 Poidevin Gray Report vs Hawkesbury
The Gordon PG’s team arrived at Chatswood oval on Sunday morning hoping to keep our slim semi-final hopes alive with a win against a strong Hawkesbury side, as well as hoping to contribute valuable club championship points to Gordons’ overall tally.
(Rob Edwards makes a fine debut against the Hawks)
After a thorough warm up, we found ourselves in the field where a fiery opening spell performed by James Kennedy (2-27) and new comer Rob Edwards (1-52) had the Hawks in all sorts of bother at 2 for 10. Wickets continued to fall quite regularly, thanks mainly to a sizzling spell of spin bowling from Chris Archer (3-30), and at 6 for 130, the Gordon boys were confident of bundling the Hawks out for a sub-180 total. Unfortunately, a significant partnership then developed for the Hawks 7th wicket, and despite the best efforts of Elliot Richtor (2-51) and Matty Jones (1-54), the short Chatswood boundary continued to cop a hammering and the Hawks ended up with a total of 245, thanks mainly to a fine innings to their captain Scott Henry (142).
 Despite this, the Gordon batsmen were confident of chasing down this total, however, with the consistent loss of wickets, and no significant partnerships being formed, we were bundled out for 107. Debutant Rob Edwards (21 not out) completed an impressive debut through hitting out strongly, while Brad Rasool (20) batted solidly whilst trying to hold the innings together. It was also good to see Nick Cheadle (14) give Henry a bit of his own medicine in the way of hitting a couple of sweetly timed sixes over the short Chatswood boundary.
(James Kennedy...straight out of the Rod Hokin technique manual)
In the end a disappointing result, however, with one game left against Sutherland, the boys are all very keen to finish the season on a positive note, in order to contribute to the Club Championship race, and also to ensure Tiddles gives the all clear for another PG’s night out!!
Jack Ritchie | 
