 2nd Grade get home in a thriller
“The wicket is good” is the message we received Friday evening, and although the wicket was true to Chatswood standards the outfield was somewhat damp. Both teams persevered for about an hour and play was underway. We bowled first and made the most of the overcast conditions, also working on our fitness putting on and taking the covers off half a dozen times. Nevertheless our bowlers worked hard to maintain rhythm through the many breaks, and did so with great effectiveness.
Evans and Bombas see 2nd Grade home
Standouts in our bowling performance came from our three mainstream quicks, Gareth (1-17 from 5), Nick "Medders" Medcalf (0-24 from 7) and James "JK" Kennedy (0-19 from 6). Something to put a smile on Tony’s face was the Slug’s (Jack Ritchie) cheeky wicket; he finished with 1-15 from 5. In and reduced over’s match we restricted Sydney to 129 from 32 over’s. A far from unobtainable target on a decent, although now wet Chatswood wicket.
Harry Evans (49*) was the pilot of the Gordon innings, anchoring the innings after losing quick wickets in the top order. He was joined by Elliot Richtor (41) and together they built the innings towards a Gordon victory. Batting was never easy for the duration of their 75 run partnership but the two worked hard for their runs which allowed us to snare 6 points when only one other grade game got on in Sydney. It was a great win for us in the lead up to the finals, catapulting us into 6th place and right in contention for a finals birth. With three rounds to go and the first of those against leaders Mosman, we’ll have to be right on our game but we’ve proved we’re well capable of this in our run after the Christmas break.
Blair Lindsay | 
