 1st Grade vs the Whales
First grade traveled to Allan Border for the important clash against Mosman. Mosman sits at the bottom of the table but had a line up that could really hurt us if we weren’t to be at our best. The day started well, Gordon won the toss. The decision was made to bowl based on the look of the wicket. Greasy, dark brown with a light covering of grass. Hard to pick how it would go so the bowlers had first go at it.
BMac gets down to work at Allan Border Oval
The bowling ranks were bolstered for 4 overs from a returning Zelma. A re-aggravation of his knee injury saw him limp off without further participation in the game. Zelma (also being the author) concedes that yes the season is now officially over. For all those that “told me so” congratulations you get the Cadbury Favourites. For all those who have supported and encouraged me since my injury, thank you I have appreciated it.
But the beauty of sport is that with mishap comes opportunity and an opportunity for the other bowlers to step up. Gladly this was to be the case with all bowlers putting in some commendable effort. To the D Train (Dylan Connell), Craig "Simmo" Simmons, B Mac (Brendan McDonald), Chris "Archie" Archer and Matty “Redtube” Jones well done, you covered a hole and led from the front. By the end of the day the lads had kept the Whales to total of 300.
 Simmo busts a gut for his injured Stags captain
The bowling was tight, disciplined and able to reap reward for long periods of pressure. Congratulations to B Mac with his 5 wicket haul. Mac has been consistent and disciplined throughout the season and rightly deserves the reward that comes with that.
Our fielding was off. Dropped catches have hurt us all season and again the blight on our season resurfaced on Saturday. Catching is about two things, confidence and concentration. These two elements went missing for times on the field. We all need to find these things next Saturday when it is our turn to bat. The responsibility now falls on the bats to chase down this reasonable score. To be frank, if we are final aspirants we should be able to chase this total competently and with a workman like focus. I look forward to the match next Saturday, and hope to be reporting about at least two batsman scoring match winning tons.
Zeddie | 
