v Old Boys 13 & 20th Feb, 2010

1st Grade at Scully Park
Old Boys 223 (Tom Wilson 5-95, Nathan Whale 2-21, Aaron Flaherty 2-32) and 7 dec for 90 (Nathan Whale 5-31, Tom Whilson 2-52) defeated City United 174 (Aaron Flaherty 41, Anthony Dutton 31, Ross Steyn 23) and 5 for 87 (Andrew Harriott 28) by 59 runs on the 1st innings.
Resuming at 2-59, Aaron Hazelwood cut a swathe through our boys as we lost 8-115 in kissing the points goodbye. The second innings were an exercise in the gathering of bonus points but Nathan Whale's pheiffer shouldn't be overlooked. It's all to do next week aganst Bective and our win there will lift us for the semis.

2nd Grade at Chaffey Oval
Old Boys 232 (Daniel Lawrence 3-22, Richie O'Halloran 3-62) and 6 dec for 59 (Richie O'Halloran 2-1, Hamish Batley 2-13) defeated City United 152 (Richie O'Halloran 42, Jay Sippel 41x) and 5-99 (Richie O'Halloran 24x) by 80 runs on 1st innings.
The game was lost when four wickets were lost (Bellamy, O'Haloran, Orenstein and Langston) mid innings, collapsing from 3-90 to 7-116. Only Jay Sippel kept the dream alive after the early good work by O'Halloran, Hancock and Bellamy. In the short time left, the Spirit rose in our boys and they halved the deficit between the two teams in only sixteen overs. Its all about belief and hard work from her lads.

3rd Grade at TREC
Old Boys 131 (John Kennedy 5-33, Simon Bellamy 2-6, Josh Allen 2-22) and 161 (Bruce Eather 2-33, Simon Bellamy 2-41, Josh Allen 2-43) lost to City United 150 (Simon Bellamy 34x, Gary Whale 31, Josh Allen 20) and 7 for 143 (Cory Callcott 39, Glen Ryan 29, Josh Allen 18x) outright by 3 wickets.
The 3rds are back on track with this nail biting win. With Old Boys short on the second day, Skipper Ryan got the best from his boys,first rolling Old Boys and then standing tall in the chase. The AON man struck again, with eight 4's in his 39, although he was heard to be claiming a defensive shot during the innings. What a joker!. Fabulous win which cranks up the pressure on the leaders Bective. We aren't done yet!

4th Grade at Minor Leagues 3
Old Boys 199 (Grant Scarborough 2-4, Sam Langston 2-22, Paul Lawrence 2-23) defeated City United 141 (David Smith 42, Sam Langston 27, Ryan Hanson 25, Tim Hunt 15x). by 58 runs on 1st innings.
This was one that defineitely got away. We bowled well in the second forty overs ... well enough to take the wickets needed more quickly but the ball just eluded hands. Having set us the target, wickets fell too often and too cheaply, despite Langston highest grade score and some lovely shot making from Tim Hunt. One of those games fellas. The important thing to remember was the quality of your play for 80% of the game. Let's find that last 20% next week.

Full score cards and stats on Monday.