Matt Finch broke a fighting partnership when he took the fourth wicket on 76.
A couple of more wickets fell to Finch and a direct throw run-out by Trevor Johnston had the opposition 6/114.
Chris Hughes took the seventh wicket on the same score.
The Merinda Park tail added some runs before it was dismissed for 171 in the 74th over.
Matt Finch took another five-wicket haul to take 5/68 (24 overs) with Ben Mantel taking two good outfield catches.
Rick Holland was sharp and took 2/25 (three overs), Bethune finished 1/41 from 23 economical overs and Chris 1/20.
Tooradin faced three overs and was 0/4 at stumps with Mick Ash and Dave Freeman to continue this week.
B GRADE
Tooradin played Merinda Park at its home ground, won the toss and batted.
A solid opening partnership of 42 took place before Mick Moon was dismissed for 20.
At tea, Tooradin was 2/61 from 32 overs.
Shortly after tea, Mick Freeman was run out for 31 and the score was 3/65.
Merinda Park took two quick wickets to have the Seagulls 5/68 in 38 overs.
Then Jaymes Leahy and Tom Sanner consolidated with a 69-run partnership before the latter went for 25.
Leahy kept the scoreboard moving along and when he was dismissed for 70 (two fours) on the slow ground, Tooradin was 7/169.
Youngsters Sean Wilson and Nathan Findlay then took 29 runs from the last four overs to have Tooradin 7/198 from 70 overs.
Wilson made 26 not out and Findlay 13 not out.
E GRADE
Tooradin played top team Cardinia at Rutter Park, won the toss and batted.
After being 2/24 in 19 overs, Glen McKay and Kane Latham added 84 runs before the latter was caught for an excellent 48.
Adam Galea joined anchorman McKay and took the score from 3/108 to 4/207 before he was dismissed for 78.
Galea made 52 before being run out.
Ben Ferrari finished on 23 not out as Tooradin made the excellent score of 9/262 from 70 overs.
UNDER 16
Tooradin played second top team Merinda Park at home.
At the end of play, Tooradin had scored 7/127 from 40 overs.
After losing Matt Burridge when the score was 13, Sean Baker and Michael Ralph had a 65-run partnership before they were both caught for 37 and 25 respectively.
James Thompson continued his excellent form and made a quick 19 before being run out.
Merinda Park bowled well at the end to keep the score to 127.
UNDER 14
Tooradin batted after winning the toss.
Openers Jack Barker (14) and Matt Thompson (17) batted sensibly amidst a very tight Kilcunda-Bass attack losing the first wicket in the 20th over.
Jaedyn Thomson held the rest of the innings together with a very tidy 21.
The Gulls made 8/96 from their 40 overs.
